For those uninitiated, India introduced the new IT Rules 2021 in February to regulate social media companies. The guidelines went into effect in May and required any social media platform with over 5 million users to appoint a chief compliant officer, a resident grievance officer, and a so-called nodal contact person to address and resolve on-ground user issues. While companies such as Facebook and WhatsApp complied with the guidelines fully or partially, Twitter did not....

Twitter’s Privacy Information Policy Updated The company recently shared a tweet to announce the expansion of the policy. The move comes a day after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down from the CEO position to make way for the former CTO of the company, Parag Agrawal. Sharing images is an important part of folks’ experience on Twitter. People should have a choice in determining whether or not a photo is shared publicly....

Richard Browning, a British inventor established a jetpack-making company, Gravity Industries, back in 2017. Since then, the team has been working on jet suits for people to fly around in the sky. Now, Browning and his team collaborated with one of the UK’s emergency ambulance services, the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS), to test if their jet suit is a viable option for emergency rescue operations. Quickest Way to Reach Remote Rescue Locations Browning and his team recently went to a GNAAS operational area in the Lake District of the UK....

Vivo T1 5G: Specs and Features The Vivo T1 5G features a flat-edge design and carries a weight of 187 grams. It features a rectangular camera hump with two big camera housings and a small one near the LED flash. The front is seen with a waterdrop notch, which feels quite obsolete in 2022. The LCD screen spans 6.58-inch and comes with a Full HD+ screen resolution. The display has support for a 240Hz touch sampling rate and 120Hz refresh rate....

What Are Discord Threads and How to Use Them: A Complete Guide (2021) This guide is divided into various sections, covering how to start a new Discord thread, archive threads, how to moderate them, and a lot more. We have answered some of the most common questions you may have about the feature. So without further ado, let’s dive in. What Are Discord Threads and What Do They Do? If you are a regular Discord user, you already know how quickly one conversation can branch off into seven different ones....

What Is an Avatar in the Metaverse? While I will tell you what is an Avatar in the Metaverse, I do plan on discussing other surrounding topics. However, if you would rather just skip to it, use the table below. What Is an Avatar? If you’ve been on the Internet for some time, you must already be signed up for multiple social media accounts. Depending on the platform, users either upload their photos for their profile or create a 2D or 3D model of themselves for it....

Liquid Lens Technology: Everything Explained (2021) In this article, we have covered everything from the basic definition of Liquid Lens Technology to its working mechanism, pros and cons, and more. You can expand the table below and move to the relevant section at your convenience. What is Liquid Lens Technology? To understand Liquid Lens technology, you first need to know how the traditional camera system works. The traditional camera system, be it on smartphones or DSLRs, are mechanical in nature....

WhatsApp Status Reactions Now Official WhatsApp has introduced a new update for both Android and iOS users, which has led to the introduction of Status Reactions. This will be similar to how one can react to Instagram Stories and even Facebook Stories. Presently, there are eight emoji options to choose from, namely Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes, Face with Tears of Joy, Face with Open Mouth, Crying Face, Folded Hands, Clapping Hands, Party Popper, and Hundred Points....

WhatsApp Communities Finally Introduced WhatsApp Communities is meant for people to easily manage and organize all their group conversations. Users can put all their groups under one place with a “structure that works for them,” which will be the dedicated Communities tab on the app. The aim is to streamline the management of larger WhatsApp groups. The messaging platform explains the feature as follows: “We are building Communities on WhatsApp for close-knit groups that need more tools to organize and manage their conversations....

WhatsApp to Drop Support for iOS 10, 11 Soon According to a recent report by reputable WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo, WhatsApp has confirmed to drop support for iPhone models running iOS 10 and iOS 11 on October 24. As per a shared screenshot, WhatsApp has started notifying users with iOS 10 and 11 iPhones to update their devices. You can check it out right below. Apart from sending out the warning to users, WhatsApp has silently updated its “About supported operating systems” section on its Help Center....

