Technology News for Sunday 1st May 2022

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May 01st 2022

1. WhatsApp working on these new features to simplify experience. Details

Domain: livemint.com

WhatsApp has been testing new features to make chat more vibrant and lively. Three such features were reported by the WhatsApp tracker. WhatsApp is working on status updates, group polls and quick reactions. These in-app features are under development ...

2. Google Chrome may allow Android users to restore closed tabs in bulk

Domain: indianexpress.com | Companies: Google

Currently, users can do that on the desktop browser by right-clicking on an empty area in the tab bar and clicking “Reopen closed tab”. You can also do this with an entire Chrome window full of tabs if you just closed it. If you recently closed a group of ...

3. ED seizes Rs 5551 crore from Xiaomi accounts under FEMA

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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has seized Rs 5,551.27 crore of Xiaomi Technology India Pvt. Ltd under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act,1999, the federal agency said in a statement Saturday. Xiaomi India is a wholly-owned ...

4. Kuo: Apple Watch Series 8 could feature body temperature measurement, depends on algorithm quality

Domain: 9to5mac.com | Companies: Apple

Apple Watch Series 7 was first rumored to get the new body temperature sensor last year, but as we all know, this feature didn't make the cut – as well as a complete redesign of the Watch. Now, for the Apple Watch Series 8, it seems the wearable could ...

5. Bitwarden Review: The Best Free Password Manager for 2022

Domain: cnet.com

Bitwarden's open-source code base creates a transparent security foundation beneath its otherwise streamlined and designed-for-simplicity interface. This -- combined with its hyper-flexible platform, browser compatibility and its feature-rich premium ...

6. Apple iPhone 13 price drops to ?53850 here. How to get this deal

Domain: livemint.com | Companies: Apple

It is 6 per cent less from its original selling price of ?79,900. The iPhone 13 in 128GB can be purchased at ?53,850 on the same platform. The trick you already know. We have been writing about the exchange offers the e-commerce portals are offering on ...

7. Stop Google From Showing Your Personal Info in Search Results

Domain: cnet.com | Companies: Google

Details that pose a risk of hacking, like login IDs and passwords. Search results with nonconsensual explicit images or deep-fake pornography. Medical records and other confidential information. Pictures of minors.

8. The final years of Jony Ive at Apple: relationship with Tim Cook, Apple Watch vision, and burnout to come

Domain: 9to5mac.com | Companies: Apple

“What would happen to Apple now that Steve Jobs is dead?” That was the billion-dollar question made by Wall Street, Apple fans, and the company's employees in 2011. More than a decade later since Apple's co-founder died, the Cupertino company is doing ...

9. WhatsApp for iOS to show Status updates in chat list in future update

Domain: 9to5mac.com

A few years ago, WhatsApp launched Status, an Instagram Stories-like feature, to its app. Now, it seems the company is really pushing hard for users to start taking advantage of this function more and more. According to WABetaInfo, in a future update, ...

10. Mayo-developed AI detects heart condition from Apple Watch ECGs

Domain: modernhealthcare.com | Companies: Apple

An artificial-intelligence algorithm developed at Mayo Clinic could identify left ventricular dysfunction—or a weak heart pump—in most patients based on Apple Watch data, researchers shared at a conference Sunday. The proof-of-concept study was funded ...

11. How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google's Search Results

Domain: wired.com | Companies: Google

In addition to the removal of personal information, Google is considering removal requests for images of minors, deepfake pornography, and other explicit content. Although getting results scrubbed from Google Search won't remove web pages from the internet ...

12. 'After Steve' Examines the Tensions That Led to Jony Ive's Departure From Apple

Domain: macrumors.com | Companies: Apple

Tripp Mickle, a technology reporter who recently moved from The Wall Street Journal to The New York Times, is releasing a new book on Apple this week, entitled "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul," and an adapted ...