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OnePlus United by Hope documentary released;

Smartphone maker OnePlus has just teamed up with Vice Media to launch a new documentary online. As previously noted, this documentary is called "United by Hope" and it is completely shot on OnePlus devices. The release of the documentary comes just days after the company unveiled the trailer hinting at the story. Looking at the highlights, the documentary was shot during the ongoing global pandemic, coronavirus (COVID-19). The company also noted that this documentary shared an interwoven narrative of 12 stories while focusing on the pandemic.

Apple opens its first 'floating' store in Singapore

The store, called the Apple Marina Bay Sands, is located in an all-glass dome.Apple added that the store's design is inspired by Rome's Pantheon and an oculus is located at the top of the dome to provide natural lighting.

Facebook launches info centre to fight climate misinformation

Social network platform Facebook has launched its Climate Science Information Centre,''to connect people to factual and up-to-date climate information.''Facebook said it will include posts from relevent sources to highlight climate science news.

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Tech company with links to china monitoring 10000 Indians including PM:Report

A technology company with links to the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party is monitoring over 10000 Indian individuals and organisations in its global database of ''foreign targets'',a report by The Indian Express said shorturl.at/aoCM1

US Air Force tests robot dogs during combat employment exercise

The robot dogs were used at the Nellis Air Force Base. ''The (robot) dogs give us visuals of the area, al while keping our defenders closer to the aircraft,''a US Air Force release said. https://rb.gy/iurgmo

Apple likely to reveal new iPhone's launch date this week:Reports

The company has a trend of launching new iPhone models in the second week of september and making them available for purchase later in the month https://rb.gy/inbvqs

Google launches Android 11, rolling out not just to Pixel phones first

Google today launched Andriod 11, the latest version of its mobile OS, and pushed the source code to the Andriod Open Source Project (AOPS). Users were eagerly waiting for the update. https://rb.gy/quk3kk

Google's verified calls feature to let users identify business callers

This feature will show the caller's name, logo, the reason for calling, and a verification badge indicating that the user is authenticated by Google. Early results of the feature's pilot show that it improved the likelihood of people answeing calls.https://rb.gy/8azylw

Researchers click world's first 3,200-megapixel digital photos

Researchers at US' Stanford-operated SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have captured the first-ever 3,200-megapixel photos,using sensors from the world's largest digital camera.'The images are large that it would take 378 4k ultra-high-definition TVs to display one,'said the research lab.https://rb.gy/ilt6dm

HCL sets up 1st development centre in Sri Lanka, to hire 3000 people

C Vijayakumar, HCL Technologies President, sai HCL has hired its first set of employees. The company will primarily focus on offering next-generation solutions to serve major blue-chip org https://rb.gy/tkjhns

WhatsApp's latest Andriod beta version adds 'Vacation Mode':Report

The mode allow the users to not receive a notification when they receive new messages on the archived chats. Archived chats will be moved to the top users' chats list once the feature is enabled, the report added.

SAMSUNG TO STOP TV PRODUCTION IN CHINA

Samsung has decided to stop Production at its only TV Factory in Tianjin in China in November 2020. Samsung did'nt dsclose the number of workers at the factory but said some of them are expected to be retained but majority of them will be layed off.

India, US, Israel collaborating in 5G tech.

India, Israel and US have begun collaboration in developmental area and in next generation of emerging technologies including 5G network. A collaboration in 5G is just the tip of iceberg .This trilateral collaboration will work in development and technological arena. https://rb.gy/vf63pm

Following ban on PUBG, Akshay kumar announce FAU-G action game

Akshay Kumar came up with the game's title and also helped with its concept. The first level of the game is based on Galwan Valley. 20% of the net revenue generated will be donated to Bharat Ke Veer Trust. Game launch date to be announced soon

Speed 6 times the speed of sound:PM Modi on DRDO's hypersonic tech

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). PM Modi wrote on twitter ,''The scramjet engine developed by our scientists helped the flight achieve a speed 6 times the speed of sound! very few countires have such capability today.''

Amazon, other digital platforms seek clarity on e-comm transactions tax:Reports

Several digital companies such as Amazon, Facebook, BookMyShow and Flipkart are reportedly seeking clarity from the government over the newly introduced 1% tax on e-commerce transactions. https://rb.gy/ftgipm