IFA 2020 will be an invite-only event observing strict attendee limits

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IFA 2020 in Berlin will be the first tech conference to take place after the COVID-19 pandemic put to a halt any large in-person gatherings. The event will take place from September 3 to 5. In April, the organizers teased a conference that would take on an "innovative new concept" as the government of the city of Berlin banned events with over 5,000 participants until at least October 24. And so, IFA 2020 will be closed to the public. It'll be invite-only and split into four smaller events, with no more than 1,000 attendees allowed for each experience every day. 

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Samsung offers Galaxy S20+ in Aura Blue in the Netherlands

Samsung is offering an exclusive colourway for the Galaxy S20+ in the Netherlands. The shade Aura Blue is now a colour option in the country, with a more expensive price tag. This premium option costs €1,349 (around CA$2,054), which is €249 (around CA$379) more than the other colour options of the phone available in the country. It's also available through T-Mobile and Tele2 over there. But there isn't any news if the phone will be offered in other countries, or whether its price will eventually be adjusted to match with the different variants. And if it does make its way here, will you be willing to spend the extra money for the unique colour option?

Source: GSMArena

Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy' is coming back for Season 2 on July 31

Netflix has an official release date for the second season of its comic-based superhero series The Umbrella Academy. And the show gives an update in an amusing sign of the times sort of way. The show's main cast members appear in a quarantine videoconference teaser dancing to Tiffany's 1987 rendition of "I Think We're Alone Now," which is a nod to a fan-favourite scene in the series' first episode. At the end of the video, it's shown that season 2 will drop on July 31, 2020, worldwide. 

The Umbrella Academy is an adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics' series with the same name created and written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The show gives us a look into the lives of the six of the 43 infants born on the same day in October 1989 to unconnected women that showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. These six children were adopted by Reginald Hargreeves and trained to save the world. These six "siblings" include Vanya/The White Violin (Ellen Page), Luther/Spaceboy (Tom Hopper), Diego/The Kraken (David Castañeda), Allison/The Rumor (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Klaus/The Séance (Robert Sheehan) and Number Five/The Boy (Aidan Gallagher).

Source: Variety

Koodo introduces 'Call Control' to help weed out spam calls

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Telus' flanker brand Koodo is introducing "Call Control" to make it easier to keep spam calls out. Telus already has this feature, and we'll talk about how you can access it later. What Call Control does is ask first-time callers (at least since you've enabled the feature) to enter a number between 0-9. If they enter the right number, the call will go through to you. If not, then they'll be notified that they've been prevented from reaching you. 

This task is simple enough to let actual callers through while stopping robocalls from connecting to you. You can add up to 25 numbers to an "Authorized List" to avoid Koodo from screening these calls. And if there are numbers you don't want reaching you at all, you can add up to 25 numbers to your "Blocked List."

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