A Bank of America (BoFA) research note released on Tuesday suggests that Meta’s brand-new Verified subscription service could have nearly 12 million customers by 2024. Over the weekend, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an Instagram post about the subscription service, pitching it as a way to improve “authenticity and security across our services.” A verification…
Attention everyone: Chrome will begin modifying your open tabs on a regular basis. The new “Memory Saver” feature, which will be enabled by default on Windows, macOS, and Linux, is included in Chrome version 110, which is currently being released. We first wrote about this when it appeared in the December nightly build of Chrome…
There is another update that you should keep an eye out for if you use WhatsApp on iOS: Meta, a developer, has started adding picture-in-picture mode to video calls so that you can still see who you are talking to while using other apps on your iPhone. The update, which is available through 9to5Mac and…
Meta will soon require users of Facebook and Instagram to pay in order to be verified on the social media platforms, following Twitter, a rival platform. On Sunday, Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in a Facebook post that the service would begin its rollout later this week in Australia and New Zealand. The…
The development of a new Civilization game at Firaxis Games has been officially announced. Firaxis did not specify whether it would be the seventh game in the mainline series or a spinoff in the vein of, but it was revealed alongside the announcement that former COO Heather Hazen will be the new studio head. Civilization:…
In an effort to move forward with its plan to simplify the user experience, it appears that Fitbit is modifying its platform and removing some community-driven features. The company said that on March 27, 2023, it would remove these features to make room for a better Fitbit app powered by Google. Today, the company informed…
Thursday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced her resignation. As YouTube’s new senior vice president, Neal Mohan, the chief product officer, will lead. In a blog post, she stated, “Today, after nearly 25 years here, I’ve decided to step back from my role as the head of YouTube and start a new chapter focused on my…
Even if not in the manner you might hope, Microsoft has officially approved a method for running Windows 11 on ARM-based Macs. The company has “authorized” Parallels Desktop 18 to run the ARM versions of Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise on M1- and M2-based Macs, according to a new support article. The virtual machine could…
Richard Socher, the founder of You.com, is aware that his company has always been a David battling Google and, to a lesser extent, Microsoft, the search giants. He likes to point out that his company built generative AI-based search in December, several months before the other big players in the search industry announced their plans.…
As it tries to meet the growing demand from the country’s middle-class consumers for low-cost air travel, Air India has placed orders for 470 Boeing and Airbus passenger jets. India’s largest international airline and second-largest domestic carrier are purchasing 250 passenger jets from Airbus and 220 Boeing aircraft worth $34 billion. The United States aircraft…