A newly launched recipe app called Pestle aims to do more than provide a place to save and organize your favorite recipes, also helping you plan meals, create shopping lists, keep up with new recipes from creators and even cook hands-free or with friends and family remotely over Apple’s SharePlay feature for FaceTime.
HR tech platform Darwinbox has more than tripled its valuation to become a unicorn in a new $72 million funding round, pushing Darwinbox’s all-time raise to over $110 million and values it at over $1 billion, leading the Hyderabad-headquartered startup”s $72million Series D funding.
Jill Munger was given a hard drive with 18,000 hours of sound from a hydrophone area in American Samoa. Some of the sounds were easily identified, such as whale calls, but there were other sounds that were totally foreign. Some sections were noisy, like wind, and others like an old scratchy record dominated by snapping shrimp.
The latest WhatsApp iOS beta release shows a feature that lets you migrate your chat history from Android to iOS. The company is also working on a two-step verification feature for its desktop and web clients. It's unclear when the company plans to release either feature.
Several users are reporting a random pink screen problem when using the iPhone 13. The problem makes it impossible to use the phone without restarting it. Apple said it was just a software bug, and some customers were able to get a new iPhone 13 Pro. It's not possible to find a pattern of why this happens, although it seems restricted to the iPhone13 line.
Apple has extended its deadline requiring online group and event apps to comply with the company’s in-app purchase policy. Apps in this category can now use alternate payment options until June 30th, allowing them to skirt Apple's 15 to 30 percent cut. Apple introduced changes to its in- app purchase policy in September 2020.
Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge that will tell us when food is about to expire. Steam cooking could gain traction in the consumer kitchen in 2022. Smart food storage could help prevent food waste from heading to the compost bin. Smart composting appliances could become a legitimate home appliance category.
The Google Pixel 6a is expected to arrive in May 2022, according to Max Jambor. That's around the time of the annual Google IO 2022 event, though Google hasn't made this year's show official yet. A separate source suggested that the long-awaited Pixel Watch would be unveiled on May 26.
The European Parliament approved the initial draft of the Digital Services Act on Thursday. The bill aims to ban platforms like Google and Facebook from using personal data for targeted advertising. It also requires companies to give users the ability to opt out of tracking and remove illegal content.
Cloud computing is expected to grow by 50% in 2022. The past two years have seen a rise in demand for cloud computing due to the pandemic and the "work-from-anywhere" culture. Gartner projects global spending on cloud services will reach over $482 billion in 2022, up from $313 billion in 2020.
