Windows 10 to Get Spotlight-like Launcher in May This Year I’ve been both a macOS and Windows 10 user in the past couple of years. And one of the handiest features of macOS will definitely have to beSpotlight. It’s a system-wide search feature that lets you easily look for files, folder, settings, and more on your PC. Windows 10 is now rumored to be getting a similar feature in May later this year....
Zomato Introduces ‘Contactless Dining’ for Restaurants After contactless delivery to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, foodtech unicorn Zomato on Friday announced “contactless dining” features to help restaurants increase trust and confidence of customers in their safety and hygiene measures in a post-lockdown world. Contactless dining will have three main components, contactless menu, contactless ordering and contactless payment, Zomato said. With a contactless menu, diners will be able to scan a QR code on the table to explore the restaurant menu with dish and pairing recommendations....
Zoom Video-Conferencing App is Unsafe, Says Home Ministry The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has released a set of guidelines forZoomusers to keep themselves, their colleagues, friends and family safe from possible cyber-attacks and online harassment. That’s because, the ministry says theviral video-conferencing appis“not a safe platform”from the privacy point of view. The 16-page advisory was released by the ministry’s Cyber Coordination Center (CyCord) following a similar warning by India’s nodal cyber security agency, the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-IN)....
Apple Adds ‘Battery Health Management’ Feature to Extend Battery Lifespan of MacBooks With the second developer beta ofmacOS Catalina10.15.5, Apple has added a new feature it calls “Battery Health Management” as an effort to maximize the battery lifespan of MacBooks. “The battery health management feature in macOS 10.15.5 is designed to improve your battery’s lifespan by reducing the rate at which it chemically ages. The feature does this by monitoring your battery’s temperature history and its charging patterns....
Apple Working on Modular Noise-Cancelling Headphones With Siri: Report Apple is reportedly developing modular, over-the-ear,noise-cancelling headphoneswith parts that can be swapped in and out. According toBloomberg News, which says that the company has been working on the device since at least 2018, at least two different models are in the works, including a premium version with“leather-like fabrics”and a fitness-oriented model that uses lighter, breathable materials with small perforations. According to unidentified sources quoted by the publication, prototypes of the headphone have a retro look with oval-shaped ear cups that swivel....
Chrome Canary Now Lets You Share Webpages Using QR Codes Google Chrome already allows you to easily share webpages among your own devices. But, what if you want to share a webpage with someone else? I know, you can simply copy and paste a link to share it with your friend. Google Chrome, however, has been working on a newQR code-based sharing featurefor some time now. And now, this feature has gone live in the latest Chrome Canary build....
Crysis Is Being Remastered with Ray-Tracing, High-res Textures The name ‘Crysis’ is something PC gamers are well versed with. The original game in the Crysis series was such a resource hog on PCs that even high-end rigs could often struggle to perform sufficiently well enough. ‘Can it run Crysis’ became one of the biggest questions for any PC build, and subsequently it became a meme so popular it’s used to this day....
