Ananya Panday has no time for things most girls her age relish doing, not even celebrate her birthday. She isn't, however, complaining. Rather, the Student Of The Year 2 debutant, who turned 21 on October 30, is happy to have spent a working birthday this year. She says the day highlighted the most special year of her life.After having announced the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro smartphones globally, rumours are flying in thick about the OnePlus 8 which is expected to be announced next year. There have been a few renders of the device surfacing online and now we have a new report which states the possible launch timeframe for the devices.
OnePlus 8 Pro renders. Image: OnLeaks
This would make sense since that is usually the time when OnePlus announces its new phones just as it did with the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro this year.
8 and 8 Pro scheduled for Q2 2020
— Max J. (@Samsung_News_) October 29, 2019
As per the earlier report, the upcoming OnePlus 8 Pro is likely to feature a 6.65-inch punch-hole display and curved edges. The pop-up selfie camera is going to be dropped from the phones which could mean that there might finally be an official IP rating on OnePlus devices.
On the back, the report suggests that there will be a triple rear camera setup with a 3D ToF sensor placed next to it. The LED flash is also likely to be placed near the camera setup. On the sides, there is likely to be an "Alert slider", power button on the right side whereas the volume button is expected to be on the left side. A speaker grill and a Type-C port are expected to be placed at the bottom.
This upcoming OnePlus 8 series might also come with 5G support.
Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia’s east coast.
Port Macquarie Koala Hospital President Sue Ashton said she hoped wildlife carers would be allowed to begin their search of the fire zone for survivors on Thursday. The fire was started by a lightning strike on Friday in a forest in New South Wales state, 300 kilometres north of Sydney, and has since burnt 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres).
Two-thirds of that area was koala habitat, Ashton said.
Mama and baby koalas sitting on a tree. Image credit: Wikipedia
“If we look at a 50 percent survival rate, that’s around about 350 koalas and that’s absolutely devastating,” Ashton said of the death toll.
“We’re hoping it’s not as bad as that, but because of the intensity of the fire and the way koalas behave during fire, we’re not holding out too much hope,” she added.
Koalas climb high into trees during wildfires and survive if the fire front passes quickly below them.
The koala colony was particularly healthy and genetically diverse, Ashton said. Koalas prefer coastal forests, which are being cleared for suburban expansion. Increasingly isolated koala colonies have become inbred and diseased.
Australia’s wildfire season has made a particularly early and devastating start in the southern hemisphere spring due to above-average temperatures and below-average rainfall that has left much of the east coast in drought.
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While Facebook stands firm on its decision to not fact-check ads run by politicians, Twitter will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday, as social media platforms face pressure to block attempts to steer elections with false information.
"We've made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally," said Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a statement. "We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought."
Social media companies, including Twitter rival Facebook Inc face growing pressure to stop selling ads that spread inaccurate information.
Image: Reuters
Dorsey pointed out that "while internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions."
While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions.
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 30, 2019
In the Twitter thread, the platform chief also took a subtle jab at Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg's statement at the recent hearing before US Congress, saying that you can't claim that you are working on stopping misinformation from spreading on your platform when you are ready to allow any ad to be run on your platform if the publishers pays you for it.
For instance, it‘s not credible for us to say: “We’re working hard to stop people from gaming our systems to spread misleading info, buuut if someone pays us to target and force people to see their political ad…well...they can say whatever they want! 😉”
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 30, 2019
We considered stopping only candidate ads, but issue ads present a way to circumvent. Additionally, it isn’t fair for everyone but candidates to buy ads for issues they want to push. So we're stopping these too.
— jack 🌍🌏🌎 (@jack) October 30, 2019
Facebook has pledged efforts to deal with misinformation on its platform after Russian propaganda on that platform before the 2016 US presidential election was seen to affect the outcome of that race, which was won by Donald Trump.
We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…
— jack (@jack) October 30, 2019
Concluding the thread, Dorsey said that the political ads on social media platforms are not about free expression but about "paying to increase the reach of political speech", which can have significant ramifications that "today’s democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle."
But Facebook made a decision to not fact-check ads run by politicians, drawing ire from Democratic candidates running in the 2020 presidential election such as former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Earlier this month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the company's policy, saying it did not want to stifle political speech.
Twitter's ban takes effect starting 22 November. Dorsey wrote on Twitter that paying for ads forces "targeted political messages on people" with a power that "brings significant risks to politics, where it can be used to influence votes to affect the lives of millions."
With inputs from Reuters
There had been some rumours about the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite being worked upon by the company as an inexpensive offering in the Galaxy S10-series lineup. Now it would seem that a device has landed on Geekbench and it appears that this could be the S10 Lite.
Galaxy S10.
The phone has the model number SM-G770F and it is packing in the Snapdragon 855 chipset along with 8 GB RAM and it is also shown to be running Android 10. The presence of Android 10 could mean that this device may be launched only after Samsung unveils the Galaxy S11.
Looking at the scores we see that the phone has managed 724 points in the single-core department and 2,604 in the multi-core test. To put that in perspective, it is higher than both Exynos and Snapdragon versions of the regular S10.
Unconfirmed rumours have suggested that the Galaxy S10 Lite could, in fact, be the Galaxy A91 smartphone. As of right now there is not much else to go on about the device, but we will be sure to update you as the story develops.
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone never fail to leave their fans excited about their comments on each other’s Instagram posts. On Wednesday night, the Simmba actor shared a drool-worthy picture in which he flaunted a clean-shaven look and impressed the fans with his suaveness. Soon after he shared the picture, fans flooded his post with various compliments and comments. Ranveer wrote, “Shaadi Season is here! Entertainer for Hire. Available for events, wedding, budday party, mundane”
The Irrfan Khan-starrer Bollywood film 'Madaari' is gearing up to be released in China this year. This is Irrfan's second film to be released in China after "Hindi Medium".