Is India prepared to deal with drone-based terrorist attacks?

• Under the new regulations, every UAV that weighs above 250g and can fly over an altitude of 50 feet has to be registered and regulated through an online platform called Digital Sky
• Experts feel that the govt should first try to have some kind of an anti drone system in place physically in the sky which can shoot or bring down rogue drones quickly

How data is helping Facebook provide disaster management maps?

• Facebook’s Data for Good initiative aims to use the vast amounts of data the social network gets to help in various humanitarian issues
• Alex Pompe said the moment a disaster strikes, disaster map is generated for 14 days and updated every eight hours

Online smartphone shipments up 26% YoY in Q2 2019: Report

• The mid-segment ( ₹15,000 to 20,000) was the fastest-growing price band in the online segment
• Xiaomi (46%) enjoys the lion’s share of the market, pitting Oppo’s sub brand Realme (17%) and Samsung (11%) by a distance

This company uses machine learning to tell cows apart from each other

• Like human faces, cows and buffaloes also have specific features on their faces that can be recognised
• The technology can be used to deal with the problem of stray cattle in a country where lack of shelter and food leads to more than a crore stray cattle

Realme's 64MP camera phone starts at ₹15,999: Everything you need to know

• The Realme XT comes in three storage variants and sports a Super AMOLED display, 64MP quad camera setup and a Snapdragon 712 SoC
• It will be available starting 12 noon on 16 September via Flipkart

Cyberattacks on healthcare facilities waning in 2019, report

• Attacks on medical devices have gone down by almost one third since 2018
• The propensity of attack depends on how much the government is spending on cybersecurity in the public health sector

Apple drops prices of older iPhones, iPhone XR and Watch Series 3. Check rates

• Apple iPhone XR saw a price drop of ₹27,000 in India
• The older iPhone models such as Apple iPhone XR, Apple iPhone XS, Apple iPhone 8, Apple iPhone 8 Plus received a price cut

Millennials replace emojis with stickers thanks to ML

• Various keyboard and messaging platforms now understand what youngsters want, and are investing to expand their content offerings in these areas
• Using stickers as primary mode of input or more often (than before) in the conversation has become a lot more convenient for users

AI-powered deepfakes are a bigger threat than fake news

• Deepfake videos may lead to more violence as they are more convincing than text, fake news
• Facebook has asked its AI researchers to create a large bank of realistic deepfake videos so they can be used as a benchmark to build and reinforce their own detection tools

Amazon Great Indian Festival sale will be selling OnePlus TVs, teaser reveals

• Amazon hasn't announced when the sale will go live
• The OnePlus TV has been teased extensively by the company since it was first officially introduced last month in a OnePlus forum

Dark mode for Gmail on Android is finally here: Check out what's new

• The dark option will turn the background of the Gmail app dark gray, along with all the inbox folders and most emails
• Google first started testing the dark mode on Android earlier this year, when it started rolling it out for a handful of users

Here's what didn't make it to the new iPhones 11-series this year

• The iPhone X was perhaps the last major game-changer for Apple in terms of design, software and hardware
• Apple missed out on a few features. Here are some of them

Apple may steal Netflix streaming crown with a $5-a-month TV+ service

• Launching on November 1 in 100 countries, Apple TV+ promises to launch a new show every week
• Apple to sell at least 130 million iPhones outside of China in the next 12 months, according to Wall Street

Google Pixel 4, 4XL may launch on Oct 15

• Google Pixel's new phones will have a large bezel at the top and it might not have a physical fingerprint sensor anywhere
• The Night Sight feature would include speed-related enhancements, allowing the phone to take better pictures at night

Why India deserves a personalized Apple retail store soon

• The Apple retail philosophy has been not to sell products but rather solve customers' queries on their purchase journey
• As Apple bumps up its plans to open more stores, India appeared on its global map last month

Why 5G is not yet on Apple's mind as rivals go gaga over it

• Apple has always been late to adopt any leading technology into its offerings if it is not developed in-house
• 5G is still in its infancy, with global roll-outs at various stages

India's first Instagram Fashion Week is here

• IFFD India Runway Week has come up with India's "first ever" Instagram edition of the fashion event
• The idea is to stitch the images from the shoot into a long, horizontal scroll, and then upload them to Instagram

Apple cuts prices of iPhone XR, iPhone XS, other older iPhone models in India

• Apple has slashed the prices of iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max that were launched last year
• Apple has also reduced the price of Apple Watch Series. Check details

Google's Apple Arcade competitor Play Pass to launch soon

• Earlier, a leaked report by Android Police in July, suggested that it may cost $4.99 per month, the same price as Apple Arcade
• The report also revealed that it might come with some known games like Monument Valley along with some non-gaming apps such as 'premium music apps', fitness trackers

IIIT-Hyderabad researchers' tool to tackle online hate speech against teen girls

• A group of researchers are building a natural language processing to detect hate speech online
• Called ‘Project Angel’, the project began after the group, found incidences of depression among 25-30% of girls in that age group