WhatsApp has been seen testing the disappearing mode feature just days after WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart revealed that the app is working on it. Disappearing mode is a feature that extends the disappearing messages function. Users may enable disappearing messages for all conversations at once using this feature. Currently, users can enable disappearing mode for individual chats and groups. There is no option to enable it for all chats at once. According to Wabetainfo, WhatsApp was seen trying the vanishing mode feature in the most recent beta release for the…
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Instagram mandates age verification for teen safety
Instagram has announced that it would begin requesting users to provide their birthdate information. These reminders may be ignored at first, but the social media giant intends to make them mandatory if you want to use Instagram in the future. These prompts attempt to determine how old everyone on Instagram is in order to avoid content that is inappropriate for young kids from appearing in their feed. Instagram claims that this information is required for new features it is developing to safeguard young people. Instagram said in a new blog post…
Read MoreChrome 94 beta tests some new tech for gaming
Google’s release of Chrome Beta 94 notes that Google is adopting several new web standards that might improve browser-based gaming experiences. The soon-to-be-released WebCodecs might make cloud gaming easier and faster, while the experimental WebGPU could make it easier for creators of browser-based games to tap into the power of your computer. WebCodecs is an API meant to provide developers with improved access to the video encoding/decoding codecs that come standard with your browser and determine what to do with video streams. While there are techniques for getting video to…
Read MoreApple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic
Apple announced the acquisition of Primephonic, a classical music streaming service On Monday, and the launching of a classical music app. Apple did not reveal how much it spent for Europe-based Primephonic, which confirmed its inclusion in the iPhone maker’s music service. “We felt compelled to develop a streaming service that truly gets classical right—so that’s what we did over the last three years,” the Primephonic team said in the post. “But to fully achieve the next phase of our mission, we need to bring our classical streaming expertise to millions of…
Read MoreApple to ease payment limits on apple store
Apple has agreed to ease payment limits on its App Store, a significant shift revealed in a deal with small developers as the US technology behemoth suffers increased scrutiny and legal challenges over its tightly regulated online marketplace. The move would enable small developers to inform their consumers about payment methods other than the official App Store. In a class-action complaint, the developers accused Apple of monopolistic distribution methods by acting as the exclusive portal for getting applications or other content onto iPhones and other iOS-powered devices. “The agreement clarifies…
Read MoreT-Mobile apologizes for the data breach
T-Mobile claims to have contacted virtually all of the millions of customers whose personal information was taken and to be “sincerely apologetic” for the incident. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said in a written statement Friday that the company spends lots of effort to try to stay ahead of criminal hackers “but we didn’t live up to the expectations we have for ourselves to protect our customers. Knowing that we failed to prevent this exposure is one of the hardest parts of this event.” The company said earlier this month that…
Read MoreGoogle to pay $15 billion to Apple
Google would pay Apple $15 billion (approximately Rs. 1,10,718 crores) to remain the default search engine on iPhone, iPad, and Mac in 2021. The cost of keeping Google as the default search engine for the Safari browser is believed to have risen once again, and it is expected to rise much further in 2022. It is commonly assumed that Google pays Apple a large sum of money each year to maintain the supremacy of its search engine, which includes outbidding Microsoft. According to an investor note obtained by Ped30, Bernstein…
Read MoreMicrosoft intends to raise the prices of most Office and Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Microsoft has announced plans to hike the pricing of some Microsoft 365 and Office 365 premium services by up to 25%. The hikes will go into effect on March 1, 2022. The Redmond, Washington-based company justified the higher costs by asserting, then specifying in considerable detail, the changes to the plans since Office 365 debuted in June 2011. “This new pricing reflects the enhanced value we have given to our customers over the last ten years,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, in an Aug. 19 blog…
Read MoreHacker has claimed responsibility for the T-Mobile attack.
A person claiming to be behind the T-Mobile data breach that exposed almost 50 million people’s information has come out to identify his name and attack T-security According to the Wall Street Journal. T Mobile’s John Binns informed the WSJ that he was behind the attack and provided evidence that he could access accounts linked with it, and he went into detail about how and why he conducted it. Binns claims that by scanning for unsecured routers, he was able to obtain customer (and past customer) data from T-Mobile. He…
Read MoreFacebook to launch digital wallet this year
Facebook confirms that the firm is preparing to create a digital wallet that would allow users to store cryptocurrency. The director of Facebook’s crypto team, David Marcus, told the information News site that company officials “feel pretty committed” to launching the Novi digital wallet this year. Marcus stated that he would have wanted to release Novi concurrently with Diem, a digital currency connected to the dollar that the company is also developing, but Diem’s release date remained unknown. “In theory, Novi could launch before Diem, but it would mean launching without Diem and…
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