Netflix Ramps Up Hirings For Its Cloud Gaming Dream
Netflix has ramped up its dream to make it big in Cloud gaming, as the company hunts for professionals to take on Cloud gaming services like Sony PlayStation Now, Google Stadia, Apple Arcade, and Amazon Luna. According to Protocol, the streaming service is looking for...
Apple Expands Self Repair Programme To Mac Notebooks For Customers
Apple has expanded its self-service repair program to MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks with the M1 family of chips. The company said it will provide repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools through the Apple Self Service Repair Store, beginning in the US....
Apple Likely To Unveil M2-Powered New MacBook Pros Early Next Year
Apple’s much anticipated M2-powered 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros are likely to be launched in the first half of 2023. According to prominent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming MacBook Pro with new processors will enter mass production in the fourth quarter of this year. “New...
WhatsApp Plans To Bring Stories-Like Feature To Chat List For iOS
WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out the ability to watch Status directly from WhatsApp’s chat list for iOS users. According to WABetaInfo, the beta version 22.18.0.70 is bringing the ability to view Status updates within the chat list. It has been released to certain beta testers,...
Apple May Show Ads In Maps App From Next Year: Report
Apple is reportedly planning to show search ads in its Maps app on the iPhone starting next year. In his newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that he believes the engineering work is already underway, reports MacRumors. “I believe the engineering work is already underway to...
Google AI Flags Parents’ Accounts For Potential Abuse Over Kid’s Nude Photos
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly flagged parents’ accounts for potential abuse over nude photos of their sick kids. The father said that after using his Android smartphone to take photos of an infection on his toddler’s groin, the tech giant flagged the images as...
Lazarus Hackers Targeting Apple Mac Users With Fake Job Posts
North Korea-based notorious Lazarus hacking group is targeting Apple Mac users with fake job emails that contain malicious files. Researchers at cyber-security firm ESET posted a screenshot on Twitter that showed fake job listings from leading crypto exchange Coinbase by Lazarus, famous for spreading the...
Apple CFO Luca Maestri Sells Stock Worth $16.9 Million
Apple‘s Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri has sold shares worth $16.9 million as part of an arranged trading plan. According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the transactions were executed in two tranches. One transaction was for 66,390 shares, sold...
Bug Blocked Reels Users From Sharing Videos On Other Platforms: Instagram
Instagram has clarified that it is not blocking creators from sharing their Reels videos on other short-form video platforms like TikTok. According to earlier reports, when trying to download an edited clip to an iPhone in Instagram Reels, the audio from the clip just disappeared....
Twitter To Cut Annual Bonuses For Employees To 50% Amid Downturn
Twitter has warned employees that they are set to get only half of their annual bonuses, as the economic meltdown gets deeper. Twitter’s chief financial officer Ned Segal told employees that global market conditions would affect the annual bonuses they receive, with the “bonus pool...
US Agency Hits 5 Crypto Firms With Cease And Desist Over ‘False’ Claims
The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has issued cease-and-desist letters to five crypto companies, including leading cryptocurrency exchange FTX, over “false and misleading statements”. Apart from FTX, Cryptonews.com, Cryptosec.info, SmartAsset.com, and FDICCrypto.com also received cease and desist letters on Friday, with the agency giving...
Youtube Removes Parent Video Testing Tesla’s FSD Against Own Kids
YouTube has removed a video that showed a parent experimenting with Tesla’s full self-driving (FSD) capabilities against his own kids walking across or standing on the road. The video showed Tesla owner and investor, Tad Park, testing FSD features with his kids. During the video,...
Mark Zuckerberg Releases His New Digital Avatar After Facing Memes
Mark Zuckerberg has posted new screenshots on Facebook and Instagram, showing off a more life-like version of himself. Earlier this week, Zuckerberg posted a screenshot of his digital avatar standing in front of the Eiffel Tower, as the company expanded its Horizon World’s metaverse experience...
TikTok In-App Browser On iOS May Monitor Your Keystrokes And Taps
TikTok may be monitoring all keyboard inputs and taps via its in-app browser on iOS, an independent cyber-security researcher has warned. Felix Krause, Founder of Fastlane which was acquired by Google, said that when the user opens any link on the TikTok iOS app, it’s...
Twitter To Put A Label On Phone Numbers Of Verified User Profiles
The microblogging site Twitter is working on a new feature to put a label or tag on the phone numbers of verified user profiles, apart from the blue tick or badge the company places with the verified accounts. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered this...
How To Stay Safe From Shoulder Surfing
Shoulder surfing is when someone watches and memorizes your sensitive information as you enter it on a device. Once they’ve acquired your passwords or worse, they can try to use that knowledge to gain access to your online accounts or money. Not all shoulder surfing...
Facebook Sees Over 25% Drop In Monthly Users In South Korea
Facebook has seen an over 25 percent decline in the number of monthly active users (MAU) in South Korea across the past two years, an industry analysis report showed on Friday. The South Korean MAU tally for Facebook (operated by Meta) reached 11.09 million as...
Google To Reduce ‘Low-Quality, Unoriginal’ Content In Search Results
Tech giant Google is rolling out new updates to cut low-quality and unoriginal content in Search results, making it easier for people to find helpful content. A search ranking update called the “Helpful Content Update” will start rolling out globally to English language users on...
Instagram & Youtube Start Discouraging Users From Sharing Videos To Tiktok
Meta-owned Instagram and Google-owned YouTube have introduced new features to discourage their short-video app users from cross-platform sharing. According to reports, when trying to download an edited clip to an iPhone in Instagram Reels, the audio from the clip just disappeared. “It means if you...
Apple Adds Two New Top Charts For Podcasts
Apple Podcasts is introducing two new charts — Top Subscriber Shows and Top Subscriber Channels –Ato showcases popular paid shows. The new charts are available in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia on iPhone, iPad, and Mac for listeners on iOS 15.6, iPadOS 15.6, and...
