WhatsApp Message Reactions Launching Soon According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp for iOS’ beta version 2.22.2.72 has added a new settings section for the management of message reaction notifications. These settings will provide you with an option to disable or enable notifications when someone reacts to your message. There’s also a Sound option for you to choose the message tone. This setting is applicable for both individual and group chats. However, one thing to note is that WhatsApp beta testers on iOS can’t still react to messages....

Held in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, in central China, the third edition of the Tianfu Cup was held over the weekend with fifteen teams of hackers who broke into the aforementioned programs using new exploits. The biggest winner at the event was the team from Chinese cyber-security giant, Qihoo 360, which pocketed $744,500 out of the total prize pool of $1.21 million. AntFinancial Lightyear Security Lab and security researcher, Pang, rounded out the top three....

Windows 11 Won’t Have 3D Emojis Microsoft first teased new 3D Fluent emojis for Windows in July right in time for World Emoji Day. The post mentioned the new emoji set will come to Teams and Windows this holiday season. That was further reiterated when Microsoft tweeted 3D emojis saying they are ‘newly designed emojis for Windows 11.’ You can check out that tweet below: We can’t stop obsessing over these newly designed emojis for #Windows11....

Stratolaunch Roc Took Its Latest Flight Test With a wingspan of 385 feet (117 meters), Stratolaunch’s Roc is for carrying hypersonic vehicles. In the latest test flight, the company debuted a new pylon on the aircraft’s center wing to carry and release Talon-A hypersonic vehicles. Talon-A vehicles are rocket-powered, autonomous, reusable testbeds carrying customizable payloads at speeds above Mach 5. The key initial results from the fifth test flight were the validation of the aircraft’s general performance and handling characteristics....

Xiaomi 12 Design and Specs Leaked Popular leakster Steve Hemmerstoffer aka OnLeaks (in collaboration with Zoutons) has given us a first look at the Xiaomi 12 design. From what we can tell from the leaked CAD renders, the smartphone will come with a rectangular rear camera system (taking inspiration from the Mi 10T phones) and a center-placed punch-hole screen. So this is the #Xiaomi12! (360° video + gorgeous 5K renders + dimensions)On behalf of @Zoutons -> https://t....

In an official tweet, Xiaomi India MD Manu Kumar Jain revealed that the company will hold the “Mi Sound Unveil” event on 22nd February in India. The official media invite adds that the latest audio line of products will “unveil sound signature like no other.” Time to kickstart with the first #Audio launch of the year 2021. Bringing not just 1 but 2️⃣ brand new products for you all. 😍 The #MiSoundUnveil is happening on the 22nd Feb....

Join Clubhouse Without an Invite “We’re thrilled to share that Clubhouse is now out of beta, open to everyone, and ready to begin its next chapter. This means we have removed our waitlist system so that anyone can join. If you have a club, you can post your link far and wide. If you are a creator with an audience, you can bring them all on,” wrote the company in its blog post....

EU Proposes USB-C as Common Charger for Electronic Devices Proposed as an important step against e-waste and consumer inconvenience, the EU’s proposal wants to establish USB-C as the gold standard for electronic devices. That includes all smartphones (yes, including the Apple iPhone), tablets, cameras, headphones, portable speakers, and handheld videogame consoles. If this proposal goes through, Apple is likely to be the worst affected tech giant. And it will be interesting to see if Apple will finally switch to a USB-C port on the iPhone due to the EU’s pressure....

Dubbed 2024, the feature film has been produced by Vikramaditya Motwane’s production house Andolan Productions and OnePlus in collaboration with Big Bad Wolf Studios and Odd and Even Productions. The trailer for the one-hour feature film was recently released on YouTube, which you can check out right below. Looking at the trailer, the film 2024 seems to be a fictional representation of today’s Coronavirus-affected world. However, it is set in the year 2024 and follows the lives of four youngsters, who grew up together in an orphanage, trying to survive a virus-affected environment in the Indian city of Mumbai....

Predator Helios 300 SpatialLabs Editon: Specs and Features The new Acer Predator Helios 300 laptop allows for stereoscopic 3D during gaming, thus, dismissing the need for using 3D glasses. The SpatialLabs Experience Center can help you convert 2D AAA titles into simulated 3D via the TrueGame client or the Go app. This can also be applied to photos, videos, and even video calls. The laptop comes with a 15.6-inch LED-backlit TFT LCD IPS display with support for 2D in UHD and 3D in 2K at 60fps....

