<p>A new bug has been discovered on Android phones. Setting a certain image as your phone’s wallpaper could cause it to keep crashing and freezing.</p>

<p>The bug went viral on social media over the weekend, The Verge reported. The image was shared by “Ice Universe” on Twitter, and since then, people have been testing the veracity of this claim on their phones. Turns out, it actually causes phones to crash, especially if you’re using a Samsung device.</p>

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<p>Since it was brought to attention, the bug has been verified by online Android portals like”9to5Google” and “Android Authority”.</p>

<p>Even though the bug mostly affects Samsung devices, it also caused similar issues on Google Pixel phones.&nbsp;For users who made this bug picture their wallpapers, the phones kept turning on and off,&nbsp;disabling the users from using it.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">WARNING！！！<br />
Never set this picture as wallpaper, especially for Samsung mobile phone users!<br />
It will cause your phone to crash!<br />
Don't try it!<br />
If someone sends you this picture, please ignore it. <a href="https://t.co/rVbozJdhkL">pic.twitter.com/rVbozJdhkL</a></p>
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<p>According to “9to5Google”, restarting the phone isn’t enough. In fact, one needs to restart their phones in safe mode and then delete the file, which may or may not work.</p>

<p>Most tech experts suggest not to try this on phones.&nbsp;However, the bug doesn’t seem to affect all Android phones. For instance, “Android Authority” attempted to replicate the bug on a Huawei handset, but it wasn’t affected.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/UniverseIce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UniverseIce</a> This is an android issue sadly is affecting also google pixels as well <a href="https://t.co/HZTtogLfwB">pic.twitter.com/HZTtogLfwB</a></p>
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<p>Most users who tried to play with the image ended up formatting their phones, ie, restoring it to factory settings, which could put all your data in jeopardy, especially in the absence of backups.</p>

<p>Experts suggest that this may be due to the variation in colour space used in the image, which may not be supported by many phones. For clarity -&nbsp;the image uses the RGB colour space, opposed to the Android preferred SRGB.</p>

<p>Just earlier this year, a similar visual bug serenaded iPhones, whereby certain Sindhi characters caused phones to crash. In a series of bizarre mass-crashes, a five-second long video caused many iPhones to crash a few years ago.</p>

<p>Many developers have submitted patches to fix the issue. A tech professional from “Android Authority” claimed that Pixel 4 XL did not crash after the image was used as its wallpaper, but instead opened up space to replace the unsupported colour code, implying there might be a fairly simple solution to this bug.</p>


A new bug has been discovered on Android phones. Setting a certain image as your phone’s wallpaper could cause it to keep crashing and freezing. The bug went viral on social media over the weekend, The Verge reported.

A new bug has been discovered on Android phones. Setting a certain image as your phone’s wallpaper could cause it to keep crashing and freezing. The bug went viral on social media over the weekend, The Verge reported. The image was shared by “Ice Universe” on Twitter, and since then, people have been testing the veracity of this claim on their phones. Turns out, it actually causes phones to crash, especially if you’re using a Samsung device. The image that is causing the bug on phones | Courtesy: Twitter user @IceUniverse Since it was brought to attention, the bug has been verified by online Android portals like”9to5Google” and “Android Authority”. Even though the bug mostly affects Samsung devices, it also caused similar issues on Google Pixel phones. For users who made this bug picture their wallpapers, the phones kept turning on and off, disabling the users from using it. WARNING！！！ Never set this picture as wallpaper, especially for Samsung mobile phone users! It will cause your phone to crash! Don't try it! If someone sends you this picture, please ignore it. pic.twitter.com/rVbozJdhkL — Ice universe (@UniverseIce) May 31, 2020 × According to “9to5Google”, restarting the phone isn’t enough. In fact, one needs to restart their phones in safe mode and then delete the file, which may or may not work. Most tech experts suggest not to try this on phones. However, the bug doesn’t seem to affect all Android phones. For instance, “Android Authority” attempted to replicate the bug on a Huawei handset, but it wasn’t affected. @UniverseIce This is an android issue sadly is affecting also google pixels as well pic.twitter.com/HZTtogLfwB — Sebastian (@seb3153) May 31, 2020 × Most users who tried to play with the image ended up formatting their phones, ie, restoring it to factory settings, which could put all your data in jeopardy, especially in the absence of backups. Experts suggest that this may be due to the variation in colour space used in the image, which may not be supported by many phones. For clarity - the image uses the RGB colour space, opposed to the Android preferred SRGB. Just earlier this year, a similar visual bug serenaded iPhones, whereby certain Sindhi characters caused phones to crash. In a series of bizarre mass-crashes, a five-second long video caused many iPhones to crash a few years ago. Many developers have submitted patches to fix the issue. A tech professional from “Android Authority” claimed that Pixel 4 XL did not crash after the image was used as its wallpaper, but instead opened up space to replace the unsupported colour code, implying there might be a fairly simple solution to this bug.

