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WhatsApp to get a major design revamp- From new colour palette to chat management, know what's new

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  WhatsApp is going through several changes in these past few months with new features and updates. Now, the Meta-owned app has announced a complete design revamp with a new colour palette, icons, tools, and more. The new user interface of WhatsApp will appear on both Android and iOS devices. WhatsApp said the changes have been made to bring a fresh, simple, and approachable design to improve user experience. Know what changes will appear on your WhatsApp. New WhatsApp design According to a Meta blog, the company is refreshing the WhatsApp mobile app with a new user interface. Meta said, we have primarily focused on adding utility to the app. As the product continued to grow in functionality, the design needed to evolve as well.? There are several changes coming to the app such as a new colour palette, icons and illustrations, navigation, and more. If you are worried about the green colour, it's not going anywhere but has a refreshed tone, making the app look intuitive. WhatsApp de...

How to Restore Your WhatsApp Account in Case You Lose Your Phone or It Gets Stolen

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Losing your phone or having it stolen can be a frustrating and stressful experience. Not only do you lose access to your contacts, messages, and other important data, but you also risk having your personal information fall into the wrong hands. If you use WhatsApp to communicate with friends, family, or colleagues, losing your phone can be particularly problematic. However, there are steps you can take to restore your WhatsApp account and recover your chat history. In this article, we'll walk you through the process and offer some tips to help you stay safe. We'll guide you through the process and provide 5 safety tips 1.Back Up Your WhatsApp Chat History Before you lose your phone, it's a good idea to back up your WhatsApp chat history. This will ensure that you can restore your account and recover your messages if you get a new phone or reinstall WhatsApp on your existing phone. To back up your chat history, go to WhatsApp Settings > Chats > Chat Backup and tap the ...

Google Gemini New Feature: Users Can Now Fine-Tune Responses. Here's How

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  Google has unveiled a new functionality for its AI chatbot, Gemini, providing users with detailed control over the generated responses to prompts. This feature allows users to modify specific portions of the text, offering the ability to regenerate, edit the length, or entirely remove the selected segment. Presently, the feature is exclusively available for the web app version and has not been extended to the app. It's worth noting that Google recently announced multiple new AI features tailored for Android devices. In an official announcement, Google stated, “We're launching a more precise way for you to tune Gemini's responses. Starting in English in the Gemini web app, just select the portion of text you want to change, give Gemini some instruction, and get an output that's closer to what you are looking for.” This enhancement aims to provide users with greater control over their creative process by allowing them to make changes to specific segments of the response...

AI worm that can steal private data: What is it, how it works, and how to stay safe

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  The digital world is rapidly growing, and currently, the top rider of this evolution is generative AI-ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and so on. We are surrounded by a web of artificial intelligence-powered platforms that offer solutions to most of our problems. Need a diet plan? You get a customised one. Struggling to write code? Well, you will have the entire draft right before your eyes using AI. However, this growing dependence on and spreading of the AI ecosystem is also harbouring new threats that can potentially harm you to a great extent. One such threat is the development of AI worms, which can steal your confidential data and break the security walls put up by generative AI systems. According to a report by Wired, researchers from Cornell University, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Intuit have created a new type of malware called "Morris II" - or what they call it as the first generative AI worm, which can steal data and spread itself between different syst...

What are passkeys, the technology that could kill passwords?

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In 1961, MIT computer science professor Fernando Corbato invented the first digital password for a computer designed for research, perhaps without an inkling about the impact his invention would have on society. Fast forward to the 21st century and passwords have almost become synonymous with cybersecurity. However, this is not a positive thing when you look closer. Despite the efforts to educate people about the importance of using stronger passwords over the years, the most common passwords remain “password” and “123456” revealing how vulnerable most people’s accounts are. Clearly, things aren’t working too well for this authentication method, so big tech has stepped up with a solution – passkeys. In this article, we explore what passkeys are, how you can enable them, and how they could eventually eliminate the need for passwords. What are passkeys? Passkeys are a type of security feature that allows users to access their online accounts without using passwords. They are built on the...

Shortcuts on iPhone and iPad

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What’s a shortcut? A shortcut is a quick way to get one or more tasks done with your apps. The Shortcuts app lets you create your own shortcuts with multiple steps. For example, build a “Surf Time” shortcut that grabs the surf report, gives an ETA to the beach, and launches your surf music playlist. Learn how shortcuts work What’s an action? An action—the building block of a shortcut—is a single step in a task. Mix and match actions to create shortcuts that interact with the apps and content on your Apple devices, as well as with content and services on the Internet. Each shortcut is made up of one or more actions. Learn about actions What is automation? Automation is a type of shortcut that’s activated by an event, rather than manually. You can use the Shortcuts app to set up a personal or home automation and then have the automated shortcut run when you arrive or depart, when you change a setting on your iPhone, at a time of day, and much more. Create a personal automation Where do I...

Intel 15th-gen Arrow Lake: Everything we're expecting

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  The competition between AMD and Intel continues to simmer away, providing great processors for us to test and use inside more powerful systems. AMD's Ryzen chips are built on a more efficient platform, allowing the company to draw out more performance without sucking too much power. Intel is struggling with this in its fabrication plants, but we're hopeful about the upcoming 15th-gen Arrow Lake launch. Intel needs to have a successful launch to bring it back to AMD and maintain healthy competition and here's everything we know. Intel should be able to shrink its process node Smaller usually means better We're fully expecting Intel to bring a new platform and processors, which will be built on its 20A process, the equivalent of a 2nm manufacturing process. For perspective, Intel's 14th-gen chips are built using a 7nm process, behind AMD with TMSC's 5nm process. The smaller the process, the more transistors can be crammed onto the silicon, and the better the per...