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ANDROID AUTHORITY SAID Xiaomi’s affordable hardware might be the draw for most users, but the MIUI Android skin has its fair share of fans. Despite being called out for taking design cues from Apple, Xiaomi has done an excellent job bringing the latest software enhancements, backporting features to older devices through MIUI. With MIUI 12, Xiaomi continues to introduce privacy, usability, and interface enhancements with a sprinkling of iOS styling thrown in for good measure. While final builds will not start rolling out till later in the year, we managed to download and flash a MIUI 12 beta ROM of the Chinese version and flashed it on a Redmi Note 7 Pro. Here are some of the most notable MIUI 12 features we’ve come across so far. A fresh new interface With MIUI 12, Xiaomi has paid special attention to minimalism in interface elements. The new icon pack is clean to look at and is fully animated. In fact, animations across the board have received an upgrade and enjoy some e

The whatsApp, has really pulled up its socks in its fight against the spread of fake news. From limiting forwarded messages to working on a feature that would verify messages, WhatsApp is doing it all to stop fake news from being circulated on its platform. The messaging app recently launched a chatbot called the IFCN chatbot to curb the spread of misinformation. The IFCN chatbot on WhatsApp will enable citizens from all over the world to verify whether the message that they received about COVID-19 is true or not. Using the chatbot, the users can see whether that piece of information has been rated false by the professional fact-checker. Hundreds of millions of users rely on WhatsApp to stay in touch with their friends and families every day. Since bad actors use every single platform to disseminate falsehoods, to mislead others during such troubling times, fact-checkers’ work is more important than ever. Here’s how users can activate the IFCN chatbot Save the number

Harvard University is now directly allowing the public to take any course of their like from its list of 70+ free online courses. Any certificate from Harvard will be cool, if not great. Being a part of the Ivy League, Harvard’s reputation will be added to your resume if you add any of the works from there. So here’s your choice. The grand institution has a catalog of various subjects, which are being offered for free to learn. So those who’re interested in making their quarantine productive, enroll in any of the courses you like and learn. Steps to Get Free Online Courses From Harvard University:- Visit the website  and choose the course you’re interested in. You can filter the catalog by applying filters as per the subject. Upon finding a course, click on it, and you’ll be seeing a button as Take Course (on edX). Clicking on it, you’ll be directed to the  edX website  for registering an account. You can create an account by providing basic details like an email addres

GoogleDrive for iPhone and iPad, that has added a new Privacy Screen feature that lets users enable Face ID or passcode authentication whenever the app is opened on their device, irrespective of the system's global security settings. Similar features have been added to other third-party iOS apps containing particularly sensitive content, like password managers for instance. The idea is that even if you leave your device unlocked, anyone who tries to launch the Google Drive app still has to get past Face ID or Touch ID to gain access to your storage cloud-based files. Google Drive includes options to activate Privacy Screen immediately whenever the app is opened or returned to upon switching to another app, or to delay the request for 10, seconds, one minute, or 10 minutes, depending on your threat model. You can enable the feature in the app by tapping the hamburger icon in the top left corner of the screen and selecting Privacy Screen. Toggle the switch and the

The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has invited students to take a dedicated online artificial intelligence course for free. Although the course is open to anyone interested, it can especially be beneficial for postgraduate students who wish to learn more about using artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems. The online course is being offered on the UGC MOOCs portal, which is a vertical of the SWAYAM initiative of MHRD. What Does the Free Artificial Intelligence Course Consist Of? The free online artificial intelligence course comprises of 36 learning modules, and each topic is explained in detail. The modules consist of both e-text (over ten to 14 pages) that can be downloaded in the pdf format, as well as a self-learning video (around twenty minutes) wherein experts from reputable institutions give a lecture on a topic related to artificial intelligence. Furthermore, an option to take a print-out of e-text for students’ convenience is also avail

Due to Lockdown, Stores in India are closed and online sales have dropped as e-commerce websites such as Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart suspended sales of mobile phones to focus on deliveries of household items. For this Mi Commerce, will allow consumers to browse online products and place orders, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp said on Monday it will launch an e-commerce service in India this week to enable customers stuck at home during a nationwide lockdown to buy its products from their local retailer. The new service, Mi Commerce, will allow consumers to browse online products available at a store close to their home and place orders. The service will be rolled out across India and Xiaomi will continue it after the lockdown ends if it is successful. -By Sunilkumar Choudari

Google Duo is one of the simplest apps for making video calls with friends and family, but it’s been limited by the fact that it generally requires a phone number to use. Frankly, you don’t want everyone to have anyone's phone number. It now seems Google is changing that requirement. Google Duo is working on “Reachable with email address” setting It seems Google Duo will allow people to contact you via email at long last. It’s not clear if it is an opt-in or opt-out feature — or whether you’ll still need to sign up with a phone number — but it’s still nice to at least have the option to use email. Google first allowed you to make called on the web with just an email account back, but given it’s a mobile-first app, it’s good to see some similar flexibility afforded to our smartphones. Considering the uptick in Google Duo usage after the coronavirus Pandemic, I’m glad to see the company is finally giving one of its best apps more attention. Google recently increased the n