New WhatsApp Features Spotted! Starting with the new label for missed calls, WhatsApp is spotted testing support for a new iOS 15 API that displays a “Silenced by Do Not Disturb” label for specific missed WhatsApp calls. The label appears for those calls in WhatsApp’s call history that were missed by the user when the Do Not Disturb mode was enabled for their iOS device. For instance, if your iPhone is set to the Do Not Disturb mode for certain locations or time periods, some of your WhatsApp calls will be automatically silenced during that time and the new label will then appear in the call history section on WhatsApp....

WhatsApp Tests View Once Feature on UWP App According to a report by reputable WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo, the company recently rolled out an update to the beta version of its UWP app. The update, which takes the app to version 2.2212.2.0, adds the “View Once” feature. The feature lets users send media files to recipients that can only be viewed once. When a user opens a view once-image or video that was sent to them, it appears for a moment before getting auto-deleted from the chat....

Windows 11 Build 22616: What’s New? The recent Windows 11 Insider Build 22616 introduces support for the Controller Bar in the Xbox Game Bar app. Microsoft has announced that Windows Insiders, running Windows 11 build 225xx or higher, will now be able to access an early preview of the same. The Controller Bar is essentially a new view for the Xbox Game Bar app for those who use controllers with their PCs....

In an official tweet, Manu Kumar Jain revealed that the Mi 10T series will launch on 15th October in India. He further added that the Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro will be “coming to India in just 10 days”. This means the expected OnePlus Nord competitor, Mi 10T Lite, will be a no show. We, however, expect it to soon be rebranded as a Poco smartphone and be launched as early as late October or early November....

As per reports from reputable tipster Digital Chat Station, Xiaomi will include a premium camera sensor on its next-gen flagship device. So, the Mi 12 will reportedly be the first smartphone to offer a 200MP image sensor with a 1-inch optical format. The sensor will come with advanced pixel binning technology that will combine 16 neighboring pixels to form one large pixel to capture more light. Moreover, if you remember, when Qualcomm announced its flagship Snapdragon 888 5G chipset late last year, Xiaomi was the first company to launch a smartphone – the Mi 11, powered by this chipset....

This industry-first digital FD service was recently introduced in the country. Google has partnered with the Chennai-based Equitas Small Finance Bank to offer without-a-bank-account FD benefits to users. So, interested users can now open an FD on Google Pay and earn up to 6.35% interest rates annually. Equitas SFB says that it has been offering the digital FD service by leveraging APIs developed by fintech infrastructure corporation Setu. So now, by partnering with Google, the bank will be able to offer the service across the country via the Google Pay App....

Yeah, the latest version (2.7.4) of the Mi Health app has introduced native heart rate monitoring into the mix. This means you don’t need to pair a fitness band or another accessory to record your heart rate. Instead, Xiaomi will use the phone’s camera sensor to measure your heart rate. If you’re an MIUI user and have the latest Mi Health app installed on your phone, you will find a new ‘Heart rate’ section inside the same....

YouTube Not Working? 15 Methods to Fix Issues in 2022 In this section, we have mentioned 15 ways to deal with a multitude of YouTube issues. The steps are quite straightforward and you can easily resolve them on your own. Apart from that, we have also explained many steps to give you a better idea of the problems and their fixes. Now without further ado, let’s find the desired solution for you....

The official trailer (below) of the game by Skypyre Studios came almost two years ago when they released the game for PC on Steam. Now, the developers are bringing this silly yet fun game for Xbox One players to enjoy. So get ready to be a blob and enter an arena to fight other blob players to be the last blob to survive (wow, that’s a lot of “blobs” in one sentence!...

iOS 16 Coming Next Month Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter reveals that engineers are done with working on iOS 16 last week, as a result, iOS 16 is on schedule to be released in September. We expect Apple to announce the iOS 16 release date on the same day we will be meeting the iPhone 14 series. This is now speculated to be September 7, along with the Apple Watch Series 8....