It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company, which emerged as one of the world’s most influential public squares and now faces a string of challenges. Musk has criticized Twitter’s moderation, calling himself a free speech absolutist, said that Twitter’s algorithm for prioritizing tweets should be public, and has...
Paris St Germain have signed Spain defender Sergio Ramos on a free transfer after he left La Liga club Real Madrid. The French Ligue 1 side made the announcement on Thursday. Ramos left Real last month after failing to reach an agreement to extend his 16-year stay in the Spanish...
The Detroit Auto Show 2021 has been cancelled after organisers concluded the effects of the pandemic risked “asking too much” of exhibitors and stakeholders. The event, officially called the North American International Auto Show, was scheduled to run in September in its traditional home of downtown Detroit, North America’s ‘motor city’. Organisers are instead...
New Delhi: Cross-platform encrypted messaging service, Signal has climbed to the top spot in the free apps category of the App Store in multiple countries, including India. The official Twitter handle of Signal on Saturday shared a screenshot, showing it placed above WhatsApp at the top spot in India. “Look...
A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to continue to offer Chinese-owned WeChat for download in U.S. app stores. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said the government’s new evidence did not change...
Facebook Inc may face U.S. anti-trust charges as soon as November, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing four people familiar with the matter. The Federal Trade Commission met privately on Thursday to discuss a probe while state attorneys general under the leadership of New York’s Letitia James have been...
Apple on Tuesday launched the iPhone 12 with faster 5G connectivity, which the company hopes will spur a wave of upgrades and keep its sales booming through the end of the year. Verizon Communications Inc CEO Hans Vestberg said the new iPhones would work with the carrier’s “ultrawideband” 5G network...
San Francisco: Facebook on Monday added a digital payments feature to its WhatsApp messaging service, starting in Brazil but with an eye to expanding around the world. WhatsApp users in Brazil can use the encrypted mobile messaging service to send money or make purchases, Facebook said in a blog post....
Facebook has released a new app for couples to share a private space online, “even when you’re apart.” Tuned allows couples to share photos, notes, cards, voice memos, music from Spotify, and even their moods. There’s also a daily diary feature. Facebook calls it “a private space where you and...
OAKLAND, California: Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday (Apr 29) said any user will soon be able to host free video conferences on Meet, turning its previously business-only tool into a bigger rival to Zoom and others battling for users during the coronavirus outbreak. Zoom Video Communications, Microsoft’s Skype and Facebook’s Messenger introduced...
Chats will still be end-to-end encrypted. Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature through which users will be able to use the same WhatsApp account on more than one device. As previously announced, WhatsApp is developing a feature that will allow you to use your WhatsApp account on different...
In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft unveiled its long-rumored “Surface phone” which turned out to be… an Android device. Yep, for all the talks that Microsoft will be back in the phone business, it is not resurrecting the mobile Windows platform, but rather going with the world’s most ubiquitous mobile operating...
When it comes to China, will Apple be forced to make a choice? Or will it do what so many of us do — bathe in its hypocrisy till the end? That Apple’s not whole. We’re all good critics. We see things we don’t like and we speak up. ...
Police have surrounded the store where a teenager has taken four people hostage and evacuated the area. FRANCE Image: Police outside the store where the teenager is holding people hostage French police say an armed teenager has taken multiple hostages in a store on the outskirts of Toulouse. A police...
Google is adding augmented reality features among other new capabilities to its core search tool. The firm has also said it is extending its artificial intelligence booking tool to automatically fill out reservation forms on the web that spans several pages on a users’ behalf. The firm is also expected...
South Korea and the US have this week launched the world’s first commercial 5G services, promising a new wave of capabilities for smartphone users. Samsung said its Galaxy S10 5G device will offer speeds up to 20 times faster than current phones as it began selling the handsets on Friday....
A WiFi extender is a plug-in or desktop device that connects to an existing WiFi network, then boosts the current signal to increase the wireless network’s coverage area. A WiFi extender is a device that improves the coverage area within a wireless network. How Does a WiFi Range Extender Work?...
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