WhatsApp has on Wednesday unveiled a much-anticipated feature allowing users to finally transfer their chat history between iOS and Android phones. This is a feature that has been hugely anticipated by users, and until now, if you switched from an iPhone to an Android phone, or vice versa, then you either had to trust third-party
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new class of vulnerabilities impacting major DNS-as-a-Service (DNSaaS) providers that could allow attackers to exfiltrate sensitive information from corporate networks. “We found a simple loophole that allowed us to intercept a portion of worldwide dynamic DNS traffic going through managed DNS providers like Amazon and Google,” researchers Shir Tamari and
Instagram is announcing a set of new features that are aimed to help protect people from abuse on its platform. The Facebook-owned social media platform will give its users the ability to limit comments and direct messages (DM) during spikes of increased attention. It will also give stronger warnings when people try to post offensive
Elon Musk on Tuesday said his aerospace company SpaceX could help NASA produce spacesuits for its Artemis Moon mission after the US space agency’s Inspector General reported that it was facing significant challenges, making the manned lunar landing impossible in 2024. Among the biggest challenges was the delay in the production of the first two
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 were launched at the Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday. While the Galaxy Z Fold 3 comes as a successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 2, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is a replacement of the Galaxy Z Flip and the Galaxy Z Flip 5G.
An Amazon-branded Boeing 767 freighter, nicknamed Amazon One, flies over Lake Washington during the Seattle Seafair Air Show on Aug. 5, 2016 in Seattle. Getty Images Amazon on Wednesday opened its $1.5 billion air hub in northern Kentucky, which will help accelerate its push for faster delivery and greater control over its logistics network. It’s
As Klarna’s billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings, a feast of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his runaway success: the Swedish welfare state. In particular, the 39-year-old pinpoints a late-1990s government policy to put a computer in every home. “Computers were inaccessible for low-income
Sony Bravia XR-77A80J and Sony Bravia KD-85X85J large screen smart TV models have launched in India. As the names suggest, the Sony Bravia XR-77A80J is a 77-inch TV while the Bravia KD-85X85J comes with a massive 85-inch screen. The 77-inch model is powered by the company’s Cognitive Processor XR engine while the 85-inch model is
Mar.08 — Cathie Wood, founder, CEO and CIO at Ark Investment Management, discusses the bull market, Tesla Inc’s dip and her confidence in retail investors. She also says the energy and financial services will be the most disrupted sectors in 2021. Wood speaks to Emily Chang on “Bloomberg Technology.”
Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out security updates to address a total of 44 security issues affecting its software products and services, one of which it says is an actively exploited zero-day in the wild. The update, which is the smallest release since December 2019, squashes seven Critical and 37 Important bugs in Windows, .NET Core
Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine content about the COVID-19 jabs. The social media company said it had banned accounts connected to Fazze, a subsidiary of UK-registered marketing firm AdNow, which primarily conducted
How to tap into India’s exploding gaming market Learn how developers and studios of every size can successfully grow their titles in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. Download Now! All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Long before there were digital twins or the internet of things,
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event will be livestreamed today, August 11, at 7:30pm IST. It will bring next-generation foldable smartphones — Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3. The two phones will come with upgrades over the previous generation of foldables and are expected to be priced lower as well. The company
Apple’s next iPhone lineup will get at least three major new camera and video-recording features, which the company is betting will be key enticements to upgrade from earlier models. The new handsets will include a video version of the phone’s Portrait mode feature, the ability to record video in a higher-quality format called ProRes, and
In this article 700-HK 9999-HK The NetEase Games booth at the China Joy conference in Shanghai on July 30, 2021. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC GUANGZHOU/HANGZHOU, China — NetEase is gearing up to release a major game it hopes will boost its international expansion efforts as competition intensifies with incumbent Tencent and newcomer ByteDance. In a
What if Steve Rogers’ love interest Peggy Carter took the Super Soldier serum? What if the Wakandan prince T’Challa ended up becoming Star-Lord? What if Nick Fury’s big week was even busier and more chaotic? What if all of the Avengers, from Iron man to Spider-Man, were zombies? These are the kind of hypothetical questions
Shares in Krafton, the Tencent-backed South Korean company behind blockbuster video game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), fell as much as 20 percent from their IPO price on their trading debut on Tuesday. Analysts attributed the tumble to an expensive valuation and China regulation risks, with gaming companies facing uncertain prospects after China regulators have come down hard
Unidentified threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability to hijack home routers as part of an effort to co-opt them to a Mirai-variant botnet used for carrying out DDoS attacks, merely two days after its public disclosure. Tracked as CVE-2021-20090 (CVSS score: 9.9), the weakness concerns a path traversal vulnerability in the
Centre on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that prima facie, it appears Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer, Resident Grievance Officer, and Nodal Contact Person in compliance of recently amended IT Rule. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, appearing for Centre, told Justice Rekha Palli that prima facie, it appears Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance
Boeing said on Monday it was assessing multiple dates this month for the launch of its CST-100 Starliner space capsule to the International Space Station. The company last week postponed the capsule’s much awaited launch after discovering a glitch in its propulsion system valves during pre-launch checks. Boeing said on Monday it fixed problems over the