Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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

Google starts rolling out Chrome 91 version, fixes 32 vulnerabilities

Internet search giant Google has started rolling out a new software update for its web browser — Google Chrome — bringing it to version 91. The company has released Chrome 91 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux along with Chrome 91 (91.0.4472.77) for Android. Both these new versions are expected to roll out over the coming days or weeks. https://ift.tt/3ul01AL

Microsoft may launch next-generation of Windows soon

Microsoft is busy with its annual developer conference -- Microsoft Build 2021. The company announced new changes coming to Microsoft Teams at the conference. In case you are working for the company to reveal its big Windows plans at the event, then that will not happen. https://ift.tt/3oTWgkS

WhatsApp sues Centre, says new media rules mean end to privacy: Report

WhatsApp has filed a legal complaint in Delhi against the government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel the California-based Facebook unit to break privacy protections, sources said. https://ift.tt/3i0YBsu

SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting with three local health centers (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)

Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters : SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting w...