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Sideloading of Apps Puts User’s Data and Privacy At Risk: Cook Tim Cook recently gave a speech at the Global Privacy Summit, which was held in Washinton DC. During the speech, while talking about sideloading of apps, Cook mentioned how enabling the sideloading feature for iPhones and iPads could put users’ data and privacy at risk. “That [sideloading of apps] means data-hungry companies would be able to avoid our privacy rules and once again track our users against their will,” Cook said in his statement....

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) is an organization responsible for surveying customers, asking about their satisfaction after getting a new electronic product. The team uses data from 14,698 customer interviews to analyze the satisfaction of the customer. The report shows customer satisfaction levels for electronic products like personal computers, smartphones, TVs, and other electronic appliances. In the personal computer category, Apple scored a generous 82, a dip of just 1 point from the previous year....

Apple Delays Rollout of CSAM Detection Apple was initially all set to roll out CSAM detection later this year. It is applicable to accounts set up as families in iCloud for iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey. The Cupertino giant has not revealed the new date for rolling out the feature just yet. Apple has also not detailed on what aspect of CSAM detection it is planning to improve or how it will approach the feature to offer a healthy balance between privacy and safety....

Bob Borchers, Apple’s VP of Product Marketing, and John Ternus, VP of Hardware Engineering recently came on the podcast show of popular YouTubers, Justine and Jenna Ezarik. In the show, called the Same Brain, the Apple execs talked about how the team was able to fit the Touch ID sensor in that tiny form factor of the power button. According to Borchers, fitting a Touch ID sensor in that area was “an incredible feat of engineering” as it was pretty difficult to implement the sensor in that narrow space....

New Apple iMac: Specifications Starting off, Apple says that it has completely redesigned the iMac from the ground up for the M1 chip. The switch to the company’s in-house chip has enabled the company to reduce the iMac’s volume by 50 percent (in comparison to older Intel iMacs). The rear is no longer curved and flat, with the thickness being 11.5 millimeters, which is only a few millimeters thicker than some budget smartphones in India....

Apple M1 vs Apple M2: In-depth Comparison (2022) In this article, we have thoroughly compared the Apple M1 and M2 chips. We have discussed the CPU, GPU, unified memory, and lots of other details. You can expand the table below and move to a section of your choice. Apple M1 vs M2: Specs Comparison Here is the specs comparison between the Apple M1 and M2 chips. You can glance over the on-paper specs below and learn what new upgrades Apple’s new M2 chip brings in comparison to Apple M1....

AirDrop’s Limit on File Sharing to Reach All Users A report by Bloomberg reveals that the capping of AirDrop’s ‘Everyone’ option will be introduced for other regions too in the coming year. For those who don’t know, this is has been released as part of iOS 16.1.1 (available for all) and iOS 16.2 beta in China. Currently, it is just for iPhones purchased in China. The step has been taken after people were found sending posters to others against Xi Jinping and the Chinese government....

Is It the New Charging Gate? According to reports, when MacBook users are plugging in their devices to juice them up, they won’t start charging. Instead, the devices are showing the battery level to be 1% and the maintenance prompt as well. Although the issue is widespread, it seems like it is affecting the 2017 MacBook Pros more than the other MacBook Pro models. Following the spread of this charging problem in the MacBook Pros, many users have started speculating the root cause of it....

Apple Now Offers Auto-Renewable Subscription Price Increase Apple has now officially rolled out the feature to developers via an explanatory blog post. With this change, instead of manually opting in for a price change in a subscription plan, the plans will now be auto-renewed in case of a price increase. Apple says that this will prevent services from being unintentionally interrupted for users due to price changes in their subscription plans....

Back in September 2020, as per Apple’s official newsroom post, Lori March, wife of a college-level marathon runner, gave her husband Bob an Apple Watch. It was a gift for the couple’s 17th wedding anniversary. After receiving the gift from his loving wife, Bob started to explore his new device and discovered that the Heart Rate app was showing 127bpm, which is pretty high for Bob, even though he was at rest....