Using this particular image as the wallpaper is causing many Android phones to crash

<p>Asian city-state&nbsp;Singapore&nbsp;is well known for its strict rules: fines can be doled out for everything from feeding birds to forgetting to flush a public toilet.</p>

<p>But this week&nbsp;Singapore&nbsp;police had to clarify that using a&nbsp;phone&nbsp;while crossing the road was not illegal after rumours circulated online that doing so could result in a S$1,000 ($733) fine under revised rules.</p>

<p>"There is a message circulating online which claims erroneously that pedestrians who use their mobile&nbsp;phones while crossing the roads may be fined up to $1,000 from December 1, 2019. This is false,"&nbsp;Singapore&nbsp;police said in a statement on Facebook".</p>

<p>"However, we advise pedestrians to avoid using such devices when crossing the road, as such usage would distract them from the road conditions and the movement of vehicles around them."</p>

<p>All major domestic media outlets including broadcaster Channel NewsAsia and The Straits Times newspaper carried the police clarification.</p>

<p>But some people said such a&nbsp;law&nbsp;would be a good idea.</p>

<p>"Please make this an offence, simply because people who do this have no regards for other people's safety, and&nbsp;many&nbsp;a time at the traffic lights vehicles have to wait for them to finish crossing even when the lights are not in their favour," reader Alan Kiong commented on the Straits Times' Facebook page.</p>

<p>"Time to look into the matter. No to zombie world," said another Facebook user, I'sha Md Eusuff.</p>

<p>People in&nbsp;Singapore&nbsp;spend more than 12 hours a day on gadgets such as mobile&nbsp;phones, tablets, computers and video game consoles, according to a 2017 study by consultancy Ernst &amp; Young.</p>


Asian city-state Singapore is well known for its strict rules: fines can be doled out for everything from feeding birds to forgetting to flush a public toilet. But this week Singapore police had to clarify that using a phone while crossing the road was not illegal after rumours circulated online that doing so could result in a S$1,000 ($733) fine under revised rules.

Asian city-state Singapore is well known for its strict rules: fines can be doled out for everything from feeding birds to forgetting to flush a public toilet. But this week Singapore police had to clarify that using a phone while crossing the road was not illegal after rumours circulated online that doing so could result in a S$1,000 ($733) fine under revised rules. "There is a message circulating online which claims erroneously that pedestrians who use their mobile phones while crossing the roads may be fined up to $1,000 from December 1, 2019. This is false," Singapore police said in a statement on Facebook". "However, we advise pedestrians to avoid using such devices when crossing the road, as such usage would distract them from the road conditions and the movement of vehicles around them." All major domestic media outlets including broadcaster Channel NewsAsia and The Straits Times newspaper carried the police clarification. But some people said such a law would be a good idea. "Please make this an offence, simply because people who do this have no regards for other people's safety, and many a time at the traffic lights vehicles have to wait for them to finish crossing even when the lights are not in their favour," reader Alan Kiong commented on the Straits Times' Facebook page. "Time to look into the matter. No to zombie world," said another Facebook user, I'sha Md Eusuff. People in Singapore spend more than 12 hours a day on gadgets such as mobile phones, tablets, computers and video game consoles, according to a 2017 study by consultancy Ernst & Young.

