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Apple asks users to update software as soon as possible to fix security issues
1 month ago

Apple asks users to update software as soon as possible to fix security issues

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple has released a new software update with “important security fixes” for iPhones, …

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AI tracker: Soon, a new way to search and a digital twin of St Peter’s
1 month, 1 week ago

AI tracker: Soon, a new way to search and a digital twin of St Peter’s

Live Mint  

Themes for Outlook and other AI-powered marvels in the news this week: Open AI introduces search This week, Google Search got some serious competition from ChatGPT, which can now search the web better, providing users with fast, timely answers with links to relevant web sources. The search function ostensibly differs from traditional search engines in prompting users to ask a …

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macOS 15 Sequoia Update Is Here For Macs: Is Your Device Compatible?
3 months ago

macOS 15 Sequoia Update Is Here For Macs: Is Your Device Compatible?

News 18  

Apple unveiled the macOS 15 Sequoia, the latest version of the operating system designed to run on Mac. The update is available for download on the 2018 and later MacBook Pro, 2020 and later MacBook Air, 2018 and later Mac mini, all Mac Studio models, 2019 and later iMac and the ‌iMac‌ Pro. According to Apple's official website, the latest …

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Google Search AI Overviews, now available in India, simplifies search results: Here's how
4 months, 1 week ago

Google Search AI Overviews, now available in India, simplifies search results: Here's how

India TV News  

Google, the tech giant, has announced that it will be bringing its 'AI Overviews' feature to six new countries, including India. Hema Budaraju, Senior Director of Product Management, Search, mentioned that during testing, it was observed that Indian users listened to AI Overviews responses more often than users in other countries. Google discovered that people prefer using Search with AI …

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280 million Google Chrome users downloaded malware infected browser extensions: 9 ways to protect yourself
5 months, 4 weeks ago

280 million Google Chrome users downloaded malware infected browser extensions: 9 ways to protect yourself

Hindustan Times  

280 million people downloaded malware-infected Google Chrome browser extensions from the Google Chrome Web Store over a period of about three years, according to a recent Stanford University research paper. Google Chrome currently is the most popular browser worldwide, with a market share of 65.12% The research team, including Sheryl Hsu, Manda Tran and Aurore Fass of Stanford University, downloaded …

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Perplexity AI adds feature to turn research into AI reports
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Perplexity AI adds feature to turn research into AI reports

The Hindu  

AI search company Perplexity has launched a new feature called Pages to generates AI-powered summaries of web pages based on user prompts. We’re excited to take it further by launching Pages, best described as “AI Wikipedia.” The effort of analyzing sources and synthesizing a readable page is now possible with a simple “one-click convert.” Given that all these pages are …

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Top Tech News Today: Google May Mandate App Developers To Go Full-Screen, 2 In 5 Web Users In India Faced Web Threats Last Year, More
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Top Tech News Today: Google May Mandate App Developers To Go Full-Screen, 2 In 5 Web Users In India Faced Web Threats Last Year, More

ABP News  

Google May Mandate App Developers To Go Full-Screen It has been a while that Google has permitted Android apps to go full-screen, but several developers have not yet optimised their apps to capitalise on the existing large-screen Android devices. However, this situation might soon see a shift, as a recent code uncovered by Android expert Mishaal Rehman suggests that the …

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Top Tech News Today: Apple Brings Over 600 Apps, Games For Vision Pro, Musk To Shift Tesla Incorporation To Texas, More
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Top Tech News Today: Apple Brings Over 600 Apps, Games For Vision Pro, Musk To Shift Tesla Incorporation To Texas, More

ABP News  

Apple Brings Over 600 Apps, Games For Vision Pro Apple has revealed a collection of over 600 apps and games crafted for the upcoming Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset, set to launch on February 2. "With more than 600 new spatial experiences to explore in the all-new App Store, alongside more than 1 million compatible apps across iOS and …

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ChatGPT is no more constrained by 2021 knowledge cutoff; OpenAI lets it browse the web for current information
1 year, 2 months ago

ChatGPT is no more constrained by 2021 knowledge cutoff; OpenAI lets it browse the web for current information

The Hindu  

OpenAI announced on Wednesday that ChatGPT would be able to browse the internet in order to give users “current and authoritative information” and links to sources, effectively ending the knowledge cutoff which restricted the chatbot to information dated prior to September 2021. ChatGPT’s Bing-powered browsing feature was introduced earlier this year to paid users but was taken down due to …

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Meta launches a web version of Threads as it struggles to keep users on the mobile app
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta launches a web version of Threads as it struggles to keep users on the mobile app

Daily Mail  

Meta is to unleash a web version of Threads as usership on the 'Twitter-killer' app has plummeted. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has announced that users will be able to use the record-breaking platform on desktop within the 'next few days', in addition to its mobile app. The reveal comes almost two months after Threads' historic launch on July 6, …

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Google News expands language support by adding Gujarati and Punjabi for Indian users
1 year, 4 months ago

Google News expands language support by adding Gujarati and Punjabi for Indian users

India TV News  

Google has introduced two new Indian languages, Gujarati and Punjabi, to its 'Google News' platform, reinforcing its commitment to support the Indian language news ecosystem and broaden the reach of regional languages on the web. With this addition, Google News now supports a total of 10 Indian languages, including Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. Earlier this …

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WhatsApp Beta testing message reactions in channels: Everything you need to know
1 year, 5 months ago

