Highlights: Firefox 66 will block automatically playing audible video and audio. The update is slated to be released by March 2019. One of the most annoying things while browsing the web is landing on a website that blares audio and video at you, out of the blue. To deliver a better browsing experience, Mozilla has announced that in March, its upcoming Firefox 66 for desktop and an update to Firefox for Android will implement the new autoplay blocking feature. With the new update, autoplay videos will automatically be blocked on websites and will only be enabled when a user interacts with the video by clicking on a play button or something similar. However, muted autoplay will still be allowed. There are some more additions that Mozilla states in its blog post, “Any playback that happens before the user has interacted with a page via a mouse click, printable key press, or touch event, is deemed to be autoplay and will be blocked if it is potentially audible.” Considering that there will be websites like YouTube, Skype or Netflix where a user will not want auto-playing videos to be blocked, there will be an option to disable the autoplay block from an icon in the address bar. Clicking on the icon will grant access to the site's information panel and there will be an “Autoplay sound” permission panel that can be changed from the default setting of “Block” to “Allow”. Firefox will then, by default, allow that site to autoplay audibly. This option will enable users to whitelist sites that they trust to autoplay videos. Additionally, sites are also being allowed to autoplay with sound enabled if the user has previously enabled camera or microphone permission. This is so that “sites which have explicit user permission to run WebRTC should continue to work as they do today.” The browser developers are also working on blocking autoplay for Web Audio content, but have not yet finalized their implementation. This is not the first time we have heard of Mozilla working on blocking all auto-playing content. Back in July last year, Mozilla Nightly got the ability to block pesky autoplay videos on websites. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers have also taken some similar steps to place restrictions on auto-playing media. Related Reads: Mozilla Firefox will soon block all ad-traffic by implementing a "will not track" policy Firefox Nightly users can now block those pesky autoplay videos on websites 
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If you need any more indication of how popular and important the mid-range and budget segment is for the Indian smartphone market, look no further than the latest developments from Samsung’s sma...
Samsung has launched two new devices in India under its M series - Galaxy M10 and M20 among, which the Galaxy M20 is the premium one. The phone is priced at Rs 12,990 in India and features a dual camera setup on the back. On the other hand, we have the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2, which was among the most valuable devices of the year 2018 in the mid-range segment. Both the phones are available in the country around the same price. So, it would be interesting to see whether the Samsung latest device Galaxy M20 would able to give an Asus phone a tough fight? The Samsung Galaxy M20 sports a 6.3-inch full HD+ display that offers a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels. On the other hand, the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 sports a slightly smaller 6.26-inch screen that comes with a resolution of 1080 x 2280 pixels. When it comes to the processor, the Samsung Galaxy M20 is powered by an Exynos 7885 processor, which is paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory. On the other hand, the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 is backed by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor, which is coupled with 3GB RAM and 32GB internal memory that is expandable to up to 2TB. The phone is also available in 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB variant. Coming to the cameras, the Samsung Galaxy M20 has a dual camera setup on the back along with an 8MP unit on the front for clicking selfies. The Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 also has a dual 12MP + 5MP camera set up at the back along with a 13MP sensor on the front. The Samsung Galaxy M20 4GB/64GB variant is available in India for Rs 12,990, while the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 3GB variant is available at Rs 12,999. 
Highlights: Schoolboy detained for telling Siri, “I am going to shoot up a school” Police say the kid took a screenshot and posted it on social media thinking it’s a joke When Google introduced Duplex, its AI-powered tech that used Assistant to answer calls, it attracted criticism for allegedly being murky. However, the critics didn’t know at that time that technology could potentially paint a gloomier picture in the future. In a bizarre and worrisome incident, a middle school US boy was detained and charged with intimidation after he threatened to shoot up a school on Apple’s AI Assistant Siri. According to the police, they are investigating a general threat to school safety made today by the boy, who told Siri, “I am going to shoot up a school.” To his surprise, Siri returned with the names of multiple schools in the vicinity. The boy apparently found it interesting and posted it on his social media account for fun, however, his contacts took that ‘joke’ seriously. Here, the role of technology is more disturbing as it led to the arrest of the 13-year-old boy, who was just ‘joking’ The police say that the 'contacts' of the school kid informed the police after they saw the screenshot taken by the accused on the social media. “The male made no direct threat to a specific person, school, or school system. It has since been discovered the male has no access to weapons and posted the picture on social media as a joke. The threat is not believed to be credible at this time; however, these types of communications are taken very seriously by the Valparaiso Police Department and our community,” the police was quoted as saying. The incident comes at a time when there is a strong demand for stringent gun laws in the US. The country has seen an upward spiral in mass shootings in recent years with some of them occurring within school compounds where numerous innocent children have become victims. According to Inquirer, there were 97 school gun violence incidents in 2018 alone. This is reportedly much higher than the previous record of 59 incidents in 2006. The report says that 11 gun violence incidents have already been recorded in the US in 2019. According to a BBC report, 2018 was the ‘worst year for US school shootings’, as a total of 113 people were killed or injured in school shootings in the US. Many parts of the US have about 180 school days per year, which means that, on an average, there was a shooting incident once every eight school days. Related Read: Steam removes Active Shooter game that simulates mass school shooting
Highlights: Samsung Galaxy M10 and M20 smartphones receive new software update. The update rolls out on the phone’s first sale. The devices get January 2019 patch. Samsung recently announced its M series of smartphones in India, which consist of the Galaxy M20 and the Galaxy M10. The company has pushed new software updates for both the devices, on the same day the two handsets went up for sale. The new software update doesn't bring anything major for the phones, except the January 2019 security patch, and is almost the same for both the devices. However, the changelog states that there is an improvement to the phone’s security and stability. It also adds new and/or enhanced features, along with providing an additional boost to the performance. The update is 102 MB in size for the Galaxy M20 and 64.74 MB for the Galaxy M10. SamMobile first noticed the new updates being pushed to the phones and we confirmed the same on our units. Samsung Galaxy M20 Specifications The Samsung Galaxy M20 is more powerful of the two handsets. It is powered by the Exynos 7904 chipset and sports a 6.3-inch FHD+ LCD Infinity-V display with a 19.9:5 aspect ratio. It comes in two variants, one with 3GB RAM/32GB storage that is priced at Rs 10,990 while its 4GB RAM/64GB storage costs Rs 12,990. The phone’s internal storage can be expanded up to 512GB via a microSD Card. The smartphone runs on the new Experience UI 9.5 that is based on Android 8.1 Oreo and is backed by a 5000mAh battery. In the camera department, the phone sports a 13MP + 5MP dual rear camera setup where the primary sensor is paired with an f/1.9 aperture lens while the other sensor gets an ultra-wide lens with f/2.2 aperture. On the front is an 8MP camera with f/2.0 aperture. Samsung Galaxy M10 Specifications The Samsung Galaxy M10 features a 6.22-inch Infinity-V TFT HD+ screen and runs on the Exynos 7870 SoC. It comes in 2GB and 3GB RAM options with 16GB and 32GB of local storage respectively. In terms of optics, the Galaxy M10 features a dual rear camera setup with a 13MP primary sensor with f/1.9 aperture and a 5MP secondary ultra wide-angle sensor with f/2.2 aperture. There is a 5MP sensor on the front and as there’s no fingerprint sensor, the phone supports Face unlock. The device also runs on the new Experience 9.5 UI that is based on Android 8.1 Oreo and packs a 3400mAh battery. Related Reads: Samsung Galaxy M10, Galaxy M20 to go on sale in India at noon today [Updated] Specs comparison: Samsung Galaxy M10 vs Galaxy M20