Fake phone law dupes many in Singapore, but wins support too

<p>Qualcomm Inc said in a court hearing on Friday that Apple Inc is $7 billion behind in patent royalty payments to the mobile chip firm, which for years supplied parts for the iPhone.</p>

<p>Apple and Qualcomm are involved in a series legal actions. Apple has accused Qualcomm of unfair patent licensing practices. Qualcomm, the world's largest mobile phone chip supplier, has in turn accused Apple of patent infringement.</p>

<p>Qualcomm made its comments about the size of Apple's unpaid royalties in a hearing in one of the cases in federal court in San Diego. Apple has disputed the amount of royalties that it owes to Qualcomm.</p>

<p>Apple has argued that Qualcomm is forcing it to pay for the same patents twice, once when Apple uses Qualcomm's chip in iPhones and then again through patent royalties. Qualcomm has argued that its practices are legal and that Apple is seeking to destroy Qualcomm's business model after agreeing to it for years.</p>


Qualcomm Inc said in a court hearing on Friday that Apple Inc is $7 billion behind in patent royalty payments to the mobile chip firm, which for years supplied parts for the iPhone.

Qualcomm Inc said in a court hearing on Friday that Apple Inc is $7 billion behind in patent royalty payments to the mobile chip firm, which for years supplied parts for the iPhone. Apple and Qualcomm are involved in a series legal actions. Apple has accused Qualcomm of unfair patent licensing practices. Qualcomm, the world's largest mobile phone chip supplier, has in turn accused Apple of patent infringement. Qualcomm made its comments about the size of Apple's unpaid royalties in a hearing in one of the cases in federal court in San Diego. Apple has disputed the amount of royalties that it owes to Qualcomm. Apple has argued that Qualcomm is forcing it to pay for the same patents twice, once when Apple uses Qualcomm's chip in iPhones and then again through patent royalties. Qualcomm has argued that its practices are legal and that Apple is seeking to destroy Qualcomm's business model after agreeing to it for years.

Qualcomm says Apple $7 billion behind in royalty payments

<p>Samsung&#39;s highly anticipated Galaxy S9 and S9+ were officially unveiled at a crowded press gathering in Barcelona&nbsp;ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018, on Sunday.</p>

<p>The phones will come in different colors such as - &nbsp;Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, and Titanium Grey colours.</p>

<p>Samsung Galaxy S9 is launched at a price of US $ 799 (Rs&nbsp;51,700) and the Galaxy S9+ is priced at US $ 949 (Rs&nbsp;61,400). The pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S9 start from March 2 and it will be available in the markets starting March 16.</p>

<p>The biggest change expected in the S9+ model is a vertically-oriented dual camera setup with the fingerprint reader positioned directly underneath which is capable of shooting at f/2.4 when there&#39;s ample light but can switch to f/1.5 when the phone detects low-light conditions. Samsung says this enables the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ to capture 28 percent more light compared to the Galaxy S8, adding that a new multi-frame noise reduction feature results in up to 30 percent less noise compared to the previous flagship.</p>

<p>Another new feature of the phone includes a super slow-mo camera which is capable of recording 960 frames per second, which means 0.2 seconds of footage is stretched out to 6 seconds.</p>

<p>Samsung has also introduced Bixby Vision in the camera app that will now offer live translation features, the ability to recognise the buildings and other places in a frame, and even look at the food in your frame and provide information like the amount of calories in the item, a feature that will be available only in select regions.</p>

<p>It has also introducing AR Emoji -&nbsp;a virtual avatar that allows you to click a 3D picture of yourself and turn it into customised emoji. It comes with 18 different emojis that can then be used through the keyboard app on the Galaxy S9/ Galaxy S9+ in any app and be shared with other users irrespective of the phone they are using.</p>

<p>Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will also be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, though the international variant, which is the one that India also gets, will have Samsung&#39;s own Exynos 9810 processor.</p>

<p>The Samsung Galaxy S9 features a 5.8-inch QHD+ Curved Super AMOLED 18:5.9 display Infinity displays with an 18:9 aspect ratio.&nbsp;The standard S9 would pack 4GB RAM, a 3000mAh battery, and a single 12-megapixel camera on the back.</p>

<p>The Galaxy S9+ would offer 6GB RAM, a 6.2-inch QHD+ Curved Super AMOLED 18:5.9 display, a dual camera setup on the back, and a 3500mAh battery pack.</p>

<p>Both the phones will have an 8MP shooter on the front.</p>

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The phones will come in different colors such as - Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, and Titanium Grey colours

