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WhatsApp feature allowing users to transfer their chat history from iOS to Android devices.

WhatsApp may soon allow chat history migration from Android to iOS

The feature, which is said to be under development, was spotted in WhatsApp’s new beta build for iOS and could be made available to users in a future update.

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OneWeb and Hughes to provide satellite broadband connections across India

Abhishek Chatterjee

Twitter brings NFT profile picture feature

Ishan Patra The feature is initially available to Twitter Blue subscribers using the iOS app.

The Walkie talkie provides an instant push-to-talk button for communication in the team

Teams can now help users find their misplaced device

Abhishek Chatterjee The Walkie Talkie app in teams that was announced by Microsoft two years back is now available on all iOS mobile devices like iPhones and iPads, and also in Android mobile devices.

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An app in Google Play was found to send users’ contacts to an attacker-controlled server

Android app found to exfiltrate users' contact list

Abhishek Chatterjee To make it difficult to be removed, the application has the capability to hide its icon once installed.

Attacks began to increase over the last two months in more than 96 countries, including India Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Botnet hijacking hundreds of crypto transactions in India: report

Sowmya Ramasubramanian The bot has attacked 969 transactions and has stolen crypto assets worth almost $0.5 million.

Google Voice lets users create rules for phone calls.

Google Voice lets users create rules for phone calls

Aditya Saroha While Google Voice has a call forwarding feature, the new update allows users to set up a rule that can forward calls from a contact to any of the linked numbers.

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Facebook wins conditional EU antitrust nod for Kustomer deal

Clubhouse chatrooms of hate and misogyny

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Krsna’s single ‘Odathey Oliyathey’ to premiere at Chennai couple’s metaverse wedding

Three U.S. states, D.C. sue Google over location-tracking

China targets celebrities, fan groups in new month-long clean up campaign

WhatsApp may soon allow chat history migration from Android to iOS

OneWeb and Hughes to provide satellite broadband connections across India

The company has planned to connect towns, villages, local and regional municipalities in the hardest-to-reach areas outside the reach of fibre connectivity.

Twitter says two security team leaders leaving company

The shakeup comes after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as chief executive in November, handing the reins to top deputy Parag Agrawal.

Twitter brings NFT profile picture feature

The feature is initially available to Twitter Blue subscribers using the iOS app.

Muhurtam in the metaverse? This Chennai couple’s wedding reception is moving into the future

Despite the futuristic world of a metaverse, this Chennai couple’s upcoming wedding reception has an old-fashioned focus on family

Chinese regulator denies issuing guidelines on internet giants’ investments, fundraisings

Such rules would intensify the oversight from China’s increasingly assertive regulators, who have over the past year reined in formerly freewheeling internet giants in areas from dealmaking to their handling of user data.

Facebook critics call for release of India human rights review

The social media company, which is now called Meta, faces increasing scrutiny over its handling of abuses on its services, particularly after whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked internal documents.

Google aims to improve spotty enforcement of children’s ads policy

Google advertising rivals such as Facebook and Microsoft either ban many categories of age-sensitive ads altogether or have put the onus on advertisers to target their ads in ways that limit exposure to minors.

Teams can now help users find their misplaced device

The Walkie Talkie app in teams that was announced by Microsoft two years back is now available on all iOS mobile devices like iPhones and iPads, and also in Android mobile devices.

Twitter’s feature to flag misleading tweets expands to more countries

The California-based firm had started testing the feature in August last year to curb misinformation on its social media platform.

Web3: A vision for the future

What is the model based on? How is it different from the prevailing system of operation?

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

The original, redacted lawsuit, filed in December 2021, accused Google of “anti-competitive conduct” and of teaming up with the social networking giant

Clubhouse brings support for web listening

The web listening feature, which will initially support replays and live rooms with replays enabled, does not require the listener to download the app or log in.

Govt. blocks several social media handles circulating ‘fake/inciting content’

Owners of these accounts are being identified for action under the law IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

CCI orders Google inquiry after news publishers complain

In its order, the CCI said Google dominates certain online search services in the country and may have imposed unfair conditions on news publishers.

