Mar 13
One teen proved that showing gratitude is as easy as cake.
Mar 13
The Google Camera app contains some, but not all, the top-tier abilities available in the Google Pixel 3. The download of this app is not generally available – and is really only supposed to be relegated to the Google Pixel smartphone series. However, since the first day in which it was discovered the app would be usable by phones other … Continue reading
Mar 13
It’s the end of an era for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. The man who started it all, Brendan Greene – “PlayerUnknown” himself – is leaving his post as director of the game and moving on to new projects. Though he’ll still be with PUBG Corp and serve as a consulting creative director on the game, it’s clear from today’s announcement that he … Continue reading
Mar 13
Google Wifi is one of the highest profile competitors in the exploding mesh router market, and Amazon’s marking down their three-pack of Wifi access points to just $259, within $10 of the best price we’ve ever seen.
Mar 13
America Sells Its Chinese Hacking Fears at Silicon Valley's Biggest Security Conference
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Leading them around practically by the tie, neatly dressed NSA handlers guided the American spy agency’s most powerful leaders through labyrinthine crowds in San Francisco’s Moscone Center last week at the annual RSA Conference. With 50,000 attendees, RSA is the biggest cybersecurity conference in the world, known for…
Mar 13
New Adware With Destructive Capabilities Infects Over 200 Google Play Store Apps
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Researchers have uncovered a new adware strain running rampant on the Google Play Store. More than 200 applications are said to carry the malware.
Mar 13
Over the past few years, Google has been pushing deeper into the hardware business with products like the Pixelbook, Pixel Slate, multiple Google Homes, and of course, Pixel phones, with the latter getting a big boost thanks to Google’s $1.1 billion acquisition of tech and personnel from HTC last year.
Mar 13
It has been reported for a while now that Facebook is looking to launch its own digital currency that’s commonly referred to as Facebook Coin right now. The company hasn’t made any official announcements regarding this as yet but a new “Pay with Facebook” option noticed by users in Italy suggests that it may not be long before we hear from Facebook about this.
The Pay with Facebook option noticed by several Italian-language Facebook users has a Bitcoin-like icon which hints at the digital currency nature of this payment option. Italian site Mobile World reports that this option has been spotted by users on both the Android and iOS Facebook apps in Italy. There have been no reports of this option surfacing in any other market.
No further details are available about this payment option right now but it seems to be different from the payment service in Facebook Messenger which has been available for a couple of years now. Mobile World reports that this new system works in a fashion similar to Facebook Marketplace where the buyer has to send a payment request first and then wait for it to be accepted. Instead of using funds in their local currency or from their bank account, users will apparently be able to make use of this new digital currency to make purchases.
Reports also suggest that the Facebook Coin could also be used for payments in the company’s other platforms like WhatsApp but all of this is just speculation at this point in time. Nothing has been officially confirmed by Facebook regarding a digital currency.
Facebook Coin Rumors Supported By ‘Pay With Facebook’ Option
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Mar 13
Has Google decided that its tablet and laptop gambit has not paid off? A new report claims so. It mentions that Google is downsizing its laptop and tablet hardware divisions. The company is said to be asking employees to move to other positions within Alphabet temporarily due to “roadmap cutbacks.”
Citing sources familiar with the developments over at Google, Business Insider reports that Google has told dozens of employees on the Google Create division, which worked on its Pixelbook and Pixel Slate hardware, to more to other positions within Alphabet temporarily.
Employees that have been asked to move to other positions reportedly include technical program managers, hardware engineers, and program manager supporters. This decision is said to have been made because of project cancellations at Google Create. This is the in-house division which developed the Pixelbook, Pixel Slate, and other products that were branded “Made by Google.”
One source mentions that the Google Create team had “a bunch of stuff in the works” and this move shows that the company is cutting down the portfolio of products. Whether or not this means that the company won’t launch another Pixelbook or Pixel Slate remains to be seen. Since Google is asking them to temporarily move to other positions and not laying them off, it’s possible that these changes could be reverted down the line.
Google Reportedly Downsizing Tablet And Laptop Division
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Mar 13
The spread of fake news remains a constant problem for WhatsApp and the Facebook-owned company continues to take steps in order to clamp down on it. A new report reveals that the company is developing a new feature which will enable users to identify whether an image that they have received is legitimate or not.
A “search by image” tool has been discovered by the folks at WABetaInfo in update 2.19.73 of WhatsApp. This feature will allow users to upload a received image directly to Google so that they can find “similar or equal” images on the internet. You can already do a reverse image search on Google so this tool is essentially tapping into that from within WhatsApp.
That additional context will hopefully enable users to ascertain the legitimacy of the images that they receive on WhatsApp. This feature hasn’t been enabled in the app as yet and the company hasn’t said when it plans on doing so.
Since it has been developed, it may be officially rolled out to WhatsApp users in the coming weeks. An easy and quick reverse image search feature in WhatsApp will certainly come in handy to prevent the spread of misinformation on the world’s biggest cross-platform messaging app.
WhatsApp To Prevent Fake News With Image Search Tool
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