Sunday, November 24
Relatives of over 60 children and teens who overdosed on fentanyl in the US have sued Snapchat parent Snap. The lawsuit alleges that Snapchat facilitated illegal drug deals and ignored evidence of drug dealers on their platform. The Social Media Victims Law Center is representing the families in the lawsuit, aiming to hold social media companies legally accountable.
Google has introduced a Tracking Protection feature on Chrome to enhance browsing safety and security. About 1% of Chrome users will receive a notification to try this feature. It restricts access to third-party cookies, known as trackers that monitor users' browsing activity across websites. These cookies enable advertisers to display relevant ads. Google plans to phase out third-party cookies for all users by the second half of 2024. This move is part of Google's efforts to prioritize user privacy while still providing relevant ads.
Google, through its subsidiary Telus International, paid Canadian parents $50 per child to collect video footage of their children's faces for age verification purposes. The project ran from November 2023 to January 2024, raising concerns about children's privacy and consent. The collected data includes eyelid shape, skin tone, and facial geometry. Experts and advocates argue that Google should obtain explicit consent from children and be more transparent about data usage. Google defends the project, stating its commitment to responsible and ethical facial recognition technology, and assures privacy protections and data deletion options for participants.
This article discusses how to remove PDF passwords on different devices such as Android, iPhone, Google Chrome, and Mac. For Windows devices, you can follow similar steps. Open the PDF file using a compatible browser, enter the password, click on Print, and choose 'Save as PDF' as the destination. Save the file to remove the password. By following these platform-specific steps, you can efficiently remove passwords from PDF files after viewing them, making it more convenient for subsequent use.
Microsoft is planning to remove WordPad from future versions of Windows. The latest build of Windows 11 in Canary channel no longer comes with pre-installed WordPad. This change aligns with Microsoft's plan to depreciate WordPad in future versions. Microsoft Word is recommended for rich text documents, while Windows Notepad is suggested for plain text documents. Users have plenty of alternatives, such as LibreOffice, Microsoft Notepad, Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Zoho Docs, and WPS Office, to seamlessly transition from WordPad.
Vivo has officially launched the Vivo X100 and X100 Pro smartphones. The X100 series is designed and made in India, with a focus on enhancing smartphone photography. The Pro version has a Sun Halo design and features a 50MP triple camera setup with ZEISS main camera and ZEISS APO Floating Telephoto Camera. The X100 Pro also offers multifocal imaging for portrait shots and three shooting modes - Vivid, Zeiss, and Textured. It runs Android 13, has up to 16GB of RAM, and a 5400mAh battery with 100W charging support.
Instagram DM allows users to edit sent messages within a certain time window. Messages show an 'Edited' tag. However, there is a workaround to prevent others from knowing if a message has been edited. Follow these steps: navigate to the chat window, long-press and copy the message, delete the message, paste it back, make the change, and send again. Instagram does not notify if a message has been deleted. Note that there is a time limit for deleting messages, and the process won't work after that.
Fidelity devalues X shares by 71.5%. Musk overpaid for Twitter, admits in email to employees. Twitter's value drops 55% since acquisition.
Airtel services are down for some users across the country, as reported by several users on X and DownDetector. The network issues include problems with mobile internet, landline internet, and signal. The outage started at 4:18 pm and is ongoing. Around 46% of users face smartphone internet issues, while 36% have problems with landline internet. Airtel has not responded to the outage yet. TOI Tech team did not experience any internet issues on their smartphones.
Zomato, Swiggy, and Blinkit significantly increased orders during the New Year celebrations. Deepinder Goyal, CEO of Zomato, announced on his X.com (formerly Twitter) that the platform had achieved the highest daily deliveries. Swiggy had more than one million active users on the app every hour, delivering more orders per minute than any other day. Swiggy's CEO, Rohit Kapoor, said the New Year event had seen 1.6 times more orders than the Cricket World Cup Final between India and Australia on November 19, 2023.
