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Stepping up in the NFT game, eBay has purchased the KnownOrigin, a popular NFT platform that’s been since 2018, and facilitated over $7.8 million with NFTs to date. Though eBay didn’t mention how much it acquired KnownOrigin, it said it’s a part of its “ tech-led reimaginatio n” plan. eBay has enabled transacting NFTs and even launched its own NFTs a year back. The platform said it will make new additions soon to widen the scope of NFTs in its marketplace....

Just two weeks into the course, Elon Musk, the new boss of Twitter, has plans to establish a native payment system for Twitter. In a Spaces Q&A session, Musk shared his payment plans with the platform advertisers, including a complete money market similar to PayPal . This may let users maintain e-wallets to collect payments and connect bank accounts to withdraw money. Twitter’s New Payments System If you’re not yet intrigued by Elon Musk’s entrance as Twitter’s boss, he’s making sure that everyone is shaken in the coming days....

Has the Mail app disappeared from your iPhone? Do you want to restore it? We have curated this informative guide to help you find and restore the Mail app on your iPhone. Sometimes, you may accidentally delete the app or move it to the App Library, which is why it may not be visible on the iPhone’s home screen. It may be a bug with the iOS that has somehow made the Mail app disappear from the home screen....

Estée Lauder , a US-based cosmetics group, confirmed a ransomware attack on its infrastructure, disrupting some of its business operations. Two ransomware groups – BlackCat and Clop, have listed Estée Lauder as their victim, while the company confirmed only one . While BlackCat is frustrated on not receiving any response from the company despite repeated emails, the Clop gang claims it has 131GB of data stolen via the MOVEit Transfer attack....

Facebook on Thursday announced that it had filed a lawsuit against a company’s founder, which was claimed to be supplying clocking softwares that deceived its ad-review system. LeadClock is a company that served many players on Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms to manipulate their ad serving pages to look general and innocent before review systems, but serving scams related to cryptocurrencies, COVID-19 , diet pills, fake news, etc. Facebook Sued LeadClock’s Founder For Fooling Its Ad-Review System (Image via Wikimedia Commons)...

Flashing custom ROM may not be a lengthy process, but surely a task of intelligence. Anything that you have missed in the process can cost you, besides not getting the desired OS finally. Thus, to make this process simpler, an XDA member has made a web-based tool for flashing custom ROM, that even a noob can understand. Here’s what it is, Web-Based Custom ROM Installer Custom ROMs are very much liked by those who wanted their tweak their handsets and need for those who don’t like their existing OS....

Memory leaks are a common issue that has come a long way in Windows operating systems, and they can now occur in their new OS, Windows 11. People who use Windows or in the computer field already know about memory leaks. If not, then let me tell you when RAM mishandles any process. For example, it can hold resources but is unresponsive while the code is running. It mainly happens when we open multiple programs and processes running in a single allocated memory in RAM....

In pursuit of widening the community, Google has launched a new course on Kotlin – Android Basics. This new and free course is aimed at beginners and teaches them to develop Android apps. Though the course doesn’t require any technical skills yet, it needs the candidate to have at least basic computer literacy and math skills to start. Google Launched Free Android Development Course Google offers a lot of free courses across various platforms to develop its own community....

As per reports, Google is working on a dedicated screenshot tool for its Chrome browser across all desktop platforms. Also, Google is set to replace the image search feature in Chrome with Google Lens and reverse search any said image in Google’s database. These are seen in Chrome Canary build and may come soon to the stable version. Google Chrome New Features Google has already set Chrome with a plethora of features, and the latest one adding to this pack is a dedicated screenshot tool, which its rival Microsoft Edge is having for quite a time....

Google has delisted its AR app Measure from the Playstore silently after not supplying any update for over a year. The app is still visible to those who have installed it at least once or now but cannot receive any software update further since it’s abandoned now. Measure, based on Google’s ARCore, can intelligently measure objects through the device’s camera. Google’s AR Measurement App While it’s usual that developers pull down projects which aren’t working, Google has a history of taking down functional apps sometimes!...

