Telegram Launches Fast And Secure Video Calls For iOS And Android
Telegram has launched fast and secure video calls for iOS And Android, the company announced, saying 2020 had “highlighted the need for face-to-face communication.” The blog post read, “Today marks seven years of Telegram. In 2013, we began as a small app focused on secure messaging and...
Now You Can Create ‘Chrome Incognito Mode’ Shortcut For Windows On Desktop
The tech giant Google is implementing a new feature in its Chrome Canary build that allows users to create a Windows desktop shortcut that automatically launches the browser into Incognito mode. Incognito is a privacy mode built into Google Chrome that prevents the browsers from saving...
Facebook Begins Merging Instagram And Messenger Chats In New Update
The social media giant Facebook appears to flipping the switch on integrating the chat systems for Instagram and Messenger, via TheVerge. The new feature will be rolling on both iOS and Android devices. Users are getting noticed an update screen popped up in Instagram’s mobile...
Instagram Kept Deleted Photos And Messages On Its Servers
The photo and video sharing social networking service ‘Instagram‘ is retaining photos and private direct messages on its servers long after user deleted them. Independent security researcher Saugat Pokharel found that when he downloaded his data from Instagram, a feature it launched in 2018 to comply with new European...
Fortnite Removed From App Store And Play Store After Epic Game Added Direct Payment Option
Apple on Thursday removed Epic Games’ Fortnite from its App Store after the company implemented its own in-app payment system. The upshot was Epic bypassed Apple’s 30% cut. Enter lawsuit. Apple’s 30% cut, which looked like a deal when first instituted, has been under scrutiny...
Google Is Helping People Spot The Spoofs: A URL Experiment
Google is experimenting with showing domain names only in Chrome’s address bar instead of full URLs. The feature will be tested in the upcoming Chrome 86 release, with Google hoping the change could protect users against scams and phishing attacks using misleading URLs The blog post read, “On...
Intel Offers A First Look At Its Next-Gen Tiger Lake Processors And Xe Graphics
Intel Thursday announced details of forthcoming chips for compute, graphics, and artificial intelligence in its first architectural roadmap presentation since 2018. Intel’s Raja Koduri, the company’s chief architect, told reporters that the spirit of the company’s engineers is high despite a couple weeks of grueling press coverage...
Message Requests Are Now Available In Signal
The privacy-focus instant messaging app Signal is rolling out a new feature i.e Message Requests. With message requests, when someone who isn’t in your contacts starts a new chat with you or adds you to a group, you can quickly see more info before accepting...
Twitter Users Can Now Control Who Replies To Their Tweet
The microblogging site Twitter rolled out a moderation feature that would allow its users to limit how many people can reply to their tweets, giving account-holders more control over conversations on their page. All accounts, including those of elected officials, can now select the people...
Russia Has Developed ‘First’ Coronavirus Vaccine’ In The World
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia had become the first country to approve a vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus and that one of his daughters has been inoculated. Officials have said they plan to start mass vaccination in October.The vaccine is based...
Google Delays Deprecation Of Chrome Apps
Google is going to let you use Chrome apps for a little while longer, as the company on Monday announced an extension to its planned timeline to end support for the software. Google cites “feedback from our customers and partners” in making these changes. The Chrome Web...
How To Send Google Drive Attachments In Gmail
Using the Gmail user interface, you can attach a file up to 25 MB in size, where the size is determined by the size of the file on disk. If you attach a file larger than 25 MB in size, then Google uploads it to...
How To Restore Windows Photo Viewer In Windows 10
Windows 10 uses the Photos app as the default app to open image files. By default, Windows Photo Viewer is no longer listed in Open with, and only has .tiff files associated with it in Default Programs.
US Officially Passes 5 Million Coronavirus Cases
The United States surpassed 5 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, the most in the world. The figures were released Sunday by Johns Hopkins University, which said the U.S. death toll is above 162,000. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has released a model predicting...
China Is Now Blocking All Encrypted HTTPS Traffic That Uses TLS 1.3 And ESNI
China’s Great Firewall“is now blocking HTTPS connections set up via the new TLS 1.3 encryption protocol and which use ESNI (Encrypted Server Name Indication),” reports ZDNet: The block has been in place for more than a week, according to a joint report authored by three organizations tracking...
How To Choose A Strong Password
Strong passwords are the key to your digital life. Be sure to protect your information by utilizing the tips provided in this article.
Donald Trump Signs Executive Orders Banning TikTok & WeChat
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday banning transactions with ByteDance, the parent company of popular app TikTok According to the first order that will take effect in 45 days, any transaction with TikTok’s owner, ByteDance Ltd, or its subsidiaries, will be prohibited. The second order...
Intel Leaks: 20GB Of Source Code, Internal Docs Posted Online
U.S. chipmaker Intel suffered a data breach in which classified and confidential documents have been uploaded to a public file sharing service. The cache of secret information is 20GB large and comes from an unknown source. It was announced as the first part in a...
Facebook Will Let Employees Work Remotely Until July 2021
Facebook will let its employees continue to work from home through July 2021, the company announced today. Facebook has had nearly all of its roughly 48,000 employees working remotely since the initial wave of stay-at-home orders back in March, and it previously announced that it would...
The Official Facebook Chat Plugin Lets Hackers Hijack WordPress Sites’ Chat
Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a vulnerability in The Official Facebook Chat Plugin, a WordPress plugin installed on over 80,000 sites. This flaw made it possible for low-level authenticated attackers to connect their own Facebook Messenger account to any site running the vulnerable plugin and engage...
