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PlayStation Holiday Sale Event Sony announced its Holiday Sale event, which already kicked off on December 22, earlier last week. During the event, which will continue till January 19, 2022, the company is offering massive discounts on older games as well as new games like FIFA 22, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Far Cry 6, Call of Duty: Vanguard Cross-Gen Edition, and NBA 2K22. So, if you go to the PlayStation Store right now, you will find a 50% discount on FIFA 22 for PS4, a 40% discount on FIFA 22 for PS5, up to 58% discount on NBA 2K22, a 35% discount on Guardians of the Galaxy, and up to 33% discount on Battlefield 2042, which recently got a massive rework with the latest update....

Telegram Founder Takes a Dig at Apple for Safari Issues Apple, for those unaware, is currently slated to face an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the UK that will determine the company’s market power in the mobile browser sector. The CMA believes that Apple restricts users to get alternatives for its own mobile web browser Safari on iOS. Citing this investigation, Pavel Durov recently took to his official Telegram channel to publicly criticize Safari on iOS and highlight how the company restricts developer options for the web....

The company hit the $1 trillion value mark sometime during the mid-day on Monday. It is the first time that Tesla has surpassed the said market value after becoming a publicly-traded company almost 11 years ago. The share prices for Tesla also reached an all-time high of $1,024 a share after it surpassed the $1 trillion mark. The share prices jumped by 12.6% following the announcement of Tesla’s recent deal with the car rental giant Hertz....

As per a Reuters report, the Chinese military banned Tesla cars from entering its complexes earlier last week. This was out of security concerns as the Tesla vehicles had cameras installed in them. So, the Chinese authorities believe that the cars could be used to collect government information to spy on the country. The topic came up during a controversial meeting of the top Chinese and US diplomats in Alaska last week....

Twitch Responds to Data Breach “We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this. We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. Thank you for bearing with us,” wrote Twitch on Twitter. In a separate blog post, Twitch says that it has no indication that login credentials got exposed. In addition, the company clarified that it doesn’t store full credit card numbers, and hence, your credit card details are likely not compromised....

TweetDeck Might Become a Paid Feature Soon According to a recent report by The Verge, citing reputable reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter might soon integrate its TweetDeck platform into its paid subscription service Twitter Blue. Wong, earlier this month, discovered a work-in-progress TweetDeck sign-up page that led non-Blue Twitter users to the Twitter Blue sign-up page when they tried to access TweetDeck. You can check out her latest tweet right below....

In an official statement, US Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, said: “At the President’s direction, we have taken significant action to combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data, while promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of U.S. laws and regulation”. The US Commerce Department’s announcement is raising speculations that the deal may not be finalized before the September 20 deadline. In that case, people in the US will be unable to download either of the two apps or carry out any kind of transaction either through the app or with the app’s publishers after that day....

With this update, you can now move the tab bar and address bar to the bottom portion of the user interface. If you’re someone who prefers the address bar and tab bar at the top portion of the browser, you can continue using that setup as well. To tweak the position of the address bar, open Vivaldi browser, navigate to Settings -> Appearance, and tap on ‘Address Bar at Bottom’....

Hide Last Seen Status from Specific People on WhatsApp for iOS According to WABetaInfo‘s report, the ‘My contacts except…’ option under the privacy settings is available in the WhatsApp beta for iOS version 22.9.0.70. However, the feature is getting a limited rollout, and hence, you may not see it even if you are on the same WhatsApp build. The changes are applicable to the last seen status, your profile photo, and the About section....

The new Storage usage section has a storage indicator bar that shows how much space the app has occupied. This visual representation will give you a better idea regarding the space WhatsApp media is consuming on your phone. It also denotes the space used by other apps. Below the storage bar, WhatsApp has added a new section to help you review and delete items. In this section, WhatsApp will show you media files that are forwarded too many times and files larger than 5MB....

WhatsApp Desktop Users Has an Updated Voice Note Feature A report by WABetaInfo has revealed that WhatsApp has introduced the new global media player for WhatsApp Desktop beta 2.2204.5. This feature will let users listen to a voice note while scrolling through a different chat. Screenshots shared by WABetaInfo show that while the voice note or audio is played and a user switches to a different chat, the audio continues to play and the media player will be placed at the bottom of the chat list....

