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After introducing Private Story Likes, Instagram is seen testing yet another feature for responding to stories – through a voice message. Support for this feature was spotted by Alessandro Paluzzi, who shared screenshots supporting the claim. In that, a new mic option for recording and sending a voice message was set in just beside the private story like of a story. Since it’s being tested, Instagram may or may not bring it to the stable version....

According to the latest reports, Facebook has started merging Instagram and Messenger chats in the new update. Soon, the update will be available for both Android and iOS users. Facebook Merges Instagram and Messenger Chats Source: The Verge According to the Verge reports, when you open an Instagram mobile app, you will see a message saying, “There’s a New Way to Message on Instagram.” With this, it has also listed a few features like more emojis, swipes to reply, new look for your chats, and “chat with friends who use Facebook....

Have your iPhone contacts disappeared, and you have no clue how to retrieve them? This guide offers tips and tricks for restoring missing contacts on the Apple iPhone . It may be a bug in iOS that is causing the contacts to disappear. The Contacts group of iCloud may have been disabled in the iPhone settings. Sometimes, random technical issues in system settings can cause bugs that result in iPhone contacts disappearing....

Kanye West, the American rapper going by the alternate name of Ye, has just acquired the controversial social media platform – Parler. West was previously banned from several social platforms for his anti-Semitic messages. So the deal now would bring him back to the public and potentially anyone with any thoughts. The acquisition is set to close by the end of this quarter. Parler App Acquisition Ever since Twitter blocked Donald Trump on its platform, he and his followers are flocking around a more free speech app – Parler , which was formed in 2018, presenting itself as a “free speech” platform....

Life360, the safety tracking company that was once named as one of the largest sources of location data in the tech industry, is now exiting from the business of selling data. The company decided to end sharing the data collected from its services to all its partners, except Allstate Arity and Placer.ai, which are deemed critical for Life360 to function. Instead, the company will now share the aggregated data with its partners....

After Intel confirming the Thunderspy threat to all PCs with Thunderbolt ports, now . This vulnerability, first discovered by Björn Rutenberg, claims an attacker with physical access to a target system for even five minutes, can mint out all the sensitive data from it. This leverages the vulnerability in the Thunderbolt technology of Intel and affects all Windows 10 systems. Microsoft and Intel Warn About a Serious Thunderbolt Threat The Thunderbolt Vulnerability Thunderbolt port technology is developed by Intel in association with Apple, for bumping the speed of video/data transmission from systems to other external peripherals....

Microsoft has announced new tools for fighting the deepfakes that are growing sophisticatedly. The first inline tool can detect the percentage of deepfake content in real-time of a video. There are two other tools that would help content creators to embed hashes to mark and prove the authenticity of the content. These are widely published along with its partners to educate the people about deep fakes. Patterned With Several to Support and Educate With presidential elections nearby, everyone’s speculating a rise of cyber attacks to manipulate the content of what voters see or hear....

Microsoft is working on a new update feature called “Online Service Experience Packs”, which are aimed at improving the user experience of individual sections in Windows 11. As seen in the latest Windows 11 build, a new Online Service Experience Pack has revamped the ‘Your Microsoft account’ in the Settings section, to display details like subscriptions, rewards payment details, etc. Feature Updates For Windows 11 Up until Windows 10, users are supposed to wait for the mega rollout of a new Windows update to see new features from Microsoft....

Microsoft just warned the community about ongoing zero-day exploitation. The vulnerability in this incident is found in Adobe’s Type Manager Library (atmfd.dll), which is used by many programs to render different fonts. The maker says the attack is currently limited and targeted and suggests few methods to safeguard from it until a patch arrives. Several versions of Windows 10 and Server OS are affected by this flaw. Microsoft Vulnerability in Windows 10...

Microsoft has just rolled out the new Media Player v11.2203.30.0 in the Microsoft Store, available to try for all Windows 11 users. The latest update to the modern Window Media Player brings two new features – a Music Library and some video enhancement options. While the former will let you perform quick actions in albums and artist pages, the latter has options for brightening and adding contrast to the streaming video....

