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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg took pains to distance his company from Twitter and its fight with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the White House moved to scrap a law protecting social media companies. Republican Trump, who accuses social media firms of bias against conservatives, without evidence, stepped up his attacks on Twitter after the company put a fact-checking label on two of his tweets about mail-in ballots on Tuesday for the first time. "We have a different policy I think than Twitter on this," Zuckerberg told Fox News, Trump's preferred broadcaster. Both sites take down content that violates their terms of service, but Facebook's approach, he said, has "distinguished us from some of the other tech companies in terms of being stronger on free expression and giving people a voice." While Facebook does apply labels to misleading posts, it exempts from review posts by politicians, a decision that some lawmakers and presumptive Democratic presidential … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg distances Facebook from Twitter in Trump fight

The other side Android Central reviews the new iPhone SE — and likes it a lot The iPhone SE is one of the best phones you'll find for under $500 in 2020. With the latest A13 Bionic chipset and a compact form factor as well as great cameras, the iPhone SE has plenty going for it. Find out if you should make the switch from Android. … [Read more...] about Here’s what the canceled Google Pixel 4a XL would have looked like

Budget airline SpiceJet Ltd said on Friday it received permission to conduct drone trials that will allow it to deliver medical supplies and e-commerce products as a months-long lockdown has thrown supply chains in the country into disarray. Earlier this month, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted exemptions to 13 groups to operate drones on an experimental basis. After trials, SpiceXpress, the airline's cargo arm, will focus on delivering medical emergency parcels and essential supplies including perishables, SpiceJet said. "Testing of drone technology for last mile connectivity and cost-effective cargo deliveries are a big leap in the air transportation of essential and non-essential supplies in India," SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh said in a statement. A SpiceXpress-led consortium, which includes drone maker Throttle Aerospace, was granted permission to operate drones beyond the visual sight of the operator on a trial basis, the … [Read more...] about SpiceJet to run drone trials for cargo deliveries

NEW DELHI: As Google has already cancelled its annual developer conference — Google I/O 2020, the company will be live streaming the event which will be dedicated to the next big Android release. The company will live stream Android 11 Beta launch on June 3. The Android 11 Beta launch is scheduled to take place at 15 pm UTC (8.30 pm IST) on June 3. It will be an hour-long session in which the company will talk about the new features of Android 11 along with what’s new for the developers. The launch will be followed by a live Q&A session and anyone can participate in it using the #AskAndroid hashtag. Along with this, Google will also publish 12 “binge-worthy” talks on Android, starting with the basics and covering advanced topics later. The list of 12 topics include 1. What’s new in Android 2. What’s new in System UI 3. All things privacy in Android 11 4. Storage access with Android 11 5. State of Kotlin on Android 6. Get Composed 7. … [Read more...] about Google to live stream Android 11 launch on June 3

NEW DELHI: Tech giant Google has revealed that it will soon allow G Suite users with Google Voice licenses to make Google Voice calls directly from their Gmail inbox. With this new feature in place users will not have to open another tab in order to make Google Voice call. Once the feature is rolled out, you will able to access Google Voice directly from the toolbar placed on the right side of your inbox. Google Voice in Gmail looks similar to the call panel in the Voice web application, allowing you to answer calls, make new outbound calls, and easily transfer calls. In addition, you can now transfer calls using the Google Voice mobile and web apps. In a few simple steps, you can send a call to the appropriate person, whether that’s an intelligently-suggested contact, searching in your directory or a manually entered phone number. The company has already started rolling out the call transfer feature for Google Voice’s iOS, Android and web apps to G Suite customers. … [Read more...] about G Suite users will soon be able to make Google Voice calls from Gmail