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The study will be a collaborative effort between Apple, the University of Washington, and the Seattle Flu Study. Apple announced this study back in 2020, at its “Time Flies” event. Now, as per an official blog post from the Seattle Flu Study, the organizations are looking for participants for the study. To participate in the study, one should be a resident of the greater Seattle area, be 22 years or older, possess an iPhone 6s or above, speak and read English, and actively commit up to 6 months for the study....

14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros: Specifications At the event, Apple refreshed the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. Featuring Liquid Retina XDR display with 3024 x 1964 resolution (3456 x 2234 on 16-inch) at 254 pixels per inch, the display offers up to 1000 nits of sustained brightness, 1600 nits peak brightness, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and P3 color gamut. Notably, the display comes with ProMotion support and features up to 120Hz adaptive refresh rate....

So, the biggest question in the lawsuit is – why was only Parler banned from the App Store and not Telegram? Lawsuit Filed to Remove Telegram from App Store First reported by The Washington Post, the lawsuit has been filed by the non-profit The Coalition for a Safer Web and Ambassador Marc Ginsburg. They sue Apple for allowing Telegram to be available on the App Store despite the knowledge that the messaging app is “being used to intimidate, threaten, and coerce members of the public....

Fix Apple Watch Not Showing Notifications Issue Important Things You Need to Know About How Notifications Work on Apple Watch When it comes to notifications, Apple Watch and iPhone smartly cover up each other. Hence, you must know how notifications work between these devices before trying to look for the ways to resolve the issues. Else, you may keep wondering why the alerts don’t show up on your watchOS device. Note that notifications either show up on your Apple Watch or the paired iPhone....

Asus ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition: Specs and Features The ZenBook 14X OLED Space Edition comes with the latest 12th Gen Intel Core processors (up to Intel Core i9-12900H CPU), paired with Intel Iris Xe Graphics. The laptop features a 14-inch 2.8K OLED display with support for a 90Hz refresh rate, 16:10 aspect ratio, and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut. The 3.5-inch OLED ZenVision display on the lid can be used to add short texts and animations....

iPhone 13 iPhone 12 The iPhone 12 is equally good as the iPhone 13 and was the first one to adopt the same Super Retina XDR display as the Pro models. It also includes the A14 Bionic chip, dual cameras, 64GB storage, and can be updated to iOS 16 out of the box. The iPhone 12 mini, on the other hand, is available only for Rs 36,990 during the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale....

BGMI Introduces “Game Responsible” Campaign A new BGMI campaign called Game Responsibly has now kicked off, which wants players to maintain a healthy gaming habit. With this, minors (players under 18) will have to register a parent or a guardian for OTP authentication. The OTP (one time password) will be sent to the parent’s mobile number, and if they approve of the gaming request, then only can minors start playing BGMI....

boAt Airdopes Atom 81: Specs and Features The boAt Airdopes Atom 81 has a semi-in-ear design, resembling that of the AirPods 2, and comes with 13mm drivers to deliver enhanced bass and treble and a four-mic setup. The ENx technology is meant to provide a clear calling experience. The microphone cuts the background noise and isolates your voice to make it easier for you to take calls even when there’s a lot of disturbance around....

Relive Your Childhood Memories with Contra Returns The arcade-based title by Konami invokes a ton of nostalgia. You fill in the shoes of the iconic Contra heroes Bill Rizer and Lance Bean and dropped in a really familiar setting as the original game from back in the 90s. Add to the even nostalgia-invoking background score and the game doesn’t miss a chance to connect with its fanbase. So what should you expect from Contra Returns?...

Heads Up Mode on Android “With the Heads Up feature, you can get reminders to look up and stay alert when you’re walking and using your phone. Launched first on Pixel earlier this year, Heads Up is now available through the Digital Wellbeing setting on devices running Android 9 and newer,” wrote Google in its blog post. To access Heads up mode, open Settings app and navigate to Digital Wellbeing and parental controls -> Heads up....

