Chinese gaming giant Tencent has announced facial recognition technology to prevent children from playing games late at night. The company said that it will scan the faces of gamers late at night in order to discourage kids from joining online battles using the identity of someone else. The company has termed this scheme as ‘midnight […]

Microblogging Twitter is rolling out a new feature to limit replies to tweets. This will give more control to users over who can reply to their tweets. Twitter had first introduced the ability to limit replies in 2020. The company has now announced plans to expand the feature. It will now allow users to change […]

Monetization is becoming an integral part of social media platforms. Social media Facebook is on a spree to monetize its platforms. Popular photo-sharing platform Instagram is adding ads to Reels. Facebook is the parent company of Instagram. The company has announced to roll out full-screen ads to businesses and advertisers. The ads will loop and […]

E-commerce giant Amazon is in an expansion mode. The company is planning to expand its podcast footprint. It has announced to acquire a monetization firm. The firm is Art19. It is a podcast hosting and monetization company. Amazon didn’t reveal the amount it paid to acquire Art19. The company said that Art19 will help in […]

Fossil is the biggest Wear OS wearables maker and it is now planning to launch a premium Gen 6 smartwatch that will be running on the next-gen version of Wear OS. According to the company, the new smartwatch is expected to be launched by this fall. The company said that all the upcoming Android smartwatches […]

The Android operating system has strong dominance in the mobile operating system market today. There are nearly three billion devices today that are powered by Android. The operating system was developed by a consortium of developers. The consortium was sponsored by tech giant Google. It was released in 2008. The OS has since then grown […]

YouTube has decided to launch a reward program to promote creators to use YouTube Shorts and consciously post content on the platform. YouTube said that it has plans to reward top creators of the YouTube Shorts platform over the next year. For this, it has earmarked a USD 100 million fund. The fund will be […]

WhatsApp has been reminding people to accept its new privacy policy before May 15 for quite some time. However, the instant messaging app has now scrapped the deadline and stated that no account will be deleted for not accepting the new policy. “No account will be deleted and users will not lose any functionality on […]

Facebook already has one of the best messaging apps but the company is adding more features. The social media giant has announced that it would add several new features to both Facebook Messenger and Instagram DMs. It said that new features will enhance the experience of users while allowing them to be more expressive in […]

The Stories feature of Instagram is one the most popular features of the platform. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing social media platform wants to make the feature more engaging to attract the user pool. It has now announced to introduce a new sticker to Stories. It is an auto-captioning sticker. The feature will allow users to add […]

Google Lens users have a reason to cheer. The company has announced to add support that can translate screenshots. Google said that the new feature can now automatically translate texts in screenshots. It is called Google Lens Screenshot UI. This is, however, available to devices running Android 11 OS or higher version. Google Lens is […]

GameStop Chief Executive Officer George Sherman will be stepping down from his position on or before July 31 this year. Sherman can leave the company if the successor is appointed before this date. The company has provided information in this regard in its ‘Chief Executive Officer Succession Plan.’ The Board of Directors expressed gratitude towards […]

The foldable smartphone market is gaining traction. The segment is headed for tough competition from existing players. South Korean electronics giant Samsung commands a handsome share in the foldable device segment. Now, another tech giant is planning to venture into the market. Google is believed to be working on developing its own foldable devices. The […]

An apparent technical vulnerability on WhatsApp is allowing third parties to stalk users through the online status feature. Security researchers said that third parties are able to exploit the online status feature of the instant messaging app. This allows them to track the location of users without asking for their consent. Cybersecurity firm traced has […]

Microsoft has won a USD 22 billion contract for delivering augmented reality headsets to the US Army. The tech giant will deliver 120,000 such headsets over the time span of 10 years. These headsets will be based on the HoloLens technology. Base on HoloLens, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) will be augmented by Microsoft […]

Adding emojis in text messages helps inject a language. They are an alternative way to express nuances. Such signs are very popular during informal talks on social media platforms. Almost all social media platforms provide a wide range of emojis to their users. Microblogging service Twitter has announced that it is exploring emoji reactions just […]

With the coronavirus pandemic starting the new trend of work from home, Microsoft Teams gained a lot of popularity. This is evident by the fact that it has 115 million daily active users. It is one of the core platforms in the era of work from home. Reflecting its growing importance, the tech giant has […]

In fresh trouble from Tesla, the Chinese military has banned cars of the electric vehicle manufacturer from entering into housing complexes and compounds. The ban has been imposed because of security concerns over cameras installed into the vehicles. The Chinese Military said that there are concerns that sensitive information is being collected through them. This […]

Perseverance has captured the sound of Martian wind. This is the first time when Martian sounds were captured. Perseverance sent back the sound to Earth station. NASA said that audio readings of Martian wind are mesmerizing. Perseverance is a car-sized rover. It landed on Mars in February. Its objective is to look for signs of […]

Tesla is aggressively pushing for its Full Self Driving feature. The electric car maker is already testing the feature with limited drivers. It has now prepped plans to expand the FSD beta to more drivers. The company said that it will gradually increase the number of drivers by tenfold. Tesla in October 2020 had first […]