Google, Apple Announce Improvements to the Exposure Notification API Googlecollaborated with Appleto developExposure Notification APIthat now powers contact tracing apps in 16 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. The software giants have today announced a few improvements in the API, along with privacy protections. According to Google’s recent blog post,public health authorities will now have more flexibility in assessing the level of riskwith a particular incident. Also, Google says it has calibrated Bluetooth values for hundreds of devices....

Halo Infinite to Come With Free to Play Multiplayer Running at 120FPS When theXbox Series Xlaunches this fall, Halo Infinite is likely going to be the flagship first party game for the brand new console. That means taking advantage of the console’s improved features and extra horsepower. However, at theXbox Games Showcase, when Microsoft showed offHalo Infinite gameplayto the world, they conspicuously left out any details about multiplayer. Instead, 343 Industries simply said that details about multiplayer will come soon....

How to Backup iPhone Photos to Google Photos, for Free Apple offers merely 5GB of iCloud storage for free, which is too little to accommodate all the photos and videos. Let alonebacking up your entire iOS device. Of course, you can always upgrade to a premium iCloud storage plan (starts at $0.99/month for 50GB), but not everyone wants to buy a subscription. And this is whereGoogle Photosbecomes a viable alternative for those willing to store their entire photo library in cloud storage for better management and universal accessibility....

Instagram Crashing? Here are 8 Fixes for You Instagram is one of the most popularsocial media platformsout there. It has become even more prominent after TikTok was banned in India and Reels got added to Instagram. As an aside, you can read ourInstagram Reels vs TikTokcomparison here. Coming to the issue at hand, despite its popularity, Instagram seems to have many bugs that cause the app to crash frequently. Many users have complained that Instagram keeps crashing on both Android and iOS....

Microsoft in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Buy TikTok’s US Operations: Report Microsoftis reportedly in advanced talks to acquire the US operations of viral video-sharing app, TikTok. The app is currently owned by Chinese tech firm,ByteDance, which has faced intense scrutiny recently following rising anti-China sentiment around the world. The deal, which is expected to be in billion of dollars, was first reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The news comes on a day when the US President, Donald Trump, said that TikTok might soon be banned in the country....

Microsoft PowerToys 0.20.0 Adds a System-Wide Color Picker on Windows 10 Microsoft has released an update toPowerToystoday. Among other changes, the new update adds asystem-wide color pickerthat lets you seamlessly extract color code on the fly. You can copy the color code with a single left-click. PowerToys will let you set the desired color representation format (HEX or RGB) in the settings. By default, thekeyboard shortcut for color picker is Win+Shift+C....

Netflix Gains New Playback Speed Setting on Android; Coming to iOS & Web Soon Ever wanted to pace through a dull section of a movie or slow down anamazing action sequenceon Netflix? Well, it is now possible to do both as Netflix has added playback speed controls to its Android app today. The feature has been under testing since last year. If you hop into the Netflix on your Android device and play any piece of content, you will now see a new ‘Speed’ control sitting to the left of the ‘Screen Lock’ option....