Month: March 2020

Facebook has released a new version of the Messenger app, and it’s both smaller to download and faster to load. The social network has managed this feat by rebuilding Messenger from the ground up, simplifying the app in an effort called Project LightSpeed. Facebook detailed the new Messenger in a post on Facebook Newsroom. The
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ZenGo is expanding beyond the basic features of a cryptocurrency wallet — letting you hold, send and receive crypto assets. You can now set aside some of your crypto assets to earn interests. In other words, ZenGo now also acts like a savings account. The company has partnered with two DeFi projects for the new feature.
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In early 2018, as Apple prepared the content slate for its then-unconfirmed streaming service, the iPhone maker hit its first roadblock: showrunner Bryan Fuller exited its reboot of Amazing Stories, the sci-fi anthology series created by Steven Spielberg in the mid-eighties. For what it’s worth, Fuller — best known for creating the psychological horror series,
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The astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have managed to successfully cultivate salad crop — red romaine lettuce — that is free of disease-causing microbes and safe to eat, and is at least as nutritious as Earth-grown plants. This feat was achieved despite being grown under lower gravity and more intense radiation than on
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Reddit has partnered with Crisis Text Line in an effort to help people who are considering self-harm or suicide. The partnership means that Reddit users who are contemplating self-harming or taking their own life will be put in touch with trained counselors. Suicidal People Seek Help From Strangers Mental health is a huge problem in
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Twitter has shut its Seattle office for a ‘deep clean’ after an employee developed COVID-19 like symptoms though final result was still awaited. “A Seattle-based employee has been advised by their doctor that they likely have COVID-19, though still awaiting final testing,” Twitter said in a tweet on Friday. “While the employee has not been
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Researchers have discovered a major new security flaw inside processors made by US multinational corporation and chip making giant Intel for the past five years. The flaw allow exploits to defeat hardware-based encryption and DRM protections. According to security company Positive Technologies, the security bug could break apart a chain of trust for important technology
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Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads in 2019 and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019, according to App Annie’s recently
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The South by Southwest festival in Texas has been cancelled due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, organisers and the host city of Austin said Friday. The decision comes as coronavirus concerns grow stateside and pressure ramps up over whether to cancel entertainment and sporting events that draw large crowds. “The city
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ChatableApps, a U.K. startup commercialising the work of auditory neural signal processing researcher Dr Andy Simpson, has quietly picked up seed backing from Mark Cuban. The company has built a smartphone app that provides hearing assistance by removing background noise in near real-time. Alongside Simpson, the company’s co-founders are Brendan O’Driscoll, Aidan Sliney and George
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Samsung Galaxy A41 has apparently received certifications from Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance. The smartphone has appeared on the Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance websites with model numbers SM-A415F/DSM and SM-A415F/DSN. The South Korean company could unveil the Galaxy A41 as the successor to its Galaxy A40 that was launched back in March 2019. The
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Apple on Friday asked employees at its Silicon Valley headquarters to work from home if possible as a “precaution,” a spokesman confirmed to Reuters. Officials in Santa Clara County, where Apple’s 12,000-person Apple Park campus is located, had earlier asked large companies to consider asking employees to telecommute and find other ways of limiting close
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There are many restrictions on internet use in China. Most major sites are blocked there, such as Facebook, Wikipedia, and Google Maps. One common question is whether Instagram is blocked in China, and if so, how people can bypass this block to access the site? Why Is Instagram Blocked in China? Instagram is one of
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