The Indian telecom company recently tested 5G services in Hyderabad. Airtel boasted about the fact that it is the first company in India to successfully demo live 5G services over a commercial network, beating Reliance’s Jio in the process. Now, the telco will be using Qualcomm’s 5G resources to roll out “virtualized” 5G networks in the country. “Through Airtel’s network vendors and device partners, it will utilize the Qualcomm 5G RAN (radio access network) platforms to roll out virtualized and open RAN-based 5G networks,” Airtel said in a statement....

Amazfit Band 7: Specs and Features The Amazfit Band 7 has a rectangular 1.47-inch AMOLED display with an HD screen resolution and the Always-On-Display (AOD) functionality. While this is slightly smaller than the 1.64-inch screen of Xiaomi’s latest smart band, it is touted to be 112% wider than the Amazfit Band 5. Users can try up to 50 watch faces. The smart band gets the ability to measure the heart rate, SpO2 levels, and stress levels....

Android to Get a Built-in Bluetooth Tracker Detection Feature According to a recent APK teardown by 9to5Google, strings of code have been spotted in its Play services platform with references to the Bluetooth-tracker detection feature. The latest version (v22.12.13) contains strings for “Unfamiliar device alerts” and “Unfamiliar Tag Detected Notification” that hint at the feature. Moreover, there are strings mentioning “ATag,” “Finder tag,” and “Tile tag” that refer to Apple’s AirTags and Tile’s offerings, respectively....

The answer to your first question is very simple. Apple says placing the AirPods Max back into its smart case puts them in an ultra-low mode. So, they are basically off and there’s no hit to the remaining battery life. Now, the next question you may have is — what will happen if I leave the AirPods Max outside the smart case? Will the battery just deplete even though I’m not using the headphones?...

Yeah, you can now use two phone numbers on the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro models without ever having to buy a physical SIM card. That does not mean the new iPhones do not have a SIM card slot. You still have a nano-SIM slot and can choose to use one physical SIM and one eSIM on your device, just like the iPhone 12. And before you ask, the answer is no!...

According to the report, Apple found that Pegatron has been misclassifying student workers, which allowed students to work in night shifts and even overtime. Apple also noted that the supplier falsified paperwork to cover up these incidents that violated Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct. “Pegatron misclassified the student workers in their program and falsified paperwork to disguise violations of our Code, including allowing students to work nights and/or overtime and in some cases to perform work unrelated to their major,” said Apple in a statement to Bloomberg....

ROG Phone 5s Series Coming to India Soon Asus has started sending out media invites for the launch and is also teasing the phones on Twitter. It is revealed that the ROG Phone 5s and the 5s Pro will be launched via an online event on February 15 at 12 pm. The ROG Phone 5s series is also confirmed to be made available via Flipkart as a dedicated micro page has gone live today....

ROG Phone 5s Pro: Specs and Features The ROG Phone 5s Pro features a 6.78-inch Full HD+ Samsung E4 AMOLED display. The panel supports a 144Hz refresh rate, a 360Hz touch sampling rate, and Always-on HDR. There’s also a secondary Matrix p-AMOLED display on the rear, which is meant to display notifications, GIFs, and more. Along with the overclocked version of last year’s Snapdragon 888 chipset, the phone gets up to 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of UFS 3....

Dubbed as the Battlegrounds Mobile India Series, the tournament is expected to receive more than 100,000 registrations from all over the country. So, you can imagine that it is going to be the biggest battle royale tournament in India for mobile gamers to showcase their talent. Moreover, the Rs 1 crore prize pool is a landmark reward amount that will be awarded to one of the many teams participating in the BGMI tournament....

The company announced the Brave Wallet recently via an official blog post on its forum. The wallet is not an extension that you need to add to the browser but a built-in feature that lets you store cryptocurrencies, monitor the crypto market, send/ receive assets, and even import/ export cryptocurrencies from or to hardware wallets like Ledger or Trezor. “Unlike most crypto wallets, the Brave Wallet does not require extensions; it’s browser-native, reducing security risks and reliance on extra CPU and memory,” the company wrote in the blog post....