When updating to Android 13 on eligible Pixel phones, Google warned that it wouldn’t be allowing them to roll back to Android 12, once updated to the latest version. Since it’s frustrating to developers, who have a legit reason for downgrading the OS to test their app, Google now released a new system image for Android 12 and 12L – just to let devs perform their operations safely. Rolling Back From Android 13 Last month when Google started rolling out the stable Android 13 build for Pixel phones, it warned that users wouldn’t be allowed to roll back once upgraded....

Continuing the streak of adding new features, Google Maps is getting support for a dedicated live traffic widget soon on Android. With this, users can check the ongoing traffic data right from their home screen and make traveling decisions accordingly. Using AI , this widget shows the complete data of live traffic that’s seen in the Google Maps app in a small square tile hovering on the device’s home screen....

Are your Google searches redirecting to Bing, and are you looking for a solution? If yes, then you are in the right place. This is happening due to browser hijacking, which enters your computer through online extensions or visiting unauthorized websites. It not only redirects all your searches from Google to Bing but also collects your personal information, such as browser search history and passwords, which may create problems for you in the future....

A hacker going by the name TeaPots has allegedly breached Rockstar Games Slack server and Confluence wiki, stealing the source code of GTA 5 and GTA 6 games and some other related assets. While he didn’t explain how he breached the network, he had put up the stolen data for sale and eventually leaked the GTA 6 source code in underground forums. While Rockstar Games is yet to come with an official statement, it’s acting rapidly on taking down the game videos posted to social platforms....

Recently, the Czech cybersecurity company Avast’s internal network was being accessed by a hacker. It is believed that he was aiming for a supply chain attack targeting CCleaner. The attack was detected on September 25, however, intrusion attempts began on May 14. According to an internal investigation, Avast concluded that the attacker was using compromised credentials via a temporary VPN account. Well Planned Attack on Avast! According to Avast Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Jaya Baloo , this attack is carried out in an extremely sophisticated manner....

Wordfence analysts have detailed a campaign where over 1.6 million WordPress sites are being targeted. Threat actors here are taking over sites by compromising bugged plugins and themes. While most of the plugins and themes have received patches, it’s the job of site admins to update them and keep checking. Analysts have listed how to manage sites from this attack guide, so the sites can be protected. WordPress Sites Under Attack As plug-ins and themes add more value to WordPress sites, many admins connect them for extra productivity....

In this guide, we will learn how to access WhatsApp web on iPhone. WhatsApp is a popular smartphone instant messaging app that enables voice, video, and conference calls. You can also use WhatsApp on a PC. Officially, it is termed WhatsApp Web. WhatsApp is available for iPhones, so many iOS users worldwide use it. Using WhatsApp web on a PC is easy by linking your iPhone. It can be done wirelessly by scanning a simple QR code....

Google Calendar keeps your schedule organized, but accessing it via a browser on Windows 11 can be inconvenient. Adding it to your desktop makes checking events fast and easy. This guide shows you how to bring Google Calendar to your Windows 11 desktop. Google Calendar is perfect for managing meetings, tasks, or personal plans. Method 1: Create a Desktop Shortcut with Chrome Open Chrome and go to calendar.google.com . Sign in to your Google account....

WordPad comes in handy for writing pieces of text promptly. Historically, the basic word processor was first seen in Windows 95. After that, you can see it in every Windows OS for free of cost. Using WordPad is relatively easier than using Microsoft Word. However, after creating a document on Wordpad, if you need some advanced features to add to the document. Therefore, Microsoft Word is the word processor you should think about....

Are you looking to make your Gmail inbox free of clutter? We all receive a lot of emails every week on our Google email accounts. Not all of those emails may be important to us, so it is necessary to know how to delete all emails on Gmail. In this guide, I have highlighted how to delete all emails on Gmail simultaneously for browsers, Android, and iPhone. You will also learn how to empty the trash on your Gmail account....