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SC Constitution bench to hear plea challenging WhatsApp’s policy to share users’ data on Jan 17, 2023

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SC Constitution bench to hear plea challenging WhatsApp’s policy to share users’ data on Jan 17, 2023 1

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would take up on January 17, 2023 a plea by two students contending that WhatsApp’s policy to share users’ data with parent company Facebook and others is a violation of their privacy and free speech.

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph asked the parties to complete pleadings in the matter by December 15.

“We are inclined to adjourn the matter to January 17, 2023 for final hearing,” the bench also comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar said.

The apex court was hearing the plea filed by two students – Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi challenging the contract entered into between the two companies to provide access to calls, photographs, texts, videos and documents shared by users is violation of their privacy and free speech.

Gold falls Rs 303; silver drops by Rs 197

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New Delhi: Gold prices declined by Rs 303 to Rs 49,571 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday amid weak global cues and rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, the yellow metal had closed at Rs 49,874 per 10 grams.

Silver also dipped by Rs 197 to Rs 57,090 per kilogram from Rs 57,287 per kg in the previous trade.

The rupee appreciated 14 paise to 79.64 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday in line with its Asian peers and as the American currency retreated from its elevated levels.

In the international market, gold was quoting lower at USD 1,662 per ounce, while silver was flat at USD 19.28 per ounce.

“Gold prices extended loses as firm dollar and speculation ahead of US FOMC meet has pinned down investment sentiments on expectations of larger rate hike,” Tapan Patel, Senior Analyst (Commodities) at HDFC Securities, said.

Massive discounts on iPhone 13, iPhone 12 and iPhone 11 in INDIA

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Massive discounts on iPhone 13, iPhone 12 and iPhone 11 in INDIA 3

Apple unveiled the iPhone 14 series at its Far out event on September 14. This time Apple launched four devices instead of three at its event. The iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max were unveiled at the Apple event this year. So if you are planning to buy an iPhone, you can consider buying anyone from the series, but if your budget is not more than Rs 50,000 and you still want to buy an iPhone, you should check out the deals offered on Flipkart.

Flipkart’s Big Billion Days sale is all set to go live on September 23. During the sale, the e-commerce giant is expected to offer irresistible deals on the older iPhone clubbed with bank offers and exchange offers. But if you cannot wait till sale, you can check out the offers. So here is how the deals work:-

iPhone 11

Though old, the iPhone 11 can still be a pretty good buy if your budget is under around Rs 30,000. The smartphone is listed at Rs 43,900 on Flipkart for the 64GB variant. However, Flipkart is offering up to Rs 19,000 in exchange of your old phone. So this would help you bring the price down by almost Rs 10,000 if your old phone is in a very good condition. Along with that, Axis Bank card users can get up to 5 per cent off on the device.

iPhone 12

The iPhone 12, which brought back the flat-edged design, is selling for Rs 64,900 on Flipkart for the 128GB variant. You can further bring the price down by selling your old phone and getting up to Rs 19,000 in exchange for your phone. Additionally, Axis Bank card users can get up to 5 per cent discount on the phone. During the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale, the price of the phone is expected to go down even further.

iPhone 13

Between iPhone 14 and iPhone 13, there is hardly any difference in design and even the features. However, there is a lot of difference in the price of the two phones. The iPhone 13 is being sold for Rs 69,900. Flipkart is offering up to Rs 19,000 as an exchange offer. So if you have an iPhone 11, you can get up to Rs 18,000 or more. This brings the price down to Rs 50-900. Now, if you can wait till the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale, the price of the iPhone 13 is expected to go down by almost Rs 20,000. Flipkart had recently teased that the iPhone 13 could cost as low as Rs 49,900. But it does seem like a limited-time deal.

Source: India Today

Twitter users can now add content warnings to individual tweets

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Washington: Twitter is giving all users access to the content warning feature, which allows obscuring individual photos and videos behind warnings for nudity, violence, and “sensitive” content.

As per The Verge, the feature is available on Twitter’s Android and iOS apps as well as its web client.

Users can put a content warning on posts by adding a photo or video, tapping to edit it, and then hitting a flag icon that will bring up the options listed above.

You can tag multiple warnings for an individual piece of media, and you can add a warning to one image or video in a tweet but not another — although in the latter case, Twitter appears to place a single warning over both of them.

Twitter has tested the content warning feature last year.

As with the earlier system, viewers can click “Show” to view the media, and you can’t put warnings on tweet text. The warning (so far) doesn’t appear in embedded tweets or apps like TweetDeck.

As the categories suggest, content warnings are framed as a way to let people avoid engaging with potentially upsetting or not-safe-for-work material.