Meta added end-to-end encryption for one-on-one chats in 2016. End-to-end encryption wasn’t enabled by default, like in iMessage, WhatsApp, and Signal, but now, Meta is finally ready to deliver on its promise of default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger.It’s not all good news, as the feature might take months to roll out to everyone. But…
Nvidia is celebrating a major milestone with its RTX technology, announcing that 500 games and apps now incorporate RTX support in one form or another.Those are games and applications running ray tracing or DLSS (or both), making use of the dedicated cores on RTX graphics cards.As Nvidia reminds us, the first RTX GPU was the…
It’s a bit of a journalistic trope, but let’s be honest – we’ve all done it. You conclude a CEO interview by asking, “So, if we’re talking again in 10 years’ time, what achievements do you expect to be looking back on?” Of course, given the tenure of most senior executives these days, the chance…
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We learned a few months ago that Meta was looking to upgrade WhatsApp security by adding support for email verification to the app.This feature allows users to easily and safely verify their WhatsApp accounts. As a reminder, you create a WhatsApp account with a phone number. There’s no other login for WhatsApp, and you’ll receive…
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It’s Black Friday season, and you’re undoubtedly hunting for great deals on some of the most coveted gadgets out there. If the iPhone 15 is on your list, you probably know Apple isn’t the way to go. Look for sales from carriers and electronics retailers instead. The second-hand market is an option for cheaper iPhone…
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Meta’s ad-free subscription is rolling out for Facebook and Instagram, but that doesn’t mean the company wants you to buy it. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. Facebook…
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I’m not as worried about the impending AI apocalypse some experts warn about as I am about privacy protections in AI services like ChatGPT and its competitors. I hate the idea of tech giants or third parties possibly abusing large language models (LLM) to collect even more data about users. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox.…
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Working at a company that is a giant of the tech sector has many advantages, but for Arvind Jain, the CEO of Glean, it also helps to work at much smaller organisations. Glean positions itself as the Google of enterprise knowledge and discovery. In fact, it was founded in 2019 by a number of Google…
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Data storage and data processing have always been separate functions, but what if they could be unified and achieve much better performance? That’s the promise of computational storage. Although media have changed and capacity has grown, the core functionality of data storage has remained unchanged for decades. The magnetic disk drives and tapes of the…
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