Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

The tech giant Google has introduced its newest experiment from its startup incubator Space 120 and Other people and AI Analysis workforce referred to as Prepared, a internet and Android app that permits customers to curate content material from the internet and percentage the gathering…

The micro-blogging site Twitter is testing a new feature that will allow users to create tweets using their voice, announced on a blog post. The feature will be available to a limited number of users on Apple’s iOS platform for now and be rolled out for more iOS users…

Zoom’s CEO Eric S. Yuan today announced that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) will be provided to all users (paid and free) after verifying their accounts by providing additional identification info such as their phone number. “We are also pleased to share that we have identified a path forward…

Qualcomm is launching its next 5G chipset today, the Snapdragon 690, the first product in its 6-series chips to get support for the next-generation networking standard — although it’ll only support the slower sub-6GHz versions of 5G, not the faster mmWave standard. According to Qualcomm,…

The tech giant Apple today announced the App Store ecosystem supported $519 billion in billings and sales globally in 2019 alone. The new study, conducted by independent economists at Analysis Group, found that the highest value categories were mobile commerce (m-commerce) apps, digital goods and services apps, and in-app…

WhatsApp has launched in-app payments in Brazil, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The payments are enabled through Facebook Pay, which parent company Facebook said last year it would be rolling out to Instagram, Messenger, Facebook, and eventually WhatsApp. “Payments on WhatsApp…

US based jewelry and accessory giant Claire’s, and its subsidiary Icing, were compromised in April and have allowed hackers to gain access to customer’s credit cards, Sansec reports. In a new report by cybersecurity firm Sansec, Claire’s website was compromised by attackers who attempted to steal customer’s…

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…

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…

When you look up public transit directions for a trip that is likely to be affected by COVID-19 restrictions, Google Maps will show relevant alerts from local transit agencies. These alerts can help you prepare accordingly if government mandates impact transit services or require you…

Apple has created a new open source project to help developers of password managers collaborate to create strong passwords that are compatible with popular websites. The Password Manager Resources open source project allows you to integrate website-specific requirements used by the iCloud Keychain password manager…

An Elastic IP address is a static IPv4 address designed for dynamic cloud computing. An Elastic IP address is associated with your AWS account. With an Elastic IP address, you can mask the failure of an instance or software by rapidly remapping the address to another instance…

A large scale attack targeted hundreds of thousands of WordPress websites over the course of 24 hours, attempting to harvest database credentials by stealing config files after abusing known XSS vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins and themes. “Between May 29 and May 31, 2020, the Wordfence Firewall blocked over…

The social media giant Facebook’s Google Photos transfer tools is now available globally, the company announced on Thursday. The new data transfer tool allows you to create copies of all of the photos or videos on your Facebook account and transfer them to a linked Google…

An increasing number of offers for stolen YouTube credentials has been noted recently on hacker and cybercrime forums, where access to accounts is sold in bulk. Etay Maor, CSO at cyber-intelligence firm IntSights, explained that in recent weeks his team has noticed an uptick in…

Netflix Inc. will be rolling out new seasons of some of its most popular series in June 2020, along with new movies from Spike Lee and Will Ferrell. June brings the eagerly anticipated returns of many of Netflix’s original series, including the fifth season of Queer…

The tech giant company Google announced on a blog post that it is adding its Advanced Protection Program to Nest devices. Google’s Advanced Protection Program is aimed at high-risk targets such as journalists, activists, business leaders, and political teams, but it is available for anyone…

YouTube says it will donate $1 million to the Center for Policing Equity, to demonstrate “solidarity against racism and violence.” The Alphabet-owned video platform tweeted that it was pledging the funds “in support of efforts to address social injustice.” We stand in solidarity against racism and violence….