New Android flagship supports faster wireless charging speed than Galaxy S20’s fast wired charging - BGR

The coronavirus outbreak has forced the GSMA to cancel the biggest mobile show of the year. MWC 2020 is officially dead, but that’s not entirely bad news. As we’ve already explained, we’ll be in for few interesting weeks when it comes to new mobile products. Everything that was supposed to be unveiled at MWC will be announced separately, with smartphone vendors already planning their own press events. The first announcement already happened online in China, where Xiaomi unveiled the Galaxy S20 rival we all expected to see at MWC. And the phone’s most surprising feature is wireless charging that so fast it actually beats the Galaxy S20’s fast wired charging.

That’s the Mi 10 series, which includes two devices, the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. The two devices were announced via an online-only press event from China, xda-developers reports, and they’re exactly the kind of Galaxy S20 rivals that we expected them to be.

The phones feature the same overall glass-sandwich design complete with a hole-punch curved display on the front and a multi-lens camera system on the bottom. The 6.67-inch OLED screen comes with 90Hz refresh rate support, an in-screen fingerprint sensor, and a hole-punch 20-megapixel camera. The Pro model gets a display that supports increased brightness compared to the regular Mi 10.

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Both phones share the same set of core specs. We’re looking at a Snapdragon 865 processor with built-in 5G support, up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, up to 256GB of 512GB UFS 3.0 storage, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C connectivity, and Android 10.

The phones also pack similar camera modules, although the Pro’s primary camera has better specs. We’re looking at a 108-megapixel primary camera for both devices, with the Pro getting an 8P lens compared to 7P for the Mi 10. The Pro also features a 20-megapixel ultra-wide lens, 12-megapixel portrait lens, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 10x hybrid zoom. The Mi 10 has three additional cameras as well, including 13-megapixel ultra-wide, 2-megapixel macro, and 2-megapixel depth cameras.

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Both phones support fast wired charging, at 30W for the Mi Pro and 50W for the Mi Pro, and both deliver the same wireless charging experience. That’s 30W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging. The Galaxy S20 and S20+ only support 27W wired charging, which means the new Xiaomi phones would recharge faster than two Galaxy S20 models hooked up to a regular wired charger. The S20 Ultra does support 45W wired charging. When it comes to battery size, the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro feature 4,780 mAh and 4,500 mAh batteries, respectively.

The phones are already available for preorder in China, with the Mi 10 starting at 3,999 yuan ($575) for the 8GB/128GB version and going up to 4,699 yuan ($675) for the 12GB/256GB model. The Pro is more expensive, starting at 4,999 yuan ($715), with the 12GB/512GB Pro version selling for 5,999 yuan ($860).

Xiaomi was supposed to hold a press event in Barcelona on February 23rd to unveil the new Mi 10 phones, but it’ll announce them at a later date in the region.

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2. What to expect in Microsoft's new Windows 10 20H1 release, due soon  PCWorld
3. Microsoft is killing off Windows 10 1809 in May 2020 – here’s what you should do  TechRadar India
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The Indian government might soon publish a set of controversial rules that could give it access to the identities of social networking and messaging app users. According to Bloomberg, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is expected to publish the new rules later this month without making major changes to previous drafts.

That means the provisions in earlier drafts still remain, including one that would require platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to help the government trace the origins of a post within 72 hours even without a warrant or a judicial order. In addition, they have to disable the poster's access to the platform within 24 hours, remove any content when asked and preserve their records for at least 180 days to help government investigators.

They also have to establish a brick-and-mortar operation within India, as well as appoint a "grievance officer" who'll serve as the government's liaison. Bloomberg says officials are still finalizing the language, though, so the details may still be altered even if the rules don't undergo major changes.

If the rules become official, they'll cover all social media and messaging applications, though it's unclear if the Indian government could also ask the companies for foreign users' identities. As privacy advocates warn, platforms would have would have to break their own end-to-end encryption and spy on their users to adhere to the new guidelines. When the rules were first proposed, The Internet and Mobile Association of India, which represent Google, Facebook and Twitter, called them arbitrary and a "violation of the right to privacy recognized by the Supreme Court."

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Broadcom Announces BCM4389 Wi-Fi 6E Client Chipset - AnandTech

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced the new Wi-Fi 6E terminology for 802.11ax operation in the 6 GHz band last month. At CES 2020, Broadcom announced a number of Wi-Fi 6E access point solutions. Today, Broadcom is announcing the BCM4389 client Wi-Fi 6E chipset. Consumers can expect to see the chipset in the next generation of high-end smartphones. We have already covered the advantages of Wi-Fi 6E in terms of lower latency, higher throughput, and the availability of more number of 160 MHz channels in our coverage of the Wi-Fi Alliance announcement at CES.

