Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Epic Games announces early access for Unreal Engine 5

Epic Games has announced the early access for its next-generation 3D tool -- Unreal Engine 5. The early access program is for game developers and creators from across the world giving them a head start to start prototyping and testing the features of the new 3D tool. https://ift.tt/3fJhxcG

Amazon app quiz May 27, 2021: Get answers to these questions and win Rs 15,000 in Amazon Pay balance

Results of today’s quiz will be announced on May 28. https://ift.tt/2RFoDqN

Flipkart daily trivia quiz May 27, 2021: Get answers to these five questions to win gifts and discount vouchers

Only the first 50,000 participants will be eligible for the quiz prize. https://ift.tt/2SwpREG

How to Watch Friends: The Reunion in India, USA, UK, Australia, and Canada

Friends: The Reunion releases Thursday, May 27 worldwide. You can watch it online on Zee5 in India, HBO Max in USA, NOW TV / Sky One in UK, Binge in Australia, Crave in Canada, and HBO Go in Southeast... https://ift.tt/2QTG7PA

How to Pre-Order PlayStation 5 Restocks in India

PS5 is back in stock on Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, Games The Shop, Prepaid Gamer Card, Reliance Digital, Sony Center, and Vijay Sales. Here's how to pre-order PlayStation 5 restocks in India. https://ift.tt/3vufyQ0

Google Photos free storage ending June 1: How to use new storage management tool to free space

Google has announced tools that can help users take an estimate of how much of their storage is left as well as introduced tools to free up the storage in their Google account. One such storage management tool allows users to delete all blurry pictures in their Google Photos account to help save space https://ift.tt/2SyJ0Wp

Here’s how Facebook will make it difficult for those who spread ‘fake news’

Facebook said that it will take taking stronger action against people who repeatedly share misinformation on Facebook. “Whether it’s false or misleading content about COVID-19 and vaccines, climate change, elections or other topics, we’re making sure fewer people see misinformation on our apps,” said Facebook https://ift.tt/3uqLcfS

10 important things government reminds WhatsApp in its response over 'privacy lawsuit'

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Flywire, a Boston-based fintech focused on cross-border payments, closed up 46%+ in its Nasdaq debut after raising $250M in its IPO at a valuation of over $3B (Scott Kirsner Globe/The Boston Globe)

Scott Kirsner Globe / The Boston Globe:
Flywire, a Boston-based fintech focused on cross-border payments, closed up 46%+ in its Nasdaq debut after raising $250M in its IPO at a valuation of over $3B  —  The Boston-based digital payments company Flywire made its public market debut Wednesday on the Nasdaq exchange, after raising $250 million in an initial public offering.



Researcher details a WebKit flaw, which can lead to a RCE exploit, that remains unpatched by Apple despite the availability of an open source fix for 3 weeks (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researcher details a WebKit flaw, which can lead to a RCE exploit, that remains unpatched by Apple despite the availability of an open source fix for 3 weeks  —  WebKit bug that was fixed upstream has yet to find its way into Apple products.  —  Apple has yet to patch a security bug found …



Yalo, previously Yalochat, which helps brands sell their products via messaging services like WhatsApp, raises $50M Series C led by B Capital (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Yalo, previously Yalochat, which helps brands sell their products via messaging services like WhatsApp, raises $50M Series C led by B Capital  —  Facebook has long been working on raising WhatsApp's profile as a channel for businesses to interact with (and sell to) their customers.



Facebook says it will no longer take down posts that claim COVID-19 was man-made, following renewed debate about the origins of the virus (Cristiano Lima/Politico)

Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Facebook says it will no longer take down posts that claim COVID-19 was man-made, following renewed debate about the origins of the virus  —  Facebook will no longer take down posts claiming that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, a company spokesperson told POLITICO on Wednesday …



Twitter says users can now join Spaces via desktop and mobile web browsers, but can't host rooms on the web just yet (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Twitter says users can now join Spaces via desktop and mobile web browsers, but can't host rooms on the web just yet  —  You can't host rooms yourself on the web just yet, though  —  You'll be able to join Twitter's Clubhouse-like Spaces from desktop and mobile web browsers starting Wednesday …



Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces Fact Check, a section of the Coinbase blog to combat misinformation and mischaracterizations about Coinbase or crypto (Brian Armstrong/The Coinbase Blog)

Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog:
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announces Fact Check, a section of the Coinbase blog to combat misinformation and mischaracterizations about Coinbase or crypto  —  Every tech company should go direct to their audience, and become a media company.  —  As Coinbase and the cryptoeconomy grow …



Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite with 22W fast charging expected to launch in India soon

Xiaomi recently launched its most expensive smartphone -- Mi 11 Ultra in India. Now it appears that the company is gearing up for the launch of another Mi 11 series smartphone in the country. https://ift.tt/3vmGfGz

Anthropic cuts its list of unauthorized secondary market sellers from eight to four after the initial notice caused panic and pushback from investors (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg : Anthropic cuts its list of unauthorized secondary market sellers from eight to four after the initial notice cau...