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Launched last year as a paid feature, NordVPN is now offering its Meshnet a free for all – regardless of any subscription to its products. The new feature is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux, allowing users to create their own VPN server for secure communications. Further, the company allows users to share files of unlimited sizes through Meshnet and even made its Linux client open-source. Making the Internet Safer For All One of the highly trusted Virtual Private Networks – NordVPN , is releasing its commercial Meshnet feature for free worldwide....

A US Court has ordered a pirate site operator to pay about $16.8 million to DISH Network since he’s been broadcasting DISH’s copyrighted content for years in the US. Also, the court passed an injunction order restricting the operator from engaging in such activity again and ordered technical services to stop aiding him and transfer all his domains to DISH. DISH Network Wins Lawsuit In late 2019, an American broadcaster company named DISH Network filed a case against the sites Freetvall....

Tencent made a battle royale game, PUBG is all set to launch the new season on May 7th this year. And this new version or season 13, will have a bunch of new features joining the game. Some are, editing your gun crafts, gaining back lost points if proved to be killed by cheaters, a new mode called Bluehole, extra scope, and sandstorms in existing maps. These are mentioned in the release notes of version 0....

Researchers have advanced in the field of new wired broadband, as they’ve just recorded the world’s fastest internet speed of 44.2 Tbps! This feat was achieved by researchers at RMIT, Monash, and Swinburne of Australia. They’ve tested this over w length of 75km between their campuses, using a new technology called micro-comb in standard fiber cables. Researchers are now trying to bring to low levels like us, as soon as possible....

Citing a source close to the company, a local Russian newspaper said that Samsung is planning to re-enter Russia – after it ditched sales in the country following its invasion of Ukraine. Samsung has a share of 34% in the Russian smartphone market, which directly contributes 4% of the company’s revenue of the company. And with the global shipments falling behind the analysts’ estimates, it’s no wonder Samsung wanted to resume its operations in Russia....

Viewers and the host of BBC Weather has today witnessed a funny moment that took place on live TV. As the meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker was explaining about the weather conditions of Minneapolis, he was interrupted by his watch’s AI assistant where it disagreed with his sayings. While Schafernaker was discussing snowstorm in Minneapolis, he was interrupted by Siri, Apple’s digital voice assistant he was wearing on. Siri, as listening to what his boss was speaking of, had cut his explanation in between and disagreed with his thoughts....

Har Shalom , a temple in Warren, New Jersey is now under the grip of the infamous ransomware group, Sodinokibi. The temple revealed that they were breached after being unable to connect to the internet. And further investigations surfaced just a ransomware note asking for half a million for the decryptor. The Infamous Group Sodinokibi is just another data-stealing malware that infects users via malicious links and spreads throughout the network, rapidly....

Spotify’s Car Thing – the simple hardware for playing music in a car is now widely available for all in the US . The company commercialized it with a price tag of $79.99, and be procured by both free and premium users. Well, users need a premium subscription to play songs anyway. The Car Thing works with a smartphone nearby, using its internet connection. The device is simple to set up and has few physical buttons to navigate and operate playlists....

After a year of testing in beta, T-Mobile’s ad wing is now live for everyone! Named the App Insights, T-Mobile is inviting advertisers to buy customer data for their marketing purposes. T-Mobile gathers this data in an anonymized manner and collects the data of what apps its users use. This is then shared with potential advertisers for money! Well, customers can opt-out of this program through several means. Selling Anonymized App Data With Google and Apple providing more ways for users to opt out of ad tracking, advertisers are looking for new ways to get through....

The craze around Clubhouse now draws a new player, Telegram into its space. As WaBetaInfo reported, Telegram has added voice chat features to its iOS client, that can be accessed from profile settings. What actually happens after tapping on that option isn’t clear yet, but it’s more like Telegram’s version of Clubhouse, with an invite to let others join and listen to conversations. Telegram’s Version of Clubhouse in Making Somehow, the concept of Clubhouse is well received by the community ....

