Facebook to Pay $9 Million to Settle Canadian Probe Into Misleading Privacy Claims Canada’s competition watchdog has fined Facebook CA$9 million (around Rs. 48 crores) for making“false or misleading claims”about its privacy settings. In a press release on Tuesday, the Competition Bureau said that the internet giant will also pay an additional $500,000 to cover the costs of the Bureau’s investigation. The payments are part of a settlement between Facebook and the Canadian Competition Bureau....

Galaxy Note 20 Might Not Get Samsung’s 100x ‘Space Zoom’: Report The upcomingGalaxy Note 20 lineup may not get the 100x zoomfound in theGalaxy S20 Ultra. That’s according to prolific leakster, Ice Universe (@UniverseIce), who claims that Samsung will likely ditch the feature in its upcoming flagship phablet. The tipster also claimed that the Galaxy Note 20 will still use the 108MP Bright HM1 sensor from the S20 Ultra. However, it will get an additional sensor to solve the autofocus issue reported by some users....

Google Meet May Soon Get Background Blur Feature for Video Calls Google is making significant efforts to make its video conferencing tool Google Meet (previously known as Hangouts Meet) better. As spotted by9to5Googlein the app’s code, the software giant is currently working on abackground blur feature for Google Meet. The strings regarding background blur were spotted in Google Meet version 41.5, hinting that the app might soon gain support for the feature....

Google Photos Now Offers More Control Over Album Sharing Google Photosis pretty much the standard place where most of us store our photos. It offers unlimited free storage for photos and videos, and it is great for archiving your memories. Plus, you can move to any device and have access to all your photos and videos. Well, a new feature is now available in Photos that gives you more control over sharing your albums....

IFA 2020 Set to Take Place as an Invite-Only Physical Event IFA 2020 will take place as anin-person eventfrom the3rd to the 5th of September. Theevent will be held in an invite-only modewhile following all the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organizers hadpreviously announcedthat the event will be conducted in an “innovative concept designed for unprecedented times”. While everyone expected the event will be held online following the lead of many other tech conferences such asMicrosoft Build 2020, IFA is notablyone of the first events set to take place as a physical eventever since the pandemic changed our lives....

New Google Duo Update Brings Family Mode, Filters, and More Following Google’sannouncement of several feature additionsto its video calling platform Duo last week, the company has now started rolling out an update that brings these features. As reported byAndroid Police, Google Duo version 87 addssupport for email addresses,family mode, andnew filters. Email address Support The latest update lets you use the service with your email address. You can enable the feature from Settings-> Account by switching the‘Reachable with email address’ toggle....

New OnePlus TV and Remote Receive Bluetooth Certification Havinglaunched its first smart TVslast year,OnePlus is apparently working on its next-gen TVs. The Bluetooth SIG has certified a new OnePlus TV and Remote Control, suggesting their imminent launch.Listed as 1+ LED TVjust like last year’s models, the TV has the model number55UA0A00. It suggests that the TV might have a 55-inch screen. The listing further suggests that the TV might be powered by a newer MediaTek processor as opposed to the older MT55670 SoC used in last year’s offerings....