Twitter has restored the accounts of a few politicians in the Congress party that were blocked after-party leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted a picture of himself with the parents of a girl who was reportedly raped and killed in New Delhi Indian law is against to reveal the identities of children or victims of sexual assault. As per a notice on the Lumen database, the National Commission for protection of Child Rights in India has requested that Twitter take action. Rahul Gandhi sent a copy of an authorization letter from the persons…
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Apple on its child protection feature: Everything you should know
Apple on Friday defended its new child protection features, which will check images uploaded to its cloud storage and messaging platform. Apple announced two new features for iPads and iPhones in the United States last week. According to the company, one can identify child sexual abuse images uploaded to its iCloud storage, while the other uses machine learning to recognize and warn children and their parents when receiving or sending sexually explicit photos on Apple’s texting app, Messages. “We can see that it’s been widely misunderstood,” the US tech…
Read MoreFacebook’s new move to secure messenger calls
Facebook rolls out encryption for voice and video calls made through its Messenger texting app on Friday, increasing user privacy. smartphones have become a more contentious issue. Since 2016, it has been possible to encrypt text chats on Messenger. The number of audio or video calls made on Messenger has increased to more than 150 million per day, prompting Facebook to add the option of scrambling exchanges from one end to the other to prevent eavesdropping. “The content of your messages and calls in an end-to-end encrypted conversation is protected…
Read MoreIndian railway dropped their project to provide WiFi inside trains
The Indian railway has decided to withhold their project to provide an internet connection inside the train because it was not cost-effective. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav confirmed it through a written reply to a question in the Loksabha. Initially, The WiFi-based internet facility was given in the Howarah Rajasthani express train through satellite communication technology. ” This technology was capital intensive with recurring costs in the form of bandwidth charges and thus was not cost-effective. Also, the internet bandwidth available to passengers was inadequate. Hence the project was dropped. At present,…
Read MoreFacebook to roll out a new design for the settings menu in the app
Facebook Inc announced that they will redesign the settings menu of the FB mobile application. The new design will be available on the application later this week. Both android and iOS users will get to see the new design and it’s even applicable in Facebook Lite. The new design is aimed at providing the user with an easier way to navigate and find tools.” Whether it’s managing the ads people see, adjusting sharing settings, or curating an audience for posts, people shouldn’t have to think too hard about where to start,”…
Read MoreGoogle meet integrates with Miro in early 2022
Google workspace intends to add third-party tools into a user existing workflow as Google meet is going to integrate another whiteboarding option Miro next year. As the reports from 9to5 Google, Miro comes with a collaborative whiteboard that already integrates with Google docs, sheets, and slides. All the shared documents can be easily viewed and edited by adding them to a Micro canvas. “You can also save your Miro boards to drive, and Docs, Sheets, and slides automatically sync across both applications, so you’re always working with the…
Read MoreiOS 15 to automatically remove lens flare from photos: Latest Beta reveals
Apple rolled out the latest beta of its upcoming operating system iOS 15 featuring the removal of unwanted lens flare in images taken in certain lighting conditions. The camera hardware plays a significant role in the quality of photos along with the default processing by the image signal processor. ISP has been further improved in the latest beta version. The latest ISP is reportedly smart enough to remove unwanted artifacts like lens flare. The change was first brought to light on Reddit and further publicized by the popular iPhone camera…
Read MoreiPhone users can now detect pegasus spyware
The Pegasus spyware built by Israeli cyber intelligence firm NSO created storms around the globe. Pegasus is potential spyware that can hack computers or mobile devices to fetch data without the consent of the user and provide it to attackers. Recently the spyware targeted the smartphones of some high profile individuals in society and push them to panic attacks. But the latest reports coming out provides much relief to iPhone users since an application called iMazing promises to detect pegasus. The new feature is available on the iMazing 2.14…
Read MoreGoogle leaks its nest camera images in the online store.
Google surprised everyone with the release of it’s Nested security camera images on the online store. Google confirmed its plan to launch a new lineup of security cameras back in January. The leaked images just revealed few details of what can be expected. The new devices feature a combined outdoor/indoor battery-powered Nest Cam, a Nest Cam with floodlight, an indoor wired Nest Cam, and a battery-powered Nest Doorbell. Google has not yet commended anything officially and, the images were withdrawn by google after a while. The new addition…
Read MoreThe Apple online store gets a new design
The Apple online store adopts a brand new look and a dedicated tab on Apple’s top-level navigation. The online store was down for about 30 minutes on Tuesday and it came back with a major redesign. The new design includes several images and links with some of them connected to newly developed store pages. The new pages show what models are available and point to resources like shopping guides, accessories, and support. On the main Store page, there are also sections for what’s new, links to support pages, and more….
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