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Now mute, message participants in WhatsApp group voice call
Now, when someone new joins a group voice call and is offscreen, you will see a banner notification saying, "X joined the call". "This way, you will know when a new person joins and who they are, even if you are on a big call and the person is not one of the names fixed on your screen," said the company. The users can now mute others on a group voice call.
Samsung to unveil Galaxy F13 in India on June 22
The company said that the pre-launch website is now live. "Samsung's popular Galaxy F series offers unprecedented style and experience to the aspirational Gen Z and consumers while delivering segment-best features," the company said in a statement. "After Galaxy F23's success earlier this year, Galaxy F13 is the second addition to the F series in 2022," it added.
One-third top US hospitals' websites sent patient data to Facebook: Report
About 33 of the top 100 hospitals in the US are sending sensitive patient data to Facebook, now known as Meta, via a tracking tool installed on their websites, according to a media report. Whenever a person schedules a doctor's appointment, the tracker called the Meta Pixel sends Facebook data -- which includes details of medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor's appointments, The Markup reported.
iMessage edit, unsend features in iOS 16 spark concerns about abuse
This year, at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2022, the tech giant announced a few new features coming to iMessage in iOS 16. According to AppleInsider, the first would be the ability to edit recently sent messages, allowing senders to fix typos they may not have noticed by the time they hit send. The second was the ability to "unsend" messages and delete them entirely from a conversation.
Microsoft Defender now available for individuals, families
The 'Microsoft Defender' app is now available to Microsoft 365 personal and family subscribers, across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. The company is including Defender for individuals for no additional charge to Microsoft 365 family and personal subscribers. Existing subscribers can download the app and sign-in with their personal Microsoft accounts.
Dogecoin crypto investor sues Elon Musk for $258 bn in US
A class-action lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in Manhattan, and the Dogecoin investor called for triple the damages of $86 billion, which is how much the plaintiff alleges has been lost by Dogecoin investors since Musk started tweeting about it, reports TechCrunch. Currently, Dogecoin cryptocurrency has tumbled from its high of nearly $0.74 to just over $0.05 in recent days.
Musk's behaviour a source of distraction & embarrassment: SpaceX employees
"As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX, every Tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company. It is critical to make clear to our teams and to our potential talent pool that his messaging does not reflect our work, our mission, or our values," the SpaceX employees wrote.
Musk wants Twitter to be more like WeChat, to allow 'outrageous' comments
Musk told Twitter employees that the platform needs to become more like WeChat and TikTok if it wants to achieve his goal of reaching one billion users. "There's no WeChat equivalent outside of China. You basically live on WeChat in China. If we can recreate that with Twitter, we'll be a great success," he told Twitter staff via a virtual meeting late on Thursday.
Elon Musk hints layoffs at Twitter in future
When asked about the possibility of layoffs during an internal Q&A, Musk said "Right now costs exceed revenue," citing employees, The Verge reported. "That's not a great situation," he added. The question of layoffs has been top of mind for Twitter's more than 7,000 employees since Musk first said he wanted to buy the company. Meanwhile, he also said that employees doing "excellent" work should be allowed to continue working from home.
Indian cyber agency alerts users of multiple bugs in Adobe products
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on Thursday issued an advisory over multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe products that could help hackers infiltrate into computer systems. The bugs were reported in Adobe products like InDesign (along with earlier versions for Windows and macOS), InCopy, Illustrator, Bridge and Animate (and earlier versions for Windows and macOS).
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