Wed 14 December 2022: A future update of the Whatsapp will allow users to send “view once text” messages, according to reports, When the function first launched, it supported both photographs and videos. According to WABetaInfo, the functionality, which allows users to send messages that can only be viewed once before disappearing, is currently present […]
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Tue 13 December 2022: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are predicted to make a total of $15 billion annually by the year 2030 as they introduce policies to implement new “metaverse” technology within their respective economies. In a report published last week by Strategy&, a subsidiary of the global consultancy firm PwC, it was revealed that […]
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Mon 12 December 2022: The desktop version of WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, has begun to roll out a new feature that allows users to search groups by entering a contact name. According to WABetaInfo, several users reported seeing the feature after installing the most recent WhatsApp Desktop version. With the new feature, users […]
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Sun 11 December 2022: The UAE in collaboration with Japanese startup iSpace and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have successfully launched the Arab world’s first mission to the Moon using the first ever Arab-built lunar spacecraft, the Rashid Rover earlier today from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch, the first of its kind carried out by a private company was […]
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Sun 11 December 2022: UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), a data watchdog has opened an investigation into two official World Cup apps over the concerns that Qatari authorities may be using the apps to secretly spy on England fans. “If anyone is concerned about how their data has been handled, they can make a complaint […]
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Sun 11 December 2022: Elon Musk, a US billionaire entrepreneur and the brand-new owner of Twitter, announced on Sunday that the social media platform plans to expand the maximum character count for tweets from 280 to 4,000. Musk announced on November 6 that lengthier posts would soon be possible on the social networking site. “Yes,” […]
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Sun 11 December 2022: For improved security, tech giant Google has begun to roll out passkey support in Chrome’s Stable M108 version. The internet giant claimed in a blog post on Thursday that Passkeys are a more secure alternative to passwords and other easily phished authentication factors. Because they can’t be reused, they don’t leak […]
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Fri 09 December 2022: Independent journalist Bari Weiss says platform restricted visibility of ‘disfavored tweets’. Twitter created “secret” blacklists to limit the visibility of “disfavored tweets” and certain right-leaning accounts, independent journalist Bari Weiss has claimed, citing an investigation based on internal company documents. Weiss, a former New York Times opinion editor who now runs […]
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Thu 08 December 2022: The augmented reality (AR) functionality that will soon be available from Snap, the parent firm of Snapchat, will enable creators to monetize their work. The announcement was made by Snap at its Lensfest developer event earlier this week, and according to The Verge, the company claimed to have been working with […]
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Wed 07 December 2022: Elon Musk accuses executive of possibly suppressing information about Twitter’s handling of Hunter Biden laptop story. Elon Musk said he “exited” Twitter’s deputy general counsel over concerns the high-ranking executive tried to suppress information about the social media platform’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop controversy. Musk, who bought Twitter last month […]
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