South Korean Islets Of Dokdo ‘Not Named’ On iPhone Maps In 22 Nations
South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo were not named on iPhone maps in the US, Britain, and 20 other countries, a professor said here on Thursday, amid diplomatic tensions with Tokyo over Japan’s renewed claims to the East Sea outcroppings. Dokdo has long been a...
EU Watchdogs Begin Privacy Probe Into Twitter After Whistleblower Report
The micro-blogging site Twitter is now facing privacy probes in the European Union (EU) after the whistleblower complaint from its former head of security, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, created a storm worldwide. Zatko’s complaints had references to European regulators, alleging that Twitter misled or intended to...
Google Play Games For PC Feature Expands To 5 Countries
Tech giant Google has expanded its Play Games for PC feature under an open beta to users in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia. Earlier this year, the company announced that Google Play Games would be coming to PCs as a beta experience...
New iPhone 14 Series Arriving On Sep 7
Apple on Wednesday announced its flagship product launch event for this year that will take place on September 7. Called ‘Far Out,’ the event will showcase the new iPhone 14 lineup, Watches, and other products. This will be an in-person event at Apple’s Cupertino campus...
Facebook News Feed Getting Spammed With Public Posts On Celebrity Pages
The social media giant Facebook is experiencing a bug in their algorithm where users around the globe are seeing Facebook posts of random people that are tagging Rihanna, Ronaldo, or others. According to downdetector, nearly 3000 users(at this time of writing) are experiencing the issue...
YouTube Shorts Arriving Soon On Smart Android TVs
YouTube is set to launch its short-form video app Shorts on its smart TV app YouTube TV. The company has told its partners about the support for YouTube shorts to YouTube’s app for Android TV and Google TV, reports Protocol has learned. YouTube Shorts has...
Snap Agrees To Pay $35 Million Over Illegal User Data Collection In US
Snap has reached a $35 million settlement with the state of Illinois in the US in a class-action lawsuit over illegal user data collection. The lawsuit alleged that Snapchat’s filters and lenses violated the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The company stored “biometric data...
Apple Rolls Out iPadOS 16.1 Beta Before iOS 16 Release
Apple has started rolling out iPadOS 16.1 beta to enrolled developer devices. According to TechCrunch, it is a change from the usual release cycle, which has linked the tablet operating system with iOS, its mobile counterpart, since its initial release in 2019. “This is an...
Remembering ‘Windows 95’? It Is 27 Years Old Today
Microsoft’s Windows 95 release on August 24th, 1995 was a highly anticipated launch. Jay Leno helped launch the software alongside Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, with a lot of jokes and the appearance of the entire Windows 95 development team on stage.
A Comprehensive Cyberbullying Guide For Parents
Cyberbullying is when someone repeatedly makes fun of another person online or repeatedly picks on another person through email or text message or when someone posts something online about another person that they don’t like.
Meta Reaches $37.5 Million Settlement Of Facebook Location Tracking Lawsuit
Meta has reached a $37.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the parent of Facebook of violating users’ privacy by tracking their movements through their smartphones without permission. A preliminary settlement of the proposed class action was filed on Monday in San Francisco federal court,...
Google Wallet Is Now Available In 45 Countries
Tech giant Google has expanded Google Wallet‘s availability to six new regions. The company has updated the Google Wallet support page to reflect the inclusion of the following new countries: Azerbaijan Iceland Moldova Qatar Serbia South Africa You can use the Google Wallet app to...
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals ‘Incredible’ Jupiter Views
James Webb Space Telescope has revealed unprecedented views of Jupiter. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took pictures of the Solar System’s biggest planet in July. The images show auroras, giant storms, moons, and rings surrounding Jupiter in detail that astronomers have described as “incredible”....
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...
