Zuckerberg Says He’ll Have a Plan to Fix Facebook by the End of the Year As countries over the world including India face elections amid the spread of fake news and political interference on social media platforms,FacebookCEO Mark Zuckerberg has asked for some more time to fix his network that has over two billion users. In a post today,Zuckerbergsaid that Facebook started on the platform sanitising project in 2017 and “even this work will extend through 2019, I do expect us to end this year on a significantly better trajectory than when we entered it”....

Airtel Payments Bank Now Offers Card-less Cash Withdrawals at ATMs Airtelhas announced that customers of itsPayments Bankservice will now be able to withdraw cash from ATMs without the need for a physical debit or credit card. The company on Thursday said that it has partnered with Empays, a company that describes itself as‘a global provider of cloud based payment solutions’, to enable Instant Money Transfer (IMT) for its Payments Bank customers....

Alexa Can Now Control Your Xbox One It was recentlyreportedthat the Xbox One might soon get support for Alexa-integration, which means users will be able to control their console via voice commands by summoning Amazon’s voice assistant. Microsoft has now officially added support for Alexa voice controls by introducing a new Xbox skill, which allows users to use voice commands through an Alexa enabled device. Smart home devices powered by Microsoft’s Cortana have also gained support for the new Xbox skill, bringing back Kinect-like voice control functionality to the console....

AMD’s Budget Athlon 200GE CPU Comes With Radeon Vega Graphics; Launched for Rs 4,190 AMD has announced a new entry-level desktop processor, theAthlon 200GE, which employs the x86-basedZencore architecture and is powered by AMD’s own Radeon Vega graphics. The Athlon 200GE is claimed to provide a faster and more reliable computing experience with better thermal efficiency and takes on Intel’s low-end offerings, but should offer improved graphical performance. The Athlon 200GE will be available from September 18th starting at Rs 4190 (plus taxes) from retailers and system integrators across the globe....

Boult Audio Launches Super-Affordable Wired Earphones ‘Loupe’ For Rs 672 Boult Audiohas launched a new pair of wired earphones in India with ergonomically angled ear tips and custom ear loop fastener. Called‘Loupe’, it’s positioned in the budget segment, and comes with an MRP of Rs. 672. However, in spite of its budget positioning, the device comes with a premium design, and has a metallic built with a shiny finish, says the company....

DLF Shopping Malls Unveil India’s First Phygital Platform ‘Lukout’ DLF Shopping Malls, which claims to be the country’s biggest and largest physical market place plans, has announced plans to launch a new mobile app called‘Lukout’that it says will redefine the shopping experience in India. The company will launch the partner version of the app early September at the India Retail Forum before launching the consumer version in October ahead of the festive season, enabling a‘phygital’shopping experience for consumers....

Google Pixel 3 Official Launch Event Set For October 9 Google has started sending out press invites for an October 9 event in New York, where the company is expected to launch the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL. The event will kick off at 11:00 AM (ET) and will also be live-streamed via Google’s official channels for those who don’t want to miss any announcement made at the event. The press invite doesn’t reveal anything else, but the ‘I <3 NY’ phrase and the numeral ‘3’ which forms the heart emoticon is anot so subtlehint that the event will be headlined by the Pixel 3 phones....