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Hubble Telescope Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen
NASA and European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope have established an extraordinary new benchmark by detecting the farthest individual star ever seen to date.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 31, 2022
3 min read
WhatsApp Sees 7 Billion Voice Messages Daily, Unveils New Tools
WhatsApp on Wednesday said that people are sending 7 billion voice messages daily on average, all of which are protected by end-to-end encryption. The company announced new features that will make the voice message experience on WhatsApp even better. Now, users can listen to a...
Bijay Pokharel,
March 31, 2022
1 min read
YouTube TV Launches Picture-In-Picture Support For iPhone And Ipad
YouTube TV on Thursday announced that it has started rolling out picture-in-picture (PiP) to its iPhone and iPad app.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 31, 2022
1 min read
Amazon Glow Is Now Available To All In The US
Amazon on Tuesday announced that Amazon Glow is now available for all customers in the US and it will come with a library of Amazon Kids+ games, visual arts activities, books, and other features.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 29, 2022
1 min read
HP Acquires Hybrid Work Solutions Provider Poly For $3.3 Billion
HP Inc has acquired Poly, a leading global provider of workplace collaboration solutions, in an all-cash transaction of $3.3 billion, inclusive of Poly's net debt.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 29, 2022
2 min read
Instagram Tests New Feature To Support Social Movements Through Hashtags
Instagram has announced that it is testing a new feature that will make it easier for users to discover and support social causes directly through hashtags.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 29, 2022
1 min read
YouTube Testing Time-Specific Emoji Reactions
YouTube is testing timed-specific emoji reactions for a small group of users.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 29, 2022
1 min read
WhatsApp Increasing Maximum File Transfer Size To 2GB
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to share bigger-sized files and media with others over their platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 29, 2022
1 min read
Russia Facing Internet Outages Due To Equipment Shortage
Russia's RSPP Commission for Communications and IT has warned of imminent large-scale service Internet service outages due to the lack of available telecom equipment.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 29, 2022
1 min read
Instagram May Allow Users To Respond To Stories With Voice Messages
Instagram is reportedly working on a new feature that would allow users to reply to Stories with an image or a voice message.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 28, 2022
1 min read
Amazon Games Studio Head Mike Frazzini Steps Down
Amazon Games studio head Mike Frazzini, who brought popular games like New World and Lost Ark to life, has stepped down.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 27, 2022
1 min read
Uber Wins 30-month London Taxi License
Uber has secured a 30-month license to continue operating in London, ending a protracted battle with city regulators over whether the ride-hailing app was "fit and proper".
Bijay Pokharel,
March 27, 2022
1 min read
WhatsApp Beta Finally Brings Support To iOS 15
WhatsApp has submitted a new update through the TestFlight beta Program, bringing the version up to 22.7.0.76, which finally brings support to iOS 15.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 27, 2022
1 min read
US Bans Russian Cyber Company Kaspersky
The US has put Russian cyber-security firm Kaspersky Labs on the list of entities that pose an "unacceptable risk to US national security".
Bijay Pokharel,
March 27, 2022
2 min read
Two Men Arrested For $1.1 Million NFT ‘Rug Pull’ Scam
US government prosecutors have charged two men with fraud and money laundering over a cryptocurrency "rug pull" scheme.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 25, 2022
1 min read
Qualcomm To Announce Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ Processor In May: Report
Qualcomm is reportedly planning to launch the 'Plus' edition of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in May.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 25, 2022
1 min read
Youtube Taking On OTA TV With Nearly 4k Free Episodes Of TV
YouTube said that users will now be able to stream nearly 4,000 episodes of TV for free, as long as they are also willing to watch ads during the show.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 23, 2022
1 min read
Zoom Unveils Animal Avatars Similar To Animoji For Meetings
Video conferencing platform Zoom has introduced avatars that replace a user's head with a 3D character that mimics facial expressions for virtual offices and classrooms.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 23, 2022
2 min read
Instagram Rolls Out Product-Tagging To All Users In US
Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram will now let all users tag products in their posts in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 23, 2022
1 min read
Twitter Users Can Now Record Gif From iOS App’s Camera
Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced a new feature that makes it easier for people to create and share their own.
Bijay Pokharel,
March 23, 2022
1 min read
