December 2022

Version 1.1 of Compose for Wear OS arrives with new features

Google has released version 1.1 of Compose for Wear OS. The company says the latest release brings several new features and improvements to existing components. It focuses on UX and accessibility to allow developers to build beautiful, responsive apps for smartwatches. Compose, aka Jetpack Compose, is a Google-made toolkit for building app UIs. Formally launched

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Hackers used Internet Explorer’s zero-day vulnerability to spread malware

In October of this year, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered that North Korean hackers were exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer. A zero-day vulnerability is a previously unknown security flaw that hackers can exploit to gain access to a computer or network. Google researchers discovered the zero-day flaw on October 31st when multiple

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Huawei smartwatch with built-in earbuds is now official

Huawei has announced its smartwatch with built-in earbuds, its name is the Huawei Watch Buds. This smartwatch leaked quite recently, revealing its main feature. It’s exactly what we expected, actually, and it’s quite interesting. This Huawei smartwatch comes with built-in earbuds On the outside, the Huawei Watch Buds watch looks like many other Huawei smartwatches,

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WhatsApp view-once message feature is in the works to improve privacy

Recent information from WABetaInfo has it that a WhatsApp view-once feature for messages is in testing. It’s in beta testing, to be more accurate. This feature will make it possible for WhatsApp users to send messages that recipients can only read once. Once available, this feature will help improve user privacy on the platform. As

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Revamped Twitter Blue relaunches today, with a higher price on iOS

Twitter is all set to relaunch its paid account verification system today. The company recently announced that its revamped Twitter Blue service will be back on Monday. It suspended the service last month after a disastrous first attempt at selling the coveted verification checkmark badge, aka the blue tick. Twitter will relaunch the revamped Blue

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