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OnePlus had promised that it would upgrade the OnePlus 5 and 5T to Android 10, and the company is now delivering on that promise. The first Android 10 Open Beta is now rolling out for the company’s 2017 phones.

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With the coronavirus pandemic keeping theatres shut, Indian movies have decided to release directly on streaming services. The Jyothika-starrer Ponmagal Vandhal has reportedly sold itself to Amazon Prime Video. Akshay Kumar’s horror comedy Laxmmi Bomb is reportedly in talks with Disney+ Hotstar.

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OnePlus Warp Charge 30 Wireless Charger is expected to be priced at Rs. 3,990 but the company has not given any official statement on the same.

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Reliance Jio has introduced a dedicated WhatsApp number for ordering on JioMart. The new JioMart WhatsApp Order Booking Service is live in select localities of Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Kalyan for now.

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Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections, backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries.

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Reliance Industries started testing its online shopping portal three days after Facebook said it will invest $5.7 billion in digital assets controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani.

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Following on from the release of its official coronavirus information app, the Australian Government has now launched its voluntary CovidSafe tracking app with the goal of tracing the spread of Covid-19 more accurately. 

Available now for Android and iOS, the CovidSafe app works by recognising and keeping track of other devices with the app installed and Bluetooth switched on, essentially keeping a record of the people (who have also opted in) who come within 1.5 metres of you for a period of at least 15 minutes. 

The idea is that the app will speed up the current process of notifying people who have been in close proximity to someone with Covid-19.

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The CovidSafe app will take note of the "date, time, distance and duration of the contact," as stated by the Department of Health's website.

If diagnosed with Covid-19, users will have the option of consenting to the release of their contact data, in turn allowing the app to get in touch with other users who have been in close proximity to the affected patient.

While the app's source code has not been released at this time, Twitter developer Matthew Robbins has independently decompiled the Android app and has found it to be "above board, very transparent and follows industry standard," as reported by Ausdroid.

Privacy

According to the CovidSafe app's privacy policy, the Australian Government will ask for your consent to collect your mobile phone number, name, age range and postcode. 

The collected personal data will reportedly be encrypted and stored on your device alone and will be automatically deleted after 21 days. If you are under 16 years of age, a parent or guardian will have to consent for you.

For the app to work, the site admits that some data will have to be recorded elsewhere. This includes "the encrypted user ID, date and time of contact and Bluetooth signal strength of other COVIDSafe users with which you come into contact."

The policy states that a new "encrypted user ID will be created every 2 hours," however, this information "will be logged in the National COVIDSafe data store, operated by the Digital Transformation Agency, in case you need to be identified for contact tracing."

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The data store is described as a "cloud-based facility, using infrastructure located in Australia, which has been classified as appropriate for storage of data up to the ‘protected’ security level."

As for how long your data will remain in the cloud, the Department of Health's website states that "We will delete all data in the data store after the COVID-19 pandemic has concluded as required by the Biosecurity Determination." 

Your data will reportedly also be deleted if you uninstall the CovidSafe from your device or if you "upload your contact data to the data store."

The policy stresses that "No location data (data that could be used to track your movements) will be collected at any time." The Australian Government has also released a more thorough 78-page Privacy Impact Assessment in PDF form.

Other issues and concerns

For the CovidSafe app to work effectively, your device's Bluetooth will need to remain switched on at all times so that the app can continuously ping other users. Of course, this is expected to drain your phone's battery life quicker than usual. 

While Android devices will be able to run the CovidSafe app in the background, meaning "you can use your phone as normal without having to open or check COVIDSafe," the app FAQ stipulates that iOS devices will need to "Keep COVIDSafe running and notifications on when you're out and about, especially in meetings and public places" – a barrier which could prove a nuisance for many.

That said, while the app certainly has its drawbacks, it appears to be secure and seems to take users' privacy into consideration. 

With this in mind, potential users will need to weigh these minor downsides against the app's proposed benefits – namely, a far more accurate way of tracing the spread of coronvirus, which should in turn help speed up Australia's return to normalcy (or something like it).

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While it isn’t the newest idea to hit the smartphone world, the pop-up selfie camera is certainly a novel way of decluttering the handset’s face and allowing for an uninterrupted display in doing so.

A few manufacturers have already implemented this trick – the OnePlus 7 Pro and Oppo Reno are some notable examples – but the latest leak suggests that Samsung will be joining them in the near future.

A number of renders have been ‘acquired’ by design website Pigtou in collaboration with veteran leakers OnLeaks, showing off the alleged Samsung handset from all angles.

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The renders show a phone with a fingerprint scanner on its rear, as well as a triple camera array, so it’s likely that the device won’t be in Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S series, and will more probably be in the mid-range Galaxy A series.