WhatsApp Beta testing message reactions in channels: Everything you need to know

India TV News  

Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly developing a message reaction feature for channels on Android beta. Furthermore, the messaging platform is rolling out a new 'link with phone number' feature on Android beta, which enables users to link their accounts to WhatsApp Web without the need to scan the QR Code. In addition, WhatsApp has introduced a feature on …

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Want To Get Your Twitter Blue Tick Back Briefly For Free? Try This Hack
1 year, 7 months ago

Want To Get Your Twitter Blue Tick Back Briefly For Free? Try This Hack

ABP News  

On April 20, Elon Musk’s Twitter removed all blue ticks from non-paying users as part of the microblogging platform’s updated Twitter Blue policies. How To Get Your Blue Tick Back On Twitter, Briefly Follow these steps: Go to Twitter on either Web or the app and log in to your account. On April 20, Twitter started removing ‘legacy’ blue ticks …

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How fake science websites hijack our trust in experts to misinform and confuse
2 years, 3 months ago

How fake science websites hijack our trust in experts to misinform and confuse

The Hindu  

The scientific method is rigorous. But by understanding the methods fake science websites are using, we can adjust our verification techniques to ensure we don’t fall for their deception. Due to the sheer weight of scientific evidence of anthropogenic global warming, fake science websites avoid outright climate denial and instead critique climate concerns as overblown and climate policies as extreme. …

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Cloudflare outage knocks hundreds of websites offline
2 years, 6 months ago

Cloudflare outage knocks hundreds of websites offline

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of websites were knocked offline after an outage at …

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YouTube Music Web App Finally Gets Multi-Select Feature
2 years, 6 months ago

YouTube Music Web App Finally Gets Multi-Select Feature

News 18  

Google-owned YouTube Music’s web app is adding a new feature that allows users to manage songs in bulk more easily, particularly when adding them to specific playlists. YouTube Music’s web app interface will then display a few options at the bottom, including the ability to add selected songs to a playlist or play them after the current playback. YouTube Music …

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WhatsApp Multi-Device Feature Out Of Beta Mode: How To Use WhatsApp On 4 Devices At Once
2 years, 9 months ago

WhatsApp Multi-Device Feature Out Of Beta Mode: How To Use WhatsApp On 4 Devices At Once

News 18  

Meta-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp has been testing its multi-device functionality in beta since the past few months for the users to try out. It will be activated automatically for all users and will let you use WhatsApp on up to four different devices at once, without requiring their smartphone to connect every time they log in. We can verify …

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WhatsApp rolling out multi-device update to web, desktop users. Read here
2 years, 9 months ago

WhatsApp rolling out multi-device update to web, desktop users. Read here

Live Mint  

WhatsApp is rolling out multi-device update that allows bugs fixes and other improvements. The multi-device beta update allowed users to link four desktop devices at the same time and without the need of an active internet connection on the phone. “In November 2021, WhatsApp has rolled out some improvements for multi-device, for example, people don’t receive chat notifications when the …

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WhatsApp introduces extra layer of security for WhatsApp Web users. See how it works
2 years, 9 months ago

WhatsApp introduces extra layer of security for WhatsApp Web users. See how it works

Live Mint  

Ever since the instant messaging application WhatsApp introduced multi-device capability, more users have increasingly used the WhatsApp directly through their web browser via WhatsApp. The extension is called Code Verify and its sole purpose is to ensure the web version of WhatsApp is secure enough and the end-to-end encryption has not been compromised, according to GSM Arena. According to WABetaInfo, …

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Google Is Testing A Darker Dark Mode, But Is It Any Different? Here's What We Know
2 years, 9 months ago

Google Is Testing A Darker Dark Mode, But Is It Any Different? Here's What We Know

News 18  

Dark mode is a theme that has taken over the internet and mobile space. To take dark mode a notch further, Google is now testing an even darker dark mode for its Android app. The new dark mode is being tested on Google’s mobile app and is said to be the more attractive dark theme choice for OLED display devices …

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WhatsApp to add two-step verification for desktop users
2 years, 11 months ago

WhatsApp to add two-step verification for desktop users

Live Mint  

In a major going-to-be update, WhatsApp, is planning to introduce two-step verification for the desktop users. To enhance and authorize the access into desktop WhatsApp chat, “A personal PIN will be required to log into the account," says WABetaInfo. The WhatsApp tracker WABetaInfo notes that, “WhatsApp wants to make it easier to manage two-step verification everywhere, so they are working …

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Microsoft Word and Excel to get these new enhancements
3 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft Word and Excel to get these new enhancements

The Hindu  

Microsoft has added new features in Word, Excel and OneDrive, to improve productivity and user experience. Text prediction and plagiarism check features are available in Word for web for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers. It will be available soon in Microsoft Editor in Word for web to anyone with a free Microsoft account, the software firm noted. Designer is …

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How Yahoo Answers went from a meme-making Q&A site to total collapse
3 years, 8 months ago

How Yahoo Answers went from a meme-making Q&A site to total collapse

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “While Yahoo Answers war once a key part of Yahoo’s products and services, it has become less …

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Google Rolls Out Chrome 89 Beta Right After It Launched Chrome 88: Few Changes Explained
3 years, 10 months ago

Google Rolls Out Chrome 89 Beta Right After It Launched Chrome 88: Few Changes Explained

News 18  

Google released the latest version of its web browser Chrome last month – version 88. While the Chrome 88 update came with new features like an improved password manager, improved dark mode, a new ‘chip’ UI, and a new Chrome flag for tab search, Chrome 89 is said to bring even more features. According to a lowdown of the Google …

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