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WhatsApp testing self-destructing messages – GSMArena.com news
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is testing a new feature called “disappearing messages” that will let you send messages that disappear after a set interval. This feature was spotted by WABetaInfo in version 2.19.275 of WhatsApp for Android’s beta app in group chat settings. It allows you to send messages which would disappear automatically from the conversation after…
NASA launches a new planet-hunting telescope using a giant balloon – TechCrunch
A new telescope will seek out planets that resemble Earth from a height of around 125,000 feet, using special optical technology that will filter out light from the stars they orbit to provide a better view. The telescope is the product of UMass Lowell, and took off on Tuesday morning from Fort Sumner, New Mexico…
Twitter and TweetDeck hit with partial outages for hours – TechCrunch
Update: Twitter has said it’s “just about fixed” the partial outages that hit its apps for around seven hours today, limiting the content users could post or access. Users should be able to Twitter as normal now or very shortly, per an update sent via its support account. It suggests anyone still experiencing problems should…
Rune raises $2M to help you find new friends in mobile games, starting with Brawl Stars – TechCrunch
Multiplayer games are more fun when you get to play with the same crew regularly. Playing with the same people means better cooperation, deeper strategies, and, if all goes well, more wins. But what if none of your friends play the game you want to play? Rune, a company out of Y Combinator’s Winter 2019…
NHS trust signs £25m deal with Hitachi for digital twin and control centre
An NHS trust in Manchester, in the UK, has agreed a £25 million deal with Hitachi Consulting to use advanced data analytics and IoT tools to digitise its processes and optimise its staff resources, in what is billed as the “UK’s first fully integrated hospital-wide digital transformation”. The 10-year project with the Northern Care Alliance…
Facetune maker Lightricks expands with a trio of apps for small businesses – TechCrunch
Fresh of its recent raise of $135 million, Lightricks, the maker of popular selfie editor Facetune and several other top consumer-focused photo editing applications, is branching out. The company this morning announced the launch of a suite of new mobile apps aimed at small businesses that want professional content creation tools to help them with…
The case against traditional passwords — and how biometrics can better secure us
Passwords have been around for millennia. Thousands of years before the advent of the computer, the Roman military would use what Polybius described as a watchword to distinguish ally from enemy. Similarly, during the Battle of Normandy, US paratroopers used constantly changing call-and-response passwords – flash would be responded to with thunder, for example — to establish friend from foe. …
A Look Into Continuous Efforts By Chinese Hackers to Target Foreign Governments
Phishing is still one of the widely used strategies by cybercriminals and espionage groups to gain an initial foothold on the targeted systems. Though hacking someone with phishing attacks was easy a decade ago, the evolution of threat detection technologies and cyber awareness among people has slowed down the success of phishing and social engineering…
Connected World Awards 2019
Often the value of technology is limitless: save money, save time, save resources, but perhaps one of the biggest benefits of technology is to save lives. This is evident in the story of this year’s 2019 Connected World Awards winner. The Connected World Awards recognize the most successful user success stories in any vertical industry,…
