Samsung Internet Browser Beta Gets Native ‘Do Not Track’, Faster Downloads and More TheGalaxy Note 9comes with version 8.0 of theSamsung Internet Browser, but the company has now released version 8.2 (8.2.00.21 to be specific) of the app, albeit, in beta. According to the changelog, the new version brings a number of new features, improvements and security enhancements to make the software more popular than it already is among users of Samsung’s mobile devices....

September 2018 Android Security Patch Rolling Out to Pixel, Nexus Devices Google hasreleasedthe September 2018 Android security update for all supported Nexus and Pixel devices. The list includes the original Pixel and Pixel XL, as also thePixel 2andPixel 2 XL. The Pixel C tablet and the older Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X are also receiving the latest security patches. The incoming update fixes as many as 59 issues through two different patch levels, dated September 1, 2018 and September 5, 2018....

Twitter India Head Taranjeet Singh Quits; Balaji Krish Is New Interim Chief Taranjeet Singh, who was elevated as Twitter’s Country Director forIndiain May 2017, has decided to move on. In a series of tweets late on Tuesday, Singh announced his resignation, saying that Balaji Krish, Twitter’s Global Head of Revenue Strategy and Operations, will become the interim country head. “Hello everyone, after four amazing years, I have decided to move on from @TwitterIndia — from being one of the first @Twitter employees in #India, to building up the sales team from the ground up, to leading our expansion and investments as the India Country Director,” Singh said....

WhatsApp Expands India Radio Campaign Against Fake News to 10 More States Fromlimitingmessage forwarding, publishingnewspaperads and introducing a rewardprogramto flagging harmfullinksand developing adigital literacy program, WhatsApp is taking every step when it comes to curbing the spread of fake news, or at least keeping people informed. Stepping up the crackdown efforts, WhatsApp has now kicked off the second phase of its radio ad campaign meant to raise awareness about fake news and teach the audience some of the most common ways to detect wrong information being spread on its platform....

Xiaomi Redmi 6 Series vs Redmi 5: What’s Changed in the New Phones Xiaomi has finally launched theRedmi 6 seriesin the country, which brings the Redmi 6A, the Redmi 6, and the Redmi 6 Pro. The lineup will replace the Redmi 5 series, which consisted of the Redmi 5A and the Redmi 5, while the Redmi 6 Pro is a new phone in this segment. But is the new lineup really that good to be called worthy successors?...

“OK Google” Hotword Does Not Work for Voice Commands on Poco F1 Xiaomi’s Poco F1 may have already won many hearts but it has broken some too. The longchecklist of F1’s astounding featuresis accompanied by a shorter one of some of its problems. We have heard from many users about the issues with the phone, and although the company has been actively resolving these issue, new ones seem to crop up every now and then....

“Others Do it Too”: Huawei’s Shocking Response to Benchmark Cheating Most mainstream consumers know very little about benchmarks to care about them, and the ones who do, know that synthetic benchmark scores need to be taken with a pinch of salt at the best of times. However, that doesn’t seem to be deterring smartphone manufacturers from resorting to artificial (and often unethical) means of inflating benchmark scores. While Samsung, OnePlus and other reputable companies have all got caught up in this controversy from time to time,AnandTech now saysthat Huawei, already reeling under charges of surreptitiouslypassing off DSLR shots as camera samplesof its smartphones, is also guilty of fudging benchmark scores like many of its Chinese competitors....