Govt’s Social Media Monitoring Will Create Surveillance State: Supreme Court The Supreme Court isn’t looking to let the Information and Broadcasting Ministry impede on the citizen’s privacy and has declined the proposal to set up “social media monitoring hubs” around the country. It said that monitoring online data for the citizens would seem “like creating a surveillance state” in India. In response to a plea by Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Mahua Moitra, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud has issued a notice briefing the government’s proposal....

Intel Unveils Xeon E-2100 Processor Family for Entry-Level Workstations Intel has taken wraps off of its new Xeon E-2100 processor family meant for entry-level workstations. The company has announced ten new chips as part of the lineup that is an upgrade overlast year’s Kaby Lake chips, and are based on the14nm++ Coffee Lake architecture. The new processors range from 4-core/4-thread chips at the lower-end to 6-core/12-thread units at the premium-end of the spectrum, and are expected to bring significant performance benefits for their customers....

Moto E5 Play Android Oreo (Go Edition) With Snapdragon 425, 1GB RAM Launched Motorola hasalready launchedthree variants of the budget-centric Moto E5 series i.e the Moto E5, Moto E5 Plus, and Moto E5 Play. However, the company has today launched the new ‘Moto E5 Play Android Oreo (Go Edition)‘, which is an even more affordable iteration of the existing device in this lineup. No, this is not the same device as the original Moto E5 Play that waslaunched earlier this year, but differs in some key internal hardware....

US Lifts Sanctions Against Chinese Telecom Firm ZTE Afterannouncing a seven-year banon Chinese telecom major ZTE in April for allegedly failing to discipline employees blamed for illegally shipping goods to countries under US trade embargo, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Friday reversed its decision shortly after the company deposited $400 million in a U.S. bank escrow account as part of a settlement reached last month. The settlement, worked out by ZTE and Trump administration officials last May, called for the Chinese tech major to pay a total of $1....

Walmart’s New Patent Raises Privacy Concerns For Employees and Shoppers The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hasgrantedWalmart a patent on a surveillance technology called‘Listening to the Frontend’that could allow it to record sounds within its stores. The patent is basically for some sound sensors that the company is said to be planning on installing at checkout counters in its stores, and is raising serious concerns about the privacy of shoppers and workers....

Xiaomi Launches MIJIA Quartz Hybrid Smartwatch in China Xiaomi has launched the Quartz hybrid smartwatch under its MIJIA brand in China, and as sleek as it looks, it is equally affordable too. The Quartz watch features a premium leather build with three color options, white, gray and black, and will be available at just CNY 349 (app. Rs. 3,600) starting July 17. As for the Quartz watch, it does not feature a touchscreen like a traditional smartwatch, instead, it looks like a classy wristwatch with a two-hand dial design and a smaller dial beneath it....

YouTube Android App Now Shows Edge-to-Edge Thumbnails After experimenting with full-width thumbnails in some sections of its Android app earlier this month, YouTube has finally started to roll out the new design feature more widely.First spotted by 9to5Google, the new design can now be found on the Home feed, the Trending tab, and the Subscriptions feed, as can be seen below. The above screenshots are from ourPixel 2 XLthat is runningAndroid P Dev Preview, but the feature is also available on devices running Android Oreo....