Category: IT
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UC Browser Launches UC Drive in India, Offers 20GB Free Storage
UC Browser Launches UC Drive in India, Offers 20GB Free Storage: UC Browser, part of the Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group, has announced it is offering 20GB free storage via its in-app Cloud storage service for Indian individual users, UC Drive. Users will have to sign up for UC Drive from within the UC…
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TikTok Vulnerabilities Could Allow Account Takeover by Hackers, More: All You Need to Know
TikTok Vulnerabilities Could Allow Account Takeover by Hackers: TikTok has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Take for example the ban imposed by US Army, preventing soldiers from using the viral app on government-issued phones citing security concerns. Now, Check Point research has reported multiple vulnerabilities in the TikTok app that…
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Google Play Stops Showing Notifications for Apps Having Been Updated
Google Play Stops Showing Notifications for Apps Having Been Updated: Google Play Store has now stopped showing notifications for updated apps. This came to light in the end of 2019 when users started noticing that the Play Store was sending fewer notifications. Some users considered the lack of notifications as a temporary bug. However, it…
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Social Media Rules May Make User ID Verification Mandatory
Social Media Rules May Make User ID Verification Mandatory: Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok may have to scramble for developing account identity-verification option to check “fake news, malicious content, misinformation, racial slurs, gender abuse that may have an impact on the individual and society as a whole.” This may…
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Facebook Decides Against Showing Ads in WhatsApp: Report
Facebook Decides Against Showing Ads in WhatsApp: Report: Highlights Facebook scraps project of adding ads to WhatsApp WhatsApp was slated to show ads in Status tab this year Facebook is yet to provide an official confirmation In what could be great news for WhatsApp users around the globe, Facebook seems to be dropping the plans…
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US Lawmakers Say Facebook Steps to Tackle Deepfake Videos Not Adequate
Facebook Steps to Tackle Deepfake Videos Not Adequate: Facebook on Wednesday said it would remove “deepfake” and other manipulated videos from its website to combat the spread of false information ahead of the 2020 presidential race, but lawmakers said those and other changes it has recently announced do not go far enough. The comments, made…
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WhatsApp Dark Theme Improvements Spotted in Latest Beta, Select Sticker Packs Get Updated
WhatsApp Dark Theme Improvements Spotted in Latest Beta: WhatsApp has been working on Dark Theme integration since a while now, and its latest beta for Android users show a slight improvement in the ‘system event bubble’. This change was also spotted to be under development, and hasn’t been enabled in the latest beta for the…
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Google-Parent Alphabet Becomes 4th US Company to Top Market Value of $1 Trillion
Google-Parent Alphabet Becomes 4th US Company to Top Market Value of $1 Trillion: As Google-parent Alphabet became on Thursday the fourth U.S. company to top a market value of more than $1 trillion (roughly Rs. 7,095,950 crores), some funds holding its shares are wondering whether now is the time to cash in on the stock’s…
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Beware of the Smart Device: Ways to Stay Private and Safe
Beware of the Smart Device: Ways to Stay Private and Safe: Did someone invite a spy into your home over the holidays? Maybe so, if a friend or family member gave you a voice-controlled speaker or some other smart device. It’s easy to forget, but everything from Internet-connected speakers with voice assistants such as Amazon’s…
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25 Android Apps With Nearly 600 Million Installs Found Fleecing Users on Google Play: Sophos
25 Android Apps With Nearly 600 Million Installs Found Fleecing Users on Google Play: Sophos: Research firm Sophos has discovered a set of 25 Android apps that indulge in ‘fleeceware’ tactics to dupe users. Fleeceware apps are essentially those apps that conduct a financial fraud on Google Play Store by unethically charging users after the…
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Understanding iOS 13’s New Bluetooth Use Alerts for Third-Party Apps
Understanding iOS 13’s New Bluetooth Use Alerts for Third-Party Apps: One of the prime areas of focus with every iOS release is better security and privacy. And with the release of iOS 13, Apple wants to take this a step further and give users the option to disable Bluetooth access for apps if necessary via…
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Oppo F15 With Quad Rear Cameras, VOOC 3.0 Fast Charging Launched in India: Price, Specifications
Oppo F15 With Quad Rear Cameras, VOOC 3.0 Fast Charging Launched in India: Price, Specifications: Oppo F15 has been launched in India as the company’s latest smartphone targeted at young customers. The Oppo F15 comes with a quad rear camera setup and features an AMOLED display with a waterdrop-style notch design. Oppo has also provided…