Facebook ‘Home’ & ‘Feeds’ Tabs To Make User’s Experience Better
With an aim to enhance users’ experience, Meta-owned Facebook has announced that it is rolling out two tabs — Home and Feeds — that will now be available for iOS and Android users. Home is the new name of the tab that users first see...
Twitter Now Lets Users Share Spaces Clips On iOS And Android
Twitter has announced that now anyone can share Twitter Spaces clips on iOS and Android platforms. The company recently said that it started testing a new clipping tool for Spaces. Now, the feature is being rolled out to all the users. “Testing went well. We...
President Joe Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19
US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced today. Biden is experiencing mild symptoms and has started taking Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment. A letter from Biden’s doctor indicates that his symptoms are fairly mild, and consist of fatigue, a runny...
Neopets Data Breach Exposes 69 Million Members’ Personal Info
Neopets has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 69 million members. Neopets is a virtual pet website. Users can own virtual pets (“Neopets”) and buy virtual items for them using one of two virtual currencies. One currency, called Neopoints, can...
Tesla Sold 75 Percent Of Its Bitcoin
Tesla execs reveal the company has sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings, adding $936 million in cash to its balance sheet. Last year, Tesla made a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin and announced that it would accept Bitcoin as payment. Tesla started accepting Bitcoin...
Apple Releases New Versions Of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS
Tech giant Apple is releasing new versions of iOS and iPadOS 15.6, macOS 12.5, watchOS 8.7, and tvOS 15.6 for some users. According to the release notes, here’s what’s new: iOS and iPad OS 15.6 adds the ability to pause, rewind, restart, and fast forward...
Justice Department Seizes and Forfeits Approximately $500,000 From North Korean Ransomware Actors
The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. In May 2022, the FBI filed a sealed seizure warrant for the funds worth...
Netflix Adds 1.1 Million Paid Subscribers In Asia-Pacific In Q2
Netflix added 1.1 million paid subscribes in the Asia-Pacific region in the second quarter (Q2) this year. The Average Revenue per Membership (ARM) was -2 per cent (year-over-year), due to the impact from “our price decrease in India last December as well as plan mix,”...
Samsung To Unveil New Foldable Phones Next Month
Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it will unveil its latest foldable smartphone series next month, as the tech giant aims to achieve a breakthrough in the stalled smartphone business. The next-generation foldable smartphones, Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4, are expected to...
Apple Agrees To Pay $50 Mn To Settle Flawed ‘Butterfly’ Keyboards Lawsuit
Apple has agreed to pay $50 million to settle the lawsuit over flawed "butterfly" keyboards in MacBooks in the US.
Installation Art Company Meta Sues Facebook Over Trademark Violation
Meta, a small business operating in the immersive and experiential technology industry since 2010, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook for trademark violation, alleging that Mark Zuckerberg’s name change violated its established brand. The installation art company said that for 12 years, it has powered...
‘Stranger Things 4’ Generates A Record 1.3 Billion Hours Viewed: Netflix
‘Stranger Things’ season four has generated a record 1.3 billion hours viewed to date, making it the biggest season of English TV ever, Netflix has announced. The streaming giant said that its slate in the second quarter (Q2) is “headlined by season four of Stranger...
Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Chips For Next-Gen Smartwatches
Qualcomm on Tuesday unveiled new Snapdragon chips for smartwatches and OPPO and Mobvoi will be among the first companies to use the new wearable platform, with 25 designs in the pipeline across segments. Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 are designed to...
6 Bugs In Popular Chinese GPS Tracker Put 1.5 Million Vehicles At Tracking Risk
Cyber-security researchers have discovered six severe vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built vehicle GPS tracker, potentially allowing hackers to track individuals without their knowledge, remotely disable fleets of corporate supply and emergency vehicles, abruptly stop civilian vehicles on dangerous highways, and more. Cyber-security company BitSight said...
Musk Plans To Countersue Twitter To Scrap $44 Billion Deal: Report
Elon Musk has reportedly planned to file a counter-lawsuit against micro-blogging site Twitter to scrap a $44 billion acquisition deal. Musk’s lawyers are angling to push a Delaware Court of Chancery judge to grant them more time and power to gather information about bots on...
Indonesia To Block Facebook, Google, Whatsapp If They Fail To Register For Licenses
The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country’s Ministry of Communications and Informatics. The digital giants are given time until Wednesday to complete the...
Netflix’s ‘Add A Home’ Feature To Charge For Password Sharing
Video streaming giant Netflix has announced that it is testing a new way to undertake password sharing in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. The platform launched an “add extra member” feature in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru in March 2022 and...
Microsoft Not To Ban Commercial Open Source Apps On Windows Store
Microsoft on Tuesday decided not to implement a policy to ban developers from selling open source software on Windows Store.
Instagram To Let Shoppers Pay For Products Via DM
Instagram has announced that it will allow shoppers in the US to be able to pay for products directly in messages.
NASA Delays Mission To Study Ice & Water On Lunar Surface To 2024
NASA has delayed its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission aimed to study the lunar surface’s ice and other potential resources by 2024. VIPER will be delivered to the lunar surface on American aerospace company Astrobotic of Pittsburgh’s lander via NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload...