EA recently announced the third update for Battlefield 2042, which rolled out earlier on Thursday, with an official post. In the post, the company wrote that it has addressed several bugs and in-game issues that were observed in the game since November 12. So, the latest update should fix most issues of the title to deliver a much smoother experience to the players. Now, starting with the changes, EA mentions that it has added Weekly Missions in the game to help players earn XPs and unique cosmetic rewards....

Blaupunkt 75-inch 4K TV: Specs and Features The Blaupunkt 75-inch TV comes with a bezel-less design and supports a 4K screen resolution. The display supports a peak brightness of 550 nits and Dolby Vision. Coming to the audio part, the TV provides a sound output of 60W and comes with support for DTS TruSurround sound technology, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos for an enhanced audio experience. It runs Android TV 10 and provides access to over 6000 Plus apps and games, along with support for Netflix, Prime Video, Hotstar, Zee5, and Sony LIV....

Warcraft Arclight Rumble for Mobile Revealed For those unaware, Warcraft Arclight Rumble has been a much-anticipated title from Blizzard, following its initial confirmation back in February this year. The title, once released globally, will be available for both Android and iOS and will offer multiple modes, including a single-player campaign, PvP mode, and co-op mode, to players. In the game, players will be able to choose their leaders, who are characters taken from the World of Warcraft lore....

Call of Duty MW2 Details Revealed New Gameplay Mechanics Before we move on to the spicy stuff, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is also bringing a ton of quality-of-life changes that heavily impact your gameplay. Some of them include water combat, proximity voice chat, realistic weapon movement, distinctly featured vehicles, and even bullet impact accuracy. You can notice a few of such features in the official gameplay trailer: We are also getting a ton of upgraded and completely new weapons too....

CCI Finds Google’s Billing System ‘Unfair and Discriminatory’ “Google’s conduct is also resulting in denial of market access to competing UPI apps since the market for UPI enabled digital payment apps is multi-sided, and the network effects will lead to a situation where Google Pay’s competitors will be completely excluded from the market in the long run,” said CCI, according to the report. To recall, CCI started the investigation after over 200 startup founders started discussions with the government to stop the 30% cut Google receives on in-app purchases....

iPhone 13 mini Deals and Offers on Flipkart Flipkart is offering a discount of Rs 3,000 on other storage variants too. The 256GB model is priced at Rs 76,900 (original retail price – Rs 79,900) and the 512GB of storage model is priced at Rs 96,900 (original retail price – Rs 99,900). To further decrease the price, you can also get a 10% off with the use of Citi credit and debit cards and avail a discount of Rs 1,000....

Dell Slim Soundbar SB521A Features and Specifications The Dell Slim Soundbar SB521A sports powerful 3.6W RMS speakers offering a wide frequency response range of 180Hz to 20kHz. It also comes with an integrated amplifier for an enhanced audio experience. According to the company, the device magnetically snaps on to the aforementioned Dell monitors, enabling users to tilt, swivel and pivot the panels in any direction without getting in the way. It can be connected to the monitors’ USB-A ports using a USB cable....

Dubbed as TRUTH Social, the social media company will be a part of Trump’s new tech organization named Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). It will, as per an official press release, go into the beta phase in November. TRUTH Social will be available as an invite-only social networking platform from early 2022. The announcement of TRUTH Social and TMTG came recently via an official tweet from Trump’s spokesperson, Elizabeth Harrington....

Tesla investor Dave Lee (@hedave7) recently shared a tweet saying that he does “not think that Elon (Musk) would ever sell his Doge holding” as he is the “ultimate hodler”. To this, Musk responded by saying that he has not and “won’t sell any Doge”. You can check out the tweet right below. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2021 Now, we do not know how much Musk has invested in the meme-based cryptocurrency....

Clubhouse, for those unaware, is the hottest social media platform right now. It is an invite-only audio chat app that’s currently available only to iPhone users. It allows the users to create audio chat rooms that anyone can join and listen to the conversation. It sounds creepy but isn’t. You can discuss any topic that interests you. It can be seen as a real-time podcast. A lot of people, including the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and YouTube star Mr....