Samsung's highly anticipated Galaxy S9 and S9+ were officially unveiled at a crowded press gathering in Barcelona ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018, on Sunday. The phones will come in different colors such as - Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, and Titanium Grey colours. Samsung Galaxy S9 is launched at a price of US $ 799 (Rs 51,700) and the Galaxy S9+ is priced at US $ 949 (Rs 61,400). The pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S9 start from March 2 and it will be available in the markets starting March 16. The biggest change expected in the S9+ model is a vertically-oriented dual camera setup with the fingerprint reader positioned directly underneath which is capable of shooting at f/2.4 when there's ample light but can switch to f/1.5 when the phone detects low-light conditions. Samsung says this enables the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ to capture 28 percent more light compared to the Galaxy S8, adding that a new multi-frame noise reduction feature results in up to 30 percent less noise compared to the previous flagship. Another new feature of the phone includes a super slow-mo camera which is capable of recording 960 frames per second, which means 0.2 seconds of footage is stretched out to 6 seconds. Samsung has also introduced Bixby Vision in the camera app that will now offer live translation features, the ability to recognise the buildings and other places in a frame, and even look at the food in your frame and provide information like the amount of calories in the item, a feature that will be available only in select regions. It has also introducing AR Emoji - a virtual avatar that allows you to click a 3D picture of yourself and turn it into customised emoji. It comes with 18 different emojis that can then be used through the keyboard app on the Galaxy S9/ Galaxy S9+ in any app and be shared with other users irrespective of the phone they are using. Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will also be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, though the international variant, which is the one that India also gets, will have Samsung's own Exynos 9810 processor. The Samsung Galaxy S9 features a 5.8-inch QHD+ Curved Super AMOLED 18:5.9 display Infinity displays with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The standard S9 would pack 4GB RAM, a 3000mAh battery, and a single 12-megapixel camera on the back. The Galaxy S9+ would offer 6GB RAM, a 6.2-inch QHD+ Curved Super AMOLED 18:5.9 display, a dual camera setup on the back, and a 3500mAh battery pack. Both the phones will have an 8MP shooter on the front.

Samsung unveils Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+, here's what's new

<p>West Bengal Chief Minister&nbsp;Mamata Banerjee&nbsp;said Wednesday that she would not link her Aadhar card to her phone. And that &quot;if they want to disconnect my phone, let them&quot;.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I will not link <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aadhaar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aadhaar</a> with phone, if they want to disconnect my phone, let them: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee <a href="https://t.co/bSWPTOcGxU">pic.twitter.com/bSWPTOcGxU</a></p>
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<p>And she attacked the Centre.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;They (Centre) are interfering in the people&#39;s rights and privacy. Aadhar number should not be linked with one&#39;s mobile phone. I will not link my Aadhar number with my mobile even if my connection is snapped,&quot; she said at an extended core committee meeting of the Trinamool Congress.&nbsp;</p>

<p>She accused the Centre of having unleashed &quot;autocratic rule&quot;&nbsp;in the country.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;They (Centre) have unleashed an autocratic rule in the country. No one can raise voice against them, else I-T, ED,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.business-standard.com/search?type=news&amp;q=cbi" target="_blank">CBI&nbsp;</a>will be unleashed,&quot; Banerjee alleged.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Centre meanwhile told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it was ready to extend the deadline (to get an Aadhar card) to March 31, 2018.&nbsp;</p>

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The West Bengal chief minister also attacked the Centre, accusing it of unleashing 'autocratic rule' in the country

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday that she would not link her Aadhar card to her phone. And that "if they want to disconnect my phone, let them". I will not link #Aadhaar with phone, if they want to disconnect my phone, let them: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee pic.twitter.com/bSWPTOcGxU — ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2017 × And she attacked the Centre. "They (Centre) are interfering in the people's rights and privacy. Aadhar number should not be linked with one's mobile phone. I will not link my Aadhar number with my mobile even if my connection is snapped," she said at an extended core committee meeting of the Trinamool Congress. She accused the Centre of having unleashed "autocratic rule" in the country. "They (Centre) have unleashed an autocratic rule in the country. No one can raise voice against them, else I-T, ED, CBI will be unleashed," Banerjee alleged. The Centre meanwhile told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it was ready to extend the deadline (to get an Aadhar card) to March 31, 2018. Central Government told the Supreme Court that it is ready to extend the deadline for those who do not have Aadhaar, till March 31,2018 — ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2017 ×

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