Wednesday, November 2, 2022

How to enable WhatsApp security code notifications on Android, iOS and web

In an end-to-end encrypted chat, you can enable security notifications to get alerts whenever the security code for a contact's phone changes. Each device where you want to receive notifications needs to have the setting enabled. You can enable security code notifications for desktop, iOS, and Android devices. Here’s how you can do it. https://ift.tt/0DQYXzK

China's Zhengzhou industrial park, where Foxconn makes iPhones, begins a weeklong lockdown to counteract the "severe and complicated" spread of COVID-19 (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:
China's Zhengzhou industrial park, where Foxconn makes iPhones, begins a weeklong lockdown to counteract the “severe and complicated” spread of COVID-19  —  HONG KONG—The industrial park where Foxconn Technology Group's iPhone assembly plant is struggling to maintain production amid …



Google plans to roll out parental controls for Assistant, including disabling features, restricting services, and setting downtimes hours, in the "coming weeks" (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Google plans to roll out parental controls for Assistant, including disabling features, restricting services, and setting downtimes hours, in the “coming weeks”  —  Kids love to use smart speakers, but it's all too easy for things to go horribly wrong — including content that's decidedly not family-friendly.



Apple undecided on display technology, size of upcoming iPhone SE 4: Report

Apple unveiled iPhone 14 series earlier this year and reports suggest that the Cupertino-based technology giant is working on an affordable iPhone SE 4. The smartphone is rumoured to sport iPhone XR-like design. However, it seems Apple is yet to decide on the display technology and size of this iPhone model. https://ift.tt/7jCLmc1

Toronto-based TouchBistro, which offers payments tools for restaurants globally, raised CA$150M led by Francisco Partners, bringing its funding to ~CA$433M (Keerthi Vedantam/Crunchbase News)

Keerthi Vedantam / Crunchbase News:
Toronto-based TouchBistro, which offers payments tools for restaurants globally, raised CA$150M led by Francisco Partners, bringing its funding to ~CA$433M  —  TouchBistro, a restaurant point-of-sale system, announced on Tuesday it nabbed $110 million (CAD $150 million) …



Netflix begins rolling out its Basic with Ads tier; sources say licensing negotiations with Disney, Comcast, Sony, Warner Bros., and Lions Gate are ongoing (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Netflix begins rolling out its Basic with Ads tier; sources say licensing negotiations with Disney, Comcast, Sony, Warner Bros., and Lions Gate are ongoing  —  Disney, NBCU and Sony are among the companies still negotiating licensing with the streaming service



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...