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As per the latest TIOBE’s Index, Python has overtaken Java to become the second most popular programming language. Python is now behind C, which is in its position for two decades nearly. Other ranking portals like RedMonk too showed the same. Experts reveal various reasons, like Python being simple and used extensively in today’s growing applications, to gain so much popularity. Yet, it suggested that it needs to find a clear purpose to withstand in its latest ranking....

Reddit’s latest transparency report revealed that the content removals on its platform have risen over 15,000% in the last five years. From a mere takedown of 4,352 pieces of content in 2017, Reddit has gone on to take down about 665,898 pieces of content in 2021. Though it’s been rejecting about 27% of the removal requests every year, the number is still so high. And it doesn’t seem to be reducing or reversing anytime soon....

While the time of Christmas is for joy and celebrations, you should also be vigilant about the rise of cyberattacks against you. As several cybersecurity experts warn, online scammers ramp up their activity on special occasions like this – when people are relaxing! This would help them focus on special techniques to hit your digital accounts and loot your money in many ways. One among them is Facebook, and here’s how to secure it....

Owing to the pressure from lawmakers on children’s online safety, Snapchat added a new Family Centre this week. With this, parents will be able to see with whom their children are interacting with recently. Though they won’t be able to see the chat content, parents can report someone from their children’s friends list if they deem it harmful or against Snap policies. Over time, Snapchat intends to add more parental controls to the new Family Centre....

Sony’s new development of PlayStation, the 5th generation console is expected to be unveiled on the upcoming show, CES 2020 . While Microsoft’s Xbox X series has gained enough impressions on its teaser already, Sony cannot wait until Xbox gain further share and compete back. Sony’s statement from its blog hints about a new technology, which we assume to be the PlayStation 5 mostly. The statement read, “At CES 2020 Sony is unveiling a unique vision of the future, bringing creativity and technology together like never before, to unleash new sensations and emotions....

These numbers are the result of heavy investment in new spaces – like Podcasts and the expansion of audiobooks to more regions. And to make its business more lucrative, Spotify is expected to launch the most anticipated HiFi audio and increase the prices of plans soon. Spotify Q4 2022 Earnings Report All this success is the result of heavy investments in new podcast shows and the acquisition of Kinzen. Also, the streaming platform has expanded its audiobook service to Australia, the UK, New Zealand, and Ireland....

In order to offer to secure users’ accounts better, Telegram is seen testing a new feature – the ability to add email accounts to users’ chat accounts. This was spotted by a leaker, who shared screenshots depicting this support. When enabled, users may see this option in the Privacy and Setting section to add an email address and be used for verification whenever they try login into a new device. There’s also a Google integration for linking Gmail accounts with one click....

After all the rumors, Tesla is now officially coming to India. This was confirmed by Karnataka’s CM B.S Yediyurappa, as Tesla India has incorporated from Bangaluru on January 8th. He also revealed that operations will start soon, with orders being accepted as soon as from January onwards. Tesla Comes to India The world’s most valuable EV company led by the world’s richest man is now penetrating into the Indian subcontinent. Tesla, the American EV maker has been a popular brand in other nations and is now coming to India officially....

What are the characteristics of a good desktop background? It makes you feel good instantly, even if you have an old laptop or computer. Using these free wallpaper websites, you can always download new and high-quality wallpaper to give your desktop a new look. You can’t always crop and zoom in on an image from your gallery and set it as wallpaper because it ruins the resolution and quality of an image....

ByteDance , the maker of TikTok is silently making moves to shift its research and decision-making processes out of China gradually. Entitling the Disney’s Kevin Mayer as CEO of TikTok is just a part of this strategy. Other than him, ByteDance has also recruited 150 engineers in California, and many executives for handling investors and privacy issues globally. All these would help ByteDance to pump trust in its future makings, analysts say....

