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WhatsApp may extend 'delete for everyone' time limit window
The 'delete for everyone' option was rolled out in 2017 and initially had a time limit of seven seconds that later got extended to 4,096 seconds in 2018. Now, As per a WaBetaInfo report, the time limit for using the 'delete for everyone' feature may be increased to an indefinite period. The publication even shared a screenshot where it showcased that a message from three months ago was still eligible to get deleted for both people.
Clubhouse adds support for 5 Indian languages
The company announced that it is rolling out support for Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Other languages added as part of the localisation feature include French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Spanish. The language support will be available to Android users only and will soon be rolled out for iOS users across the world.
4 in 5 firms say staying ahead of hackers 'a constant battle'
More than half (55 per cent) of large companies globally are not effectively stopping cyber-attacks, finding and fixing breaches quickly, or reducing the impact of breaches, according to research from global professional services company Accenture. "Our analysis reveals that organisations too often focus solely on business outcomes at the expense of cybersecurity, creating greater risk. While getting the balance right isn't easy, those who have a clear view of the threat landscape and a strong alignment on business priorities and outcomes achieve greater levels of cyber resilience," Kelly Bissell, who leads Accenture Security globally, said.
Lenovo leads global PC market in Q3, Apple 2nd
Apple remained in second place with modest growth of 5 per cent for total shipments of 23 million units. HP felt the impact of supply constraints, with a 6 per cent decline in annual shipments and at the fourth place, Dell saw a stellar 27 per cent increase in shipments and a nearly 3 per cent increase in market share, according to latest data from market research form Canalys.
Microsoft Edge for Linux now generally available for all users
Those who are running preview builds of Edge on Linux can get the latest stable version by running the sudo apt install microsoft-edge-stable command. Users new to Edge on Linux, for them the installer is now available on Microsoft's website. With the release of Edge for Linux to the stable channel, Edge is now available on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and Linux.
Microsoft gives customers access to OpenAI's powerful language model
OpenAI, an AI research and deployment company, introduced its groundbreaking ‘GPT-3' natural language model platform last year. Microsoft will also offer Azure OpenAI Service customers new tools to help ensure outputs that the model returns are appropriate for their businesses, and it will monitor how people are employing the technology to help ensure it's being used for its intended purposes.
Beats discontinues Powerbeats, Solo Pro, EP headphones
According to MacRumors, all three products are no longer available directly from Apple's online storefront and the Beats by Dre website. The brand launched Solo Pro in 2019 as the first Solo headphones with Active Noise Cancellation and Powerbeats were introducedA in 2020 with a design inspired by Powerbeats Pro.
Microsoft connecting people, places via metaverse: Satya Nadella
"As the digital and physical worlds come together, we are creating an entirely new platform layer, which is the metaverse," Nadella said during the company's annual 'Ignite 2021' conference. "We're bringing people, places and things together with the digital world, in both the consumer space as well as in the enterprise," he added.
Microsoft unveils Mesh tech for video chat app Teams
With this technology people can join virtual meetings, send chats, collaborate on shared documents and more. Now, everyone in a meeting can be present without being physically present, using personalised avatars and immersive spaces that can be accessed from any device, with no special equipment needed.
Instagram letting people publicly participate in Stories
According to Engadget, the company describes it as a way to create public threads in Stories. It also notes that it is the first time Instagram has added a way for people to publicly participate in the format. Effectively, the sticker acts as both a prompt for other people to upload their own Stories and a way for them to discover new people to follow.
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