Telegram is seen testing a premium version of its platform, where the latest iOS beta client has some exclusive stickers and emojis tied for a subscription. While there are no details of pricing and other exclusive features, Telegram trying a premium version is touted for a long time. Also, there are hints of the platform letting users create avatars too, to set them as their profile pictures. More details on these are yet to be known....

It’s common that successful companies expand to various disciplines hoping for the same streak. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance is doing the same now, with the success of its short-video recording platform. It’s seen that ByteDance is hiring a new AI-based drug discovery team in China and the US, to spread into the biotech space. ByteDance Speeding into Bio-Tech TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, which boasts on its content suggesting AI algorithms is now expanding into the biotechnology sector....

Finding suitable sports streaming websites is a hectic task, even in the era of technology and AI. VIPBox was an excellent choice for watching sports online worldwide. Since VIPBox is blocked in several regions at the ISP level due to content infringement , watching sports has become difficult but not impossible. Several proxy sites have emerged to fulfill these needs. Thus, we’ve compiled the best VIPBox proxy list that works perfectly ....

While struggling aside to win trust among privacy-focused users, WhatsApp is appealing to productive users with more extended tools. The instant messenger has announced the launching of Cheat Codes for WhatsApp on desktop, which can help PC users to navigate easily using keyboard shortcuts. These codes are available in both desktop clients and on web-app mode, for Mac and Windows. WhatsApp Desktop Shortcuts WhatsApp has announced a bunch of keyboard shortcuts for desktop users, who manage their WhatsApp chats on either PC client or from a web browser....

As per new reports from the WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp will soon drop support for iPhones running on older iOS 9. While there could be very few iPhones of such, like the series 4 models, WhatsApp will anyway dump them in version 2.21.50.11, which will be rolling out soon for both Android and iOS clients. Also, the Archives section has its UI revamped. iPhones Losing Support to WhatsApp WhatsApp is an essential app today on everyone’s phone....

The context menu in Windows 11 is one of the key areas Microsoft improved. It replaced the basic options with icons and hid most of them under the Show More button. While this new design is refreshing, it’s just making the context menu slow, and needs improvement. Microsoft noted it to be a padding issue and is working on it. The updated version includes the original context menu, with a better design for speed....

A senior product manager at Microsoft had accidentally posted a screenshot of the new Notepad app on Windows 11, which has a Tabs feature. Though it was soon deleted, it’s evident that Microsoft may soon come up with this support for all the native apps on Windows 11. When available, it’ll let users open multiple files on one Notepad app with several tabs placed aside from each other. Tabs in Notepad on Windows 11 Similar to what we have in the File Explorer app on Windows 11 , Microsoft is internally testing Tabs support for the Notepad app....

They cite infeasibility as the reason for going back to the office while also accusing several moves made by Google and Cognizant, Alphabet’s subcontractor, to stop their unionization efforts. Finally, they have appealed to the National Labor Relations Board to be recognized as “ jointly employed ” by Cognizant and Alphabet to avail more rights. Protests by Google Workers In a rare scene, employees from the freshly formed union in Austin, Texas, are protesting against Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) Work-From-Office policy to the YouTube Music team, starting February 6th, 2023....

Making the content accessible more easily, YouTube web added a voice commands feature lately. This new addition will let users operate their YouTube on the web hands-free, by not just playing the desired video, but navigate to basic pages like subscriptions, watchlist, etc. Users need to allow microphone access for the first time. YouTube Web Gains Voice Command Support YouTube is one of the important platforms of the internet today. It’s being used for not just sharing videos, but also for releasing theatrical trailers and live stream events....

One of the biggest shadow libraries – Z-Library, had some of its domains seized by the US Department of Justice and the US Postal Inspection Service. While a formal report on this hasn’t been made by either of the agencies, Z-Library says otherwise – that it’s facing some domain-related issues and promised to be back soon. Seizing a Popular Shadow Library – Z-Library To the unknown, pirate domains that host a digital copy of any book that’s printed and distribute them for free are known as shadow libraries....