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Tesla Cybertruck spotted with new darker camouflage wrap
A member of the Cybertruck Owners Club forum shared some images of the new Cybertruck wrap, reports Electrek. The wrap is darker and better at hiding the electric pickup truck’s design features. Earlier this month, the auto-maker had announced that it built the "first Cybertruck".
WhatsApp is widely rolling out landscape mode support for video calls on iOS
"Video calls now support landscape mode," the company mentioned in the official changelog. Also, users can now silence unknown callers by going to Settings > Privacy > Calls. The platform is also rolling out the ability to natively transfer full account history when switching to a new device.
YouTube testing viewer-created Shorts featuring comments
"While creators are already able to reply to comments (posted on their own content) with a Short, we want to explore offering viewers the opportunity to create content from comments as well," the company said in a support page. The Short will appear in the Shorts feed and on the viewers' channel page.
Elon Musk rebranding Twitter to 'X', killing blue bird logo
"Not sure what subtle clues gave it way, but I like the letter X," Elon Musk said in a tweet. On Sunday, he also kicked off a poll asking users if he should change the default platform colour to black. Currently, black colour leads the poll with 74.8 per cent of votes, while white colour only got 25.2 per cent of votes.
Government cautions Internet users against ransomware 'Akira'
CERT-In, the government's technology arm which guards against cyber attacks, issued an advisory regarding "Akira", a computer malware targets Windows and Linux-based systems. It said that it steals information and then encrypts data on their systems. Once this is done, the malware conducts double extortion, thus forcing the victim into paying the ransom amount.
Apple may not launch iPhone SE 4 in 2024: Report
In a research note, Barclays analysts Blayne Curtis and Tom O'Malley said the device was expected to feature an Apple-designed 5G modem, but the plans appear to be delayed, reports MacRumors. Apple has apparently been working on its own modem since at least 2018, and in 2019, purchased the entirety of Intel's smartphone modem division to support these efforts.
Musk urges Twitter users to get verified and earn thousands of dollars
Without explaining how can they do this without registering 5 million impressions per month with having more than 10,000 followers -- the two key conditions in order to make money via ad revenue sharing on Twitter -- Musk asked them to join Twitter Blue paid subscription.
ChatGPT will arrive on Android devices next week: OpenAI
The ChatGPT for Android app is being launched a few months after the free iOS app brought the chatbot to iPhones. "Announcing ChatGPT for Android! The app will be rolling out to users next week, and you can pre-order in the Google Play Store starting today," the company said in a tweet.
Meta's Threads fast losing steam, Zuckerberg not worried
Despite Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that "10s of millions of people come back daily" on Threads, the number of daily active users on Threads dropped for the second week down to 13 million, "a 70 per cent decline from a July 7 high point," reports The Wall Street Journal.
Twitter to restrict DMs for unverified accounts to reduce spam
The company said it will soon be implementing some changes “in our effort to reduce spam in Direct Messages”. “Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send,” the company said. To send unlimited DMs, a Twitter user will now need to pay for a Twitter Blue subscription.
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