News Google Will Make 2-Factor Authentication on by Default Together with millions of Google users, more than two million content creators on YouTube will also switch to two-factor authentication by the end of this year. Google states that users will also be able to use security keys for authorization.
News Apple Now Lets Users Rate Its Own Apps on the App Store After the release of iOS 15, where Apple added the ability to let users rate its own apps in the App Store, users began to express their dissatisfaction with the apps they use by giving low ratings and leaving negative reviews.
BigTech Epic Games Appeals Ruling in the Lawsuit Against Apple Epic Games failed to convince the court that Apple holds a monopoly position. The court also concluded that Epic Games violated the contract it had with Apple when it added an alternative payment method to Fortnite.
News Apple California Streaming Event: iPhone 13, Apple Watch 7, New iPads The iPhone 13 lineup includes four models: iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max. The display diagonals are 5.4", 6.1", 6.1", and 6.7", respectively. New iPhones feature a smaller notch for Face ID sensors.
News Apple Warns That Motorcycle Vibrations Can Destroy iPhone Cameras Certain intense high-amplitude vibrations generated by high-volume or high-power motorcycle engines can degrade the cameras of an iPhone. Such vibrations are usually transmitted through handlebars or the chassis.
News SpaceX Inspiration4 Team Will Use Apple Devices in Space Apple devices will play an important role in the upcoming mission. The crew will use multiple Apple devices, including Apple Watch Series 6, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPad mini, in several medical experiments.
News Ming-Chi Kuo Shares New Details About the Upcoming iPhone 13 iPhone 13 will receive support for satellite communications. Even if there is no cellular connection in the area, Apple's new smartphones will be able to make calls and send and receive messages by connecting to satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
News Apple Will Not Scan iPhones for Child Abuse Images Over Criticism Apple announced an operating system update that will have a feature for scanning images when they are uploaded to iCloud and checking them for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) last month.
News Facebook Launches Horizon Workrooms for Virtual Work Collaboration Facebook has released an open beta version of the Horizon Workrooms app for the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset for all countries. This is the company's first attempt to create a VR collaboration app.
News Facebook Messenger Will Have End-to-End Encrypted Calls Facebook has introduced end-to-end encryption for Messenger calls in light of the growing interest in voice and video calls over the past year. The new feature will help position the company's service as more private and secure.
News Microsoft Adds Super Duper Secure Mode to Its Edge Browser Microsoft announced another experimental feature for its Edge browser called Super Duper Secure Mode. To make the browser super-duper-secure, the developers have disabled the JavaScript engine's Just-In-Time (JIT) feature, which improves performance.
News Google Is Paying $2.15 to Google+ Users Affected by a Data Leak The lawsuit was filed after Google failed to disclose a vulnerability in the Google+ API for third-party application developers. Using this vulnerability, attackers could gain access to such personal data of users as name, gender, age, and email address.
News iPhone Will Warn Parents and Kids About Child Abuse Images The new feature is likely to be very useful for parents or the police, but many data privacy experts are already concerned about the announcement, including Matthew D. Green, an associate professor of cryptography at Johns Hopkins University.
News Apple Removes Anti-Vaxx Dating App Unjected From App Store Apple removed Unjected, a dating app for people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19, from its App Store because this app violated the store's rules regarding coronavirus misinformation.
News Google's Parent Company Alphabet Creates a Unit to Develop Software for Industrial Robots Robotics has been the obsession of Google for many years, but the initiatives in this area have not brought any commercial results for the company so far. Industrial robots are being developed rapidly today, so the need for software will only grow.
News Apple and Google Announce New Emojis for World Emoji Day July 17 is World Emoji Day. To celebrate the occasion, tech giants Google and Apple introduced a bunch of emoji updates to make them more accessible, universal, and easier to share.
News Joe Biden Signed a Decree to Limit the Monopoly of Big Tech Giants The document contains about 70 initiatives that relate to agriculture, healthcare, and technology companies. These initiatives will help lower prices, raise workers' wages, and promote innovation and rapid economic growth.
News More Than 30 US States Sue Google Over Google Play Store Fees More than 30 US states have filed a lawsuit in California federal court against the tech giant for an alleged antitrust violation on an Android app store and monopoly in the market for Android applications.
News G20 Finance Ministers Support Minimum Global Corporate Tax For Multinational Companies The minimum corporate tax for large companies will help equalize the rights of the countries with different tax regimes. This will prevent corporations from avoiding spending extra money by relocating production to countries with low taxes.
News Microsoft Unveils Nostalgic Windows Backgrounds for Teams Microsoft has released several nostalgic backgrounds for the Teams platform. The new wallpapers include the famous Clippy, Microsoft Solitaire, and Paint. The company also unveiled a Windows XP wallpaper featuring meadows.
News Former Google Employees Launch Neeva, A Paid Ad-Free Search Engine Neeva blocks third-party trackers, you can delete the data it collects or prohibit its storage. The service can also be integrated with calendars, mail accounts, and cloud storage platforms.
News Google Will Start Warning Users About Unreliable Search Results If the information in the search results is contradictory, based on rumors or unverified sources, the user will be notified that the information from reliable sources will appear later. Google cited recent UFO sightings in Wales as an example.
News Microsoft Officially Unveiled Windows 11: Everything You Need to Know The main changes affected the operating system's interface, the Start menu, the desktop, the way of communication, widgets, access to video games, security, sound, applications and other features.
News Google Announced Requirements for Developers Who Want to Reduce Google Play Commissions by up to 15% Starting July 1, Google will lower the Google Play commission to 15% for all app developers, but it will only apply to the first million dollars of revenue per year. If the revenue exceeds $1 million per year, the commission will increase to 30%.
BigTech Apple Is Looking for a Manager With Experience in Working With Cryptocurrencies The applicant must have over 10 years of professional experience and over 5 years of experience with alternative payment providers such as digital wallets, BNPL, Fast Payments, cryptocurrencies, etc.
