American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter has halted its account verification programme, saying that it needs to work on the application and review process that lets people into the blue check mark club. As per The Verge, this change, where Twitter will not be letting new people apply for verification, is coming after the
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A recent picture by NASA can leave us wondering. The aerial shot shows a vast expanse of Mars surface and is taken by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on its 11th flight on the planet. Look close into the photo. Can you see NASA’s Perseverance Rover amidst the seemingly monochrome desert of the Red Planet? It’s
After a week of criticism over its planned new system for detecting images of child sex abuse, Apple said on Friday that it will hunt only for pictures that have been flagged by clearinghouses in multiple countries. That shift and others intended to reassure privacy advocates were detailed to reporters in an unprecedented fourth background
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Shang-Chi is coming to Disney+, and possibly Disney+ Hotstar, in October. On Thursday, during Disney’s quarterly earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed that its next Marvel movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, will stay exclusive to cinemas for 45 days. With Shang-Chi due September 3 worldwide — a release date for
Reddit will use its new funding to further its international presence and explore more content types, co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman told CNBC on Friday. “First order of business is make Reddit awesome. Make Reddit faster, more relevant, help it work for more people,” Huffman said about the company’s plans on “TechCheck.” ”And then we look to
American video game company Rockstar Games’ Dundee studio is currently working on remastered versions of its three classic PS2-era Grand Theft Auto titles. According to the Verge, the titles which are being remastered, include, which include Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. A late October or
The U.S. is presently combating two pandemics–coronavirus and ransomware attacks. Both have partially shut down parts of the economy. However, in the case of cybersecurity, lax security measures allow hackers to have an easy way to rake in millions. It’s pretty simple for hackers to gain financially, using malicious software to access and encrypt data
A week after temporarily suspending his account, Twitter restored Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle Saturday, but not before the principal opposition party accused it of bias. Gandhi’s account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter deemed it
Boeing’s astronaut capsule is grounded for months and possibly even until next year because of a vexing valve problem. Boeing and NASA officials said Friday that the Starliner capsule will be removed from the top of its rocket and returned to its Kennedy Space Center hangar for more extensive repairs. Starliner was poised to blast
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Oppo A16s has been launched as a new affordable smartphone under the Oppo A-series. The Oppo phone comes with a waterdrop-style display notch and two distinct colour options. The Oppo A16s also carries triple rear cameras and has preloaded features such as AI Beautification, Dazzling Mode, and Bokeh filters to enhance photos. There are also
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Twitter of being biased and interfering in the country’s political process by locking his account. In a strong attack, Gandhi said Twitter was denying his millions of followers the right to an opinion and termed it as an attack on the democratic structure of the country. The former Congress
Pokemon Go developer Niantic’s founder and CEO, John Hanke, would like to tune out of the metaverse conversation for the time being, and focus on the future of worlds that can be overlaid on the real world, he said in a blog. In it, he admits that the metaverse is a “cool concept” from a
Mar.15 — Apple Inc. said its App Store contributed to Spotify becoming the business it is today, according to a statement on Friday. Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw has more on “Bloomberg Technology.”
Microsoft has disclosed details of an evasive year-long social engineering campaign wherein the operators kept changing their obfuscation and encryption mechanisms every 37 days on average, including relying on Morse code, in an attempt to cover their tracks and surreptitiously harvest user credentials. The phishing attacks take the form of invoice-themed lures mimicking financial-related business
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new option that will allow users to view status updates of their contacts via their profile pictures. Currently, there is a separate tab inside the WhatsApp app where you can view status updates. The ability to view the status of a user is likely to be expanded to the
Boeing’s troubled Starliner spaceship could be set for further delays after the company said Thursday it was working to solve problems with the propulsion system. The spaceship’s latest launch date on August 4 was cancelled over propulsion issues, and it remains unclear when the next test flight will be scheduled. “Over the past couple of
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