One of the biggest announcements that Apple made in its WWDC event is regarding the FaceTime app. After several years, the maker decides to expand the service to non-Apple users, but with so many conditions. FaceTime will be available for Android and Windows users only through the web and needs an Apple user to invite. It’s limited since Apple wants non-Apple to have a taste of it and eventually lure them into its ecosystem....
Apple has released security updates to patch a vulnerability existing in its iOS, iPadOS, and WatchOS. This is an XSS bug caused due to visiting a phishing page, and Apple says it’s aware of active exploitations on this. Thus, it has released an immediate update to secure iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. Apple Security Update Though Apple devices are claimed to be secure, they’re having their own share of vulnerabilities. These include a recently found Cross-Site scripting bug by Apple, which it says being exploited actively in the wild....
An Android app named Barcode Scanner in Google’s Playstore has turned malicious after an update and has been showing ads aggressively through users’ default browser. The app had more than 10 million installs from the Playstore alone and been active in many devices even though Google removed it after reporting. Android App Turning Malicious After an Update After several Malwarebytes forum patrons reported, the Malwarebytes team has looked into an Android app named Barcode Scanner from the Google Playstore....
Have you recently uninstalled the AMD graphics driver and encountered issues while reinstalling it? This may happen due to an unsuccessful uninstallation. Most of the time, uninstalling drivers from Windows leaves some files on your computer that can cause problems. To deal with this problem, AMD Cleanup Utility software helps users remove all the previously installed graphic and audio driver files. This AMD cleaner also removes registry entries and files that improve your new driver performance....
Google Play Store is the default app store for all ChromeOS and Android devices, including Android phones, tablets, TVs, and Smartwatches. Google Play Store for WearOS is specifically designed for smartwatches running on WearOS, which means the design serves the small screen of watches. Play Store for WearOS allows users to install apps directly on Smartwatches without pairing them up with your smartphone. Google Play Store for WearOS has apps that are designed for smartwatches...
Amidst Signal and Telegram’s popularity, there’s yet another tech company that’s seeing rapid growth. That’s DuckDuckGo . The privacy-focused search engine has just served 100 million searches a day, earlier this week, after seeing stable growth since last years. It’s also maintaining a record of having two billion searches a month. Over 100 Million Searches a Day on DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo , a privacy-centric search engine has been in existence for over 12 years but is picking up lately, specifically since the last two years....
The job posting asks for an expert who can combine theoretical knowledge of relevant learning science research and hands-on teaching experience and convert ideas into acts for interesting learning. More details on this are yet to be known. Duolingo’s Music Learning App For many people worldwide, Duolingo is mostly known for its ability to teach new languages interestingly. The language curriculum is crafted creatively to make it easier and more fun for the learners, and its certificate is even accepted by several universities in language qualification tests....
DXC Technology , a global IT services provider has disclosed a ransomware attack that happened on its subsidiary, Xchanging . Though the ransomware group isn’t known yet, DXC has reportedly in SEC filings as the attacks were limited to Xchanging and are contained. Remediation activities are going on and have informed the clients about the attack. Xchanging Hit With a Ransomware Xchanging is a managed services provider primarily for insurance companies, and also serves firms in education, consumer packed goods, automotive, aerospace, defense, financial, manufacturing, and healthcare....
After two years of promising, EA sports has finally made a new app for its games on PC – that will replace the current Origin PC client. The company claims it to be the fastest and lightest PC client it has made to date, which had just done testing in the open beta phase. As it rolls out, the new app will have all your profile and game data transferred from the old one and have more social features to network better....
The European Union new rules may force Apple Inc. to share its payment technology to its competitors. We know, Apple has been in the controversies regarding its policies. And now as per the latest reports, European Union new regulations will give access to other payment services to infrastructure like NFC. Apple May Share its Payment Technology with its Competitors However, the European Commission (EU) has not mentioned “Apple” directly that this move will be considered for Apple....
