IT&Software
Google says tech error caused search problems, not political bias
Sundar Pichai , CEO of Google, in December 2018 told a House committee the company did not 'manually intervene on any search result'. In the wake of July 15th's massive Twitter hack , Google temporarily removed the Twitter carousel from results in search , probably to make sure that the bitcoin scams being tweeted by verified celebrities weren't parroted in search results. [Full Article...]
Windows 10X and the Surface Neo, delayed for 2021 and 2022 respectively
As an alternative, it is thought support for Universal Windows Platform apps and web apps will be provided initially, though support for Win32 apps may still be provided by taking advantage of Microsoft's Cloud PC virtualization service, albeit in 2022 or later. [Full Article...]
Facebook presents new personal privacy settings for Messenger
First, the new App Lock feature will allow you to use fingerprint or face authentication to lock the Messenger app . Instead, Facebook said in June App Lock was only being offered to a small percentage of Messenger users on iOS. Finally, Facebook confirmed that it's working on additional ways to protect Messenger users such as blurring images in message requests folder, a feature that comes in ha... [Full Article...]
Windows 10X May Not Arrive Until 2021
Citing multiple sources, Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft has delayed Windows 10X to Spring 2021 and won't rollout a dual-screen version until 2022. Failure automatically plays after installing Windows 10 May update , and the Disk Cleanup Tool is supposed to start automatically, which technically already renders the operating system useless without being able to restart. [Full Article...]
New Products Inspired by Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Landing at Target
Well don't forget that Oculus and ILMxLAB are developing Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge with new details now confirmed to arrive next Tuesday, 28th July. Currently, Disneyland fans who want to visit Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge are missing their favorite part of the park, as the Anaheim Resort remains closed due to COVID-19. [Full Article...]
‘Farmer’ Salman Khan shares video; says ‘rice plantation done’
It is reported that the hunt for participants who will feature in BB 14 is on in full swing. Just like past year, this season too Salman Khan will don the host's hat for the controversial show. All his parts from the show will be shot at his farmhouse. In one of such events, Salman posted a video much to the excitement of his fans. Prior to this video, where he is ploughing the land, surro... [Full Article...]
Google will prevent phones with 2GB RAM from using full Android 11
Android Go was launched in 2017 to be run on Android devices with low resources such as low RAM and Storage. On top of that, phones with 512 MB RAM will no longer qualify for preloading GMS, effectively meaning they have reach the end of their support. [Full Article...]
Seoul builds up defenses with first military satellite
Despite 30 minutes of weather delays, the Falcon 9 launched at 5:30pm eastern time. This also breaks the overall turnaround record for an orbital rocket, previously held by Space Shuttle Atlantis . The fairing halves don't have any propellant systems to control their landing like the Falcon 9 first stages do - instead, they're slowed via parachutes, meaning there's a bigger reliance on the... [Full Article...]