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Google agrees to pay $391 mn in users' location data tracking lawsuit
Last month, Google paid $85 million to the state of Arizona to settle the claims that the tech giant illegally tracked the location of Android users. The new settlement with Google over its location tracking practices, led by Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Nebraska AG Doug Peterson, is the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement ever. Because of Oregon's leadership role in the bipartisan investigation and settlement, Oregon will receive $14,800,563.
Government lifts download ban on VLC Media Player
"This ban was put into place without any prior notice and without giving VideoLAN the opportunity of a hearing, which went against the 2009 Blocking Rules and the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India. This was strange because VLC Media Player is an open-source software which is used by nearly 80 million Indians," IFF was quoted as saying.
Samsung may reduce smartphone shipments by 13%
Samsung was not able to sell as many smartphone units as it had expected because of many reasons, including the supply-chain issue caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Gizmochina. The plan to reduce the shipments by 13 per cent, roughly turns out to be 30 million units.
YouTube TV adds clock to help keep track of time
"Some YouTube TV customers have reported a lack of knowing what time it is due to the removal of their old cable box. If you are one of these people, do not panic. Starting November 10th, you will be able to find the time directly on your YouTube TV live guide," the description reads.
Fix your companies, or Congress will: US Senator warns Elon Musk
"One of your companies is under an FTC consent decree. Auto safety watchdog NHTSA is investigating another for killing people. And you're spending your time picking fights online. Fix your companies. Or Congress will," the Democrat from Massachusetts tweeted.
Google Play Store tests advertising apps
With the update, the search field will show three applications with which the user had never interacted or searched for, reports 9To5Google. The search history will only appear after the user types a letter. After that, the previous searches will be displayed first and then the autocomplete recommendations.
Indian firms must create own models to avoid massive layoffs: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu
According to Vembu, who has built a billion-dollar product company in India, told IANS that Silicon Valley has always faced big booms and huge busts in the past and this is the first time it has hit employees in India to such a large extent.
Prime Minister to discuss issues of global concerns at G20 summit in Bali
In his statement before departing for Bali to participate in the summit, Modi said, "I will be visiting Bali, Indonesia on 14-16 November 2022, to participate in the 17th G20 Leaders' Summit, to be chaired by Indonesia. I will have extensive discussions with other G20 leaders on key issues of global concern, such as reviving global growth, food & energy security, environment, health, and digital transformation."
Twitter now lays off 4,400 contractual workers: Report
According to reports from Platformer and Axios, the micro-blogging platform is now laying off employees those are on contract. "Contractors aren't being notified at all, they're just losing access to Slack and email. Managers figured it out when their workers just disappeared from the system," tweeted Platformer's Casey Newton. "They heard nothing from their leaders," he posted.
WhatsApp's new feature to flag calls missed due to DND
The new update will let users know if they have missed a call due to DND mode. Users will see a handy tagline right under the missed call history item indicating that the call was silenced by Do Not Disturb, according to Android Police. Users will also see a similar blurb when they punch up the person's chat thread.
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