Month: December 2021
WhatsApp introduces new privacy settings to keep you safe
Audio player loading… WhatsApp is giving its legions of users greater control over who can see data about them. As part of a move to protect people from unauthorized third-party apps, new privacy controls are rolling out. If you’ve noticed that you have been unable to see the online status…
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Why is Flipkart and Walmart investing again in Ninjacart?
Audio player loading… Back in 2019, US retail giant Walmart, and its Indian e-commerce arm Flipkart made strategic investments in Ninjacart, which is into fresh produce agriculture market supply. Again, in October 2020, both Walmart and Flipkart poured in more funds into the Ninjacart startup. And yesterday, Flipkart and Walmart…
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Nike just bought a virtual shoe company that makes NFTs and sneakers ‘for the metaverse’
One comparison I’ve heard repeatedly over the last year is that buying NFTs to “flex” on people in the metaverse is just like collecting sneakers, and now Nike is apparently trying to make sure it’s ready for the literal version of that possibility. The apparel giant just announced the acquisition…
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Don’t buy a monitor or TV just for HDMI 2.1 — read the fine print or you might get fooled
Four years running, we’ve been jazzed by the potential of HDMI 2.1 — the relatively new video connector standard that can provide variable refresh rates (VRR), automatic low latency connections (ALLM), and of course, a giant pipe with 48Gbps of bandwidth (and fixed rate signaling) to deliver up to 10K…
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LG made a battery-powered TV that you can wheel around on a stand
CES 2022 is only a few short weeks away, and you can bet we’ll see a ton of news surrounding the latest, flashiest TVs with OLED, Mini LED, MicroLED, and more. But before we get there, LG is making an early announcement to put a spotlight on two unconventional TVs…
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It seems even Apple’s Eddy Cue can’t find an Xbox without Twitter
More than a year after their release, the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are still very difficult to find — and it seems that even Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, is looking for some tips on Twitter on how to snag one of the elusive…
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