Germany Says Its Coronavirus Contact Tracing App Is Ready
Germany’s health minister said Sunday that its contact tracing smartphone app will be launched this week, Reuters reported. The app uses bluetooth short-range radio to detect and contact people at risk of infection by coronavirus and does not rely on a centralised database. Deutsche Telekom...
Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput Commits Suicide: Reports
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput reportedly committed suicide on Sunday and reports claim he was found hanging at his Bandra residence. The actor was living alone during the lockdown. Police have reached his apartment but the reason has not been revealed yet. It is said...
Now You Can Upload Custom Backgrounds On Video Calls In Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is rolling out the new custom background effects in Teams, the tech giant announced in a blog post. Custom images and other background effects are only available for scheduled Teams meetings, Microsoft says. According to a blog post, “When joining a Teams meeting, you...
How To Change Your Facebook Password?
Security professionals recommended changing passwords every 30, 60, or 90 days. In offices worldwide, IT policies forced employees to regularly change their passwords.
How To Update macOS
Software Updates are the most annoying notification that we often get and it seem to happen at the most inopportune times. Most of us neglect the software updates and carry on our works.
Google Adding Assistant Features To All Smart Devices
The tech giant Google is adding assistant features to all smart devices. Google product manager Praveen Chandran wrote in a blog post that the additions are part of the company’s efforts “to support an open ecosystem and bring Google Assistant features to everyone globally.” Voice...
Here’s A Simple Trick To Watch YouTube Videos Without Any Ads
Earlier this week, over on Reddit, web developer unicorn4sale shared an interesting and frequently forgotten bit of how the internet works. While we typically look at urls as using dots solely to divide the domain name — separating “youtube” and “com”, for example — it’s perfectly...
Apple Removes Pocket Casts From Chinese App Store Following Government Request
Apple has removed the popular podcasting app Pocket Casts from the Chinese App Store on the request of the Chinese government. According to the official Pocket Casts Twitter account, Apple has contacted the app team two days ago to inform that Pocket Casts would be...
Honda And Enel Impacted By Cyber Attack Suspected To Be Ransomware
Car manufacturer Honda has been hit by a cyber attack, according to a report published by the BBC, and later confirmed by the company in a tweet. Another similar attack, also disclosed on Twitter, hit Edesur S.A., one of the companies belonging to Enel Argentina which operates in the...
How To Install Android 11 Beta
The Android 11 Beta is now official. Now you can sign up for the Beta here to receive an OTA update, or you can download factory images directly for sideloading. Google is also making the update available through the new Android Flash Tool. While using the OTA is probably the...
Here’s Are The Best Features Of Android 11 Beta 1
Android 11 Beta is now available for development, testing, and feedback. It was officially made available on Wednesday, and so far, there are a slew of new features that stand out. Android laid out its latest features within three specific key areas: People, control, and...
How To Uninstall Cortana On Windows 10 2004
Cortana is Microsoft’s personal productivity assistant that helps you save time and focus attention on what matters most. But it’s no secret that many Windows 10 users aren’t really big fans of Cortana. Starting with the release of Windows 10 May 2020 Update, One of the...
Twitter Begins Asking Users To Actually Read Articles Before You Retweet Them
The micro blogging site Twitter announced on Wednesday that it will test a new feature that will prompt users to open up a link to an article before sharing it, which appears to be a move to further combat the spread of misinformation on the...
Amazon Suspends Police Use of Its Facial-Recognition Technology For The Next Year
Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. According to the blog post, ” We’re implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon’s facial recognition technology. We will continue...
These iPhones Model Are Getting iOS 14 Update
Apple is expected to reveal the next iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14 and macOS 10.16 versions during its upcoming virtual WWDC event starting June 22. There’s good news on that front: all iPhone models that can run iOS 13 will also be...
Twitter’s Version Of Stories Rolls Out In India
“Fleets,” Twitter’s take on Snapchat/Instagram-style stories, just became available in India. The feature is gradually rolling out around the world; after initially launching in Brazil, fleets came to Italy last month. The company then added that the best part of this feature is that the...
How To Avoid Getting A Virus On The Internet
A computer virus, much like a flu virus, is designed to spread from host to host and has the ability to replicate itself. Similarly, in the same way that viruses cannot reproduce without a host cell, computer viruses cannot reproduce and spread without programming such...
Now You Can Invite Anyone To Join A Google Duo Group Video Call With A Simple Link
Google’s Duo video calling platform now has invite links on mobile, making it even more of a viable competitor to Zoom and other videoconferencing apps, according to Android Police. Google had already announced Duo’s group call link invite codes back in May, but the option didn’t go live immediately....
Sony’s PS5 Event Rescheduled To June 11th
Sony announced today that its upcoming PlayStation 5 event has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 11th at 4PM ET. The event was originally scheduled for June 4th but was postponed following the death of George Floyd and protests against racism and police brutality happening around the world. Sony plans to show...
Homeland Security Warns Over ‘wormable’ Windows 10 Bug
Homeland Security’s cybersecurity advisory unit is warning Windows 10 users to make sure that their systems are fully patched, after exploit code for a “wormable” bug was published online last week, Techcrunch Reports. The exploit code, known as SMBGhost, exploits a bug in the server...
