Meta has taken down tens of thousands of Instagram accounts from Nigeria as part of a massive crackdown on sextortion scams. The accounts primarily targeted adult men in the United States, but some also targeted minors, Meta said in an u…
Google just announced a suite of updates to the Play Store in an attempt to make it more fun to use. This is part of a larger move by the company to turn its online marketplace into "an end-to-end experience that’s more than a store.” Yo…
Meta AI, Meta’s AI-powered assistant across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and the web, can now speak in more languages and create stylized selfies. And, starting today, Meta AI users can route questions to Meta’s newest flagship AI mode…
Elon Musk says he will show off Tesla’s purpose-built “robotaxi” prototype during an event October 10, after scrapping a previous plan to reveal it August 8. Musk said Tesla will also show off “a couple of other things,” but didn’t exp…
Comcast missed estimates for second-quarter revenue on Tuesday as the U.S. telecom and media firm had fewer movie releases during the period, while attendance at its theme parks stayed low, sending its shares down 5%.
The company had li…
Facebook parent company Meta announced the release of its Llama 3.1 open source large language model on Tuesday. The new LLM will be available in three sizes — 8B, 70B, and 405B parameters — the latter being the largest open-source AI buil…
Meta just announced a huge update to its AI and it’s coming soon to the Meta Quest platform, home to some of the best VR headsets you can buy. In the next few weeks, you’ll soon have access to a smart voice assistant anytime you wear your …
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Oura has sent a new product for certification, which appears to be the Ring 4.
The device features model number "OA11" and is being tested in sizes ranging from seven to fifteen with a completely smoo…
In a surprise move Google has abandoned a plan it first announced four years ago to block third-party cookies from its Chrome internet browser.
The UK's data privacy watchdog said it was "disappointed" by the decision.
Cookies are sm…
A few weeks before flying to Lisbon for vacation earlier this year, I redownloaded Duolingo. I'd used the language-learning app off and on over the years to brush up on my high-school French, but life — and weak discipline, if we're being …
India’s federal government has removed the so-called “angel tax” for all classes of investors, delivering a major victory to the country’s startup ecosystem that had lobbied for years against the measure.
“To bolster the India start…
Messaging app Telegram has reached 950 million active users, and it aims to cross the 1 billion mark this year, the company’s founder Pavel Durov said on his channel on Monday.
The company is also planning to launch an app store and…
Last week announced the new Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch7, and Galaxy Watch Ultra, expanding the power of Galaxy AI to more people through wearables designed to provide end-to-end wellness experiences for everyone.
These new additions t…
With President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris may become the Democrats’ new nominee.
In announcing his plans, Biden offered his “full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party th…
Netflix has come a long way since its beginnings as a DVD-by-mail service. Launched in 1998 by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings, the company was the first-ever DVD rental and sales site.
Today, Netflix operates as a streaming service. Ac…
Australia's cyber intelligence agency said on Saturday that "malicious websites and unofficial code" were being released online claiming to aid recovery from Friday's global digital outage, which hit media, retailers, banks and airlines.
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TECNO, a veteran in the Android world for more than a decade now, has made a name for itself in the budget smartphone market, especially in emerging regions. The Chinese company has been dipping its toes in the budget phone segment for the…
When you develop an “Ultra” product, you set lofty expectations for the device you need to deliver. Samsung is no stranger to this strategy; the company throws everything but the kitchen sink into its Galaxy S Ultra phones, and the Galaxy…
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Developer Marco Arment launched the popular podcasting app Overcast a decade ago. Now, he has rebuilt and redesigned the app for the current era. While most of the changes aren’t going to be visible, one main difference is that you can no …
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Xiaomi will introduce the Mix Fold 4 and the Mix Flip, its first clamshell foldable phone, on July 19.
The Mix Fold 4 will come in blue and white versions, with pricing details still unknown.
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Code in the latest Google app beta showcases several new weather widgets for Android.
The widgets are info-packed with the largest, a 4x3 variant, containing the current temp, location, highs, lows, a…
Anthropic launched its Claude Android app on Tuesday to bring its AI chatbot to more users. This is Anthropic’s latest effort to convince users to ditch ChatGPT by making Claude available in more places.
The Claude Android app will work…
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its AI-powered Designer app is officially coming out of preview and is now available to all users on iOS and Android. The Canva-like app lets people generate images and designs with text prompts to cre…
Apple initially added a new flashlight UI in iOS 18’s third developer beta, and with iOS 18 now available in public beta, you can try one of the most underrated additions to your iPhone right now.
