🗞Twitter Hit By Massive Data Breach That Exposed Information Of 5.4 Million Users

It should be noted that even as Twitter has acknowledged the data leak,the sensitive data of a whopping5.4million Twitter users still remains exposed in the hands of a malicious hacker data of Twitter users that was obtained by the attacker included information such as URL,profile picture,location and other data.a report by Bleeping Computer,the malicious attacker used a security flaw that allowed anyone to query a phone number or email to check an active Twitter account and obtain the information on Twitter accounts.microblogging site came to know about the data breach through a press report last month,which found a listing on a cybercrime forum claiming to have user data and offering to sell the information compiled.We want to let you know about a vulnerability that allowed someone to enter a phone number into the log-in flow in the attempt to learn if that information was tied to an existing Twitter account.

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💡Convert your browser into a notepad Type this into the address bar and you can write notes. Alternatively, while not as fast. Use Google Keep or Gmail's compose mail to write notes and have those saved on the cloud as you type and go.

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🗞WhatsApp will allow you to delete messages two days after sending them

Usually, messages that are usually deleted from WhatsApp they are because we have made a mistake, so it usually takes really little time to eliminate them. However, sometimes they are messages that we have not thought about enough and after“Thinking about your message? Now you can have more than two days to delete your messages from the chats after sending them,” WhatsApp said in its message via Twitter.Now you will have the possibility to delete the message for 2 days and 8 hourswhich greatly expands the time range that will allow us to take a while to think carefully if that message we had sent was the correct one.Until now, the limit was 1 day and 8 hours to send the message. However, now we will have more time to think about whether we want to delete the message or keep it.

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💡Use private browsing The uses for not having cookies and history saved are obvious for certain activities, you know, like shopping for gifts on a shared computer (of course!). Pressing Ctrl + Shift + N will launch a new private in Chrome, Ctrl + Shift + P will do it in Firefox and Internet Explorer.

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🗞Samsung launches Samsung Wallet to help you store your cards, digital keys, IDs and more

Samsung Wallet will give users quick access to their payment, loyalty and memberships cards and more. It also integrates with Samsung Blockchain Wallet to enable users to monitor their digital asset portfolio by checking the value of cryptocurrencies. The company notes that Samsung Wallet also includes Samsung Pass functionality that securely stores passwords and verifies users’ identities with their biometric data to log into apps and services.The mobile wallet can also be used to store important documentation, such as your proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Later this year, Samsung Wallet will start to support official IDs, such as mobile driver licenses and student IDs from select institutions.Samsung Wallet also integrates with SmartThings to support digital automobile keys on select BMW, Genesis and Hyundai models. The integration will allow users to lock and unlock their cars, start engines and more.

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💡Delete an entire word Instead of deleting a single letter, pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete the entire word behind the cursor. This makes deleting text quicker if you screw up a whole word.

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🗞New security features are added to WhatsApp

Leave Groups Silently: We love our group chats but some are not forever. We’re making it possible to exit a group privately without making it a big deal to everyone. Now, instead of notifying the full group when you are leaving, only the admins will be notified. This feature will start to roll out to all users this month.
Choose Who Can See When You're Online: Seeing when friends or family are online helps us feel connected to one another, but we’ve all had times when we wanted to check our WhatsApp privately. For the moments you want to keep your online presence private, we’re introducing the ability to select who can and can’t see when you’re online. This will start rolling out to all users this month.
Screenshot Blocking For View Once Messages: popular way to share photos or media that don’t need to have a permanent digital record. Now we’re enabling screenshot blocking for View Once messages for an added layer of protection.

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🔑 I Learned to Type Fast (95 Words per Minute)

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💡Instant image search (Chrome only) If you hold down the "S" key and right click on an image, it will open an image search on a new tab.

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🗞Parallels Desktop 18 makes it easier to install Windows 11 on Intel Macs

Parallels Desktop 18 also has better support for ProMotion displays in Windows virtual machines. Now, if your Mac has a ProMotion display and you change the refresh rate of the panel in macOS, Windows will automatically change its refresh rate to match, so the experience should feel smoother. Additionally, Parallels has added support for Bluetooth controllers so you can connect a controller such as the Xbox Wireless Controller, and it will simply work in Windows when you launch a VM. If you game with a mouse, there’s also improved precision for gaming.This update also improves support for USB 3.0 devices in virtual machines, so you can use hardware like webcams and capture cards for streaming inside a VM. Additionally, the network driver used for Linux and Windows now supports Ethernet jumbo frames.

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💡Scroll through pages with the spacebar Tapping the spacebar on a website will scroll down in full page chunks and hitting shift + space will take you back up.

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🗞WhatsApp Group Admins Can Soon Approve or Reject New Participants on Android: Report

As per a report by WhatsApp features tracker WABetaInfo, the messaging service is said to be working on a new feature that will allow group admins to decide who can join the group. Once released, the WhatsApp group settings will have an "Approve new participants" option where group admins can approve or reject the incoming requests from people who all want to join a particular group.The report also includes a screenshot showing the new option, giving WhatsApp users an idea of what the feature might look like when it starts rolling out. In the screenshot, the Approve new participants option is seen under the group settings menu at the bottom of edit group admins option in WhatsApp group info. WhatsApp is likely to add a new section listing all current requests of users who want to join the group.The messaging platform is said to be rolling out the update via the Google Play Beta programme.

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