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WhatsApp’s New Feature To Add, Edit Contacts Within App On Android
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature - "manage contacts within the app", allowing users to add and edit contacts without leaving the app on Android.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 9, 2023
1 min read
Google To Shut Nest Secure, Dropcam In 2024
Google has said that it will end the support for the Nest Secure and the Dropcam home security system starting April 8, 2024.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 9, 2023
1 min read
SpaceX’s Starship ‘Ready For Launch’, Says Musk
Elon Musk on Sunday said his deep-space rocket Starship is ready for lift-off from SpaceX's launch facility in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 9, 2023
1 min read
Dropbox To End Support For Its ‘Shop’ Platform
Cloud-based storage service Dropbox has announced that it will end support for 'Dropbox Shop', a platform that allows creators to sell digital content directly to their customers, on July 7.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 9, 2023
1 min read
China Wages Price War On Musk’s SpaceX Reusable Rockets
China has announced a price war on Elon Musk-run SpaceX, doubling down on reusable rockets as part of its new aerospace program.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 9, 2023
2 min read
South Korea To Offer $5.3 Billion In Financing To EV Battery Firms
South Korea will extend 7 trillion won ($5.31 billion) in financial support to domestic battery makers over the next five years to help them respond to the United States Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and to boost their competitiveness in the sector, the industry ministry said.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 9, 2023
2 min read
NASA Sends Powerful New Instrument To Space To Track Air Pollution
The US space agency on Saturday launched a powerful new instrument into space to track air pollution, which would provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 8, 2023
2 min read
Twitter Stops Writers From Retweeting, Liking, Or Replying To Substack Links
Twitter has restricted access to embedding tweets in posts on the online publishing platform Substack, leaving thousands of users in limbo.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 8, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp’s New Feature To Allow Users Share Status Updates To Facebook Stories
WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new feature, which will allow users to share their status updates to Facebook stories without leaving WhatsApp.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 8, 2023
1 min read
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime and Arson for Setting Fire to Synagogue
A Texas man pleaded guilty today to a hate crime and arson in connection with a fire he set at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 31, 2021.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 8, 2023
3 min read
Chrome Gets WEBGPU Tech That Allows High-Performance 3d Graphics
Google has announced that WebGPU, an API (Application Programming Interface) that allows high-performance 3D graphics and data-parallel computation on the web, is now available by default in Chrome 113, which is currently in the Beta channel.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2023
1 min read
Discord Introduces In-app Soundboard
Chat platform Discord has introduced its own in-app soundboard which users can use in voice channels.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2023
1 min read
US Orders Probe Into Tesla Model X Seat Belt Failures
The US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a probe into Tesla after receiving complaints from owners that they received their electric cars with defective seat belt parts.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2023
1 min read
Twitter To Show 50% Fewer Ads To Paid Blue Subscribers
Twitter will now show at least 50 percent fewer ads to Blue subscribers, along with a boost in their visibility on the platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 7, 2023
2 min read
Google’s New Policy To Let Users Delete Their Account Data From App
Google has introduced a new "data deletion policy", which aims to empower users with greater clarity and control over their in-app data, requiring Android apps to allow users to delete their accounts from the app and on the web.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2023
1 min read
Google To Restrict Personal Loan Apps From Accessing User’s Contacts, Photos
Google has said that it is updating its Personal Loans policy, in which it will restrict personal loan applications from accessing user contacts or photos.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2023
2 min read
Samsung, AMD Sign Multi-Year Pact To Boost Mobile Graphics Experience
Samsung Electronics and chip-maker AMD on Thursday announced they have signed a multi-year agreement extension to bring multiple generations of high-performance, ultra-low-power AMD Radeon graphics solutions to an expanded portfolio of Samsung Exynos SoCs.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2023
1 min read
ChatGPT Falsely Accuses Innocent Law Professor For Sexually Harassing Students
In a bizarre incident, AI chatbot ChatGPT, as part of a research study, has falsely named an innocent and highly-respected law professor in the US on the list of legal scholars who had sexually harassed students in the past.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2023
2 min read
Microsoft To Let Users Block Unwanted Autoplay Videos In Edge
Microsoft has started testing the new block feature with Edge testers in the Canary channel, which will allow users to fully block web videos from automatically playing in the Edge browser.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 6, 2023
1 min read
Facebook To Let You Play Games During Video Calls On Messenger
Meta's cloud gaming service Facebook Gaming has announced that users can now play their favorite games during video calls on Messenger.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 5, 2023
1 min read
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