‘Pandemic Potential’: New Swine Flu Strain Discovered In China
A strain of swine flu that scientists fear has the potential to become a pandemic in humans has been identified in China. According to a report from the BBC, researchers are concerned the flu could mutate and easily spread from person to person. Right now,...
The New York Times Pulls Out of Apple News
The New York Times has announced that, as of today, it will no longer be distributing articles in the Apple News app, making it one of the largest publishers to end its association with Apple’s publishing platform The Times is one of the first media organizations to pull...
Google Photos Will No Longer Backup Social Media Folders By Default
Google is disabling the Google Photos app’s image and video backup for folders created by services like WhatsApp, Messages, and Kik. In essence, that means that by default, photos and videos from those services saved on your phone won’t be backed up by Google Photos going forward,...
Twitch Temporarily Bans President Trump
Twitch has temporarily banned President Donald Trump, in the latest surprise and high-profile suspension from the streaming service. Trump’s account was banned for “hateful conduct” that was aired on stream, and Twitch says the offending content has now been removed, theverge reported. One of the streams in...
India Has Banned 69 China-Based Apps Including TikTok, WeChat, And More
India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned TikTok, WeChat, and several dozen other China-based apps it views as “engaged in activities … prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India,” according to a press release. A total of 59 apps are on the banned list....
Kuo: Apple Will Not Include Earbuds Or Charger In iPhone 12 Box
Apple is tipped to be excluding a power adapter and earbuds in the packaging for the iPhone 12, Apple’s first 5G iPhone. That’s according to a report from Ming-chi Kuo, a noted analyst who focuses on Apple’s supply chain, as reported by 9to5Mac. Kuo says that...
Get Back Deleted Data With Microsoft’s New ‘Windows File Recovery’ Tool
Windows File Recovery is a free app in the Microsoft store which can be used to recover data that has been lost for a variety of reasons. The command line tool can be used to retrieve data from local hard drives as well as removable...
Facebook Is Testing Dark Mode On Small Percentage of Mobile Users
The social media giant Facebook has confirmed that some users are now able to switch to dark mode in the mobile app, As first noted by SocialMedia Today. Users who already have the new dark mode on mobile tweeted screenshots of what it looks like: Facebook...
Amazon Workers In Germany To Go On Strike Over Coronavirus Infections
Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus, labour union Verdi said, Reuters reported. Verdi said on Sunday that the strike would last at least 48...
Google Meet Adding Burred/Custom Backgrounds, Q&A, Polling & More
Google is previewing a number of upcoming Meet features for education and enterprise customers. This includes blurred and custom backgrounds, hand raising, and new moderation controls, 9to5google reports. Google confirmed to The Verge that in addition to background blur and background replacement images, real-time captioning, low-light mode, hand-raising, and a tile...
What Is CryptoLocker ?
CryptoLockers, or ransomware, is a type of malware that encrypts your files upon infection. Ransomware makes all of your personal files inaccessible and can even turn the entire computer unusable.
Unilever Boycotts Advertisement On Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Unilever has become the latest company to boycott Facebook advertising. The CPG giant announced on Friday that it’s pausing all ads on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter throughout “at least” the end of the year. Unilever owns dozens of popular household brands like Hellmann’s mayonnaise and...
Coca-Cola Pauses Advertising On All Social Media Platforms Globally
The Coca-Cola Company is pausing all digital advertising on social media platforms globally for at least 30 days starting July 1st, the company announced on Friday. The company clarified it was not joining the official boycott, but said “we are pausing” advertising. “There is no...
Microsoft Is Closing All Physical Stores Permanently
Microsoft announced that all physical Microsoft Stores will be closed. The change is part of a “strategic change” and will see Microsoft push more effort and money into its digital storefronts. Microsoft announced the change in a new post today. Microsoft will “reimagine” some spaces, repurposing them...
Facebook To Warn Users Before They Share Old News Articles
The social media giant Facebook is rolling out a new feature globally that will warn users if they’re about to share an article that’s over 90 days old. The feature, which was announced in a blog post, is designed to give people more context about articles...
Cyber-Criminals Hide Credit Card Stealing Scripts In Favicon EXIF Data
Hackers are always evolving their tactics to stay one step ahead of security companies. A perfect example of this is the hiding of malicious credit card stealing scripts in the EXIF data of a favicon image to evade detection. According to Jérôme Segura, Malwarebytes Director...
Apple Shuts 10% of U.S. Stores Again On Virus With 14 in Florida
Apple Inc. is closing an additional 14 U.S. retail stores Friday because of recent increases in Covid-19 cases. Of the 18 Apple Store locations in Florida, only two currently remain open, one in Jacksonville and another in Sarasota, Bloomberg reported. The tally of closed US Apple...
Amazon to Pay More Than $1 Billion for Self-Driving Car Developer Zoox
Amazon is reportedly on the verge of announcing a deal to acquire self-driving startup Zoox for over $1 billion, Theinformation Reported The deal would give Amazon control of the nearly 1,000-person startup that has been developing an electric self-driving vehicle. The deal could be announced as...
Google To Auto-Delete Users’ Records By Default
The tech giant Google is changing the default settings to automatically delete the collected data of its users. Website search, page visited and location data including users’ web and app activity will now be automatically deleted from Google servers after 18 months. Currently this change...
Verizon Joins Ad Boycott Of Facebook
Verizon is joining an escalating movement to siphon advertising away from Facebook in an effort to pressure the company into doing more to prevent racist and violent information from being shared on its social networking service. The boycott, organized by the Anti-Defamation League, is in...
