Life Style / Technology

WhatsApp says it is introducing ability to join a group call, even after it's started 19 Jul 2021 - 10:22 pm

* WhatsApp says it is introducing ability to join a group call, even after it's started * WhatsApp says users can also drop-off...

Flying taxi startup Whisper Aero aims to keep noise levels down 18 Jul 2021 - 03:20 pm

Endless encounters with swarms of bees. This is the cacophonous scenario that we might be rushing towards as investors pour heroic amounts of...

WhatsApp adds a highly requested feature: Messaging from multiple devices 18 Jul 2021 - 02:55 pm

For many of the 2 billion people who send WhatsApp messages to friends, family and co-workers, their smartphones are where the experience begins...

Your contact list is spilling over to the internet, here's how to make it stop 18 Jul 2021 - 02:49 pm

When apps ask for access to your address book and you consent, the data-sharing doesn't always stop there. The names and contact information...

Nintendo Switch gets new rival with Valve’s portable Steam console 15 Jul 2021 - 09:41 pm

Closely held video game publisher Valve Corp. introduced a portable gaming device Thursday that resembles the Switch but will have technical capabilities comparable...

Teenager to fly with Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight 15 Jul 2021 - 08:57 pm

An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up...

Twitter ending Fleets, its stories clone, due to lack of interest 14 Jul 2021 - 10:11 pm

Twitter Inc. is shutting down Fleets, the company’s version of disappearing stories, after it failed to win the enthusiasm of users. Twitter launched...

Facebook and Instagram will invest over $1 bln in content creators 14 Jul 2021 - 08:02 pm

Facebook Inc will invest over $1 billion to support content creators through the end of 2022, the social media giant said Wednesday, as...

TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation - think tank 14 Jul 2021 - 12:11 am

A TikTok feature that allows users to add another person's audio to their videos is being used to promote misleading and harmful content...

Instagram tests ‘re-share’ label in effort to spur engagement 13 Jul 2021 - 08:45 pm

Instagram is experimenting with offering users new ways to promote other people’s content on the photo-sharing network -- a push that could boost...

WhatsApp targeted in EU consumer complaints over privacy changes 12 Jul 2021 - 01:35 pm

BRUSSELS: Facebook Inc's WhatsApp on Monday faced a barrage of complaints by the European Consumer Organisation and others over a privacy policy update,...

Unopened Super Mario 64 game from 1996 sells for $1.56M 12 Jul 2021 - 12:31 am

DALLAS - An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for $1.56 million. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said that...

Unopened Legend of Zelda game from 1987 sells for $870,000 10 Jul 2021 - 06:39 pm

DALLAS: An unopened copy of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda that was made in 1987 has sold at auction for $870,000. Heritage Auctions...

Billionaire Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket plane 09 Jul 2021 - 05:09 pm

Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised...

Meet Jellyfishbot, the robot that likes to eat sea trash 07 Jul 2021 - 01:09 pm

CASSIS, France: Tourists visiting the picturesque port at Cassis, southern France, often see an unedifying sight: plastic bags, discarded bottles, and even used...