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How to Fix Siri Shortcuts Not Working (2022) 1. Force Quit Shortcuts App and Start Again If Siri Shortcuts aren’t working for you, the first thing you should try is to simply force quit the app and restart it. A lot of times this is all it takes to fix random glitches. On iPhone without Home Button (iPhone X, iPhone XS/XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12, iPhone 13) Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold your finger along the middle of the screen....

8 Tips to Fix Snapchat Not Working (2022) Check If Snapchat Service Is Down If Snapchat suddenly stopped working on your end, it’s always a good idea to check if the service is down. Since Snapchat doesn’t host a real-time live status page, you could check out websites like Downdetector to know if other Snapchat users are facing issues with the service. Moreover, you could also keep an eye on Snapchat’s official support account on Twitter, where the company posts updates about server outages and downtimes....

Snapchat, as we saw in earlier reports, doubled its user-base in India in the second half of 2020 when the Coronavirus-led pandemic was at its peak. The company, at that time, added nifty tools and numerous creative lenses to its app to help users donate to COVID-relief charities and spread awareness about the pandemic. Moreover, Chinese smartphone giant OnePlus created a few lenses for Snapchat users in India during the country’s Diwali festival....

According to a report on GamerBraves quoting forum posts, a few opportunistic PlayStation 5 owners have been listing PlayStation Plus Collection at reduced prices on online marketplaces. Some even managed to sell these 20 PS4 games at prices starting at $8 (~Rs.600) in Malaysia. For those wondering how this works, here’s how it’s done: PlayStation 5 owners first list the games for sale and interested players contact the sellers. The sellers demand access to the buyer’s account credentials to redeem the benefit....

Believed to be the US-bound variant of the Galaxy S21, the device listed on Geekbench is seemingly powered by the ‘lahaina’ chipset (Qualcomm’s internal code for the 5nm-based Snapdragon 875), has 8GB of RAM and runs Android 11 out-of-the-box. The benchmark also suggests that the device scores better than its Exynos counterpart, notching up 1,120 points in the single core tests and 3,319 points in multi core. For reference, the Exynos-powered model could only muster 1,038 and 3,060 points, respectively, suggesting that the Qualcomm models might be faster than the Exynos ones....

How to Use Telegram Group Voice Calling on Android With the latest Telegram beta version 7.3.0, Telegram has added experimental support for group voice calling. To access the feature, open a group and tap on the group header to expand it. You will now see the list of group members, notification settings, and the ability to rename the group. On this page, tap on the ellipsis (vertical three dots) icon present in the top right corner and choose ‘Start Voice chat’....

Right after launching the “ThinkBook Plus” for business users, the Hong Kong-based giant recently unveiled the ThinkBook 15 Gen-2. The laptop looks just like any other Lenovo laptop, but there is a hidden compartment aboard the laptop and it houses and recharges a pair of TWS earbuds. The pull-out compartment sits at the bottom-right edge of the laptop. Users can easily pull out the tray (similar to old CD drives) to take out the earbuds....

For those unaware, AirTags use Bluetooth and Apple’s Find My network to keep track of an item to which the tracker is attached. So, by leveraging this feature, thieves are now planting AirTag devices in discreet locations of high-end cars that are parked in malls, parking lots, and other places. They are using their iPhones to track the cars to know the address of the owners, and then stealing them from the owners’ houses....

Dubbed as Retro Widget, this iOS app lets you add some unique widgets on the home screen of your Apple device running the latest iOS and iPadOS 14. It brings the classic, pixelated look of the legendary mobile device from Nokia right on the home screen of your iPhone. Now, as we all know that following its latest iOS release, Apple finally gave its users the option to customize their home screens....

Launch Center Pro is a popular iOS app that lets users create custom actions to perform different tasks in iOS and iPadOS. It is pretty similar to Apple’s “Shortcuts” app. However, with its latest update, the app is now allowing its users to create custom app icons for any app on your iOS or iPadOS device. Now, in the previous method, although users could create the app icons in the Shortcuts app, whenever they opened an app with a custom icon, iOS or iPadOS opened the Shortcuts app first, before opening the actual app....

