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What Is TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
TCP/IP, or the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, is a suite of communication protocols used to interconnect network devices on the internet. TCP/IP can also be used as a communications protocol in a private computer network (an intranet or an extranet).
Bijay Pokharel,
October 15, 2020
4 min read
Facebook Says It Is Removing Anything Representing QAnon, Even If They Contain No Violent Content
The social media giant Facebook announced that it will remove anything on Facebook or Instagram that represents QAnon, the group variously described as an interest group, an information network, a set of conspiracy theories, and a movement. Said Facebook in a posting in its corporate newsroom,...
Bijay Pokharel,
October 7, 2020
1 min read
Cloudflare Introduce ‘DDoS Alerts’ For Customers On Paid Plans
Cloudflare has announced the availability of DDoS attack alerts for all Cloudflare’s customers on paid plans. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is when an attacker floods a web server or an Internet connection with more requests than it can handle. This flooding of...
Bijay Pokharel,
October 7, 2020
2 min read
Instagram Turns 10! Happy Birthday Instagram. Here Are Top 10 Most-Loved Posts !
Instagram, an American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, turns 10 years today. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and originally launched on iOS in October 2010. The Android version was released in April 2012, followed by a...
Bijay Pokharel,
October 7, 2020
4 min read
Google Assistant Can Now Wait On Hold Instead Of You
The tech giant Google has announced an update to its Phone app, dubbed “Hold for Me”, that will allow Google Assistant to wait on hold and alert users when a human is on the line. “When you call a toll-free number and a business puts...
Bijay Pokharel,
October 1, 2020
2 min read
Adobe Lightroom Is Getting Cinema-Style Color Grading
Adobe is adding a new advanced color grading feature to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Camera Raw, bringing a tool more commonly associated with cinema editing to its pro photography apps. Lightroom will now have a new color grading panel similar to the Lumetri panel from...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2020
1 min read
Google Meet Brings Noise Cancellation Feature To Android And iOS Apps
The tech giant Google is rolling out its impressive noise cancellation in Google Meet to Android and iOS. This feature is not available to everyone. You have to be a G Suite Enterprise or G Suite Enterprise for Education customer to take advantage of the...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 29, 2020
1 min read
U.S. judge Block Trump Administration’s Order To Remove WeChat From App Stores
U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday, Reuters reported. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said in an order that WeChat users who...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 21, 2020
1 min read
Sony Is Making Fewer PlayStation 5 Consoles Deu To Chip Woes
Sony has cut its expectations for PlayStation 5 production by four million units and now expects to manufacture about 11 million units by the end of March, according to a new Bloomberg report. The Tokyo-based electronics giant in July boosted orders with suppliers in anticipation of heightened demand...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 15, 2020
1 min read
Nvidia Is Acquiring UK-Based Chip Designer ‘ARM’ For $40 Billion
UK-based computer chip designer ARM Holdings is being sold to the American graphics chip specialist Nvidia. The cash-and-stock deal values ARM as being worth as much as $40bn (£31.2bn). Arm will operate as an division of Nvidia and will remain headquartered in the UK, and,...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 14, 2020
1 min read
Sony PS5 Event Announced For Wednesday, September 16th
Sony is holding a special PlayStation 5 event next week. The company will broadcast a 40-minute “digital showcase” on Wednesday, September 16th that will include updates from first-party Sony game studios and third-party partners. PlayStation 5 Showcase broadcasts live this Wednesday at 1pm Pacific Time:...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 13, 2020
1 min read
Apple Disabling ‘Sign in with Apple’ For Epic Games On September 11
Apple will no longer allow users to sign into Epic Games accounts using “Sign In with Apple” as soon as September 11, 2020. If you have previously used “Sign In with Apple”, update your Epic Games account email address and password immediately so that you...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 10, 2020
1 min read
Huawei Has Announced Its New Operating System ‘HarmonyOS’
Huawei has officially announced HarmonyOS, the operating system it was rumored to be developing to replace its reliance on Android. In China, the software will be known as Hongmeng. The company says the operating system, a microkernel-based distributed OS, can be used in everything from...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 10, 2020
2 min read
Facebook Will Stop Accepting New Political Ads A Week Before the US Presidential Election
The social media giant Facebook Inc. said on Thursday it would stop accepting new political ads in the week before the U.S. election day on Nov. 3, in a series of moves the company billed as its final plan for reducing risks of misinformation and...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 4, 2020
2 min read
Intel Launches World’s Best Processor for Thin-and-Light Laptops: 11th Gen Intel Core
Intel today unleashed a new era of laptop performance with the launch of its next-generation mobile PC processors and the evolution of its broad ecosystem partnerships that are propelling the mobile PC industry forward. New 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics (code-named...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 3, 2020
2 min read
After WeChat And TikTok, India Bans PUBG Mobile, Alipay, Baidu, And More Chinese Apps
After banning WeChat And TikTok, India is banning another 118 apps said to be either based in or linked to China. PUBG Mobile, Alipay, and Baidu are among the biggest names on the list. The country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said that it...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2020
1 min read
Apple And Google Make COVID-19 Exposure Notifications System
The tech giants Apple and Google are making it easier to get COVID-19 exposure notifications on your phone — in some cases, without requiring an app. Apple on Tuesday released iOS 13.7, adding support for a new exposure notification system for powering COVID-19 tracking. The system is...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2020
1 min read
Google’s AI Flood Warnings Is Now Expanded To Bangladesh
For several years, the Google Flood Forecasting Initiative has been working with governments to develop systems that predict when and where flooding will occur—and keep people safe and informed. The search giant launched the tool in 2018 for India’s Patna region, but it says it’s been slowly increasing...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2020
2 min read
Google Photos For iOS Gets Upgraded Video Editor|Now You Can Crop, Trim, And Add Filters To Your Videos
Google Photos for iOS takes that a step further with the edit button launching a user interface with four items in the bottom bar. Now the upgraded iOS version has the ability to trim video clips, add filters, crop, and make adjustments like exposure, contrast,...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 1, 2020
1 min read
SSL Certificate Validity Will Be Limited To One Year By September 1st 2020
Starting Sept. 1, Apple’s Safari browser will no longer trust SSL/TLS leaf certificates with validity of more than 398 days. (This is the equivalent of a one-year certificate plus the renewal grace period.) Other types of SSL/TLS certs, including intermediates and roots, are unaffected. Other...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 31, 2020
3 min read
