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Triller Seek to Buy TikTok Assets for $20 Billion
Centricus Asset Management Ltd. and Triller Inc. are seeking to buy TikTok’s operations in the U.S. and several other countries from ByteDance Ltd. for $20 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter., Bloomberg reports. Following Bloomberg’s report, things have gotten a little weird. A spokesperson for TikTok told Reuters it has not...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 29, 2020
2 min read
Google Duo Is Coming To Android TV Soon
Google has now revealed that the company’s consumer video chat app, Duo, will be coming to Android TV in the form of a native app that lets users start video calls from their TV screen. The company is planning to roll out Google Duo on Android TV as a beta...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 28, 2020
1 min read
Facebook Is Expanding Its News Tab To More Countries
The social media giant Facebook is planning to expand its dedicated news section and says it is “considering” the UK, Germany, France, India, and Brazil as possible recipients, it announced Tuesday. “Based on this progress, we are accelerating our plans to expand internationally. We aim to...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 26, 2020
1 min read
Freepik Discloses Data Breach Impacting 8.3 Millions Users
Freepik, a website dedicated to providing access to high-quality free photos and design graphics, has disclosed today a major security breach. Freepik says that hackers were able to steal emails and password hashes for 8.3M Freepik and Flaticon users in an SQL injection attack against the company’s...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 22, 2020
2 min read
Firefox Will Soon Support Keyboard Multimedia Keys
The privacy focus web browser Firefox will soon let users control songs and videos playing in their browser using the multimedia keys on their keyboards. Official support for multimedia keys will be available in Firefox 81, set for release for late September, later this fall....
Bijay Pokharel,
August 22, 2020
1 min read
Lightroom App Update Deleted Users’ Photos and Presets
The latest update of photo editing app ‘Adobe Lightroom’ has deleted users’ photos and preset and Adobe has confirmed that there is no way to get them back, first reported by petapixel. The issue first cropped up on the Photoshop feedback forums two days ago, when the...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 21, 2020
2 min read
Apple First US Company To Be Valued At $2TN
The tech giant Apple has become the first US company to be valued at $2tn (£1.5tn) on the stock market.It reached the milestone just two years after becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar company in 2018. Its share price hit $467.77 in mid-morning trading in the...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 20, 2020
2 min read
Google Is Rolling Out A Feature Called ‘Visual Improvements’ In Maps
Google is rolling out new visual improvements that bring even more detail and granularity to the map, making it easier to understand what an area looks like whether you’re exploring virtually or planning a visit. Google Maps has high-definition satellite imagery for over 98 percent...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 19, 2020
1 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 19, 2020
1 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 19, 2020
1 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 18, 2020
1 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 16, 2020
2 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 16, 2020
1 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 15, 2020
1 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 15, 2020
1 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 14, 2020
2 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 14, 2020
3 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2020
2 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2020
6 min read
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...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2020
2 min read
