GDC 2021 to be Held on Schedule as a ‘Hybrid’ Event Next July Just days after the CTA announced plans tohost the CES 2021 as an online eventnext January, the organizers of the annual gaming-related expo, Game Developers Conference (GDC), has revealed something similar for GDC 2021. According to an official press release on Wednesday,GDC 2021 will run from July 19-23 in San Fransisco, California, but as an ‘hybrid’ event because of the pandemic....

Google Chrome 86 to Test Showing Just Domain Name in Address Bar In an attempt to reducephishingandsocial engineering attacks, Google will experiment with the possibility ofshowing just the domain name in the address bar on Google Chrome, starting with Chrome 86. For example, you will just see ‘beebom.com’ instead of ‘https://beebom.com/example-url’ in the address bar.Image: Google According to a new Chromium blog post, the goal of this experiment isto test if showing domain-only URLs would help reduce phishing attemptsin real-world scenarios....

Google Search Is Ready to Help You With Your COVID-19 Travel Plans The COVID-19 pandemicforced many of us around the world indoorsand we could move out only to grab the essentials or when it’s absolutely necessary. Now, close to five months later, a lot of countries are starting to go back to normal and open their doors to foreign travelers. The travel industry was the worst hit due to the pandemic....

Google Search Now Helps Users Find Live Sports and TV Shows Google is making it convenient to keep track of live sports events and TV shows right fromSearch, starting in the U.S. You can just search for questions like “Where to watch the Clippers game” on your phone andSearch will list live channel optionsfor watching the game. Right now, the feature is limited to MLB and NBA games but Google hopes to add more leagues in the future....

How to Limit Third-Party Access to Photos App in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 Beyond a range of appreciable features, probably the best part aboutiOS 14is the enhanced privacy. Be it thebetter control over tracking,restricting apps’ access to the local network, orpreventing apps from having access to your precise location, the latest iteration of iOS appears to be a firm favorite for those who put privacy right at the top. Another feature worth taking note of is the ability to limit third-party access to Photos app in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14....

How to Remove Facebook Bloatware from OnePlus 8, 8 Pro, and Nord Few days back, Max Weinbach of XDAposted a screenshot on Twitterwhich showed Facebook was independently updating its app on the OnePlus 8 Pro. Getting a cue, I started athread on Redditto find if OnePlus has indeed added the infamous Facebook bloatware to the flagship OnePlus 8 series. And the revelations were startling. A number of users confirmed that not just OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8, even OnePlus Nord comes pre-installed with Facebook bloatware....

Huawei and ZTE Will Not be Allowed to Participate in India’s 5G Trials In light of the deadly clashes between India and China at the border, two of China’s biggest companies, Huawei and ZTE will not be allowed to participate in India’s5Gtrials. The Indian government will use the newly amended investment rules that suggest national security concerns in order to restrict companies from nations India shares borders with. The report comes from Livemint based on people familiar to the matter....