Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates. Painful, but necessary. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022 He went on to explain in more detail how the revamped blue tick would function: It turns out that charging an $8 monthly subscription for “verified check marks without really confirming users‘ identities wasn’t a great idea....

According to research, a broad range of applications, including those from the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), had Pushwoosh malware installed. An app analytics company called Appfigures claims that approximately 8,000 applications in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store had Pushwoosh code. Software developers may deliver push alerts to users with Pushwoosh, which offers code and data processing tools. The company’s website states that it does not gather sensitive data, and a Reuters investigation found no proof that Pushwoosh mishandled user data....

The Next Major Breakthrough We know that electrons travel at near light speed offering the best solution as of now. However, scientists have been researching a design using ions instead of electrons. Our brain processes information via the manipulation of ions as well. Over at Harvard, a post came up showcasing how this idea could possibly work for CPUs. A team of researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with DNA Script developed an ionic chip....

As HML can be used in both the meanings, you might just get very confused to analyse which HML is being used in a certain conversation. In order to know which one is being used where, let’s look at a few examples and how both the ‘HML’ acronyms can be differentiated. What is Hit My Line? Hit My Line, or HML, can be used when you want to tell someone to call you up, or contact you , or message you....

Using any abbreviation is one of the most trending ways of the social media era. Where short forms, or ‘texting slang’ as we call it, is often used as a replacement of the original word. And WCW is another famous trend being witnessed on social media. For a layman, WCW could have multiple meanings unless he or she is aware of what is being discussed around that hash tag. When I looked for #WCW online, the first idea I got was World Champion Wrestling....

This brief explanation pretty much sums up what the Google Location History is all about. To view your location history, click here. Now let’s discuss a bit about Privacy Issues. Is Your Location History Private? In my opinion, the only information that is really private is the one that’s kept Offline. Information that’s not offline is one way or the other at a risk of being exposed. Benefits of google location history Google apps use your location history in many different ways, especially on mobile devices....

This article is bent on explaining why your HP_Tools is full, and how you can free up the space to stop the ‘drive full’ message. Why is your HP Tools partition is full? The HP_Tools drive is created by the system when the HP Tools utility is installed on your HP computer. This drive usually has the drive letter (E:). The partition houses your computer’s diagnostic tools. These tools are used to check for failing hard disks, memory etc....

You can view these folders by un-hiding the hidden folders from the View panel at the top. Having a look at the size of this folder, you will notice that it has occupied a huge space inside your Windows drive. So, a lot of questions arise about the presence of this folder. Here are some of the answers you will be looking for. What is $Windows.~WS and Where/How/When is it Used?...

What is UsoCoreWorker.exe and What Does it Do? USOCoreWorker.exe is a process that may appear in your Event Viewer’s list of events from time to time. Windows 10 employs a process called USOCoreWorker.exe to look for updates. Note: This technique is also used by the operating system to install the most recent updates and fixes on your machine. USO is an acronym for Update Session Orchestrator. Instead of using the Windows Update client, the newer Windows 10 OS versions employ the Update Session Orchestrator....

The Start Menu settings in the taskbar properties have been removed in Windows 10, therefore, you can’t find the Start Menu or Taskbar settings as you would on earlier versions of Windows. This Start Menu customization setting has been moved to Settings > Personalization > Start whereas the Taskbar settings have been moved to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar. The steps below further illustrate how to access this setting on Windows 10....

Unfortunately, the crash does not display any reasons why it happened or what caused it, making it even more difficult to find a solution. It seems like an active background process causes it, but some users have also reported that it occurs even when they have disabled the background tasks before performing the shutdown. Our team had a look into the issue and discovered that it can be caused due to several reasons, such as:...

For November, Xbox has officially announced its partnership with Apple Music and Apple TV+. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, whether on Xbox consoles or PC, can avail of a free three-month trial of Apple premium services; Apple Music and Apple TV+. This offer is valid for those Game Pass Ultimate subscribers who are not currently subscribed to Apple TV+ and Apple Music, it can be redeemed till 31st March 2023....

The issue arises (after applying the KB5000802 update) when a user tries to print a document but faces a BSOD with the following type of message: APC_INDEX_MISMATCH for win32kfull.sys The BSOD problem is not limited to a particular manufacturer of printers, even some users reported that the BSOD occurred even while using a soft printer (like Microsoft Print to PDF). Solution 1: Install the Out-of-Band Update Microsoft continuously received complaints of the BSOD caused by the KB5000802 update....

This flaw in our home security led to a lot of thefts and burglaries so people started thinking of new ways for improving their home security practices. These efforts lead to the discovery of Home Security Systems comprising of such devices and gadgets that can take care of your home security as well as mend all the flaws that were encountered in the earlier methods of home security. These home security systems were smart enough to manage all the aspects of your home safety once they are properly activated....

The extraordinary CPU compatibility is not the only thing that B450 excels at. Most of the motherboards of this chipset are quite affordable and, therefore, offer excellent value when compared to newer options such as B550 and X570. Not only that, but the B450 chipset also supports overclocking which means that you are not really losing a whole lot if you choose B450 over X570 in favor of some savings....

With the rise of solid-state drives, hard drives are being slowly phased out of the market due to their slower speed and reliability issues. However, there are still some areas where hard drives are practically irreplaceable. If you want lots of storage for your computer and do not want to pay exorbitant prices for a high-capacity SSD, then a hard drive is definitely going to be the storage device that you need....

FSR 2.0 Improvements Over at GPUOpen, a press release came up citing the launch of AMD’s FSR 2.1 which reportedly brings in massive improvements as compared to the last iteration. For starters, lets begin with a 1:1 picture comparison in Farming Simulator 2022 (All Credits go to GPUOpen). As you can see, most of the ghosting trails are now fixed. In addition, the logo appears much more clear as compared to FSR 2....

Although Google knows this, and they have been quietly developing their own Pixel tablet, with enhanced features. Recently, the Android 13 QPR1 beta dropped, and developer Kuba Wojciechowski spotted a new animation, which showcases the upcoming Pixel tab in a smart hub mode, with a dock. There were rumors a while back, of a dockable slate that would let the Pixel tab double as a smart hub. Google already sells the Nest Hub, which essentially is a tablet and a connected speaker unit....

The choice has taken a while to make. In an effort to make up for the money lost from conventional brick-and-mortar retailers, Chicago enacted the new tax in 2015. Apple was one of several organizations and businesses that objected to the law when it was challenged in 2018. Sony Interactive Entertainment, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), a trade association for video games, and an advocacy organization for Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify were among the other parties to bring legal challenges....

However, there are hundreds free solutions like Skype, Facebook video call, FaceTime and many others. Today we will be discussing what makes Google+ Hangout different from other similar solutions and how we can use it efficiently for routine conversations. For those who are not aware of Hangouts it has been the default in-browser chat client in Gmail and some people still prefer to call it as GChat (now retired). Throughout the years, various Google communication platform has expanded and evolved from Google Talk and Google Voice into Hangouts environment....