Category: NEWS

Signal iOS now includes a new feature that makes it possible to switch to a brand-new iPhone or iPad while securely transferring Signal information from your existing iOS device, Signal announced on a blog post. As with every new Signal feature, the process is end-to-end...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

“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...

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 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...

Brave, the open-source browser designed to prioritize privacy by blocking third-party ads and trackers, is facing criticism from users for redirecting URLs from cryptocurrency companies to affiliate links that Brave profits from, Decrypt reported. Unlike the “opt-in” principle by which the company abides—advertisements are optional...

Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned to encourage members to attend protests over police killings of black people — in some cases with weapons, company officials said Friday, Associated Press News Reports. The accounts on Facebook...

State-sponsored hackers from China and Iran have unsuccessfully targeted the campaign staffs of US presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump, respectively. The attacks have been observed by the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), a division inside Google’s security department that tracks nation-state hacking groups....

Mozilla Firefox will soon allow you to export your saved login credentials to a CSV text file that you can then import into a password manager or store as a backup. Like many other browsers, Mozilla Firefox has a password manager that allows you to...

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM), a provider of video-first unified communications, today announced financial results for the quarter ended April 30, 2020. In an earnings report today, Zoom reported making $328 million in revenue during its February–April quarter. That’s up far more than double from the same time last...

Sony has delayed hosting a showcase event for its next games console. According to a recent tweet by PlayStation, “we do not feel that right now is a time for celebration”, adding it wanted “more important voices to be heard” pic.twitter.com/ZAY8StN0EU — PlayStation (@PlayStation) June...

The micro blogging site ​Twitter has officially shut down its desktop legacy theme and all users will soon be forced to use its new theme regardless of the browser being used. After July 16th, 2020, Twitter began displaying a warning stating that the legacy version of Twitter...

Google Nest is a brand of Google LLC used to market smart home products including smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke detectors, routers and security systems including smart doorbells, cameras and smart locks.

Samsung Electronics UK Ltd. has announced the world’s first mobile-friendly TV, The Sero. Defined as the TV that champions content viewing in as many ways possible by rotating between horizontal and vertical orientations, Tapping into a generation of social media users, Samsung’s revolutionary brand-new Lifestyle...

The tech giant company Facebook announced that people behind individual profiles with “high reach” will now required to verify their identity. The blog post read, “We want to ensure the content you see on Facebook is authentic and comes from real people, not bots or...

The micro-blogging site Twitter says that you can now schedule tweets right from the main web app. When composing a tweet, you should see a little calendar icon on the bottom row of icons at the bottom of the compose window. Click that and you...