Facebook Announces API Shutdowns and Changes to Protect User Data In a bid to prioritize user safety and data privacy over advertising, Facebook has made a number of changes to its policies and terms of use. Most recently, the company announced that it will be shutting down a number ofFacebookandInstagramAPIs which gathered user’s data without their explicit consent. AreportfromTechCrunchreveals that while some of the new changes will take effect today, the rest are expected to roll out by August 1, which will give developers enough time to fix their apps before they’re pulled from the platforms....

Snapchat is Reportedly Testing a Redesign of its Much-Hated Redesign Snapchat started rolling out itsmajor redesignlate last year and it wasn’t received well by Snapchat users, fans or critics. The redesign was considered so bad that usersstarted a Change.org petitionagainst Snapchat, and social media starKylie Jenner even renounced the appfor its ‘sad’ new interface. Despite the backlash, Snapchat saw asurge in new installs and user growthafter the update and the company chose to stick with the redesign....

Xiaomi’s New MiTU Drone Weighs Just 88 Grams and Captures 720p Video Xiaomi’s sub-brand MiTU, which focuses on the manufacture of toys, has launched a compact drone in the Chinese market. Much like other small form factor quadcopters in the market, the MiTU drone comes with a remote to control the drone while it’s in the air.(Image: Gizmochina) According to areportfromGizmochinaon the matter, the compact drone makes use of a unique single piece frame design with four wheel-bases....

YouTube India Testing Sponsor Button; Expands Snapchat-like Stories to Indian Creators While YouTube is reportedly going after theeducation market in Indiawith a new dedicated app, it’s also trying to increase its non-advertising revenue in India, and giving creators more touch points to engage with users, according toa report in Factor Daily. The biggest change for creators is a new ‘Sponsor’ button, which is already being tested with select channels. Using the sponsor button, viewers will be able to directly pay creators by giving them Rs....

YouTube Reportedly Working on New Education-Centric App in India YouTube India plans to invest heavily in the education sector in the country with the launch of a new education app, according to reports today. In addition, YouTube also plans to roll out the ‘sponsor’ button to a wider range of Indian creators, and expand its Snapchat-like ‘Stories’ feature to all users, according to a recentreportfromFactor Daily. The publication claims that the company’s plans were first revealed by Gautam Anand, MD YouTube Asia Pacific, at a private event in Singapore earlier this month....

Amazon Reportedly Bringing ‘Vesta’ Robots for Your Home in 2019 Over the years, Jeff Bezos-led Amazon has released a number of innovative products into the market, including the Kindle, the Fire TV, and the Alexa-powered Echo speakers. Now, the company is working on atop-secret project to introduce AI-powered helper robots for the home. According to a recentreportfromBloomberg,people familiar with the matter have revealed that the company is working on building a domestic robot, codenamed ‘Vesta’, after the Roman goddess of the hearth, home and family....

Nvidia’s AI Imaging Technique Can Repair Damaged Photos Realistically A team of researchers atNvidialed by Guilin Liu has developed a new technique which makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) to repair corrupt or damaged images. According to an officialblog poston the matter, the technique users a state-of-the-art deep learning method that can edit images or reconstruct a corrupt image which has holes or missing pixels. In addition to repairing images, the method can also be used to edit the images by removing content and filling in the resulting holes....