Apple CEO Tim Cook Pledges Support To India Amid Covid-19 Crisis
Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged support for India's efforts to fight the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The company will be making donations and aid relief efforts on the ground, Cook said on Twitter.
Twitter Adds Covid Vaccine Prompt In Users’ Timelines
The microblogging site Twitter is adding a new prompt to users’ timelines to help promote the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination effort, providing users around the world with the “latest vaccine info” in their particular country.
Telegram Adds Payments 2.0, Scheduled Voice Chats, And New Web Versions
The new update brings Payments 2.0 for all Telegram chats, Scheduling and Mini Profiles for Voice Chats, new Telegram apps for your browser, and more.
Samsung Launches 980 NVMe SSD With Upgraded Performance
The newly upgraded Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 also offers significantly enhanced sustained performance over the previous iteration by allocating a much larger buffer storage area inside the drive.
Here’s Everything New In iOS 14.5
iOS 14.5 brings exciting new features to iPhone, including the ability to unlock iPhone with Apple Watch while wearing a face mask, more diverse Siri voices, new privacy controls, skin tone options to better represent couples in emoji, and much more. iOS 14.5 builds on...
How Secure Are QR Codes?
Attackers can embed malicious URLs containing custom malware into a QR code which could then exfiltrate data from a mobile device when scanned. It is also possible to embed a malicious URL into a QR code that directs to a phishing site, where unsuspecting users...
Amazon To Donate 10,000 Oxygen Concentrators To India As Covid-19 Surge
E-commerce giant Amazon has joined hands with CT Grants, Temasek Foundation, Pune Platform for COVID-19 Response (PPCR) to urgently bring in 10,000 oxygen concentrators and BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) machines to India.
Google Pledges $18 Million Grant For Covid-Hit India
The tech giant Google on Monday announced Rs 135 crore ($18 million) to help get urgent medical supplies, including oxygen and testing equipments, for India that is currently going through a devastating Covid wave.
Hacker Published 20 Million Alleged BigBasket Users Records On Dark Web
A hacker has leaked database of about 20 million alleged BigBasket users on a popular hacker forum.
Woman Sues Reddit For Allowing Child Pornographic Content
She has accused Reddit of distributing child pornography, failing to report child sexual abuse material, and violating the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Twitter Removed 50 Tweets At The Request Of The Indian Government
The microblogging site Twitter has removed tweets that were critical of India's response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the request of the Indian government.
You Can Now Change YouTube Channel Name Without Editing Google Account
Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is allowing creators to change their channel name and profile picture without affecting their Google account.
Twitter May Soon Allow You To Pay Tips For Great Tweets
The micro-blogging site Twitter has said it’s exploring features like tipping to give people a way to pay other Twitter users.
Live: Watch SpaceX’s Third Crewed Mission To The ISS
SpaceX is slated to launch its third crew to the International Space Station early Friday morning, ferrying two astronauts from NASA, one from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the first European Space Agency astronaut to fly a private US spacecraft to orbit. The four-person...
Sony Is Bringing 1080p Support For PlayStation Now
Sony will begin rolling out 1080p support for its PlayStation Now cloud streaming service starting this week.
Snapchat Now Has More Users On Android Than iOS
Popular photo-sharing platform Snapchat reached 280 million daily active users (DAUs) in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 51 million or 22 percent year over year, and it now has more users on Android than iOS.
Instagram Is Bringing Ads To Reels
The full-screen ads will be arriving first in India, Germany, Brazil and Australia before landing in more countries “in the coming months.
Signal Uses iPhone SE To Hack Cellebrite Phone-Cracking Software
Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has successfully used an iPhone SE to hack Cellebrite‘s phone-cracking software.
Case Filed Against TikTok Over Collection Of Children’s Data
A former children’s commissioner for England has launched a “landmark case” against the video-sharing app TikTok, alleging that it illegally collects the personal information of its child users.
REvil Ransomware Gang Are Demanding $50 Million From Apple To Avoid Documents Leaked
The operators of the REvil ransomware are demanding a $50 million ransom from Apple to avoid having confidential information leaked on the dark web,
