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WhatsApp for iOS to support disappearing mode focused on privacy

WhatsApp for iOS is developing a disappearing mode to focus on privacy. This feature isn’t available yet for the public but WABetaInfo gave us the first look at this function. According to the site, when the user enables the Disappearing Mode, new chats will begin with disappearing messages on. Today we’re announcing the feature called Disappearing Mode! If you love privacy, disappearing…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 15, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Tesla Model S Plaid prototype with insane retractable spoiler spotted on race track

A Tesla Model S Plaid (or maybe even Plaid+) prototype with an insane retractable spoiler has been spotted on the Laguna Seca race track – trying to beat some record. While Tesla has yet to deliver the new Model S, the hype is not dying down. The new version comes with a new interior and quite a few new features, but the biggest change is arguably the new higher performance versions: Model S…
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Google Maps adds ‘Search COVID-19 vaccines’ encouragement

Over the past year, Google has leveraged its large platforms to display useful, pandemic-related information. The latest is a simple encouragement in Google Maps about finding COVID-19 vaccines near you.  In Google Maps for Android, the pill-shaped field at the top of the…
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What the vaccine rollout can teach us about big data and AI

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. I’ve spent my entire career looking at data and the world through a scientific lens. Perhaps that’s why when observing the vaccine rollout, I discovered some interesting connections between the challenges governments and scientists have overcome and those most enterprise companies face. When considering this…
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Redesigned Selfie Camera, Smaller FaceID Chip on iPhone 13: Report

A new report alleges that Apple is not only planning to shrink the size of its FaceID sensor chip but also scale down the size of the large front-facing “notch” at the top of the display thanks mostly to a redesigned front-facing camera. Spotted by MacRumors, DigiTimes has reported that Apple plans to scale down the die size of the Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) chips that are…
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