Xiaomi’s 2020 Flagship May Include a 120Hz Display Xiaomi is reportedly planning to include a 120Hz display in its flagship smartphone next year. According to XDA Member@kacskrz, the Chinese tech major has added code for a refresh-rate display setting in the latest MIUI 11 betas, with the description for the new feature saying it would“(make) the picture smoother”. The description goes on to further suggest that users will also be able to lower the refresh rate to standard levels to“(save) battery”....

YouTube Says It Might Delete Your Account If It’s Not “Commercially Viable” YouTube recently updated its terms of service, and while most of us accepted them without actually going through what they say, some people did in fact read them, and there’s something that jumped right out. The new terms of service for YouTube state the following —“YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable....

5G Will Be the New Electricity: Huawei Chairman Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping stated that 5G will be the “new electricity” in a keynote address at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Portugal earlier this week. He added that this will be a golden opportunity for the tech industry and developers. In the speech, he said that5G added with “x” will lead to a smart era. The “x” factor could be mainly AI, big data, VR or AR....

Developers Are Open-Sourcing Old Windows Phone Apps Microsoft’s attempt to conquer the smartphone market with its Windows Phone devices failed miserably, as we all know. As a final nail in the coffin, the tech giantannounced earlier this yearthat it will be stopping all support and updates for the Windows 10 Mobile Platform starting December 10. Now that the day is getting closer, developers who had previously worked for developing Windows Phone apps have started a movement to open-source their old apps....

Google’s AI Teaches a Robot to Assemble and Disassemble Objects Google’s AI research team has developed a new machine learning system that they call “Form2Fit” in collaboration with researchers from Stanford University and Columbia University. The projectmakes use of deep neural networks to teach a robot arm to recognize and assemble objects. “If robots could learn “how things fit together,” then perhaps they could become more adaptable to new manipulation tasks involving objects they have never seen before, like reconnecting severed pipes, or building makeshift shelters by piecing together debris during disaster response scenarios....

Hackers Can Fool Smart Speakers Using Lasers Smart speakers are gradually making itself a space in our homes. I have it, you probably have it, or you’re planning to get one to make your life a bit more seamless and hassle-free. However, as with any smart electronics, there is a never-ending security risk with these speakers sitting quietly at home waiting for your voice command. We sawhuman workers listening to Google Assistant conversationsearlier this year and now, researchers have discovered a security flaw that allows hackers toissue commands to smart speakers using lasers....

India to Be Competitive on Electric Cars Prices by 2023 A recentreportfrom Rocky Mountain Institute on “Breakthrough Batteries” hints that the prices of electric vehicles in India will be competing against vehicles running on petrol and diesel by 2023. “By 2023, lower capital costs will contribute to a scale-up of EV adoption in markets like India that utilize smaller EVs. Markets like India that use smaller and lighter EVs are expected to become competitive well before markets where larger vehicles dominate”,states the report....