Trump’s Truth Social app to launch in February

The social media platform, which is “expected” to be launched on February 21, is currently available for pre-order on the App Store.

Instagram tests chronological feed options

In a video, Mosseri showed changes to the core feed and how users can choose from the three different feeds.

Wordle: What’s the appeal?

Wordle is the new online word game that everyone is playing.

The algorithms that fuel OTTs

As the holiday season sees us binging more content on OTTs, we break down how omnipresent algorithms keep us watching more

Zoom acquires Liminal’s software assets to enhance virtual events offerings

Two of the firm’s co-founders, Andy Carluccio and Jonathan Kokotajlo, will also join Zoom, it confirmed.

The Log4j vulnerability

What is Log4j? How will the security concerns surrounding the software be resolved?

NFT of world’s first text message sold for €132,680

Proceeds from the auction will go to the UN Refugee Agency to support forcibly displaced people, according to Vodafone.

Google Voice lets users create rules for phone calls

While Google Voice has a call forwarding feature, the new update allows users to set up a rule that can forward calls from a contact to any of the linked numbers.

Social media app Parler plans to expand into NFTs

Parler was launched in 2018 as a social-media site, styling itself as a free-speech space for those seeking an alternative to major platforms such as Facebook Inc and Twitter.

Russian businessman, others made millions in insider trading through hacking: U.S.

The scheme in total netted at least $82.5 million from 2018 to 2020, the SEC said in a related lawsuit.

Google’s YouTube TV reaches deal to restore access to Disney channels

YouTube earlier this month struck a multi-year pact with streaming platform Roku Inc to distribute YouTube’s flagship app and TV service, ending a months-long battle over accusations of anti-competitive conduct.

Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content

Facebook parent Meta, along with Alphabet's Google , faces a court case next week for suspected repeated violations of Russian legislation on content and could be fined a percentage of its annual revenue in Russia.

Botnet hijacking hundreds of crypto transactions in India: report

The bot has attacked 969 transactions and has stolen crypto assets worth almost $0.5 million.

Android app found to exfiltrate users' contact list

To make it difficult to be removed, the application has the capability to hide its icon once installed.

Google smart-city spinoff folding over founder's health

Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff said Thursday he's leaving the company focused on urban planning technology because he “very likely” has ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Spyware find highlights depth of hacker-for-hire industry

The researchers said in a report that the intrusions highlight how “hacking civil society transcends any specific mercenary spyware company.”

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has book deal

Haugen's prominence has been cited as a sign of a rising wave of Big Tech whistleblowers.

Melania Trump launches new NFT venture

The first NFT, named "Melania's Vision", is a watercolor art by artist Marc-Antoine Coulon, and "embodies Melania's cobalt blue eyes", according to a statement issued by Melania Trump's office.

Russia fines Twitter, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok over banned content

Meta, along with Alphabet's Google, faces a court case later this month for suspected repeated violations of Russian legislation on content and could be fined a percentage of its annual revenue in Russia.

Meta expands bug bounty programme to include data scraping

The company, formerly known as Facebook, said it will reward researchers who report data scraping even if the data they target is public.

Wikipedia co-founder’s computer, NFT of first edit sells for about $1 million

Wales used his personal computer, a Strawberry iMac, during Wikipedia’s launch on January 15, 2001.

Amazon's AWS recovers from brief outage affecting third-party services

AWS's dashboard that logs outages showed that it had resolved the issue affecting internet connectivity to the Oregon and northern California regions.

Reddit confidentially files to go public

Reddit had roughly 52 million daily active users and over 100,000 communities, or "sub-reddits," as of October last year.

Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eventually be fired

Employees had until December 3 to declare their vaccination status

WhatsApp lets users preview voice message before sending

The update comes after the Meta-owned platform rolled out new privacy measures.

YouTube says services fixed after disruption affects thousands

YouTube experienced 65 outages over the past 12 months, according to web tool reviewing website ToolTester.

YouTuber Mythpat: We are called ‘influencers’ for a reason

Having won a Streamy for International Creator of the Year, Mumbai-based Mithilesh Patankar AKA Mythpat speaks on the future of gaming content creation, while reflecting upon his milestones and challenges

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