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Spotify Now Generates Custom Playlists for Your Workouts Spotify has released yet another tool for generating playlists. After“Soundtrack your Ride” – a playlist for your road trips and “Pet Playlists” – a playlist for your pets, the Swedish music streaming giant has nowintroduced “Soundtrack your Workout” for your workout sessions. Just likeSoundtrack your RideandPet Playlists, Soundtrack your Workoutcurates tracks based on user input through a dedicated website. For starters, the company will ask you the duration of the workout....

US Government May Soon Ban TikTok: Report AfterIndia, it looks like popular Chinese short video platformTikTok may soon get banned in the US over privacy concerns. That’s according to a recent report onFox Newsbased on their interview with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We are taking this very seriously and we are certainly looking at it. We have worked on this very issue for a long time, whether its the problem of having Huawei technology in your infrastructure — we’ve gone all over the world and we are making real progress getting that out — we had declared ZTE a danger to American national security,”Pompeo told Fox News....

You Will Soon be Able to Use Alexa Hands-free on Your Smartphone While theGoogle AssistantandSiriare good at their job, if you’re someone like me and you’re using Alexa enabled smart devices in your house chances are you want to just say “Alexa, turn off the lamps” to your phone and have it listen. Well, soon you will be able to do just that. Amazon is bringing hands-free access to Alexa on iOS and Android phones....

YouTube Ads are Going Haywire and No One Knows Why YouTube is a behemoth when it comes to ad revenue. The company announced YouTube ad revenues for thefirst time this yearand it was eye-opening. YouTube made a whopping $15.1 billion in ad revenue during FY 2019-2020. However, of late, YouTube’s advertisements have been woefully bad. A number of threads on Reddit have been pointing out that YouTube India is showing some increasingly weird ads....

[Update: Animated Watch Faces] ‘Samsung Galaxy Watch 3’ Name Confirmed by Thai Telecom Regulator Samsung is apparently prepping the launch of its next-generation smartwatch, theGalaxy Watch 3. The device received certification from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) back in April. It has now popped up on the website of Thailand’s telecommunications regulator, National Telecommunication and Broadcasting Commission (NBTC). It is worth noting that the MIIT listing had only revealed its model numbers and not its name....

[UPDATE: Certified by FCC] Xiaomi Mi TV Stick Spotted Online with Android TV 9.0 at $80 Xiaomi is apparently working on a new Android TV stick it calls the Mi TV Stick. The listing of the product has now been spotted on online retailer Gearbest and it reveals the design and probable specifications of the dongle. According to the listing, the Mi TV stick features similar specifications as the Mi Box S, which recently made its way to India as theMi Box 4K....

Airtel Launches ‘Priority 4G Network’ With Faster Data Speeds for ‘Platinum’ Customers Bharti Airtelhas launched what it calls a ‘Priority 4G Network‘ for its high-value customers. As part of the plan,the company says it will offer faster data speedsto folks who are on a ‘Platinum’ plan. Alongside faster connectivity, such customers will also reportedly receive preferential customer care. Moreover, Airtel call centers and retail stores will have dedicated staff to attend to Platinum customers....