The company had already introduced a ne…
Instagram just announced that it will allow users to add multiple audio tracks to their Reels worldwide.
The company noted that users can add up to 20 tracks in a single Reel. To add a new track to your video, tap on the “Add to mix…
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WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to add contacts or groups with whom they most frequently chat to a "Favorites" tab.
To add a contact or group to your favorite list, select …
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he supports TikTok even as a potential ban looms if Chinese-parent company ByteDance fails to divest the short video app's U.S. assets.
"I’m for TikTok because you need competition. If…
Canon has unveiled its most important camera in years — the EOS R1 mirrorless. Launched alongside the 45-megapixel R5 II, it’s the company's new flagship designed to replace the 1DX Mark III DSLR and help Canon maintain its leadership in t…
Canon Europe (www.Canon-Europe.com) announces the launch of its highly anticipated flag bearers for the EOS R System – the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II, designed to take professional photography and videography to new levels. With unparal…
As Uber gears up for the summer travel season, the company announced Tuesday a new feature to ease the planning process for riders. The feature offers a convenient way for users to search for destinations in another city and reserve ride…
We’re less than a month away from the next Made by Google event, and we may already know what one of the marquee announcements will look like. TikTok user pixo_unpacking (via YTechB) posted videos over the weekend of apparent pre-productio…
The biggest updates coming to Apple’s iMessage and its Messages app in iOS 18 aren’t its AI emoji, Genmoji, or even the ability to send texts via satellite. It’s the ability to finally, finally schedule messages to send at a later date…
Kaspersky Labs will gradually wind down its U.S. operations from July 20, the Russian anti-virus software maker said on Monday, nearly a month after the Biden administration announced plans to bar sales of the company in the country.
Ka…
Now that it’s available, you can test-drive Apple’s iOS 18 public beta before the software’s official arrival this fall. Here’s everything you need to know about setting up the iOS 18 (along with iPadOS 18 and watchOS 11) beta.
First,…
India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market after China with around 750 million users, is struggling to get new smartphone buyers, as the average person in the country finds it hard to afford a brand-new smartphone.
Instead …
The retro PC game emulator UTM SE is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro, marking the first time Apple has allowed a PC emulator for iOS onto its marketplace, per The Verge. UTM SE will let you run classic …
Google parent Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday, in a deal that would represent the technology giant's biggest acquisition ever.
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Global smartphone shipments rose 6.5% in the second quarter, driven by Samsung Electronics and Apple, preliminary data from IDC showed on Monday, but a full recovery in demand is yet to come around as it remained challenged in some markets…
Following years of talk around Apple’s lack of innovation when it comes to Siri, Apple has promised the launch of a smarter version of its digital assistant coming this fall. Siri is getting a slew of new features and updates thanks to…
Microsoft is preparing to enable Copilot in OneNote to read and analyze handwritten notes. The feature entered beta testing late last month, and will allow OneNote users to write handwritten notes using a stylus and then summarize them…
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The Amazfit Helio ring could be launched in India soon, likely during Prime Day sales.
The ring is made from Titanium alloy, comes in two sizes, and is expected to be priced at around 25,000 INR.
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Spotify is bridging the gap between podcasters and their listeners by launching a comment section for podcasts, which will start showing up on episodes today. Listeners can find the service's new comment section by scrolling past the pla…
WhatsApp now allows businesses to send authentication and login codes through its API to users in India. The company confirmed that it enabled this functionality in India starting July 1.
Meta introduced this ability for merchants to au…
Tesla is apparently not ready to reveal its “robotaxi” design next month, and is instead pushing the event to October, according to Bloomberg News.
The company reportedly needs more time to build the prototypes. It had been aiming for a…
Australia plans to introduce a law by the end of the year forcing internet companies to proactively stop hosting scams or face hefty fines, the top consumer regulator said on Friday, potentially setting up another showdown with Big Tech.
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YouTube is continuing its mission to compete with Instagram and TikTok. The platform has announced new features on Shorts, notably including an "Add yours" sticker. That's right, it seems to be pretty much the same tool that Instagram laun…
WhatsApp Business is changing its per-conversation rates for businesses — a conversation is a 24-hour thread between sellers and users. The company is reducing rates for utility messages and raising rates for marketing messages.
Meta …
Bytedance’s video editing app CapCut will stop offering free cloud storage to host creative assets starting August 5.
In the past few days, users have received notifications about Capcut changing its terms for the free tier. Until now…
Bytedance’s video editing app CapCut will stop offering free cloud storage to host creative assets starting August 5.
In the past few days, users have received notifications about Capcut changing its terms for the free tier. Until now…
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