Artificial intelligence-based fitness is promising but may not be for everyone

• Users must consider these apps as informational tools rather than be blindly dependent on them
• While HealthifyMe is not a new service, the company has been pushing the new AI assistant to its users

Asus ROG Mothership: Potent, bulky and heavy on the pocket

• What separates Asus’ 2-in-1 is that its keyboard is detachable and foldable
• To keep the laptop cool, Asus has parked all the hardware inside the display chassis

Lenovo ThinkBook 15: A decent laptop for first-timers

• At 1.8 kg, it’s heavy with a metallic top cover, but the overall design feels rather plastic-like
• In sum, the Lenovo Thinkbook 15 makes for a decent laptop for first-time users, or for those with limited needs

India may force Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter to offer user verification: Sources

• The requirement would likely raise a host of technical and policy issues for companies including Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram units
• Verification would be optional for users, the sources said

India 5th worst country for people's privacy, biometric data collection: Report

• India shares the fifth position with Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines
• India is behind China, Malaysia, Pakistan and the US

Apple to release four iPhones in 2020 with 5G connectivity: JP Morgan analyst

• As per the report, Apple is going to use Qualcomm's X55 modems in all of its 2020 iPhones
• All four iPhone models will have OLED displays from Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S11 to come with Qualcomm's massive two-finger ultrasonic scanner

• The Galaxy S11 will come with sensors that can scan two fingerprints at once
• The new sensor's recognition area is 17 times larger

Google Photos adds private messaging to make it easier to share photos

• Now when you share one-off photos and videos, you will have the option to add them to an ongoing, private conversation in the app
• You can like photos or comment in the conversation, and you can easily save these photos or videos to your own gallery

Why Instagram and social media needs stronger measures for age verification

• Several studies have showed that children on social media platforms are more vulnerable to online predators than the grown-ups
• A UK survey found 18% of children under the age of 11 are registered on various social media accounts despite the existence of minimum age limits

Nokia's first smart TV launched in India: Check price, specifications

• The smart TV will be available on the e-commerce platform starting December 10
• The product is currently available in a 55-inch variant

Apples' iPhone 11 Pro shared location even when told not to

• iPhone 11 Pro seeks GPS data even when an app's Location Services switch is set to 'never' request said information
• Security journalist Brian Krebs wrote about this on his blog recently

Reliance Jio vs Airtel vs Vodafone Idea: New recharge plans compared

• The surge in most of the plans provided by the three major telcos are in the average range of 15-47%
• While Airtel raised its tariffs by up to 50%, Vodafone Idea also hikes rates by up to 42% and Reliance Jio increased the rates by up to 40%

Pablo Escobar's brother unveils cheapest foldable smartphone 'Escobar Fold 1'

• The Escobar Fold 1 price starts from $349
• Initial production run of the device is limited to 100,000 phones

Indian government doesn’t want to be too far behind on 5G: Qualcomm

Mint spoke to Alex Katouzian, senior vice president and general manager, mobile business unit, at Qualcomm to understand the company’s outlook for India

A TikTok craze is minting celebrities and ruining lives in India

• The short video app wildly popular with lip-syncing teenagers around the world has taken India by storm
• More than 200 million users in India devour and share videos mimicking Bollywood dancing, movie dialog and comedy, making India TikTok’s biggest global market

Instagram to require birth dates in move to block underage use

• The move aims to help Instagram comply with a US law and its own policies that require any user to be at least 13
• It was not immediately clear how Instagram would protect against young people providing false information

Instagram to collect ages in leap for youth safety, alcohol ads

• Instagram said it will require birthdates from all new users, expanding the audience for ads for alcohol and other age-restricted products while offering new safety measures for younger users
• Until now, Instagram except for limited circumstances has required its 1 billion users only to say they are at least 13 years old

Amazon designs more powerful data center chip

• The AWS Graviton2 processor, which is estimated to be seven times faster than its previous chip, uses technology from SoftBank Group Corp-owned Arm Holdings
• Data center processor chips are used in cloud computing, an area that is fast emerging as a big business.

Lenovo launches range of new smart home devices in India

• Lenovo launched smart display, smart bulb, and smart camera, expanding its IoT portfolio in India
• The Lenovo Smart Display allows users to control over 5,000 smart home devices using Google Assistant

Reliance Jio new recharge plans: Price, data, offers compared

• Reliance Jio today announced new 'All-In-One' plans
• Earlier, Reliance Jio had stated that the plans will be priced up to 40% higher than the current recharge plans