Amazon is Much Bigger Than You Think; Here’s How Vast Its Empire Is Amazon, the company owned by the richest man in the world currently, is thesecond most valued company in the US. Known mostly for its shopping platform, Amazon is much bigger than you might think. Besides shopping, Amazon operates in a variety of areas such as cloud services, payments, entertainment, and can easily be called one of the leaders of voice-based smart (and artificially intelligent) assistant technologies in the world....

Cortana on iOS Finally Feels Like a Modern, Conversational Assistant Microsofthas released an updated version of the Cortana app (version 3.0) oniOS, and it now includes a slew of new features and an overhauled design. I’ve been wanting to check out the updated Cortana app ever since it landed on beta last month, so I quickly installed it to see what’s new. Full disclosure: I don’t use Cortana on my Windows 10 laptop, so I was open to surprises when I started testing this iOS app....

Facebook Denies Knowledge of Russian Propaganda Campaign Before Public Exposé Facebook on Thursday denied The New York Times report that suggested that the social network was aware of a Russian campaign designed to influence the 2016 US presidential election as early as spring of 2016. “In the final months of Mr. (Donald) Trump’s presidential campaign, Russian agents escalated a yearlong effort to hack and harass his Democratic opponents, culminating in the release of thousands of emails stolen from prominent Democrats and party officials,” said the Times report on Wednesday....

Facebook Used Fake News and Propaganda to Discredit Critics After Multiple Scandals This Year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg are seemingly stuck under the debris of a broken system for over a year. First, accusations of inaction inRussian meddling in the US presidential electionsand then the infamousCambridge Analytica data breachhave kept top executives busy. But a newgroundbreaking and extensive reportby the New York Times shows how Facebook’s top brass sat on the heap of issues toavoid any controversy about favoritismtowards the Democratic Party....

Get Stunning Low Light Images With Night Sight Update on Google Pixel 2 and OG Pixel The hype is real. Google has finally rolled out the highly praised Night Sight feature officially to Pixel 3 and 3 XL and the results feel like they’resprinkled with magical dust. The update is alsoavailable for older Pixel devicesincluding the Pixel 2 and the OG (1st Gen) Pixel. But as many of our readers have noted that they have not yet received the update....

Google Assistant Routines Comes to Clock App, Along with Custom Alarms, Friendly Responses for Kids Google is adding some new features to key Android apps, Google Assistant and Google Home devices to help users make the most of the holiday season in the US, and add a bit of fun to daily chores for kids. While the timing of the launch is related to the holiday season, these can obviously be used for other occasions too....

Google Safety Center Lands in India; Available in Nine Languages With Google being the most popular search engine, Android being the most popular OS, and Gmail being the most popular email client, well, we can safely assume that Google knows a lot about us and has access to a lot of our personal information. However, the company is well aware of your privacy and security concerns and has now rolled out its revamped ‘Safety Center’ in India....