TecQ: FB Data Leak, WhatsApp on JioPhone, OnePlus 6 & More

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WhatsApp may soon be available on the JioPhone.

(Photo: The Quint)

TecQ is our weekly round-up of top technology stories.

Tale of Two Data Breaches: How Facebook & UIDAI Handled The Leaks

While neither have apologised properly for the leaks, Facebook has acknowledged the breach, while UIDAI remains in denial.(Photo: The Quint/Erum Gour)

Privacy has been breached and user data leaked. That’s the common element to two large data breaches – Facebook’s user data being appropriated and used by Cambridge Analytica to help its clients gain political mileage, and access to personal data of over 1 billion Indians being sold for just Rs 500 in a January Aadhaar database leak.

The salient point here is how both these entities have reacted to their respective data being leaked.

Read the full story here.

Vivo V9 First Impressions: Android is Taking the Notch Mainstream

Vivo V9 costs Rs 22,990 and will be available from 2 April onwards. (Photo: The Quint)

Vivo’s V9 phone has been launched in India for Rs 22,990 and will be available from 2 April. The phone comes in three colour options; black, blue and gold, and it’s the first Android phone with an iPhone X-like notch.

But what’s so interesting about this product, and what does it offer for its price? We tell you everything with our first impressions of the Vivo V9 here.

WhatsApp on JioPhone Likely, Beta Update Hints Support for KaiOS

WhatsApp may soon offer support for KiaOS running phones(Photo: The Quint)

JioPhone by Reliance could soon be running the famous messaging application WhatsApp.

According to WEBetainfo, a fan site which is considered to be a reliable source on everything that WhatsApp is up to, reported that “WhatsApp is working to develop a compatible app for a new platform: KaiOS!”

Read more about the story here.

OnePlus 6 Rumour Round-Up: Price, Features and Specifications

OnePlus 6 could be released in June this year (Photo: The Quint)

Major flagship launches of the year are slowly coming through, and there’s more to come after the Galaxy S9 from Samsung. Over the next few months, major Chinese brands like Xiaomi and OnePlus, that do really well in India, will unveil their latest flagship phones.

We’ve already covered what the Mi Mix 2S could offer in 2018, and now it’s time to look at the OnePlus 6.

Read the full story here.

Niti Aayog Chalking Out Much Needed Policy on AI for India

The AI politician is constantly learning to respond to people through Facebook Messenger as well as a survey on its homepage.(Photo: iStock)

India's artificial intelligence journey could get a big boost this year.

The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog is reportedly going to release a first-ever national policy on AI, directly rivalling whatever's going on in China on the subject. The policy will chalk out the scope of AI via research and how the technology will be adopted in the years to come.

Read the full story here.