The selfie camera is contained in a small, squared-off protrusion that pops up from the top edge of the phone, slightly offset from the handset’s centre. Some other details that can be gleaned from the renders include a USB-C port, lack of headphone jack, and an all-display design with some minor top and side bezels and a slightly larger chin bezel.

Given that any evidence of this handset's existence lies purely in the form of some leaked renders, there’s no telling if it’s accurate at this point, let alone when it will release. 

In the past, we’ve seen rumored Samsung prototypes of the Galaxy A series turn out to be wildly different than the final design, so we can’t be certain of the veracity of these renders.

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India's position as the world's fastest growing market for smartphones could take a major hit if the administration continues to keep both the phones and spare parts off the list of essential supplies during the lockdown period. An association representing electronics and mobile phone industry says as many as 40 million subscribers could be left without a functioning device. 

Ironically, this sobering bit of market analysis comes alongside a report suggesting a 4% year-on-year growth in the Indian smartphone market during the first quarter of 2020. Market research firm Counterpoint says more than 31 million units were sold between January and February though post-Covid-19 outbreak sales fell 19%. 

The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), which represents manufacturers, brand owners, technology providers, VAS application and solution providers, distributors and retailers of mobile handsets and other electronic devices, believes that if by end-May, the restrictions on delivering handsets and spares continue, cell phone services would be hit. 

The smartphone repair market in India has witnessed multi-brand options with the likes of Mobigarage and Yaantra seeking to disrupt the proceedings with doorstep servicing. However, since the midnight of March 25, all such services have been put on hold following the total lockdown imposed by the federal government. 

The total lockdown has forced even mobile phone manufacturers to stay idle in spite of the fact that companies such as Samsung and Google are offering even free repair of smartphones worth $300 in  countries like the United States so that emergency workers aren't inconvenienced. 

The ICEA estimates that more than 25 million customers are estimated to be saddled with non-functional or semi-functional devices due to non-available of components in the supply chain. If the government does not include phones, laptops and spare parts in the list of essential items soon, things could only get worse, the body warns through a media statement. 

The ICEA, which includes big names in the mobile industry including Apple and Xiaomi, estimates the current active mobile phone population in India to be in excess of 850 million and an approximate breakdown rate of 0.25% a month. These people do not have the option of either fixing their phones or buying a new one, the association has said. 

The Counterpoint report also highlights a 10% shrinkage of the Indian mobile phone market during the rest of 2020 though it expects the major players to retain their market share. Xiaomi leads the race with 30% followed by Vivo and Samsung. The report says Apple grew by 78% during the first quarter to corner 55% of the premium market segment. 

So, what's the solution now? 

The industry association has petitioned the federal government led by Narendra Modi to bring mobile phones into the list of essential goods.

“We have written to the government that these numbers will expand to nearly 4 crores before the end of May. It is critical that mobile device sales via online, and in a phased manner via retail, as well as service centres with facilities for home delivery and pickup must be declared as “essential services”, in addition to grocery and medicines,” says ICEA Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo. 

The association also sought to know how some of the states would ensure that smartphone users mandatorily download and carry the government's Covid-19 tracking app Aarogya Setu. "How would they use the app and how can government collect data if the smartphones aren't in working order," an official of the ICEA asked. 

The latest on the matter is that following ICEA's representation to its nodal government department - the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology - officials of this department have sent a strong recommendation to the federal ministry for internal affairs to include smartphones and laptops into the list of essential goods. 

Of course, there hasn't been any movement from the federal government on this front and ICEA is hoping that there could be some relaxation when the lockdown reviews begin this week. 

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The announcement of Amazon’s Graviton2 may well have made AMD and Intel a little nervous - Amazon is, after all, a customer of both. Now, the two companies have even greater reason to be worried.

Parisian company SiPearl recently announced it had signed a major agreement with semiconductor giant ARM. The French firm will use ARM IP (Zeus Neoverse CPU) to develop a new set of CPUs: Rhea, Chronos and another unnamed model.

The company is backed by the European Commission as part of the European Processor Initiative (EPI) project, which aims to design a high performance, low power microprocessor for Europe’s first exascale supercomputer.

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Three generations of processors are expected to be delivered in four years, which is a rather ambitious timeline. SiPearl will also be heavily dependent on technology from two other French companies: Kalray and Menta.

Although SiPearl will not, for the foreseeable future, produce any consumer-focused products, its roadmap gestures towards an automotive POC (power over Coax?) and an automotive central processing unit that could be on the horizon.

So, while SiPearl won't compete just yet with the likes of Ampere’s Altra, AMD’s Epyc family or Intel’s Xeon range, it's one to keep a close eye on as Europe wrestles to build an HPC unit capable of competing with global giants.

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