News WhatsApp Now Lets You Transfer Chats From iOS to Android The platform will soon roll out a handy feature that will be appreciated by users who wish to switch between iOS and Android. This means that you will be able to quickly transfer the complete chat history from an iPhone to an Android smartphone.
News Samsung Unveils Next-Gen Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch4 Classic The Galaxy Watch4 series includes the first wearable Samsung gadgets with a Wear OS-based One UI Watch, an intuitive user interface. Among other features, the company's new wearable devices can calculate body composition.
News Xiaomi Unveils Its Quadruped Robot CyberDog CyberDog is equipped with sensors and cameras throughout its body, which allows it to plot a route, overcome obstacles, and follow its owner. It also has three USB Type-C connectors and even an HDMI port to customize it.
News YouTube Is Testing New Premium Lite Subscription With No Ads The Premium Lite subscription will be cheaper than the basic one. Users who opt for it will not be able to download videos to watch them offline or use the background playback feature. Premium Lite only provides an ad-free experience.
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 Elon Musk's Neuralink Raises $205 Million From a Group of Investors The company attracted a record $205 million in investments from Google Ventures, the Dubai fund Vy Capital and several other investors, including DFJ Growth, Valor Equity Partners, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, and Gigafund.
News Zoom Will Pay Users $85 Million for Violating Their Privacy The company made the corresponding decision because of the class action lawsuit claiming that Zoom violated users' privacy rights by sharing their data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. Thus, hackers could disrupt Zoom meetings.
News Sylvester.ai Developed an App That Determines Cats' Mood and Emotions The developers believe the app will be helpful for both pet owners and young vets who have little experience with animals. However, it is important to remember that one should pay attention to the pet's entire body to know if the cat is okay.
News Mercedes-Benz Will Switch to Electric-Only Cars by 2030 The automaker will unveil three new electric platforms that will form the basis of future cars, trucks, and supercars: MB.EA, AMG.EA and VAN.EA. In addition, the company will build eight factories around the world to achieve the new goals.
News Instagram Will Make Young People' Accounts Private by Default Starting July 28, all Instagram profiles of teens under 16 will be private by default. This means that only those approved by the account owner will be able to view teens' photos and other content.
News Zoom to Acquire Five9 Cloud Contact Center Software Developer for $14.7 billion Zoom expects that the acquisition of Five9 will help it expand its presence on the market and accelerate growth. The company also plans to leverage Five9's customer base and resources for the development of its cloud phone service, Zoom Phone.
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 Instagram Users Can Now Control Sensitive Content in the Explore Feed Instagram notes that sensitive content is now limited by default, but users over 18 now have tools that will allow them to independently decide whether they want to see such posts in their Explore feed.
News Ethereum's Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio Quits Cryptocurrency In the coming weeks, he plans to sell his company Decentral and refocus on charity and non-cryptocurrency businesses. The entrepreneur expects to quit other startups over time, and he does not intend to fund blockchain projects anymore.
News Microsoft Unveils a Subscription-Based Cloud PC Windows 365 Windows 365 is a PC in the cloud running Windows 10 or Windows 11 with a subscription. It can be accessed through a browser from any device across multiple platforms, or using the Microsoft Remote Desktop app.
News Amazon Acquired Facebook's Satellite Internet Team A team of 12 specialists from Facebook will be working at Amazon to create communication satellites able to provide high-speed wireless Internet throughout the world.
News UN Human Rights Council Adopts a Resolution to Condemns Internet Shutdowns Internet outages during a pandemic exacerbate the situation, as they deprive people of the opportunity to receive important information during a crisis. The UN believes that such restrictions cannot be justified by maintaining public order or national security.
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 El Salvador Made Bitcoin a Legal Tender, but Most People Are Not Willing to Use It Since Bitcoin became the official currency of El Salvador along with the US dollar, the government of the country must create all the necessary infrastructure for cryptocurrency settlements within 90 days.
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.
