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In an attempt to check on the pressure upon Instagram users for likes, the photo-sharing platform on Wednesday launched a small global test where users can choose either to hide like counts on their own posts or other people’s posts. What is the reason behind the option to change likes? …

Things could get really nasty for WhatsApp users if you aren’t careful. A new vulnerability has been discovered which could allow a remote attacker to easily deactivate WhatsApp on your phone, with just your phone number. The worrying thing is that two-factor authentication will not be able to prevent this …

VW has yet another round of electric vehicles in the pipeline, and it’s not waiting until the official launch to offer a hint of what to expect. Autoblog says the car maker has teased the ID.6 electric SUV ahead of its debut at the Shanghai auto show beginning April 21. …

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading.  Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. The startup world could be in for a busy summer. Today …

Express News Service In mid-March, the news that ‘not linking PAN and Aadhaar by March 31, 2021, will attract a fine of Rs 10,000’ and ‘the ship that got stuck in Suez Canal blew the soundtrack of Dhoom’ went viral. However, while we shared it on WhatsApp, Telegram, and social …

Enlarge / We’re still a long way away from a smooth, quick boot with a fancy Asahi logo centered on the screen and (presumably) a soothing startup noise. Asahi Linux—founded by Hector “marcan” Martin—has merged initial support for Apple M1 hardware into the Linux system-on-chip (SOC) tree, where it will …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Alyce, which uses AI to analyze users’ relationships with their colleagues and provide gift recommendations, raises $30M Series B led by General Catalyst  —  Swag has a long and patchy history in the world of business.  For every hip pair of plaid socks, there are five …

Apple has agreed to pay Chilean consumers $3.4 million (roughly Rs. 25 crores) in a lawsuit over programmed obsolescence of iPhone handsets, their lawyer said, the first such settlement in Latin America. Apple is accused of having programmed a limited lifespan into some products to force users to replace their …

The pandemic-induced lockdown forced most people in the country to take to the Internet for their everyday needs. Online gaming platforms were among the beneficiaries from this trend and this is reflected in the investments that the segment attracted last year. According to data from Tracxn, a firm that tracks …

LG smartphone users will no longer get to lay their hands on new phones as the South Korean company announced shutting down its loss-making mobile communications unit. In a statement, the company announced shutting production and sales of mobile phone products on July 31 due to intensified competition and mounting …