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Meta-owned WhatsApp denies data leak of 487 million users and put on sale

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday denied that phone numbers of 487 million users have been stolen and put on sale on a 'well-known' hacking community forum

Samsung, Huawei, LG lead in securing metaverse hardware patents: Reports

South Korean and Chinese companies are securing metaverse hardware patents, with LG and Huawei rising in the ranks with the most Metaverse patents as the electronics industry looks beyond smartphones

Snapchat debuts on the Microsoft Store for Windows users: Details here

Snapchat is coming as a Progressive Web App (PWA), which will run through Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating system-based computers

WhatsApp announces 'Message Yourself' feature: What is it and how it works

The 'Message Yourself' feature is a 1:1 chat window on WhatsApp for the user to transferring media, documents, contacts, and more to self

Google announces new updates for Workspace, to improve search results

This feature is particularly useful when the names of columns or fields are too long and the user wants to see the entire text

Samsung plans to launch new research unit to combat semiconductor downfall

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the tech giant and other semiconductor companies have seen a continuous decline in demand, supply chain interruptions, and excess inventories

Flipkart Black Friday sale: Deals on Pixel 7, Nothing Phone (1), and more

Started on November 25, the Flipkart Black Friday sale will continue until November 30

'AI could be used as a tool to augment human creative expression'

Fabin Rasheed, co-creator of a poet-artist bot, explains why AI in art is laden with possibilities

Data of 5.4 mn Twitter users leaked online through an internet bug

As Elon Musk goes gaga over transforming Twitter, at least 5.4 million Twitter user records have been stolen via an internal bug and leaked online on a hacker forum

Amazon Fab Phones Fest: Deal on Redmi K50i, Nord 2T, iPhone 14, and more

The Fab Phones Fest sale on e-commerce platform Amazon started on November 26. It will continue until November 29

Human creativity finds new AI expression, but debate rages on future of art

Some now claim AI is the future of art. Others pooh-pooh the very idea. Yet others believe AI would be just another expression of human creativity

WhatsApp working on mute shortcut for desktop group chats: Report

WhatsApp beta for Android received the same feature to automatically turn off notifications for large groups two weeks ago

WhatsApp rolls out new feature to share contact cards on Windows beta

The new feature allows users to share contact cards within the same chat share sheet

Samsung brings Ball watch face to Watch5, Watch5 Pro with new update

Once the update is installed, users can find the new Ball watch face in the Galaxy Wearable app with flags of countries participating in the FIFA World Cup 2022

I advise start-ups to think beyond the possible: ARM Holdings former CEO

"You need to look at where your biggest opportunities are and invent your own unique business model that capitalises on your strengths," says Sir Robin Saxby

Aversion to the cloud for engineering operations is fading, shows data

Cloud adoption for engineering and manufacturing grew 2.5x times vis-a-vispre-pandemic levels

Smart fasteners are not just nuts and bolts

In auto sector adhesive tapes used for attaching components in unique ways allow carmakers to experiment with designs, since they are no longer bound by linear needs of traditional metallic fasteners

Twitter will launch gold, grey checks besides blue tick: Elon Musk

Twitter's account verification program is finally set to launch next week

Millions of Android devices prone to hacking due to GPU bug: Google

Google's Project Zero team said it had alerted the chip designer ARM about the GPU bug, and the British chip designer had fixed those vulnerabilities

Meta-owned WhatsApp working on voice status updates on iOS beta: Report

According to the report, the microphone icon will show up when users don't enter any text and it will allow users to post a voice note up to 30 seconds to their status updates