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• Twitter will now prompt high-profile political accounts to ramp up security

  A select group of Congress members, government officials, and journalists will soon start receiving notifications to improve ...

  • Mix

• WhatsApp might soon let you log into its desktop app with your fingerprint

  Forget about those annoying QR codes: you might soon be able to log into WhatsApp's desktop version just with your fingerprint. ...

  • Mix

• Google Shopping now lets you browse products in a Maps-like interface

  Google is rolling out a new way to browse and shop for products based on location — sort of like a fusion between Maps ...

  • Mix

• ByteDance might still own TikTok US after Oracle investment — so what's the point?

  The TikTok acquisition saga is one of the most exhausting and confusing tales in tech business right now. A month ago, Microsoft was favorite to gobble up the short video app. Earlier this week, after ByteDance rejected the Seattle-based company's bid, Oracle was leading the pack ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Spotify now lets artists list virtual tour dates on their pages

  The coronavirus pandemic has forced many music festivals and venues to shut down or cancel events. Live performances are a much more lucrative option for artists to earn money, rather than try and get millions of streams on their songs. To help artists attract more people to their ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Oracle beats Microsoft's bid for TikTok

  Update: Alex Heath, a reporter from the Information tweeted that ByteDance has confirmed that it has submitted a deal proposal from Oracle to the treasure for review. https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1305547457292623873?s=20   Oracle has now taken over Microsoft ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Researchers developed new life expectancy calculator — you'll die Tuesday, jk just look it up

  Would knowing the date of your death influence your actions? It did for Tiberius Caesar. Convinced by the court astrologer Thrasyllus that he had many years of life ahead of him, the paranoid old emperor chose to postpone the murder of his heir Caligula. But by believing Thrasyllus’s ...

  • The Conversation

• Report: China may block the sale of TikTok to a US company

  Parent company ByteDance only have days to close sale of TikTok's US operations -- and the Chinese government may not let ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• This free tool automatically deletes your old tweets, retweets, and likes

  There are a lot of tools out there for deleting your old tweets in bulk, but they don't offer you much control, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Trump says he won’t extend TikTok’s September deadline for sale to a US-based firm

  As TikTok's struggle for survival in the US continues, President Donald Trump has refused to extend his deadline of 45 days ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• TikTok says it’s committed to diversity — its history of censorship says otherwise

  TikTok has admitted to censoring LGBTQ hashtags in some countries as part of its efforts to "localize" content moderation. ...

  • Mix

• Poolside FM's new app brings retro cool tunes to your iPhone for free

  Last year, Poolside.FM let us drift through sweet summer nostalgia right on our browsers. Now, the company has launched an ...

  • Ivan Mehta