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  Apple Appeals to Overturn UK Order to Remove Advanced Data Protection: Report

  Apple has appealed a British government order to create a "back door" in its most secure cloud storage systems. FT said Apple appealed against the order last month around the same time as it withdrew ADP from the UK, rather than comply with the technical capability notice it received from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in January.

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  Oppo Announces Gemini Integration Across First-Party Apps, Unveils New AI Features at MWC 2025

  Oppo announced several new artificial intelligence (AI) developments on Monday at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona. The company announced that Google’s Gemini will be integrated with its first-party apps, offering greater usability when users access Gemini AI assistant. Additionally, the company also previewed a couple of new AI ...

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  Qualcomm Launches Dragonwing Fixed Wireless Access Gen 4 Elite Platform Alongside Qualcomm X85 5G Modem-RF at MWC 2025

  Qualcomm Dragonwing Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Gen 4 Elite was unveiled at MWC 2025 on Monday. It features the Qualcomm X85 5G modem, offering peak download speeds of 12.5 Gbps, tri-band Wi-Fi i7, and 14km mmWave 5G connectivity. It is equipped with a quad-core processor and Hexagon NPU coprocessor with 40 TOPS performance.

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  Meta to Reportedly Launch a Standalone Meta AI App to Take On OpenAI and Google

  Meta is reportedly planning to launch its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot as a standalone app. The company currently offers Meta AI within its social media apps including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. It is also available as a web client, however, the social media giant does not offer the platform as a mobile or desktop app.

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  Apple Unveils New Child Safety Features Amid Age Verification Debate

  Apple will introduce a new Declared Age Range function allowing developers to access age information volunteered by parents during an Apple child account setup.

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  Airtel and Apple Partner to Bring Apple TV+, Apple Music Services to Postpaid and Wi-Fi Users

  Bharti Airtel announced a strategic partnership with Apple on Monday to bring access to Apple TV+ to its home Wi-Fi and postpaid users. The telecom service provider said that all Airtel Xstream Fiber users and postpaid mobile users can now access the entire content library of the Apple TV+ on opting for plans starting at Rs. 999.

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  Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection Feature in UK Amid Government Demands

  Apple is scrapping its most advanced security encryption feature for cloud data in Britain. The move means iCloud backups in Britain will no longer have that level of encryption, allowing Apple to access in certain cases user data that it otherwise could not, such as copies of iMessages, and hand it over to authorities if legally compelled. With en...

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  iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max Said to Get AI-Powered Visual Intelligence Features Soon

  iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max could soon support visual intelligence, a new leak claimed. Visual intelligence in Apple Intelligence refers to tasks that require computer vision. These are currently only available to the iPhone 16 series, despite the iPhone 15 Pro models supporting on-device artificial intelligence (AI) processing.

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  Facebook Profile Lock: How to Lock Your FB Profile on Mobile, Desktop, Benefits, and More

  Facebook Profile Lock is a privacy feature that limits access to your posts, photos, and personal details to only your friends. Strangers will only see a reduced version of your profile. You can enable it on mobile or desktop in a few simple steps. If needed, you can unlock your profile anytime to restore previous settings. This guide covers everyt...

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  RBI Launches Mobile App Offering Financial Statistics Related To Economy

  Reserve Bank on Tuesday launched mobile application 'RBIDATA' which will provide access to more than 11,000 different series of economic data related to the Indian economy.

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  Reliance Jio Offers Complimentary JioHotstar Subscription With Rs. 949 Prepaid Recharge Plan

  Reliance Jio now offers a complimentary subscription to JioHotstar with one of its prepaid recharge plans. The new streaming platform was created by bringing together JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar and was launched by JioStar last week. It combines the content library of the two over-the-top (OTT) platforms, in addition to hosting content from vario...

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  Baidu to Make AI Chatbot Ernie Bot Free of Charge from April 1

  Baidu said on Thursday it would make its AI chatbot Ernie Bot accessible at no cost to all users on both desktop and mobile platforms starting April 1. Baidu faces growing competition in China's AI sector, particularly from DeepSeek which offers free AI chatbot services.

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  Disney+ Hotstar Faces Outage During India vs England 3rd ODI

  Disney+ Hotstar faced a major disruption during the India vs England 3rd ODI, affecting web and smart TV users.

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  Oppo Find N5 Design Spotted in Unboxing Video; Specifications, DeepSeek-R1 Support Confirmed

  Oppo Find N5 has been spotted in a leaked unboxing video, revealing its design just days before its launch in global markets and China. The foldable phone is set to debut with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, and the battery capacity has been revealed. It will also feature DeepSeek-R1 integration, offering access to the popular chatbot's online functiona...

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  iOS 18.3.1 Update Released With Fix for Critical, Actively Exploited USB Security Flaw

  iOS 18.3.1 began rolling out to users on Monday, bringing a crucial patch for a critical security flaw that allowed sophisticated attackers to access a user's iPhone, even when locked. Apple confirmed that the flaw might have been exploited to target individuals. Users with eligible iPhone models should update to the latest version to fix the vulne...