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The list is topped by Facebook, followed by Instagram, Tinder, and others – sucking more personal data than usual to learn better about their users. The report is also surprising with many household apps known to take less data for their operations. Facebook is a Data Hungry App Data collection is a regulated practice, often scrutinized by various laws and experts. Yet, companies are caught collecting unnecessary data and face hefty penalties....

Flaws in the cache system? The research team claims to be notifying AMD about three vulnerabilities back in August 2019, but the maker didn’t address them yet. The new potential attacks will be targeting a feature called L1D cache way predictor, a CPU performance related function that deals with how the cached data is processed within memory. This was present in all those AMD chips, which has Bulldozer microarchitecture and produced from 2011....

The first version of the Android 12 Beta is available for a range of smartphones and has tons of new features and design changes. All can be learned here; Android 12 Beta 1 Records and Features While Google is gearing up to launch the second version of Android 12 Beta, the first version has hit an important milestone already. This is to become the most downloaded/installed Beta version in the history of Android – as revealed by Dave Burke, vice president of Android projects....

Android Worm Infecting WhatsApp Since WhatsApp is the largest instant messenger today, it’s no wonder that most of the threat actors are preying on it. A new WhatsApp worm was discovered by a security researcher named Lukas Stefanko, who demonstrated it, showing the infection and its code pulled from reverse engineering. The campaign starts with a message being received from a known contact or an unknown number. The message reads as “Download this application and Win a Lovely Phone” with a URL to the said application....

This includes Apple too, as confirmed by the company’s global marketing head today. Apple has already released the latest iPad with a USB-C port, and analysts say that the next iPhone series will come with a USB-C port as well. iPhones With USB-C Port We all knew this would come one day when Apple would be forced to use the USB-C port for its devices – pertaining to the formulating law by European Union....

While the Arizona plant is still under construction, Apple is trying hard to source materials from non-China-based entities as much as possible, so it can be more flexible and less dependent on rival nations of the US. Sourcing Chips For Apple Products The semiconductor sector is one of the many industries that grew rapidly in demand during the pandemic. This led several governments to pump money into developing their own plants while also encouraging the existing entities to increase their capacity....

Hyundai May Manufacture Apple’s Electric Cars A Korean local media has initially reported that Apple has approached Hyundai to make its electric cars in the future. This news has pushed Hyundai’s share price in the local exchange to go up by up to 25%, which added $9 billion to its market cap and $2 billion to the royal Hyundai family. While Apple didn’t make any comment on this news yet, Hyundai has shared that it’s in initial talks with Apple, and later revised the statement saying it’s been approached by multiple companies for making their electric cars, and didn’t specifically mention Apple in it....

Apple Unplugs Fortnite Creator Account Just a week ago, Epic warned all iOS and macOS users that, soon they would not be able to update Fortnite game after 28th August. John Voorhees, the Managing Editor of MacStories, shared this news on Twitter. He also said that App Store is highing PUBG, the Competitor of Fortnite. Also, this fight has gotten very petty. Today’s featured app? PUBG https://t.co/evp2R6qRxC pic.twitter.com/2vyRj6Oy1U — John Voorhees (@johnvoorhees) August 28, 2020 Earlier, this month, Apple and Epics legal fight started....

Removal of Unlicensed Gaming Apps? Tech firms as Huawei are spoiling amidst the cold war between China and the US. Thus, every corp that’s trying to survive has to soothe the regulators by obeying all their demands. Apple’s doing the same by barring unlicensed gaming app developers in China to house their apps in China’s iOS store. This move would drop at least one-third of nearly 60,000 apps next month if not complied....

All 6 laptops include agile and durable materials, “Robust multi-layered security”, a built-in ethernet port and a few health protection features like Asus antibacterial guard and TUV Rheinland certified display. ExpertBook B2 Laptop Series: Specs & Features The ExpertBook B2 Series is available in 14-inch/15.6-inch display sizes and flip/clamshell options. It gives businesses a wide choice of solutions to meet their needs. The laptops are powered by Intel Core vPro i3-i7 processors....

There’s a lot to unearth here. So, let’s get straight into the details. Asus ROG Phone 5 specs, features, and accessories ALSO READ: Samsung Galaxy Awesome Unpacked event to be held on March 17; Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A72 could debut As already mentioned, there are three variants this time around namely Asus ROG Phone 5, Asus ROG Phone 5 Pro, and Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate. Here are the differences between the three: ALSO READ: Moto G30 Review...

