Under quarantine for COVID-19 exposure, Garret Bernal and his family missed a recent Sunday church service. So he strapped on a virtual reality headset and explored what it would be like to worship in the metaverse. Without leaving his home in Richmond, Virginia, he was soon floating in a 3D outer-space wonderland of pastures, rocky
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Google is testing out an iMessage reactions feature in the beta Messages app for Android. The feature is being developed to translate iMessage reactions, officially known as Tapbacks, sent by iPhone users when responding to an SMS or MMS. Prior to this update, Google Messages used to depict plain texts like ‘Loved’ instead of the
In a sign that threat actors continuously shift tactics and update their defensive measures, the operators of the SolarMarker information stealer and backdoor have been found leveraging stealthy tricks to establish long-term persistence on compromised systems. Cybersecurity firm Sophos, which spotted the new behavior, said that the remote access implants are still being detected on
In this article SPOT Joe Rogan Vivian Zink | SYFY | NBCUniversal Podcaster Joe Rogan has apologized to Spotify, while also addressing the controversy around his podcast. Musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell recently boycotted the service for continuing to host “The Joe Rogan Experience, which has been accused by medical professionals of spreading Covid
Meta has announced that it is shutting down its Express Wi-Fi program that was launched in 2016 to provide cheaper Internet access in select countries. The service provided affordable Internet access in partnership with local Internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile operators in several countries, including India and South Africa. The program integrated with existing
Apex Legends developer Respawn has announced that the popular battle royale game is getting a new limited time mode (LTM) — Control. The new game mode will go live along with the 12th Season of Apex Legends — Defiance — and will be the first big team mode for the game. In Control, the key to winning a
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Hurdles introduced — or exacerbated — by the pandemic have put a spotlight on the logistics and transportation industry. According to Statista, the majority of supply chain professionals are finding hiring workers more challenging
Gay dating app Grindr has disappeared from multiple app stores in China as authorities tighten control of the country’s already heavily policed internet and purge online behaviour the ruling Communist Party dislikes. The country’s cyber authority is conducting a month-long campaign to root out illegal and sensitive content during the Lunar New Year holiday and
Infinix Zero 5G India launch will take place on February 8, as per a tipster. Some of the key specifications of the smartphone have also been leaked. Infinix Zero 5G is the company’s first 5G smartphone and it is tipped to offer support for 13 5G bands. Infinix has already teased through an Instagram post
A number of security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in 42 Gears’ SureMDM device management solution that could be weaponized by attackers to perform a supply chain compromise against affected organizations. Cybersecurity firm Immersive Labs, in a technical write-up detailing the findings, said that 42Gears released a series of updates between November 2021 and January 2022
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. By Matt Tubergen, EVP of global strategy and corporate development at Digital Turbine. China has seen a tremendous rise in its manufacturing of mobile phones, part of a nationwide push to raise spending on research and
Australian researchers have found an unusual spinning object in our galaxy that flashes at regular intervals, but they are clueless about why it is doing so. There’s not much known about this mysterious object except that it sends out radio signals three times an hour and is located within the Milky Way. The object lies
In this article NYT This photo illustration shows a person playing online word game “Wordle” on a mobile phone in Washington, DC on January 11, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The New York Times is acquiring Wordle, an online game that shot up to popularity seemingly overnight. The move highlights the importance
After a dullish January, February is heating up on both OTT and in cinemas. Gehraiyaan — the romantic drama led by Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Ananya Panday — sweeps onto the shores of Amazon Prime Video February 11. On the same day, Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar-starrer LGBTQ+ comedy Badhaai Do reaches cinemas across
Sony has announced its PlayStation State of Play and it is confirmed to stream later this week. The upcoming State of Play will focus majorly on Gran Turismo 7. Sony is expected to show around half an hour of gameplay footage of the upcoming racing simulator from Polyphony Digital. Gran Turismo 7 is slated to
WhatsApp backups on Google Drive may no longer get unlimited storage space in the future as some references surfaced online to suggest a limit for backups for Android devices is in the works. WhatsApp users on iPhone already have limited space for storing backups on iCloud. This is, however, not the case with Android users
Motorola Edge 30 Pro India and global launch could take place sometime in February, as per a report. The exact launch date of the smartphone is not known yet. The phone’s key specifications as well as design surfaced last week. It is reported to be the rebranded version of the Motorola Edge X30 that launched
Researchers have demonstrated a new type of fingerprinting technique that exploits a machine’s graphics processing unit (GPU) as a means to track users across the web persistently. Dubbed DrawnApart, the method “identifies a device from the unique properties of its GPU stack,” researchers from Australia, France, and Israel said in a new paper,” adding ”