AASS - Robotics and Intelligent Systems

08/03/2018

Apple leads Swift Playgrounds course in Austin, helping blind and low-vision students

Android P lets you simultaneously connect up to five Bluetooth audio devices to your phone

BlackBerry inks tech license deal with Punkt to secure smart devices

Alexa is laughing creepily and freaking out users; Amazon promises fix

Volkswagen’s SEDRIC self-driving bus is too cool for school

Google Plays Up Gender Equality-Related Searches for International Women’s Day

Vivo Apex concept phone will get public release

16/02/2018

Cybercrime Gang Ramps up Ransomware Campaign
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In the last few weeks, Gold Lowell group has collected over $350K after infecting victims with SamSam crypto malware, researchers at Secureworks found.

In the last few weeks, Gold Lowell group has collected over $350K after infecting victims with SamSam crypto malware, researchers at Secureworks found.

15/02/2018

Google’s Chrome to begin blocking ads across websites

Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 1 renders leak, expected at MWC 2018

Elon Musk’s broadband-from-space plan receives US FCC approval

MIT professor debuts high-speed blockchain payments platform Algorand

119,000 Passports and Photo IDs of FedEx Customers Found on Unsecured Amazon Server

Microsoft Visual Studio Code tool is now part of the Anaconda Python distribution

Snapchat urged to get ‘back to basics’ as petition to scrap update hits one million

Facebook’s Messenger Kids is now on Android

14/02/2018

Barclays Says Second-Generation iPhone X Could Have Smaller Notch

Tinder to adopt Bumble’s ‘ladies first’ feature in a future update

Pinterest iOS app now allows you to rearrange pins, reorder sections, archive boards

SpaceX is launching its broadband satellites into orbit this weekend

Google’s Big Ad-Blocking Update Comes to Chrome Tomorrow

13/02/2018

Google sold 3.9 million Pixel phones in 2017

Reliance JioFiber may finally launch in March; expected to offer 100Mbps free broadband

Starting tomorrow, Facebook will be available on the JioPhone

Lympo announces a partnership with Eidoo wallet and its ICO engine

Foxconn wants to make RED cameras $20,000 cheaper

Android-powered Essential Phone estimated to have shipped just 88K units in 2017

Google takes AMP beyond basic posts with its new story format

HMD Global confirms Android 8.1 Oreo rollout for Nokia 8

13/02/2018

Google’s AI chips are now open for public use

Facebook Is Losing Younger Users at an Even Faster Than Expected Rate

You can now watch Snap Maps on the web

Israel develops pocket-size device to test for heart attacks

WhatsApp Payment Live in India For Some Users

Apple iMac Pro, the ‘most powerful mac ever’, goes on sale in India for Rs 415000

Verizon will begin locking iPhones to its network starting this spring

Xiaomi deletes poll which finds Android One more popular than MIUI

11/02/2018

Instagram to notify people when someone takes screenshot of their Story

Apple sold more watches than Rolex, Swatch, and the rest of the Swiss watch industry combined

Indians Can Now Send Money To Each Other Via WhatsApp

Google to use Getty Images content for its services

Windows 10 is getting its own effortless Bluetooth pairing for devices

VideoLAN VLC releases version 3.0 with HDR and 360-degree video

Facebook testing a “downvote” button for flagging content

10/02/2018

WhatsApp beta testers can now send payments in India

Aurora will power Byton EV’s autonomous driving features

Bitcoin worth $4.7M seized in federal fake-ID sting

Russian nuclear scientists arrested for using supercomputer to mine Bitcoin

HomePod repair cost nearly price of new unit, AppleCare+ ideal for parents and pet owners

Samsung's Full-Screen Patent Could Take 'Galaxy,' 'Note' to New Extremes

YouTube suspends ads on Logan Paul’s videos after he used a stun gun on a dead rat

EMUI 8 with Android Oreo lands on Honor 8 Pro in India

10/02/2018

Internet pioneer John Perry Barlow dies, aged 70

Bosch to hire 10,000 engineers in India to work on AI, other future tech

Google Fined Rs 136 Crore For ‘Search Bias’

EMUI 8.0 confirmed for Honor 7X and Honor 8, coming in Q2

Amazon launches a Polly WordPress plugin that turns blog posts into audio, including podcasts

Suzuki to invest $3 billion in India over 3 years

Bagel Emoji Finally Added to the List for 2018

Apple to launch AirPower and AirPods wireless charging case in March

10/02/2018

Apple-Shazam deal may hurt competition in Europe

HP’s new Thunderbolt 3 USB-C dock has a modular Bang & Olufsen speaker on top

Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro update brings camera fixes, key optimizations

Amazon’s Echo Look style assistant gets a little bit smarter

Chinese cops now have hi-tech glasses to screen crowds for criminals

Twenty-five ‘new’ Jaguar D-Types to be built in original Le Mans specification

Apple releases second iOS 11.3 public beta for iPhone and iPad

Elon Musk’s space car set to overshoot Mars and hurtle towards asteroid belt

Latest Google Play Services beta fixes Pixel “Check for update” button

10/02/2018

WhatsApp new feature for Android beta lets users add three participants in call

Actor Anupam Kher Says Twitter Account Hacked

The 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Now Gets 520 HP From Its Naturally Aspirated Flat Six

Google+ Android app getting “brand new version” in coming days

Microsoft takes aim at Google, Box, Dropbox with OneDrive switch offer

Report suggests Apple could begin 2018 product launches next month

Moto Z2 Force owners report screen peeling issue

06/02/2018

OnePlus releases Lava Red OnePlus 5T for Valentine’s Day

HP Unveils New Color 3-D Printers

Ex Google and Facebook Employees Want to Protect Kids From Social Media Addiction

Apple iPhone X investigating issue where users are unable to take calls

256GB iPhone X now costs a staggering $1,699 in India as Apple hikes prices yet again

Apple abruptly pulled Telegram last week when it learned app was serving child po*******hy

Xiaomi to Launch Budget Android Smartphone on Feb 14

Google enables Pixel Visual Core for better Instagram, Snapchat, and WhatsApp photos

iPad Remains World’s Most Popular Tablet as Apple Outsold Samsung and Amazon Combined Last Year

Google India introduces to educate users on internet security

Apple Music will soon have more subscribers than Spotify in the US