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Apple and Google Release Sample UI and Guidelines for Contact Tracing Apps After releasing the early versions of exposure notification API to developers last week, Apple and Google have shared guidelines and released sample user interface designs that developers working on authorized contact tracing apps can use to better implement the API. The images show various elements of the app, including the onboarding process, notification settings, and the interface when the app detects a positive result....

Apple Files a Patent for Editing iMessages, Better App Integration, and More If you often use iMessage, you must have noticed that there are some very basic features missing from the messaging platform — message replies, and editing are the two most obvious ones. Apple has long been expected to finally bring the capability to edit messages sent in iMessage withiOS 14, and the company has now filed a new patent for exactly that (among other things)....

Apple Will Host WWDC 2020 Online on June 22 Back in March, Apple announced that it’s moving its annual developer’s conference — WWDC 2020 — to anonline-only formatin light of the Coronavirus pandemic. Today, the company has put out a press release announcing that the event will be held starting June 22. WWDC is the place where Apple announces new iterations for its operating systems for smartphones, Macs, Apple TV, iPads, and Apple Watch....

HP Announces Omen 25L, 30L Desktops and Omen 27i Gaming Monitor HP has today launched two new gaming desktops – Omen 25L and 30L and a gaming monitor – Omen 27i. Both desktops are available in AMD/Intel CPU variants and AMD/Nvidia GPU variants. The specifications of the Omen 25L and Omen 30L are almost identical and mainly differ in size and the cooling system. The desktop’s processor goes up to the latest 5....

International Fact-Checkers Network Launches Fact-Checker Bot on WhatsApp Over the years, popular messaging platform WhatsApp has evolved to be the breeding ground of fake news and rumors. The company has beentaking steps to fight misinformationand the latest effort in this regard is the addition of a fact-checker bot in collaboration with Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checkers Network (IFCN). “Since January, IFCN’s CoronavirusFacts Alliance has been utilizing the capacity of the fact-checking community to help users to sort truth from fiction by debunking falsehoods around the COVID-19 pandemic....

Lenovo Legion Gaming Phone May Have Side-Mounted Popup Camera, 5,000mAh Battery Lenovo is all set to launch itsfirst Legion-branded gaming smartphonethis year, and has been releasing a number of teasers to hype-up its upcoming device prior to its official announcement. Now,XDAclaims to have stumbled upon a bunch of what it describes as“unreleased teaser videos”that seem to reveal some of the notable design elements and key tech specs of the first-generation Legion smartphone....

MAIT Raises Red Flags Around Mandatory Aarogya Setu Install Orders When the Indian government made itmandatory for all public and private sector employeesto use the Aarogya Setu app earlier this week, it added that the head of organizations will be responsible to make sure all the employees have the app installed on their devices. The Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) has now commented against the guideline. MAIT’s chief executive officer George Paul was quoted earlier today byThe Economic Timessaying“Dereliction by an individual employee should not be a sword hanging over management....