Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021

CEO’s of Facebook, Google and Twitter will appear before Congress for a hearing on misinformation

by Rida Imran

Chief Executive Officers of three tech giants of Silicon Valley will appear before U.S. Congress to testify on misinformation titled “Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation.” Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sundar Pichai of Google, and Jack…

Mar 24, 2021Mar 24, 2021

Niantic and Nintendo partner to create ‘Pikmin’ mobile game launching later in 2021

by Rida Imran

Popular game developers, Niantic and Nintendo have partnered to develop series of new mobile gaming apps starting with ‘Pikmin’. The new mobile game is designed as a real-world AR game with Nintendo characters. Pikmin will be launched by Niantic later…

Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021

New Spotify ‘Home’ allows users to directly search music, play podcasts, and more

by Rida Imran

Spotify has updated its ‘Home’ hub with new navigation and discovery features to offer a more personalized experience. Now, subscribers will be able to replay their favorite songs, discover new content, and more directly from the Home interface. The new…

Mar 22, 2021

Just Cause: Mobile for iOS and Android gets new cinematic trailer

by Usman Hussain

The official cinematic trailer for Just Cause: Mobile has been released by Square Enix. The game is a free-to-play action-shooter set in the Just Cause universe and designed exclusively for mobile platforms. The announcement trailer was released on January 1,…

Mar 20, 2021

Hackers used 11 unknown vulnerabilities to infect iOS, Android and Windows

by Imran Hussain

A team of hackers had been using 11 unknown zero-day exploits to attack iOS, Android, and Windows users through infected websites, as per a new report by a Google researcher. The hackers combined multiple exploits to pull off extremely advanced…

Mar 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021

Google Chrome brings Live Captions for videos and audio feature to Mac

by Asma Hussain

Google Chrome’s latest update allows users to enjoy live captions when watching videos or while listening to audio. Users will need Google Chrome 89 to access Live Captions. Live captions can be helpful for users trying to consume content in…

Mar 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021

Updated WhatsApp will no longer work on iOS 9 as the app now requires iOS 10 or later

by Usman Hussain

The updated WhatsApp app is now compatible with iPhones on iOS 10 or later. And that means that the app no longer will not be updated on all iPhone models on iOS 9, so users with iPhone 4s will not…

Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021

Huawei will soon ask for royalties from Apple and Samsung for 5G tech

by Imran Hussain

Huawei will soon be charging Apple and Samsung to pay royalties for using its 5G patents, allowing it to create a new revenue stream for its wireless technology innovations. The company has already been blocked out of a few markets,…

Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021

Speed test shows 5G on iPhone 12 is slower than every major Android phone

by Usman Hussain

A new report by a mobile analytics firm claims that iPhone 12 series is slower than Android smartphones Samsung, Google, OnePlus, and LG in terms of 4G and 5G speeds in the U.S. The report also shows that Samsung came…

Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021

Google collects extensive users’ data on iOS which a search engine should not, says DuckDuckGo

by Rida Imran

A privacy-oriented search engine, DuckDuckGo has called out Google for tracking and collected users browsing history on iOS. After months of delay, Google recently updated the privacy information of its app on the iOS App Store and Chrome web browser…