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...
Meta, TikTok, YouTube & Twitter Grilled Over Privacy, Moderation Failures
The US Senate Homeland Security Committee grilled executives from Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter over privacy and moderation failures on their respective platforms in recent years, saying that they “keep avoiding sharing really very important information with us”. TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas, Twitter General Manager...
Tesla, Musk Sued For Misleading Consumers Over Autopilot, FSD Claims
A Tesla owner has sued the electric car maker, saying the company and its CEO Elon Musk are “deceptively and misleadingly” marketing the Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” software. Briggs Matsko from California said that he paid a $5,000 premium for his 2018 Tesla Model X...
Cyber Criminals Targeting Healthcare Payment Processors, Costing Victims Millions In Losses
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. In each of these reports, unknown cyber criminals used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and...
Apple’s M3, A17 Chips Likely To Use TSMC’s 2nd-Gen 3nm Process
Apple’s upcoming M3 chip for Macs and A17 chip for iPhone 15 Pro models will be manufactured based on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company‘s (TMSC) enhanced 3nm process known as “N3E” next year, media reports say. N3E will offer improved performance and power efficiency compared to...
EA Brings Anti-cheat Solution For PC Games
Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that it is launching EA AntiCheat (EAAC) for PC games this fall. EAAC is a kernel-mode anti-cheat and anti-tamper solution developed in-house at Electronic Arts. “At Electronic Arts we are committed to creating a safe and fair experience for all...
Apple In-App Purchase Prices Up 40% Due To Privacy Changes
The average price of in-app purchases (IAPs) on the iOS App Store has increased 40 percent year-over-year (YoY) in July (likely due to privacy changes), while it was a mere 9 percent on the Google Play store. According to data from app intelligence firm Apptopia,...
Instagram Is Internally Testing New Tipping Feature For Creators
Instagram is internally testing a new tipping feature for creators on the platform, media reports say. The test feature called “Gifts” would enable creators to earn money through Reels, reports TechCrunch. “This feature is an internal prototype and not testing externally,” a company spokesperson was...
Twitter Now Starts Rolling Out Podcasts To Blue Subscribers
Twitter has announced that its Blue subscribers can now access revamped Spaces featuring podcasts. The platform said the new feature is currently rolling out to iOS users and will be coming soon to Android users. “Listen up: podcasts are coming to Twitter! Now available in...
Twitter Shareholders Approve Musk’s $44 Billion Takeover Bid
Twitter shareholders on Tuesday voted to approve Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover bid. The vote came as Musk’s leadership team is in a court battle to get out of the deal. Twitter confirmed that a preliminary count shows it has enough votes to...
Real-Time Community Chats Arriving On Facebook And Messenger
Meta has announced a new feature called Community Chats that will soon allow users to connect with their communities in real time on both Facebook and Messenger via text, audio, and video. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is building Community Chats as...
NASA Prepares To Launch Artemis I Moon Mission On Sep 27
NASA will attempt to launch its Artemis I moon mission on September 27 after two failures, with a potential backup opportunity of October 2 under review. NASA said that it adjusted the targeted dates for a cryogenic demonstration test and the next launch opportunities for...