The BCM4389 builds upon Broadcom's success with the BCM4375, which happens to be the currently leading client Wi-Fi 6 chipset in the smartphone market. In addition to the new 6 GHz support with tri-band simultaneous operation and 160 MHz channel support, the BCM4389 also brings in additional power efficiency, thanks to its 16nm process technology and architectural improvements.

The BCM4375 is a 28nm chipset with 2x2 2.4 GHz and 2x2 5 GHz support, while the new BCM4389 adds 2x2 6 GHz to the mix. The scanning radio accounts for the additional radio chain.

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The Bluetooth 5.0 functionality has also received a boost with MIMO support. Broadcom claims that the new implementation can reduce pairing time by a factor of 2 and also alleviate glitching issues when connected to Wi-Fi at the same time (compared to the BCM4375). The icing on the cake is that the MIMO support works with implicit beamforming ensuring that legacy Bluetooth devices stand to benefit too.

Silicon vendors like Broadcom and Qualcomm have been finding it relative straightforward to add 6 GHz support to their existing 802.11ax product lines. Qualcomm has not yet publicly announced Wi-Fi 6E products, though they did talk a lot about being ready for it at their Wi-Fi 6 Day last year. Broadcom, though, seems to have taken the lead with public announcements. Thanks to silicon availability, device vendors should be able to easily push out Wi-Fi 6E support in their products once the FCC clearance is in place. For consumers, the power efficiency improvements along with tri-band simultaneous operation should be very welcome news.

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Bloomberg: India may soon make controversial social media rules official - Engadget

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The Indian government might soon publish a set of controversial rules that could give it access to the identities of social networking and messaging app users. According to Bloomberg, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is expected to publish the new rules later this month without making major changes to previous drafts.

That means the provisions in earlier drafts still remain, including one that would require platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to help the government trace the origins of a post within 72 hours even without a warrant or a judicial order. In addition, they have to disable the poster's access to the platform within 24 hours, remove any content when asked and preserve their records for at least 180 days to help government investigators.

They also have to establish a brick-and-mortar operation within India, as well as appoint a "grievance officer" who'll serve as the government's liaison. Bloomberg says officials are still finalizing the language, though, so the details may still be altered even if the rules don't undergo major changes.

If the rules become official, they'll cover all social media and messaging applications, though it's unclear if the Indian government could also ask the companies for foreign users' identities. As privacy advocates warn, platforms would have would have to break their own end-to-end encryption and spy on their users to adhere to the new guidelines. When the rules were first proposed, The Internet and Mobile Association of India, which represent Google, Facebook and Twitter, called them arbitrary and a "violation of the right to privacy recognized by the Supreme Court."

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The Indian government might soon publish a set of controversial rules that could give it access to the identities of social networking and messaging app users. According to Bloomberg, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is expected to publish the new rules later this month without making major changes to previous drafts.

That means the provisions in earlier drafts still remain, including one that would require platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to help the government trace the origins of a post within 72 hours even without a warrant or a judicial order. In addition, they have to disable the poster's access to the platform within 24 hours, remove any content when asked and preserve their records for at least 180 days to help government investigators.

They also have to establish a brick-and-mortar operation within India, as well as appoint a "grievance officer" who'll serve as the government's liaison. Bloomberg says officials are still finalizing the language, though, so the details may still be altered even if the rules don't undergo major changes.

If the rules become official, they'll cover all social media and messaging applications, though it's unclear if the Indian government could also ask the companies for foreign users' identities. As privacy advocates warn, platforms would have would have to break their own end-to-end encryption and spy on their users to adhere to the new guidelines. When the rules were first proposed, The Internet and Mobile Association of India, which represent Google, Facebook and Twitter, called them arbitrary and a "violation of the right to privacy recognized by the Supreme Court."

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The Indian government might soon publish a set of controversial rules that could give it access to the identities of social networking and messaging app users. According to Bloomberg, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is expected to publish the new rules later this month without making major changes to previous drafts.

That means the provisions in earlier drafts still remain, including one that would require platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok to help the government trace the origins of a post within 72 hours even without a warrant or a judicial order. In addition, they have to disable the poster's access to the platform within 24 hours, remove any content when asked and preserve their records for at least 180 days to help government investigators.

They also have to establish a brick-and-mortar operation within India, as well as appoint a "grievance officer" who'll serve as the government's liaison. Bloomberg says officials are still finalizing the language, though, so the details may still be altered even if the rules don't undergo major changes.

If the rules become official, they'll cover all social media and messaging applications, though it's unclear if the Indian government could also ask the companies for foreign users' identities. As privacy advocates warn, platforms would have would have to break their own end-to-end encryption and spy on their users to adhere to the new guidelines. When the rules were first proposed, The Internet and Mobile Association of India, which represent Google, Facebook and Twitter, called them arbitrary and a "violation of the right to privacy recognized by the Supreme Court."

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