Judge Orders Tesla To Tell Laid Off Employees About Lawsuit
Elon Musk-run Tesla must tell its employees about a lawsuit it is facing over allegedly violating federal laws by requiring workers to sign separation agreements, a US judge has ruled. The electric car-maker Tesla was sued by two employees in June, who were sacked in...
Don’t Miss Jupiter’s Closest Date With Earth In 70 Years On Sep 26
Jupiter is set to make its closest approach to Earth in the last 70 years and on September 26, stargazers can expect an excellent view when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth’s surface, opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in...
YouTube Offers More Ways For Creators To Make Money On Shorts
YouTube is going to make its short-form video app Shorts part of its partner program which will help millions of creators get a share of the ad money generated in Shorts. YouTube is also making it easier for creators, who don’t qualify for the partner...
Excessive Screentime Linked To Early Puberty In Girls
Spending too much time on tablets and phones may alter hormone levels and increase the risk of early puberty in girls, finds a new study. The study showed that a longer duration of blue light exposure was associated with earlier puberty onset in the female...
YouTube Allows Creators To Reply On Fans’ Comments Via Shorts
YouTube has allowed creators to reply to comments from their fans on their videos with Shorts on iOS devices. The company said that it heard creators’ request to allow them to feature comments posted on their channels in the content on the short-form video app....
Former Marine Sentenced For Cyberstalking Young Women In Sextortion Campaign
A California man was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for cyberstalking multiple young women in California in a “sextortion” campaign he waged while he was an active-duty member of the U.S. Marine Corps. According to court documents, from May 2019 to February 2021,...
Apple Fixes iPhone 14 Activation Bug
Apple has fixed a bug which prevent users setting up the new iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro on open Wi-Fi networks. According to MacRumors, the company has sent a memo saying it is a known issue in iOS 16 when attempting to activate devices on open Wi-Fi...
Bitdefender Releases Free Decryptor For LockerGoga Ransomware
Bitdefender has released a free decryptor to help LockerGoga ransomware victims recover their file without paying a ransom. Bitdefender says the decryptor was developed in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, including Europol, the NoMoreRansom Project, the Zürich Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the Zürich Cantonal Police....
SpaceX Starlink Internet Service Now Available In Antarctica
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has made it to Antarctica and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is testing one of its Starlink internet terminals at one of the most extreme locations in the world. The McMurdo Station in Antarctica has nearly 1,000 people living and working there...
Apple Working On New Ways To Save Power On Future iPhones
Apple is reportedly researching how a future iPhone can save power by automatically pausing playback when you’re not paying attention to the media. Just about every Apple device bar the Apple Pencil can play music or some kind of audio, and most of them have...
Snapchat Brings iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets, Chat Shortcuts
Snapchat has rolled out new features, including iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for iPhone users. The company said it is introducing new features to help keep conversations with friends easy to find. “Our new Lock Screen Widgets, available now with iOS 16, keeps conversations with...
Adobe Acquires Design Software Firm Figma For $20 Billion
Adobe on Thursday announced it would acquire design software company Figma for about $20 billion in a cash and stock deal. Founded by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace in 2012, Figma pioneered product design on the web. The combination of Adobe and Figma will usher...
Hackers Send Nude Image To Parents Via Popular School Messaging App
Hackers broke into a popular school messaging app being used by 10 million teachers, students, and family members and posted nude images in private chats. According to NBC News, the app, known as Seesaw, for parents and teachers was hacked and some parents said they...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 May Have Ultra-High Frequency Variant
US-based chip maker Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset may have an ultra-high frequency variant. According to GSMArena, Qualcomm might launch two separate versions of the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The standard one will be business as usual, but there will also be...
Twitter To Roll Out Edit Tweet Feature For Blue Subscribers On Sep 21
Twitter is set to roll out its much-awaited Edit Tweet feature on September 21, which will be available first for its Blue subscribers who pay $4.99 per month.
Uber Hacked, Internal Systems Breached And Vulnerability Reports Stolen
Ride-hailing platform Uber on Friday said it has been hit by a cyber attack and is probing the data breach incident with law enforcement officials. According to reports, some of Uber’s internal systems were hacked in the data breach and some screenshots on Twitter suggested...
Malware In 28 Games Like Roblox, Minecraft Exploit 384k Players’ Financial Data
Popular games like Roblox, FIFA, PUBG, and Minecraft are among 28 games that were exploited by malware between July 2021 and June this year, affecting more than 384,000 users via nearly 92,000 malicious files. Other big series of games released during the last year —...
Amazon Alexa To Soon Allow Advertisers To Answer Your Queries
Amazon has launched a new Alexa-powered capability geared toward helping advertisers answer common customer questions. The capability is called Customers ask Alexa, and it works when customers pose questions to Alexa, including queries related to a product’s features or compatibilities, Alexa responds with helpful answers...
iOS 16 Adoption Slightly Higher Than iOS 15 Adoption In 48 Hours
More people are using tech giant Apple’s iOS 16 in the first two days compared to iOS 15, says a new report. According to data shared by analytics company Mixpanel, iOS 16, released this week, is installed on an estimated 11.6 percent of iPhones two...
Microsoft To Allow Real-Time Document Signing During Team Meetings
Microsoft has created a sample app for teams that allow people to sign documents during remote meetings. According to Windows Central, the application lets users add a document to a meeting for attendees to sign, such as a purchase agreement, invoice, or NDA. The sample...
