The device, dubbed as the P68/ Dulcimer, is an early prototype of the original iPod that debuted way back in October 2001. So, on the day of its 20th anniversary earlier last week, Panic shared various images of the product in a blog post. And later, Tony Fadell, who invented the iPod under the leadership of Steve Jobs, confirmed that it is indeed an early prototype of the original iPod via a tweet....
Apple Announces App Store Changes US developers who have earned $1 million or less through the US version of the App Store every year within June 4, 2015 and April 26, 2021 are eligible for the fund. This accounts for 99 percent or approximately 67,000 developers in the U.S, says Apple. According to Apple, developers can now communicate alternate purchase options with users outside of their iOS app. This includes methods like email....
Yesterday, the Cupertino giant released an official support document addressing the issue. As per Apple’s document, “a very small number of customers with 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro computers have experienced an issue with the battery not charging past 1%.” For these users, the battery health status on their devices will now show “Service Recommended”. If it shows that the battery health is “Normal”, then the battery is not affected by the issue....
An All-Glass Floating Dome Located in the Marina Bay area of Singapore, the Apple Marina Bay Sands store sits on the waters of the bay and it looks like the entire store is floating. Termed as “Apple’s most ambitious retail project”, this Apple Store is essentially a first-of-its-kind, all-glass dome that is capable of supporting itself. This entire dome contains 114 glass pieces connected with each other by just 10 narrow vertical bars....
Now, if you are unaware, Apple brought MagSafe to iPhones with the introduction of the iPhone 12 series. As a result, the Cupertino giant integrated a ton of magnets in a circular array inside these new devices to make them work with compatible MagSafe accessories (that also contain magnets aligned in a similar way). So, according to recent reports, Apple has recently updated a support document that informs users about the potential effects of the magnets inside its MagSafe-supported devices and the MagSafe accessories....
Now, with that out of the way, let’s get to the products, shall we? Budget Laptops (Under Rs 50,000) Chromebooks Premium Laptop (Above Rs 60,000) Gaming Laptops
Researchers Discover Way to Cure Cancer! The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the US recently performed a clinical trial for a possible, non-invasive anti-cancer drug in a small group of 12 patients. The patients were reportedly at the same stage of rectal cancer. Cancer had not been spread to their other organs. As part of the clinical trial, led by Dr. Luis Diaz and Dr. Andrea Cercek of the MSK Cancer Center, the patients took an immunodeficiency drug called Dostarlimab, which contains lab-made molecules acting as substitute antibodies in cancer patients....
The report cites recent filings found at the UK Intellectual Property Office, dated 6th January. They reveal that Rubin has passed the ownership of Essential over to Nothing Technology Limited. The application was filed in early November, merely a month after Pei confirmed he is leaving OnePlus. The filing confirms that Pei’s Nothing company owns all of the trademarks, logo, and other brand assets of the Essential brand. You can see the list of trademarks owned by Nothing via this link right here....
The audio-hacking duo, CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski, started using AI to create never-ending music streams on YouTube. The hackers launched this as a project named “Dadabots” and use a recurrent neural network (RNN) to create live streams on never-ending music. So, Dadabots’ recent live stream is an “infinite bass solo” which they created using two hours of bass improvisations by popular YouTuber and bassist, Adam Neely. You can check out the live stream right below....
The feature builds on quiet notification permission UI introduced in Chrome 80. With Chrome 84, Google started auto-enrolling websites with abusive notification permission requests. In Chrome 86, the browser blocks requests if a website is known to abuse notifications in order to spread malware or make a phishing attempt. Users will have to explicitly click on the Allow button to permit notifications on such websites. Image: Google “Abusive notification prompts are one of the top user complaints we receive about Chrome....
Tab Search Keeping up with its promise when the company released Chrome 87, Chrome OS 87 brings Tab Search to Chromebooks. With this feature, users can click on the drop-down button present at the top right corner of the browser to search all open tabs. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+A to access the Tab Search box. Image: Google Bluetooth Battery Level in Settings Starting with Chrome OS 87, users can easily check the battery levels of their connected Bluetooth devices such as headphones, TWS earbuds, and more right from the Quick Settings or Settings menu....
The Galaxy Buds Live was launched for Rs. 14,999 alongside the Galaxy Note 20 series. It has since been discounted down to Rs. 5,990 on Samsung’s website. But during the Flipkart festive sale, this pair of ANC TWS earbuds is selling for as low as Rs. 4,500. Yeah, that’s a mind-boggling 70% discount over the original launch price. How can you avail this offer? Well, the Galaxy Buds Live has been marked down to Rs....
Now, before going to the wallpapers themselves, it is worth mentioning that the new wallpapers were discovered in the Google Wallpaper Images app on the Pixel 6 Pro by an anonymous XDA Developers source. As per XDA, the source that had acquired the wallpapers also shared information about the Pixel 6 hardware and the Google Tensor chip previously. Now, coming to the wallpapers, there are 15 of them. All of them are pictures of plants and are taken by photographer Andrew Zuckerman....
Elon Musk Buys 9.2% Stake in Twitter Elon Musk now owns 73,486,938 shares in Twitter, making him the company’s largest shareholder. As of Friday’s market closing price, Musk’s stake in Twitter is worth almost $2.89 billion. Unsurprisingly, Twitter’s share prices raised about 26% in premarket trading after the regulatory filing was released. According to the regulatory filing published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk purchased Twitter’s shares three weeks before on March 14....
Google’s Plan for Child Safety on the Internet The Mountain View giant recently published an official blog post, detailing some of the policy changes and new features that it will introduce for minors over the coming days. The company will bring significant changes to various of its products such as Search, YouTube, Assistant, and more. For starters, Google will introduce a new policy that will enable anyone under the age of 18, or their parent or guardian, to request the removal of their images from Google Image results....
Fastboot Not Working on Windows 10/ 11? Here are the Fixes! (July 2022) Here, we have put together a simple guide so that your Windows PC can easily detect Android devices through the Fastboot command. In case you are still getting the “fastboot waiting for device” error or facing driver issues, move to the next section for a possible resolution. Note: ADB and Fastboot drivers must be installed on your system....
With the new playback controls, you can tweak the video’s playback speed from the Files app. The option to adjust playback speed is present in the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the app. Once you expand it, you will see the playback speed option below ‘Move to Safe folder’. You get a neat horizontally scrollable wheel to adjust the playback speed, as you can see in the image attached below with playback speed ranging from 0....
Smart features in Gmail refers to convenient additions like automatic email filtering, tabbed inbox, summary cards above emails, Smart Compose, and Smart Reply. Going forward, you will see a toggle that lets you choose if you would like to continue using smart features. You can also turn the setting off if you don’t often rely on them. Image: Google Another change is with respect to personalization based on your Gmail, Chat, and Meet data....
The Mountain View-based tech giant recently published an official blog post explaining how the search predictions in Google Search work. In this post, the company revealed how Autocomplete’s predictions are generated using recent trends, locations, and languages. “To determine what predictions to show, our systems begin by looking at common and trending queries that match what someone starts to enter into the search box,” reads the post. So, whenever you start typing in the Google search box, the engine immediately starts looking for related searches in the background....
Google Workspace Essentials Starter Edition Launched In a recent blog post, Google revealed that the Workspace Essentials Starter Edition allows users to sign up with their existing work email to access Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Chat (with Spaces), and Google Meet. While the new plan does not include Gmail, it allows users who already have a work email account to access Google’s productivity tools for improved collaboration....
