Tech

Google Maps is getting a significant update that will bring more detail and granularity to its map, with changes that encompass both natural features and city-level details alike. For the former, Google says it’s leveraged computer vision techniques to analyze natural features from satellite imagery, then color-coded those features for …

Facebook has announced to merge WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger chats into a single app. Now the company has taken the first actions to make this happen. Recently, Instagram’s message and messenger have been merged. Many iOS and Android users have received the updated facilities. Many Instagram users are now being …

Google has updated its Lookout app, an AI toolkit for people with impaired vision, with two helpful new capabilities: scanning long documents and reading out food labels. Paper forms and similarly shaped products at the store present a challenge for blind folks and this ought to make things easier. Food …

Google has been giving students — and their parents — a few helpful tools to make studying from home a bit easier. Back in May, it launched an augmented reality feature within Search that lets you view 3D anatomy models and cellular structures. And soon the tech giant will help …

After 35 years in the business, Japanese consumer electronics company Toshiba has decided to exit the PC industry. According to a press release from the company, it has now sold the remaining 19.9 percent of shares it had in its laptop business to Sharp, which previously purchased a majority stake …

Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune has passed $100bn (£76bn) for the first time, adding him to an exclusive club of the world’s centibillionaires, after Facebook’s shares surged on news it is to launch a rival to the video-sharing app TikTok. Facebook announced the US rollout of Instagram Reels, its answer to the …

WhatsApp is piloting a new feature that lets users quickly search the contents of viral messages to fact-check misinformation, the company has announced. Starting today, a magnifying glass icon will start appearing next to messages that have been forwarded through a chain of five or more people. Tapping it searches …

WhatsApp for Android recently received a new mute feature on the beta channel, which allows users to mute any chat right from the notifications shade. However, the mute feature has been designed in a way that it only shows up when you receive at least 51 messages from a single chat. …

Apple has confirmed that the iPhone 12 release date will be delayed until at least October after coronavirus lockdowns caused disruption to the global supply chain. The announcement means that the new product line will miss the tech firm’s customary September launch window. Confirmation of the delay followed rumours circulated …

Three suspects were arrested and have been charged Friday for the “Bit-Con” hack of high-profile Twitter accounts that occurred July 15, according to U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of California. Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirms 17-year-old Graham Ivan Clark was arrested in Tampa Friday for the high-profile hack. According …