QR Code Is Now Available In Instagram, People Can Open A Profile Directly Scanning The Code
The photo and video sharing social media giant Instagram is bringing QR codes to the app. Users can now generate QR codes that’ll be scannable from any supporting, third-party camera apps. The idea is that businesses can print their QR code and have customers scan...
Netflix Is Testing Out a ‘Shuffle’ Button That Plays Randomly Selected Titles
The streaming giant Netflix has launched a worldwide test of “Shuffle Play,” a feature for indecisive subscribers that starts streaming a random title based on their viewing history or playlists, Variety Reports. The idea, of course, is to provide yet another way to encourage Netflix users...
Google Chrome Will Warn Users While Submitting Insecure Forms
Google Chrome will warn users when submitting insecure forms that deliver information via HTTP connections on HTTPS websites starting with version 86. These “mixed forms” (forms on HTTPS sites that do not submit on HTTPS) are a risk to users’ security and privacy. Information submitted on...
Donald Trump Now Has A Verified Account On TikTok Rival Triller
U.S. President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House’s disfavor toward the ByteDance-owned video-sharing app. The intro video features clips of the president and audio clips of him saying “I’m a professional at technology,” and...
Jack Daniel’s Hit By Ransomware Attack
Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. companies in the spirits and wine business, suffered a cyber attack. The intruders allegedly copied 1TB of confidential data; they plan on selling to the highest bidder the most important info and leak the rest. The company, which is...
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...
