Category: NEWS

Apple’s latest beta version of iOS 13 comes with a much-needed improvement to lock screen authentication for those who now spend the majority of their time at work or outside wearing a face mask. Now, instead of constantly attempting to identify your face using Face...

According to new data from SensorTower, The viral social media app TikTok has officially crossed 2 billion downloads across iOS and Android. The latest milestone comes just five months after TikTok surpassed 1.5 billion downloads. In Q1 2020, it generated the most downloads for any app ever...

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor breathed his last on April 30. The actor was admitted to HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Rishi Kapoor was battling cancer since 2018, and was in the US for treatment for a year. The actor’s brother, Randhir Kapoor,...

Millions of people around the world are practicing social distancing due to the novel coronavirus, The social media giant Facebook says that it has seen a massive surge in the use of its various apps in recent weeks. In the past month, more than 3...

Samsung Electronics today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. Total revenue was KRW 55.33 trillion, a decrease of 7.6% from the previous quarter mainly due to weak seasonality for the Company’s display business and Consumer Electronics Division and partially due...

Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, known internationally for roles in Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World, has died at the age of 53. He was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai when he passed away. Khan was known for his nuanced and understated performances,...

More than 1 million cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the U.S., marking a grim milestone in the country with the most reported coronavirus infections in the world, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. U.S. deaths from the respiratory virus passed 57,000 on...

WhatsApp video calls can now include up to eight people instead of just four. In order to reach the new upper limit, everyone on the call will need to be running the updated version of the app. To start a group video call, you can either...

The tech giant ‘Apple’ is delaying the production of its new 2020 iPhone models due to a slump in demand, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Production of the new models will be pushed back by approximately one month, as fewer people are...

The social media giant Facebook -owned service said on Monday that spread of “highly forwarded” messages sent on WhatsApp had dropped by 70% globally in weeks after introducing a new restriction earlier this month,  TechCrunch reports. The new measures were introduced at the beginning of April in response to...

More than a million Australians have downloaded a coronavirus contact tracing app within hours of it being released by the government, the BBC reported. COVIDSafe lets devices conduct a “digital handshake” when they come within 5 feet of each other, notifying users if they’ve come...

The full list of movies and TV shows coming to Netflix in May 2020 has been released, and there’s a lot of good stuff in there. Netflix Originals continue to be a dominant part of the Netflix lineup and May is no different. There are lots...

Malwarebytes is expanding into privacy with the release of a new Windows VPN service called Malwarebytes Privacy. Malwarebytes plans on offering Mac, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS versions in the future. Malwarebytes Privacy is a next-gen VPN that helps protect your privacy and your personal information when...

The social media giant Facebook is rolling out a new feature called Messenger Rooms which will let people start group video chats that can be joined by up to 50 people. While the new features will launch for some users in the UK on Friday,...

According to Telegram, it hit the 400 million user milestone a year after reaching 300 million users. Reaching the milestone means it’s doubled its user base since 2018, when it had 200 million monthly active users. The company said it’s seeing at least 1.5 million new...

The tech giant company Apple said on Thursday it has found “no evidence” a flaw in its email app for iPhones and iPads has been used against customers, and that it believes the flaw does “not pose an immediate risk to our users”. San Francisco-based...

The internet giant company Facebook announced on a blog post that it is going to display the location of “high-reach” Facebook pages and Instagram accounts on every post the owners share in order to give people more information to help them gauge the reliability and...

The micro blogging site Twitter has updated its COVID-19 policies to require users remove tweets making unverified claims that “incite people to action and cause widespread panic, social unrest or large-scale disorder.” “We’re prioritizing the removal of COVID-19 content when it has a call to action that...

The internet giant company Facebook has announced that it is launching its Messenger Kids app in over 70 new countries. A help page on Facebook’s website lists Brazil, India, Japan, and New Zealand among the countries where the kid-focused messaging service is now available. Facebook also announced...

The internet giant company Facebook announced that it has invested $5.7 billion (INR 43,574 crore ) for a 9.99% stake in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms, a three-and-a-half-year-old subsidiary of the nation’s most valued firm, Reliance Industries, and the biggest telecom operator in the country with...