Technology

WhatsApp recently rolled out dark mode for all its users on Android and iOS. Dark mode was one major feature for WhatsApp but the messaging app is working on more features. One that has been rumoured for quite some time is the “delete messages” feature which is essentially self-destructing messages. […]

Adware or software that hijacks a device in order to spam the user with unwanted ads now accounts for 72 per cent of all mobile malware, says a new report from cybersecurity firm Avast. The remaining 28 per cent consist of banking trojans, fake apps, lockers, and downloaders, according to […]

Coronavirus has been declared a global pandemic and obviously, everyone is keeping a close eye on it. Several organisations have made dashboards to keep track of COVID-19. However, hackers have found a way to inject malware into computers. A security researcher from Reason Labs, Shai Alfasi, has found that hackers […]

Huawei unveiled its wireless earbuds, the Huawei FreeBuds 3, last September. Now, nearly six months later the company is ready to bring the device to India. According to a report by noted tipster Ishan Agarwal, Huawei will launch the Huawei FreeBuds 3 in India later this month. In an earlier tweet, […]

Google has been slapped with an $8 million (75 million Kronor) by Sweden’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) for failing to comply with the right-to-be-forgotten rules. Europe in 2014 had introduced the “right-to-be-forgotten” rule which allowed users to remove negative private information from internet searches and other directories. Since Google dominates […]

White House officials met Wednesday with U.S. technology industry officials to discuss tech-related response efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak and ways for government to collaborate with the private sector. COVID19, the disease caused by the virus, has killed about 30 people in the United States, and infected more than […]

Apple Inc. said it is closing all 17 of its retail stores in Italy “until further notice” as the coronavirus pandemic limits activity in the country. The Cupertino, California-based company previously shuttered all 42 stores in mainland China, but it has since reopened most of them. Apple didn’t say when Italian […]

Huawei has got another breather as the Donald Trump administration has extended a license that allows companies in the US to do business with the Chinese telecom giant until May 15. Ever since Huawei was put on a trade blacklist in May 2019 due to national security concerns, the US Department of […]

Chinese smartphone manufacturing giant Xiaomi has closed its first and only Mi Store in the UK. This is not a temporary shutdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak but due to a change in strategy by the company. The store was located in the Westfield shopping centre in Sheperd’s Bush, London, opened […]

An Israeli spyware maker is asking a judge to sanction Facebook Inc. for allegedly skirting international law and lying about it to a judge to gain advantage in a lawsuit. NSO Group claims Facebook failed to properly provide notice under the rules of the Hague Convention when it sued NSO Group in […]

Google’s upcoming budget smartphone, the Google Pixel 4a, has been in news for quite sometime now. Last week, leaked images of the Pixel 3a successor gave us an initial glimpse about the phone’s design. And now, a leaked video reveals the detailed specifications about the upcoming smartphone. According to a video […]

Following the coronavirus outbreak, companies are asking their employees to work from home. Apple CEO Tim Cook has also asked the company employees to work remotely. Cook in a memo to employees said they can work from home for the week of March 9 to 13 if their job allows. […]