We do a lot on our phones these days, such as texting, calling, and surfing the web. Some of us even use it for work where we might access sensitive information that we don’t want others to see. Unfortunately for Xiaomi users, it seems that a report from Forbes has revealed that the company’s devices are apparently collecting browsing data on its users. This is according to security researcher Gabi Cirlig who discovered that on his Redmi Note 8 handset, what he was doing on his phone was being sent to remote servers hosted by Alibaba that were rented by Xiaomi. This data included things like the websites he visited, what he searched for, and what kind of articles he was browsing while using Xiaomi’s news feed software. It also seems that it did not matter if the user was using incognito mode as it appeared that data was still being collected anyway. More worrying, the data also included non-web related activities, such as the screens he swiped, like the status bar and setting

The businesses of the company were discontinued with Corona lockdown throughout the country. The Government's mandate has enabled some of the essentials to start, and in part, Amazon and Flipkart have also started sales. So far, only essential goods were being delivered by the institutions. In contrast, they have now started delivery of all kinds of goods such as mobile in some specific places across the country. The e-commerce companies can start selling all kinds of goods from the midnight of May 4, according to the Union Home Ministry directive. But here's one thing to remember. The delivery of all kinds of goods is possible only in places where it is classified as green and orange zones across the country. Only necessities can be obtained through their respective shopping sites in places where red zone is imposed. It is not possible to order ordinary goods if you live in a red zone, which has been released by the Union Home Ministry, and the state governments have

The most popular instant messeging cross platform is WhatsApp messenger for a long time now for WhatsApp Messenger voice message and for text messes as well. Sure, the voice call feature is now a brief available option for you, but the voice message is a more convenient choice. The voice message puts you more emphasis on communicating with a person and more than a voice call, which requires you to dedicate time and effort. Now, the main aspect of content is that. Transcriber for WhatsApp. The application. The amazing and only good feature of this application is that it lets you change WhatsApp voice messages that you have at your disposal. When you are in a situation where the voice message is not winless. For example, if you are in a quiet environment and don't want to disturb others. This application will translate your nearest audio clip in text format. Supports languages such as English, French (francs), Italian (Italian), German (Dutch), Spanish (Espol), Portug

From solving Maths equations to identifying plants to translating words in any language, there are apps that can make you do all this and more using your smartphone's camera. Wonder which ones? Here are few of them. #My Scans (available both on Android and iOS): Can crop and scan documents, also has file and folder organiser to print directly from phone There are a lot of scanning apps but My Scans is simple and easy to use. It automatically does document edge detection and crops so that scans don’t look ‘unprofessional’. There is a file and folder organiser and you can directly print documents from your smartphone. There are also a bunch of Cloud-related features but you have to pay for them. #Warden Cam: (available both on Android and iOS): Can turn your old smartphone or tablet into surveillance camera The app that turns an of your old smartphone or tablet into a surveillance camera. Warden Cam can be installed not two phones — use one as recorder and other as a vie

Instagram one of the largest Social media network app in the World for youth, not for only Youth for everyone. It has brought a feature called "Insta prom it showed up on twitter post. It says you can find this sticker in your stories tray but as of now not all the users have received this sticker. Maybe you need to wait for a day or two to get this sticker. We know prom might not be what you’d originally planned but we hope these help you celebrate with a DIY prom at home. Find them in your stories tray Before launching this new sticker, Instagram has announced four new fonts for Stories. The company says, it has started testing the fonts with a few people but did not give a time when they will roll out these fonts to all the users. As of now, there are five fonts, Typewriter, Strong, Classic, Modern and Neon in the Instagram Story. Instagram is introducing new features for its Stories. It has also introduced the “How can I Help” “Challenges” sticker, and it a

PUBG Mobile is one of the most played online multiplayer games. Millions of users have played the game and it has grown in popularity during the lockdown. However, not all players in PUBG Mobile boast a similar amount of skill and this is where the ranking system of the game comes in. Similar to many skill-based mobile games, PUBG Mobile uses eight ranks to determine the players' skill level. Winning games offers players ratings which increases their ranks and losing in the early stages of a match results in de-ranking. Here is a look at the ranking system in detail. #1 Bronze PUBG Mobile Bronze Rank The Bronze rank is the most basic rank given to players after they have played their first match on PUBG Mobile. It has five tiers from Bronze V to Bronze I. This rank mostly comprises the players who have recently started playing PUBG Mobile. Plenty of bots are present in the game, which makes the game easier to play for the newcomers. #2 Silver   PUBG Mobile Sil