Category: Technology & Digitalization

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How to use WhatsApp dark mode on Android, iOS and desktop

Have your eyes thanking you by knowing how to use WhatsApp dark mode when you’re chatting away late at night. A new WhatsApp feature makes the app easier to see in poorly lit surroundings, and knowing how to switch on dark mode can help prevent you from having to strain your eyes. Considering that the…
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1 October 2021 0

iPhone 13 Diary: Quick Cinematic Video tests excite me

I’ve so far only done a handful of quick Cinematic Video tests on my iPhone 13 Pro Max following my earlier macro photography tests. While the results haven’t been perfect, they have certainly been good enough to show the potential of the technology. In particular, the ability to adjust the focus points in editing makes…
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1 October 2021 0

Merck’s COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50%: study

Merck’s experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50% the chance of hospitalization or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to interim clinical trial results announced on Friday. Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics plan to seek U.S. emergency use authorization for the pill as soon as possible, and to submit…
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1 October 2021 0

This Week in Fintech ending 1st October

Yes, we are in the final quarter of 2021, fall/autumn fashions and weather and the last 3 months for businesses to show results and our experts have been working hard to bring you their insights based on their experience as investors, entrepreneurs & executives. Monday Ilias Hatzis our Greece-based crypto entrepreneur (Founder & CEO at  Kryptonio…
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1 October 2021 0

Alt lending week ending 1st October 2021

China bans all cryptocurrency transactions This story caught my eye as it touches on the vexed issue of what is real and what isn’t. Frankly I have never understood the attraction of any crypto currency for the very simple reason that nobody can tell me how much it is worth? As an old fashioned banker…
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1 October 2021 0

Amazon’s Astro robot is a symbol of the surveillance age

Receive free Robotics updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Robotics news every morning. When Amazon unveiled a domestic robot this week, it promised that the Astro is capable of “many delightful things”. Tellingly, the first practical example given by Dave Limp, the executive in charge, was checking whether…
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1 October 2021 0

Will the next web be built on ethereum?

Is ethereum the future of the internet? Interest in the ethereum blockchain has soared over the past year, as developers have turned to it to create a wave of decentralised finance projects, known as DeFi, and unique digital tokens called NFTs. The rise of new applications like these — among the first running on a…
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1 October 2021 0

Apple officially releases SF Symbols 3 and updates for San Francisco and New York fonts

In addition to all the updates for its operating systems, Apple also introduced SF Symbols 3 beta at WWDC 2021 in June. The new version of SF Symbols, which includes more than 600 new icons, is now available to the public as an official release. more… The post Apple officially releases SF Symbols 3 and…
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1 October 2021 0

Zoom and cloud company Five9 abandon $14.7bn deal

Newsletter: #techFT The latest news and comment on the most pressing issues in the technology sector. Delivered every weekday. Zoom Video Communications’ bid to buy the cloud software provider Five9 has collapsed just weeks after the US Department of Justice raised national security concerns over the $14.7bn deal and shareholders were advised to vote against the…
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30 September 2021 0

Apple Watch Series 7 rumored to hit stores in mid-October

Apple Watch Series 7 was announced at Apple’s September special event along with the iPhone 13 lineup and the new iPad models. However, unlike its siblings, Apple Watch Series 7 is not available to customers – and there’s no word from Apple on when it will be. According to Jon Prosser, the next-generation Apple Watch…
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30 September 2021 0