FBI director, Christopher Wray in his speech at Hudson Institute in Washington on Tuesday, said that China is the greatest long-term threat for the US. It’s involved in state-of-the-art efforts to downsize the US and grow as the only superpower of the world. He described the Chinese Fox Hunt mission, where the US-living Chinese are targeted to return them, and help them in influencing US policy. FBI Director Calls China a Long-term Threat In a nearly hour-long speech at Hudson Institute in Washington, FBI Director Christopher Wray has described the Chinese malicious campaigns like economic espionage, illegal political activities, data, and monetary theft, blackmailing, and bribery to influence the US policy....
The semiconductor industry, which has been affected significantly due to pandemics in the last couple of years, was seen growing big too. According to Semiconductor Industry Association’s report, the chip industry in 2021 has grown by 26% in sales compared to 2020 figures . Also, the total revenue has increased by analysts estimates, to stand at $583 billion. All this is led by giants like Intel, AMD and TSMC. Growth of Global Chip Industry Chipset, one of the crucial things in most devices today, has unknowingly become an endangered product after the COVID-19 pandemic ....
Dark Mode has long been demanded by almost every user out there. Though it’s noted as one of the important features, Google delayed to bring it on to iOS Gmail app till today. And glad that users running their iPads and iPhones latest version iOS 13 can finally able to experience the Dark Theme on their Gmail apps. A user can choose to set between Dark or Light themes or left integrated into their system theme....
While there is a number of security researchers hunting for bugs, Google is making its own team to find some. Named as Android Security team , Google is now hiring a Security Engineering Manager to lead them, who’ll work for surfacing bugs in third-party Android apps in Playstore, staring with the most sensitive ones. Google Creates an Internal Security Team To make the apps in Playstore more secure, Google is forming an internal group named Android Security team, which will be working to find vulnerabilities in third-party Android apps in Google Playstore ....
Google’s in-house OS without Linux kernel, the Fuchsia OS, has been in development for a long time. As per reports, Google developers plan to release the first developer preview of Fuchsia OS to the general public soon to try out. The team has added several features to the latest build prepared for launch. Google’s Fuchsia OS Developer Preview Google started developing Fuchsia OS in 2016 to make something that’s not dependent on Linux like Android did on Linux kernel....
Google’s plan of letting political emails to your Gmail inboxes has gotten approval from the Federal Election Commission – so it’ll begin implementing that with a pilot program soon. Political Emails in Gmail Almost every email service today has a spam filter – the one whose supposed job is to filter out unnecessary emails which aren’t of our interest. And Google Gmail client has one of the best spam filters to filter out irrelevant promotional emails....
Google is making some staggering improvements to its upcoming Pixel 8 Series, especially to its camera department. Reports state that Pixel 8 Pro will have the next-gen Samsung sensor for better low-light imaging and Staggered HDR support . Further, a doubled ultrawide camera and an improved ToF sensor for faster autofocus are noted. Here’s more; Pixel 8 and 8 Pro Leaked Camera Features Google’s Pixel 7 Series is one of the best Android phones you can buy today, but it’s still not a great camera phone yet....
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, December 20, 2025 – Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google employee, has become a central figure in the company’s artificial intelligence efforts since his April 2025 promotion to lead the Gemini app while continuing to oversee Google Labs, positioning him to drive product innovation amid intense competition. Woodward, 42, began at Google as a product management intern in 2009 and advanced through roles, including the Next Billion Users program....
Google in a new firmware update to first-gen Nest Hubs, silently rolled out its in-home-made Fuchsia OS. The rollout is so silent that, users won’t feel a bit of change until they check the internals. Fuchsia OS is built on the Zircon kernel and runs Android apps natively. It was first made available for select devices in May this year, as a preview update. Fuchsia OS Update to First-Gen Nest Hub Devices Google’s first-generation Nest Hub devices – known as Google Home Hub – received a major firmware update from Google recently....
The FBI has issued a flash alert earlier this week, warning the government agencies and corporates about attacks on SonarQube instances. SonarQube is used for auditing source code; thus, exploiting any vulnerabilities could let hackers gain companies’ source code. Researchers claim that thousands of companies had their source code leaked already. FBI Warns About Attacks Against SonarQube SonarQube is a platform for source code auditing and static analysis to surface security bugs in them....