According to a recently published paper, security researchers from the Israeli Ben Gurion University have discovered the aforementioned computer-attacking system. This deadly attack could allow hackers to tweak the composition of the medicines or vaccines in a bioengineer’s computer remotely. Now, to understand the computer attack, first, we have to understand a term called “synthetic DNA”. It is one of the primary components for the development of various medicines, vaccines, and immunogens....

iPhone Prototype with a Swiveling iPod Click Wheel? Back in the 2000s, the iPod was Apple’s most iconic product (now dead!) and its only mobile device at the time. When Steve Jobs started working on the idea of a smartphone, he advised his engineers to develop the device by simply putting a phone inside an iPod. Hence, the iPhone 2G shared many similarities with the iPod Touch in terms of design and form factor....

OnePlus Nord CE 3 Design Leaked OnLeaks has now partnered with 91Mobiles to show us the OnePlus Nord CE 3. The phone is shown with flat edges, as opposed to the rounded ones seen on most OnePlus phones. This is similar to the OnePlus Nord N20 and even the OnePlus X. As per the leaked renders, the Nord CE 3 5G has two big camera housings at the back placed vertically....

Beware of This Safari 15 Bug The discovered Safari bug has been explained in a detailed blog post. According to the blog post, a vulnerability in the implementation of IndexedDB, a low-level application programming interface (API) that is used to store significant amounts of structured browsing data, is enabling websites to track user activity and acquire unique Google user IDs in Safari 15. The Google user ID is a unique identifier to recognize a Google account and can be used to get users’ public personal information....

Developed by a Netherlands-based recognized developer, Emil Borconi-Szedressy, the “AAWireless” is essentially a tiny box that works as a mediator between the head Android Auto unit of your car’s infotainment system and your Android smartphone. The device connects with your car’s infotainment system via a USB cable and sits like a dongle. It uses Wi-Fi to connect your smartphone to the Android Auto system in your car, whether your car model supports wireless connectivity for Android Auto or not....

The functionality is limited to SBI account holders for now and is powered by YONO SBI. It is worth mentioning that users can make payments up to Rs.2,000 without having to enter a PIN. According to Titan, you can remotely switch off the payments feature in case you misplace or lose your smartwatch. You can even permanently block your Titan Pay watch through the YONO app. Titan has launched these watches in its classic black and brown leather straps....

Twitter’s ‘Good Bots’ Will Now Get a Label From now on, the developer of bots (or automated accounts) on Twitter will now get the option to insert a new label in the form of a robot icon next to “automated by” and the name of the account. The bio section will also tell more about the account’s purpose and their automated status will also be visible to users. Get your bots in here!...

New Upcoming Twitter Features (Concepts) Lena Emara, the People Experience Designer at Twitter, shared concepts of four new features on her timeline today. These features are currently just concepts and Twitter seeks your feedback on what to improve, append, or remove from the concepts before rolling out these features to the masses. You can check out the tweet right below. Very early concepts in 🧵are ways I’m exploring to make Twitter healthier....

New Valorant Map ‘Pearl’ Announced It has been some time since Riot released a new map for Valorant. The last map added to Valorant’s diverse list of locations was Fracture, which was released in the third episode of Act II back in September last year. Now, after releasing a new agent last month and teasing the map for the past few days, Riot finally announced Pearl, which will come with the game’s upcoming major update....

Gaming Laptop MUX Switch: Explained (2022) In this article, we will explore every facet of the fascinating feature that is the MUX switch — from its history to its inner workings. We will also answer a variety of questions that many PC enthusiasts might have, like how can you find out if your laptop has a MUX switch? And if it does, how to activate the MUX switch? The idea is to give you all the important facts about the MUX switch, so you know its benefits and limitations....