Editor’s Rating- 4/5 Display Performance Gaming Battery Top-notch gaming performanceGorgeous OLED screenDelightful secondary screen for creative work High octane processor Small trackpadNot so impressive battery lifeNot so travel-friendly charger I got my hands on the laptop for the purpose of reviewing and testing it to the extremes. One thing which I must quote at the very beginning is that Asus has worked seriously on elements like screen size, high audio quality, enhanced internal components and whatnot....

The overall winner of this report is handed to AT&T, as it topped in most cases. This was followed by Verizon and T-Mobile. Analytics are calculated in various means like accessibility, speed, data, call, text, etc. Here’s more in detail; Best Telecom in H2 2021 The report from RootMetrics is collected from all the 50 states across the US, in over 125 of the nation’s most populated metropolitan areas. Using the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, RootMetrics has conducted over 3 million tests daily and night while walking and driving modes to produce the State of the Mobile Union report....

List of iOS 15 Compatible devices iPhone 13 entire seriesiPhone 12 entire seriesiPhone 11iPhone 11 ProiPhone 11 Pro MaxiPhone XSiPhone XiPhone XS MaxiPhone XRiPhone 8iPhone 8 plusiPhone 7iPhone 7 plusiPhone 6SiPhone 6S PlusiPhone SE However, before updating your iPhone with iOS 15, you need to keep these things in mind. Check whether your phone is compatible with iOS 15. If your iPhone will be compatible, then you will find an update available by going into the settings option....

Best Disney+ Hotstar Shows to Binge Right Now Mare of Eastown If we said Kate Winslet was the show’s best aspect, we would be undermining its powerful themes in the process. The character played by Winslet is so brilliantly developed that it almost obscures how well the show tackles coping with burdens of responsibility, leaving loved ones behind, and what unprocessed grief can do. With the typical crime investigation arc used to further explore the more enormous scope of a mystery, the result is an exceptional series....

Though Apple said it’s preparing to appeal this decision, the company may most likely lose this battle as in the past. Earlier, Apple’s environmental reasons for not including a power adapter with iPhones were quashed by the Brazilian ministry, and they were forced to follow their rules. Penalizing Apple in Brazil Since 2020, Apple has started selling iPhones without power adapters (charging bricks) – citing environmental reasons! The company has long been advocating that it could save hundreds of thousands of tons of copper, zinc, and other materials by not shipping charges with all the iPhones....

Pei had left OnePlus in 2020, post which he launched Nothing ear 1 in July last year. Nothing India’s VP had mentioned that the company is working on expanding its portfolio with 5 products in the coming years. This teased smartphone might be a step in that direction. ALSO READ: Free Fire Banned in India: Can You Still Play Using VPN? ALSO READ: Realme 9 Pro+ & 9 Pro Launched: Here are Specs, Price Details, Sale Date & Discount Offers Although we don’t know anything about this Nothing smartphone, if Nothing ear 1 is anything to go by, we might see a unique design coupled with aggressive pricing in markets like India....

Starting with a few, this feature will be available to both Android and iOS gradually. Although, the platform clarified it won’t be a true black background, a velvety one instead. This is to help the night birds not to strain much and also to save the battery a bit. Dark Mode in Clubhouse Just a couple of years ago, a new social platform called Clubhouse had made rounds in the tech community with a popular offering – audio-only chat rooms....

Coil Leaks Users Email Addresses The Coil is a micro-payments platform supported by Ripple and is more like Flatter. It rewards content creators for drawing traffic and adds a source of income to them. The company has updated its “Privacy Policy” yesterday, which was notified to users through bulk email, which had a “human error,” causing the CEO to apologize soon. It’s seen that the bulk email notifications regarding the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy update sent to users have included the email addresses of others in the CC section....

To uncomplicate things for buyers, we have decided to compare the OnePlus 9R, Vivo X60, Asus ROG Phone 5, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE on the basis of the specs, features, design, and more. So let’s start with pricing: OnePlus 9 vs vivo X60 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S20FE 5G vs Asus ROG Phone 5: price in India All of them are priced quite similarly but Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G is currently the cheapest of them all....