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25126: What’s New? Back in October, Windows 11 got a subscription information page to the Account Settings page to show the Microsoft Office 365 purchases. This feature has now been updated and will now show all supported Office perpetual products such as Office 2021 or Office 2019 subscriptions related to a user’s account. This can be used to get details on the 365 Office products and even install Office by tapping the “View Details” option....

In an official blog post, Microsoft reveals that its cloud gaming service will extend to iOS and Windows PCs in Spring 2021. It will initially be in beta and be accessible via the web browser on both platforms. The Xbox Windows app will also be updated to support xCloud game streaming. “In Spring 2021, we will take the next step in our journey to reach more players around the world by making cloud gaming as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate available on Windows PCs through the Xbox app and browser, and iOS devices through mobile web browser,” reads the blog post....

Xiaomi 12 Image Leaked An image of the Xiaomi 12 posted on Weibo gives us a look at its rear panel. As per the image, the phone will come with a rectangular camera bump at the back with one big camera housing, two smaller camera housings, an LED flash, and a microphone. The design is similar to the Xiaomi Mi 10T series launched last year. While the camera configuration remains unknown, the main camera is expected to be rated at 50MP....

Xiaomi 12S Ultra Concept Phone Teased Xiaomi has released a teaser video for the Xiaomi 12S Ultra Concept on Weibo. The video showcases the device in full glory, highlighting its capabilities. The smartphone comes with the same huge circular rear camera hump with another 1-inch sensor possibly the Sony IMX989 one in the middle. This is accompanied by the 1-inch Sony IMX7989 sensor available on the OG model, a 48MP ultra-wide lens, and a 48MP periscope-cum-telephoto lens....

What it means is that Xiaomi is using UWB tech as an indoor GPS that could allow smartphones to determine not only the position of any device but also its orientation relative to other devices in the room. This, Xiaomi states, will enable your phone to judge what you’re pointing at. The company further claimed that UWB is superior to existing solutions used by wireless devices and does not interfere with narrowband communication of telecom carriers....

As part of its plans to crowdsource Street View imagery, Google has updated its Street View app on Android so that users can now shoot their own Street View images as they move down a road and put them on Google Maps. The images are captured using ARCore, the same technology the company uses to produce augmented reality experiences like Live View. “After you record your images and publish them via the Street View app, we automatically rotate, position, and create a series of connected photos....

Skin-Implantable Chip for Wireless Payments? Yes, Please! The idea of a skin-implantable computer chip is not a new idea, per se. Last year, we saw a Swedish company develop a similar microchip that can store and show a user’s COVID-19 vaccination certificate. Now, a British-Polish digital payments company named Walletmor is selling a unique, skin-implantable microchip that can enable users to make NFC-based wireless payments. “The implant can be used to pay for a drink on the beach in Rio, a coffee in New York, a haircut in Paris – or at your local grocery store,” the founder and the CEO of Walletmor, Wojtek Paprota, said in a statement....

Google Developing “Cough and Snore” Monitoring According to a recent APK insight report by 9to5Google, the APK of the latest Google Health Studies app (version 2.0) contains code strings that reveal a “Sleep Audio Collection” study. The study is reportedly limited to Google employees with Android devices and aims to collect the relevant data to create accurate “Cough and Snore algorithms” for the Android platform. Google says that its “Health Sensing team is actively working to bring an advanced suite of sensing capabilities and algorithms to Android devices with the goal of providing users with meaningful insight into their sleep....

Dubbed as 3DCakeWalk, the food-decorating kit lets existing 3D printer owners print custom designs and texts on sweet dishes and appetizers right in their own kitchen. No need for any professional chef to make your food look good. With the 3DCakeWalk in your arsenal, food decorating is a piece of cake! To start decorating your food, all you need is a compatible 3D printer and the 3DCakeWalk kit. With these two by your side, you can put any design your mind can imagine onto your food items....