Facebook Testing Facial Recognition to Verify User ID, Raising Privacy Concerns Amidst adeluge of data breachesandpersistent violation of user trust,Facebook has confirmed that it is working on facial-recognition softwarethat might be used to verify users trying to log-in to the company’s mobile apps. Believed to have been first reported by reverse engineering specialist, Jane Manchun Wong, the feature would reportedly require users to verify their identity by taking multiple selfies while looking at different directions....

Google Camera Mod Brings 16x Zoom to the Pixel 4 The Pixel 4 comes with a telephoto lens that allows users up to 2x optical zoom, but it restricts digital zoom to 8x, most likely to prevent distorted images. However, that doesn’t mean the feature cannot be enabled within the software with a little bit of tweaking from the endlessly resourceful Android developer community. That being the case, it was only a matter of time before someone modded the Pixel 4’s G-Cam APK to enable higher zoom levels....

How to Disable Autoplay Live Photos and Videos in Photos App on macOS Catalina Photos app has seen some neat improvements in macOS Catalina. One of the little nifty features that have caught my eyes is the “auto-playing videos and live pics”. They (kind of) not only make the photo library feel alive but also offer a sneak peek into what your shots have in store. While I really like this addition, sometimes I find it a bit distracting....

How to Read Deleted Reddit Posts and Comments Reddit is a treasure trove of information and I browse it daily for getting content, passing time, and contributing to the Subreddits that I follow. If you also love Reddit and browse it every day, you must have encountered deleted or removed comments and posts. Now, most of the time they don’t bug me, however, if there’s a conversation thread that is mentioning that comment, I do feel the need to read the comment to understand what’s going on....

How to Use Reopen Closed Tab Feature in Google Chrome 78 Google Chrome is a powerful browser that supports a ton of keyboard shortcuts. However, not all of us can remember those easy to forgetChrome keyboard shortcuts. That’s why I find the right-click menu on Google Chrome so helpful as it saves me from remembering all those keyboard shortcuts. I understand that using a mouse will be slower than using keyboard shortcuts, but that’s how some people work and you can’t blame them for it....

Huawei P30, Mate 20 Lineups to Get Android 10-Based EMUI 10 This Month Huawei had earlier confirmed plans to start rolling outAndroid 10-based EMUI 10to at least33 Honor and Huawei devices, and the company has now updated the list for the stable EMUI 10 rollout schedule, revealing that its latest flagship smartphones in the P30-series and the Mate 20-series will receive the software before the end of this month. Do note, however, that the the rollout schedule is for the Chinese market, so it might still take a while for the software to roll out globally....

Mi Air Purifier 3 Launched in India; Priced at Rs. 9,999 Less than a month after launching the Mi Air Purifier 2C in India, Chinese smartphone and consumer electronics company, Xiaomi has today launched the Mi Air Purifier 3 in the country. The new Mi Air Purifier 3 comes with aHEPA Class 13 filter, an activated carbon filter, and a primary filterto form its triple filtration system for cleaning the air....