TECHNOLOGY
LG unveils colour-changing refrigerator with Bluetooth speaker
LG's 'MoodUp' refrigerator can customise the color of its LED door panels via LG's ThinQ application, with 22 different colours for the upper door panel and 19 colours for the lower section. It is fitted with a built-in Bluetooth speaker, and the LED panels change colors in sync with music, reports Yonhap news agency.
WhatsApp takes down over 23 lakh bad accounts in India in July
"In accordance with the IT Rules 2021, we've published our report for the month of July 2022. As captured in the latest monthly report, WhatsApp banned over 2.3 million accounts (2,387,000) in the month of July," a company spokesperson said.
Apple may use hybrid OLED tech for future iPads
The tech giant is hesitant to rely solely on the flexible OLED technology it employs in its iPhone models since the panels tend to "crumple", and the effect is more evident as displays get bigger, MacRumors reported citing The Elec. "When it became known that Apple plans to apply hybrid OLED to the first OLED iPad, the industry has assumed that the cause was cost reduction," the report said.
Discovery Plus rolls out UPI AutoPay feature in India
Streaming platform discovery+ (Discovery Plus) on Thursday announced that it is rolling out its brand-new feature of UPI AutoPay as a payment method in the Indian market in association with the National Payments Council of India (NPCI). The new feature, which supports automatic payments for recurring subscriptions, will be accessible on Android and direct web platforms, making it accessible for its new and existing users.
Tech can help solve some of India's biggest challenges: Microsoft President
Smith, who is in India this week, said the country can take a giant leap via world-class innovations that can help solve global issues. "I'm in India as the country celebrates 75 years of Independence. It's an exciting time to learn more about how technology can help solve some of India's biggest challenges -- and how India's innovation is shaping the future," tweeted Smith.
Meta building more paid features across its family of apps
According to The Verge, the new division is Meta's "first serious foray into building paid features across its main social apps". The group 'New Monetisation Experiences' will be headed by Pratiti Raychoudhury, former Meta's head of research, the report said late on Wednesday.
India's cyber agency now warns about bugs in Mozilla Firefox browser
The bugs in Mozilla Firefox browser could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, execute arbitrary code and cause denial of service attack on the targeted system, CERT-In said in its latest advisory. "These vulnerabilities exist in Mozilla Firefox due to abuse of XSLT error handling, cross-origin iframe referencing an XSLT document... that results in a use-after-free error and memory safety bugs within the browser engine," explained the cyber agency.
Next-gen iPhone SE may look same as iPhone XR
According to AppleInsider, the tech giant's expected fourth generation iPhone SE will effectively be a reworked iPhone XR. The prediction made by leaker Jon Prosser is most likely just a sensible extrapolation of Apple's prior designs for the iPhone SE, the report said. To produce the less expensive iPhone SE model, Apple likes to modify the hardware from previous models slightly.
New Nokia 2660 Flip launched at affordable price in India
Priced at Rs 4,699, the Nokia 2660 is available across online and offline stores in black, blue and red colour options. "The latest portfolio additions reaffirm HMD Global's commitment to ensuring everyone has access to innovation," Sanmeet Singh Kochhar, Vice President, HMD Global, India & MENA, said in a statement.
Trump's Truth Social app fails to get Google nod to arrive on Play Store
Google has notified Truth Social of "several violations of standard policies in their current app submission", reiterating that "having effective systems for moderating user-generated content is a condition of our terms of service for any app to go live on Google Play". Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) said in a statement that it has "no desire to litigate its business matters in the public sphere, but for the record, has promptly responded to all inquiries from Google".
Don't Miss
Advertisement