Netflix has ramped up its efforts to block proxy users, but it’s doing with a catch that’s intriguing users. In its pursuit of geo-blocking users, Netflix is blocking VPN and proxy users for a while. Now, it’s barring Residential IP users too. But, it’s seen the platform is accidentally blocking legitimate users and now working to resolve this. Netflix Blocks Residential IP Addresses Content blocking based on geography is common in any streaming service....

A new phishing campaign is targeted towards few by the name of Norton LifeLock and dumping malware payload after achieving access. The attack starts with a malicious email containing a document as Norton LifeLock, where it claims to be having personal information of users and asks him to enable macros for viewing ultimately. This further gives them a chance to dump a RAT as NetSupport Manager to gain internal access....

After months-long rumors about the new console, Nintendo has finally announced the next console iteration -Switch OLED with several improvements. These include a larger screen, more internal storage, widened kickstand, slightly rounded edges for docks, and wired internet support. All these have increased the price of a new console to an additional $50 from the previous edition. Nintendo Switch OLED Features While the world only sees a console war happening between Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation always, there’s Nintendo sneaking in between with its own perks and gaining fans....

OnePlus is rolling out an update to its OnePlus 10T, which contains the August 2022 security patches and some improvements to the camera, network and system. The budget flagship offering has already received a couple of updates since its launch to fix several bugs and improve the security of the device. And with the latest update, OnePlus is making it a better-worthy device than others in the same segment. OnePlus 10T August 2022 Patch OnePlus 10T is the latest offering from BBK-owned smartphone company that’s placed rightly in the budget premium segment....

Digital Payments app Paytm has announced about the launch of its new app called “ Mini App Store “. This app store can be accessed directly from the Paytm app. Recently, Google has taken down the Paytm App from the play store for violating its policies. So, this is a move to bring an alternative of Play Store to challenge Google. Mini App Store Launched An Alternative to Play Store On Monday, Paytm launched “Mini App Store” for Indian developers....

Though authorities restrict you to homes, you can still sneak out. But that’s not desired, at all. So companies, NGOs and many institutions are trying them best to aware people of potential risks of getting out and even offering some free things to let them stay at home. One such offering is the Pluralsight, an online video courses platform which just announced to make its entire library free throughout the April month....

A groundbreaking multiplayer Pokemon battle game has officially been announced. It will offer seamless play across console and mobile platforms. Following months of speculation and a major leak in late 2024 , The Pokemon Company unveiled Pokemon Champions on Pokemon Day 2025, confirming the rumors that had circulated among fans. The announcement trailer highlights the evolution of multiplayer battles within the franchise, showcasing the technological advancements that have revolutionized competitive gameplay....

The recent hack on New Orleans city hall was one in history. The incident happened in the early hours of 13th December and was intact throughout the day. Now, after studying deeply into the memory dumps of the hack, it was resulted to be the act of the infamous ransomware group, Ryuk . The City Hack The city’s government services were under attack on December 13th this year. This was found when Kim LaGrue, the city’s Chief Information Officer revealed to press about the hack when they found suspicious activity happening in their systems at 5 AM on 13th December....

GalaxyClub – a news publication focusing on Samsung developments, reported that the upcoming Galaxy A54 to come with a downgraded primary camera – when compared to its predecessor. It said the upcoming handset to have a 50MP lens instead of the 64MP lens suited in Galaxy A53 and Galaxy A52 phones. Well, even though it’s numbered as low, the said 50MP primary lens could be of a new generation, having better capabilities than that of its old counterparts....

Soap2Day , a popular torrent site, shut its shop mid-last month without mentioning a proper reason; it is now revealed to be due to a lawsuit. Citing the concerned documents, TorrentFreak stated that several entertainment companies had obtained an injunction order again Soap2Day, and a Norwich Order to find the identity of the site’s operator. This eventually led the concerned team to shut down Soap2Day last month. Cause of Soap2Day’s Demise Soap2Day is one of the mainstream torrent sites that garnered tens of millions in monthly traffic and has been the go-to site for many torrent lovers for a decade....