Technology News for Tuesday 9th August 2022

1. Snapchat Introduces Its First Parental Controls

SAN FRANCISCO — Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, introduced its first parental controls on Tuesday, as social media platforms face increasing scrutiny for exposing young users to potentially harmful content. Snap, Snapchat's parent company, ...

2. WhatsApp announces new privacy features, including leaving groups silently

WhatsApp on Tuesday announced new privacy features, following which users of the instant messaging service will now be able to leave groups silently as well as choose who can see when they are online. WhatsApp will also block taking screenshots for 'view ...

3. Google Meet may soon integrate Spotify, YouTube and UNO

Google has started working on merging its Duo and Meet apps. The company revealed its plan to bring Google Meet features to its Duo app in June this year. According to a 9to5Google report, Google is aiming to bring a couple of new features and ...

4. WhatsApp's new update makes it easier to avoid your friends

WhatsApp is also launching another handy feature that will let you silently leave groups. Right now, the app (very obnoxiously) notifies every user in the group of your departure, which could prompt some group members to message you privately to ask why ...

5. Arc Raiders: Ex-DICE Devs' New Game Is a Co-Op PVE Sci-Fi Shooter [Update]

Update 08/09/22: Embark Studios has announced that Arc Raiders has been delayed into 2023. On Twitter (below), the team wrote: "Arc Raisers is an ambitious game, and we will be using this extra time to expand the experience, and allow it to reach its ...

6. Moto G32 Launched in India with Snapdragon 680 SoC, 90Hz Display, 5000 mAh Battery

The Moto G32 price in India is set at Rs 12,999 for the sole 4GB/64GB model. However, consumers can avail of a discount of Rs 1,250 on EMI and non-EMI transactions using an HDFC credit card. The Motorola G32 will go on sale through Flipkart on August 16.

7. Biden signs China competition bill to boost US chipmakers

President Joe Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill that aims to boost U.S. competitiveness with China. The bill includes more than $52 billion for U.S. companies producing semiconductors, as well as billions more in tax credits to encourage ...

8. Motorola Razr 2022, Moto X30 Pro, Moto S30 to launch on August 11: What to know

However, the launch event was cancelled. The smartphone brand has a dedicated microsite on its online store which teased the specifications of the Motorola Razr 2022 ahead of the launch. It is confirmed that this device will come with 144Hz of refresh rate ...

9. Less than 1% of Netflix subscribers play its games daily

Eurogamer Newscast: Would you eat a Pokémon? According to Apptopia (via CNBC), Netflix's game offerings have only been downloaded a total of 23.3m times since the company's foray into this market ...

10. Xbox Elite 2 white controller leaked in unboxing video

Microsoft appears to be working on a new white version of the Xbox Elite 2 controller. Video of the unannounced Xbox Elite 2 controller has appeared on YouTube, sporting a white face plate and black grips. The video comes months after a white Xbox ...

11. Apple iOS 16: Apple Just Brought Back The Coolest iPhone Feature

A new beta release has just brought back a feature that vanished from Face ID iPhones in 2017. That was when the option to show the battery percentage onscreen was withdrawn from the iPhone X, though it remained on the other phones released at the same ...

12. Google launches new website for kids learning to read

Once kids select a story, they start reading into their device's microphone. Words are highlighted in blue after they've read them, and mispronounced words are underlined in red; click an underlined word, and a virtual assistant, Diya, will pronounce it ...

13. Biden signs bill boosting US chip manufacturing as he kicks off victory lap

US President Joe Biden addresses the crowd and gathered media at the closed Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, United States on July 20. ( ...

14. Zipp 858 NSW wheelset first ride review

Pros: Extremely light for such a deep rim; drag-free Cognition V2 hubset; graphic printed directly on carbon; lifetime warranty. Cons: Inevitably, the cost is high. Skip to view product specifications. Zipp's redesigned 858 NSW has the potential to ...

15. Google tries publicly shaming Apple into adopting RCS

While the iPhone app uses Apple's own iMessage service to send texts between iPhones (complete with modern features like encryption, support for group chats, and high-quality image and video transfers), they revert to old-fashioned SMS and MMS when texting ...

16. Motorola launched its Moto G32 in India: Details on price, specs

The latest G-series smartphone from Motorola is powered with a 90Hz 6.5-inch FHD display, stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos, and a Snapdragon 680 processor. The device runs on Android 12 and available in Mineral Grey and Satin Silver colours.

17. Google launches a website version of its Read Along education app for children

Google has launched a website for its Read Along app for encouraging young children to practice reading. The website, which is introduced as a public beta, works with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers on Desktop and Android, with support for iOS and ...

18. Meet survivalist Vantage in new Apex Legends season Hunted

The Apex Games are full of surprises and challenges that put your skills to the test. Hit them with your best shot as Vantage, the new survivalist Legend who can spot a threat coming from down her sniper scope to triumph against the odds.

19. Nvidia targets metaverse with new Omniverse Avatar Engine

Nvidia has unveiled a set of tools and applications intended to make it easier for organizations to create content within the metaverse. On the second day of computer graphics conference Siggraph (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and ...

20. Spotify updates its home screen with new discovery feeds for music and podcasts

The feed will also include album and playlist recommendations, along with buttons that make it easy to share, like and play music. The Podcasts & Shows feed will give users access to new episodes of their favorite shows and personalized podcast ...