WhatsApp working on a disappearing mode in privacy settings

Not all messages you send you’d want to keep a record of, for one reason or another. That’s why messaging apps that have a disappearing mode are pretty popular. WhatsApp currently has Disappearing Messages but it’s something that you’d have to turn on for each conversation. It looks like the Facebook-owned app is currently working … Read more

Alex Rodriguez has table settings for empty chairs for dinner with his daughters

Alex Rodriguez seems to be leaving plenty of space at his dinner table for someone special to show up. The 45-year-old former MLB player shared a seemingly innocuous photo of a sweet family dinner with his daughters Natasha, 16, and Ella, 13, on Thursday. But he appeared to have left table settings and three empty … Read more

Halle Berry calls out DJ Rob Lederman after compared Black women’s skin tones to toaster settings

Buffalo, New York-based radio host Rob Lederman was fired and his two of his co-hosts Rich ‘The Bull’ Gaenzler and Chris Klein are currently suspended after Lederman compared the skin tones of famous Black women to numbered toaster settings.   Academy Award-winning actress Halle Barry, who was among the celebrity Black women mentioned by the 97 Rock … Read more

Samsung Internet 14.0 beta brings new privacy settings, UI innovations

Mobile internet browsers are getting more robust and full-featured and those that are not named Chrome have been adding new things to get people to switch to them. For Samsung users, the Samsung Internet browser has been getting more useful and convenient as of late, especially if you’re using a Galaxy foldable device. The beta … Read more

Expressions: People around the world pull the same faces in similar social settings

One smile fits all: People around the world pull the same faces when watching fireworks, seeing their sports team win or attending a wedding, AI-powered study finds Researchers trained an AI to analyse expressions in 6 million YouTube videos These included footage people around the world seen in various social settings The AI found humans … Read more

Google Assistant to get sunrise/sunset triggers, search bar in settings

Google Assistant has probably been able to make its case as your default digital assistant with all the new features and integrations with other devices that it has brought over the past couple of years. But there’s always room for improvement of course, particularly when it comes to setting up Assistant Routines and navigating through … Read more

How the settings for the aggression level of Tesla’s computerised driver hardly inspire confidence

The car that drives like Mad Max: How the settings for the aggression level of Tesla’s computerised driver hardly inspire confidence In Providence, Rhode Island, trial was held to see if driverless buses might work  Vehicles were programmed with a set route but the programming was in winter First self-driving vehicles were ships using a … Read more