The report comes from Business Line that cites one of the most popular crypto exchange platforms in India, CoinSwitch Kuber. So, as per the report, CoinSwitch Kuber saw huge investments in Dogecoin during the past few months and it contributed 13.76% to its overall trading volume. The meme-based cryptocurrency was followed by Ethereum at 6.06%, Bitcoin at 6.04%, MATIC at 4.52%, and Internet Computer at 5.08%. The Dogecoin rival, Shiba Inu, has not yet been listed on CoinSwitch Kuber....

Drone Delivery of Medicines in Bengaluru According to a report on The Economic Times, the trial was conducted within a 15-km radius. To be specific, the trial was conducted at Gauribidanur, which is almost 80km away from Bengaluru city. The drone should help in the last mile delivery of medicines. It could also help supply medicine in remote areas. During the test, two drones were tested — Medcopter X4 and Medcopter X8....

15 Best Dropbox Alternatives for Cloud Storage (2021) There are a number of able cloud storage services and each one of them has different specialities. So, jotting down the things that your needs warrant right off the bat is the way to go. Which Cloud Storage Service Should You Choose? In this comprehensive roundup of Dropbox rivals, we have taken into account three pivotal aspects: Ease of use, Security, and Affordability....

Essential’s former head of R&D Jason Keats founded the company. The team includes Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer Wolfgang Muller, Principal System Software Engineer Jean-Baptiste Théou, Camera Engineering Head Nick Franco, Software Engineer Gary Anderson, Supply Chain Director Kevin Chen, and former Essential’s Head of Operations Wilson Chan. For those wondering, Andy Rubin is not associated with this new company, at least for now and probably for the foreseeable future....

According to Sullivan, controlling the spread of misinformation is critical as several countries, including the US, are preparing to hold general elections even as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage. “Limiting forwarding is an effective way to slow the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content that has the potential to cause real world harm”, he said. According to him, the action will help curb the efforts of those looking to cause chaos, sow uncertainty or undermine accurate information....

Messages sent through vanish mode will disappear after you’ve seen them and leave the chat. So, basically, this feature is just another Snapchat clone. Unlike Snapchat though, where the default experience is ephemeral, Facebook is pitching its vanish mode as an opt-in feature to give users even more control over the context of the conversation. Switching to vanish mode is literally just a swipe away. You can swipe up from a private chat on Messenger and Instagram to enter vanish mode....

This 6.1 MB app recently came to the App Store. There are no ads, in-app purchases, or subscriptions like in many other widget-apps. However, Flex Widgets is a paid app, and it comes for a price of $1.99 (Rs. 179 in India). Truly Customize Your iOS 14 Widgets Now, for its price, Flex Widgets is a pretty cool widget-creation app that lets you create and edit your widgets the way you want....

Flipkart has not only picked up Mech Mocha’s IP (intellectual property) but also their ‘skilled gaming team,’ as per the official press release. The company’s co-founders will also join Flipkart as part of the deal. This will enable Flipkart to bolster its GameZone offering, which is already accessible from within the e-commerce app. You will find the Games tab at the right-most corner in the bottom navigation bar. Now, the Mech Mocha team will operate under the leadership of Prakash Sikaria, the Vice-President at Flipkart....

While the ‘Guest Mode’ is a security feature that the company claims will help protect the privacy of its users, the latter is a new functionality that will enable users to ask Google Assistant to open, search or perform various actions across a number of third-party Android apps. In an official blog post, Google said that the new feature will enable users to do things like playing music, starting a run, posting on social media, ordering food, paying back a friend, hailing a ride, and more, just by using voice commands....

According to XDA’s Mishaal Rahman and Android Police’s Artem Russakovskii, the feature is available in Google Camera 8.1 on at least the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4XL. Some social media users are claiming that it is also available on the Pixel 2XL, but we cannot confirm that independently at this point. This is what it should look like: pic.twitter.com/7rF9eEOEQS — Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) November 16, 2020 According to Google, the Storage Saver mode reduces the size of photo and video files to enable users store more media on their devices....