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Twitter Launches Custom Emojis to Spread Awareness on Domestic Violence Against Women Twitterhas launched custom emojis to spread awareness on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25 and Human Rights Day on December 10. The new emojis are in partnership with UN Women and the UN Human Rights Office. Twitter users will see emojis when they tweet with the hashtag #GenerationEquality, #OrangeTheWorld, #16Days, #HumanRightsDay, and other localized hashtags....

Twitter to Restart Account Verification Program in Early 2021 After three years of pausing its publicaccount verification program, Twitter has officially revealed plans torelaunch the program with new guidelines in early 2021. Apart from the blue verified badge,Twitter is also planning to add new account types and labels. According to Twitter’s proposed verification policy, the company will open verification requests for the following types of accounts: government, companies, brands and non-profit organizations, news, entertainment, sports, activists, organizers, and other influential individuals....

Xiaomi Global Shipments Grew 45% in Q3, 2020 Following Huawei Sanctions Xiaomion Tuesday reported a 19% jump in third-quarter net profit on the back of a 45% growth in global shipments YoY. The company reportedly benefited fromHuawei’s troubleswith crushing US sanctions that have massively disrupted the latter’s smartphone business, forcing it tosell off its Honor brand. According to an official filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Xiaomi’s overall revenues hit 72....

Xiaomi’s Latest 5,000mAh ZMI Power Bank Warms Your Hands Xiaomi has launched a new 5,000mAh power bank in China that also functions as a hand warmer. Much like thehand warmer power bankXiaomi launched last year, the new model offers a handy and pocketable design. However, the design is more vertically elongated and looks like a hybrid of a computer mouse, soap, and mango. Xiaomi claims to have usedPTC self-limiting temperature heating technologyto ensure the safety of users....

YouTube Tests Automatically Adding Chapters to Select Videos YouTube has recently introduced a myriad of changes, offering users arevamped UI, playback controls,Shorts, and more. One of the new features,launchedearlier this year, is called video chapters. It enables the creator to divide their video into chapters (sections) to make it easier for viewers to jump to the section they’re more inclined to watch. This feature currently needs creators to mention timestamps for each chapter down in the description box....

Amazon Echo Buds Get Workout Tracking, Including Step Counter, Calories Burnt and More A year after it first started testing the feature,Amazonhas finally started rolling out workout tracking toEcho Buds. In a statement toCNBC, the company said that the device can now monitor the duration of a workout, the steps you take, estimated calories burned and how fast or how far you walk or run. The company hopes to complete the update rollout in the next couple of days....

Android 12 May Let You Update Emojis Without System Updates Getting access to the latest emojis currently requires an OS update onAndroid. That’s because emojis and other fonts are stored in the read-only /system/fonts directory. Considering the ever-evolving and constantly updating nature of emojis, Google is reportedlyexploring the possibility of updating emojis without requiring an entire OTA update on Android. According to recent commits on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) Gerrit spotted by the folks over atXDA Developers, Google might bepreparing to relocate fonts and emojis from /system/fonts to data/fonts directory....