A couple of months after its launch, Twitter is now expanding its Blue subscription to 20 more countries, all being European. Expanding Twitter Blue to Europe In an effort to attain more revenue, Twitter is expanding its Blue subscription to more countries in Europe, with the latest addition including; Netherlands, Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Romania, Czech Republic, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta, and Cyprus....

Elon Musk-led Twitter is facing one of the worst times in its history, as the company is now freshly sued by its current and former employees for defaulting on bonus pay . Led by Twitter’s former compensation director, the class action lawsuit seeks 50% of the bonus payment from last year – which Twitter hasn’t paid till now, despite repeated promises. Twitter is yet to respond to this. Defaulting on Employee Bonuses Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the social media platform has been strangled with several allegations....

The US State Department has announced a bounty of $10 million – to anyone who shares a tip linking the Clop ransomware gang to any foreign government. This reward announcement comes after the Clop gang hit MOVEit software, a file-sharing platform, that infected hundreds of organizations, including some federal agencies. Security researchers or rival threat actors having a tip can share it with the government through a SecureDrop Tor server setup dedicatedly for this purpose....

The smartphone arena is buzzing again; this time, Vivo is stealing the spotlight. The tech giant is gearing up to launch its much-anticipated V50, and if early teasers are anything to go by, it’s set to make quite the splash. The official microsite is already live, dropping hints and sparking curiosity among smartphone enthusiasts. Design That Defies Limits Forget bulky batteries and heavy builds—the Vivo V50 is rewriting the rules. Touted as India’s slimmest phone to pack a robust 6000mAh battery , it’s clear that Vivo is blending form with function....

WhatsApp, in a blog post today, announced the rollout of two new features – silencing unknown callers and a quick privacy check-up page. WhatsApp has set a new Privacy Checkup banner in Settings, tapping on which will let users check all their privacy permissions at once. Also, the platform can now silence unknown callers to keep you at peace and will intimate through a notification and lists in the Calls tab for checking later....

WhatsApp said most of the features that we have been seeing in the testing phase till now, are rolling out widely to users in the stable channel. These include emojis’ reactions to messages, increased file sharing limit, and increased group chat participants. WhatsApp users running on a beta version of the all are already using them, with the general users now getting this experience. Rolling Out New WhatsApp Features to All Over the last couple of months, we’re seeing WhatsApp testing a number of new features in its beta clients of Android, iOS, and desktop....

Shortly after teasing the custom wallpaper background and many others features, WhatsApp has made some of the official in its latest stable version rollout. Users after the new update can see the option to set a custom wallpaper for individual chats, changing the default doodle color, etc. Also, support for searching stickers with text and emojis is introduced. WhatsApp New Wallpapers and Custom Search As we’ve seen reports from WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp is said to be testing features like custom wallpaper for individual chats , muting videos before sending, keeping chats in Read Later section , etc....

Hearing the plea of the community, WhatsApp is finally working on support for editing sent messages! Though first evidence of this was seen back in 2017, we now see this feature in works on the Android beta client. Users are required to tap and hold on to a sent message to open the edit option, make necessary changes and resend it. Though this was spotted in the Android beta client, WhatsApp could soon bring this to iOS and desktop variants too....

Microsoft has promised to eliminate the Control Panel from Windows 10 soon and replace it with the modern Settings page. While it’s been three years since that announcement, the company is still not able to get rid of it completely. The new Windows 10 October update has almost killed it, but it’s still accessible through simple steps. Windows 10 Control Panel Lives Microsoft has long been polishing Windows 10 with new designs and some features, to make it the standard OS for all....

Earlier this week, we’ve seen the leak of an unofficial build of Windows 11 circulating in the community, and even tried by many. While many are playing with the unofficial build, a YouTuber claims to have got hands on the official version of Windows 11 and tried several performance tests to determine how good it is now. Windows 11 Performance Tests With hardly a week left for the official Windows OS launch, the Microsoft community is already playing around with the leaked build since earlier this week....