Google Assistant on iOS Gets a New ‘Reservations’ Section Google Assistant on iOS has just received a new feature that will help people keep a track of alltheir reservationsfrom within the standalone app. The feature, which is appropriately named ‘Reservations’, was first spotted last month within version 7.26 of the standalone app. According to a recentreportfrom9to5Google, the Reservations feature appears under the Account section within the Settings menu of the Google Assistant app....

Spotify May Bow to Pressure and Change Content and Conduct Policy for Artists Earlier this month Spotify rolled out a newcontent and conduct policyto clamp down on hateful content on the platform. Interestingly, thenew policyalso outlined guidelines for artists and revealed that the platform would stop promoting artists who engage in inappropriate behavior in the real world. In a statement regarding the new policy changes, Spotify wrote: “We don’t censor content because of an artist ‘s or creator’s behavior, but we want our editorial decisions – what we choose to program – to reflect our values…When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful (for example, violence against children and sexual violence), it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator....

ZTE to Pay $1.3 Billion in Fines to Resume Business in the US Earlier this week, reports revealed that the US and China wereworking on a dealto get struggling smartphone manufacturer ZTE back into business. In a recent string of tweets, President Trump has outlined the terms of the deal, as part of which ZTE will have to pay $1.3 billion in fines, change its management and board, and offer a guarantee to keep up high levels of security....

Amazon Says Alexa Mistakenly Recorded Private Conversations and Sent It to Other Users Amazon’s Echo range of smart speakers, powered by the company’s digital assistant Alexa, are arguably one of the best smart speakers available in the market today. Not only do they support one of the mostelaborate list of commands, but they’re also fairly cheap, which has played a major part in their popularity. While Amazon claims that its smart speakers are secure and the company holds high regards for the user’s privacy, just how secure are the devices after all?...

ICC Tells Pakistan Test Cricketers to Take Smartwatches Off The Field In a bid to avoid any allegations of match-fixing, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has warned players to stop wearing smartwatches during play. The warning came after a few members of the Pakistan cricket team were seen sportingsmartwatchesduring the opening day of the ongoing test series against England at the Lord’s stadium in London. According to a recentreportfromReuters, the players were cautioned by an ICC anti-corruption officer at the game....

Pornhub’s New VPNhub Service Has Unlimited Usage Even for Free Users Popular adult entertainment website,Pornhub, is jumping onto the VPN bandwagon with the launch of its own free virtual private network (VPN) service, appropriately named VPNhub. VPNhub aims to provide Pornhub patrons and others in need of a VPN, a completely free and private internet browsing session. The VPNhub service is available for free on theAndroid, iOS, macOS, and Windows stores, which depends entirely on ads to generate revenue....

Snapchat Lets You Choose When You Want to Send or Receive Location on Snap Map Snapchat launched Snap Map last year to help users share their location with friends, and view snaps that they might have shared from that place. WithMap Explore, earlier this year, Snapchat lets users get alerts and updates about what was happening on the Snap Map. But many have criticized Map Explore as a gross invasion of privacy as it broadcasted the user’s location all the time, even after they closed the app at times....