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WhatsApp’s IFCN Fact-Checking Chatbot Now Supports Hindi Like many other companies andsocial media platforms,Facebook-ownedWhatsApp has beenhelping its usersremain safe and informed since the beginning of theCoronavirus pandemic. Recently, the International Fact-Checkers Network (IFCN) collaborated with WhatsApp tointroduce an automated chatbotto prevent the spread of fake news. Now, users can chat with it in Hindi. Previously, the fact-checking chatbot in WhatsApp only supported English and Spanish. So, due to the language barrier issues,many people who do not have a strong grasp of the English language could not use the chatbot for fact-checking purposes....

Xiaomi’s Mi Smart Curtain Can Be Controlled By Voice Apart from makingsmartphonesandfitness trackers, Xiaomi is also a major name in the electronics industry. This is mostly because the company sometimes funds some pretty unusual products through its crowdfunding platform, Youpin, like theEDON foldable fan, theintelligent ear pick, or theMi electric toothbrush. Now, the company recently launched the Mi Smart Curtain in China, expanding its product portfolio in the IoT category....

“100,000 Faces” is a Website That Shows the Impact of COVID-19 on Us The COVID-19 pandemic, since it started from early this year, has taken millions of lives around the world. There are people from every race, color, religion, gender, and age who have been affected by the Coronavirus. So, to give a memorial service to the American Coronavirus victims, a developer created a website that contains over a hundred thousand images showcasing the impact of the Coronavirus on human lives....

“Android-Bricking Wallpaper” Photographer Just Wanted to Take a “Viral” Photo If you are someone who loves to explore wallpapers for smartphones, then chances are that you have already heard abouta wallpaper that has been bricking Android phonesrecently. However, the photographer who shot the beautiful picture says he just wanted to capture the amazing sunset between the mountains. The young scientist and casual photographer, Gaurav Agarwal, went for a trip to the Glacier National Park in Montana where he shot the picture....

“You’re the Kind of Customer I’m Happy to Lose”: Bezos, in Response to a Customer’s Email As the protest against racism continues in the US, many companies are showing banners and notes on their websites in solidarity for the movement.Amazon is one of those companiesthat is showing a banner on their website. Now, for this step, Amazon CEO,Jeff Bezos got a lot of bashing emails from customers of other communities.In one of the responses, Bezos said that he is “happy to lose” customers like these....

9-Year-Old Kenyan Boy Gets Presidential Award for Wooden Hand-Washing Machine Since the Coronavirus started to take over the world, we have seen numerous innovative creations from people around the world to help curb the spread of the virus. We saw the “Coronaoven” by a Bengaluru-based startup and also saw aseventh-grader make a robotic sanitizer dispenser. Now, a 9-year-old from a village of Kenya has received the Presidential Award for his innovative wooden hand-washing machine....

Apple Should Acquire DuckDuckGo As Its Own Search Engine: Research Analyst Google has been ruling the search engine scenario in the market for quite a long time now. However, concerned tech-heads, like us, prefer DuckDuckGo for its immense focus on privacy. Now, with a recent paper, an analyst concluded that Apple should acquire the search engine to put pressure on Google. Bernstein analyst, Toni Sacconaghi, recently published a research report, in which he stated the suggestion for the Cupertino-based tech giant....