Friday, October 21, 2022

WhatsApp starts testing avatars in beta

Reports about Meta working on its own version of avatars for WhatsApp has been around for a while. WABetaInfo has reported that WhatsApp has started testing the feature with a select number of beta testers on Android. https://ift.tt/vuXdpEI

Happy Diwali 2022: Here's how to send stickers to your loved ones on Instagram

Meta-owned apps, particularly, popular photo-sharing platform Instagram also allows you to share some theme-based preloaded stickers with your friends. As festivities begin, here’s how you can share Diwali stickers with your family and friends: https://ift.tt/cR7irgT

Telegram will launch auctions for its usernames via TON blockchain, following a TON auction for wallet usernames, some of which sold for $200K+ (Callan Quinn/The Block)

Callan Quinn / The Block:
Telegram will launch auctions for its usernames via TON blockchain, following a TON auction for wallet usernames, some of which sold for $200K+  —  - The Telegram messaging app is soon to launch a username auction platform.  — Other elements of the Telegram ecosystem, including channels …



Apple sues Masimo, says the medical tech company "carefully studied Apple's IP" during its patent-infringement suit against Apple in order to make its W1 watch (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Apple sues Masimo, says the medical tech company “carefully studied Apple's IP” during its patent-infringement suit against Apple in order to make its W1 watch  —  Apple Inc sued medical technology company Masimo Corp in Delaware federal court on Thursday, accusing its new W1 line …



AdGuard: EasyList, a community-run filter list used by popular ad blockers, is being throttled by the YuZu browser; many ad blockers cannot download updates (Lewis Maddison/TechRadar)

Lewis Maddison / TechRadar:
AdGuard: EasyList, a community-run filter list used by popular ad blockers, is being throttled by the YuZu browser; many ad blockers cannot download updates  —  Access to popular filter list is being throttled  —  Audio player loading...  EasyList has been hit with a burst of highly unusual traffic …



Thursday, October 20, 2022

DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory proposal suggesting websites facilitating trading on decentralized exchanges should be regulated (Adam James/The Block)

Adam James / The Block:
DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory proposal suggesting websites facilitating trading on decentralized exchanges should be regulated  —  - Various individuals in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry are lambasting Sam Bankman-Fried after the FTX CEO shared …



Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K and i5-13600K review: improved V/F curve and more efficiency cores compared to Alder Lake and highly competitive with AMD Zen 4 (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech:
Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K and i5-13600K review: improved V/F curve and more efficiency cores compared to Alder Lake and highly competitive with AMD Zen 4  —  Today marks the release of Intel's 13th generation Core processor series, codenamed Raptor Lake.



A book excerpt details how the FBI failed to undertake fundamental reforms to combat cybercrime, including confronting escalating cyberthreats like ransomware (ProPublica)

ProPublica:
A book excerpt details how the FBI failed to undertake fundamental reforms to combat cybercrime, including confronting escalating cyberthreats like ransomware  —  In this excerpt from “The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World From Cybercrime,” …



Microsoft and mobile gaming: How Activision Blizzard deal may help the company to enter mobile gaming industry

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Silent Hill 2 remake announced: 10 things we know so far

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Meta's corporate development head to step down after 12 years

Meta's top executive Amin Zoufonoun, who led Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, has confirmed that he is leaving the tech giant after 12 years. https://ift.tt/VU87vFy

Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with 65+ publishers representing 130+ outlets, and will offer "a limited amount" of paywalled content for free (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with 65+ publishers representing 130+ outlets, and will offer “a limited amount” of paywalled content for free  —  Google has launched News Showcase in France, and it has teamed up with over 65 publishers representing over 130 publications …



Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using AirDrop, one of the few relatively untraceable methods for sharing files in China (Rachel Cheung/VICE)

Rachel Cheung / VICE:
Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using AirDrop, one of the few relatively untraceable methods for sharing files in China  —  “This is the first time I saw or received a medium of any kind that is critical of the current regime.”  —  RC



The Quest Pro is viable as a fun, albeit pricey, game console with impressive hardware but does not realize Meta's vision for VR as a place to be productive (Brian X. Chen/New York Times)

Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
The Quest Pro is viable as a fun, albeit pricey, game console with impressive hardware but does not realize Meta's vision for VR as a place to be productive  —  It's not what Mark Zuckerberg promises.  —  BURLINGAME, Calif. — Good news, readers: After using nearly every virtual reality headset …



Apple's new iPad lineup is a mess, with the M2 iPad Pro missing some of the advances in the low-end 10th-gen iPad and the 9th-gen iPad still available for sale (Jason Snell/Six Colors)

Jason Snell / Six Colors:
Apple's new iPad lineup is a mess, with the M2 iPad Pro missing some of the advances in the low-end 10th-gen iPad and the 9th-gen iPad still available for sale  —  On Tuesday morning, Apple announced new iPad and iPad Pro models via press release.  On their own, they are reasonable …



MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's, as the mobile chip designer bets on AI demand for growth (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia : MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's...