Samsung Can Remotely Brick Stolen TVs Using New ‘Television Block’ Feature To protect retailers and prevent the illegal sale of TVs in the black market, Samsung has introduced a nifty feature for its Smart TVs. The South African division of the Korean giant recently announced a new Television Block function for all Samsung TVs. It lets retailers and authorized personnel remotely block the functionalities of TVs stolen from them. Samsung announced the feature viaan official blog post....

This Chrome Extension Lets You See Timestamped Comments on YouTube When I watch a video on YouTube, I love to go through the comments to check out what the internet thinks about the content. Furthermore, many users point out some pretty cool easter eggs or parts of the video that you might have missed using timestamps. Now, although YouTube allows creators tobreak their videos into chapters, the company did not add any feature to check out the timestamped comments of other users in a video....

Apple Has Been Scanning iCloud E-Mails for Child Abuse Since 2019 As Apple prepares toscan users’ iPhones and iCloud backupsfor photos and videos relating to Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), recent reports suggest that the Cupertino giant has been scanning iCloud emails of users for such materials for the past two years. The companyconfirmedthis in a statement to9to5Mac, who started investigating the topic after a discreet iMessage statement by Epic’s anti-fraud head Eric Friedman....

Check out the Limited Edition Halo Infinite Xbox Series X Console Afterconfirming the releaseof its much-awaited Halo Infinite title in December later this year, Microsoft has announced its first custom Xbox Series X console based on the Halo Infinite title recently. The console will feature Halo-themed sounds, lighting, and will come with a matching Xbox controller. Along with that, the company will also release a Halo-themed Xbox Elite 2 wireless controller....

Groovy Bot, One of the Best Discord Music Bots, Is Shutting Down If you have ever used Discord, chances are you know about Groovy, the music bot that you can use to play music during voice chat sessions. The music bot, created by a small-time developer, played a huge part for Discord users. It allowed them to play background music on servers to keep them nice and groovy. However, the uber-popular music bot on Discord is now shutting down, thanks to Google....

How to Send Soundmojis on Facebook Messenger If you’re someone who tends to use a lot of stickers and GIFs while chatting with your friends or family, you would be excited to use these new types of emojis introduced in Facebook Messenger – Soundmojis. True to their name, Soundmojis are emojis with sound. So now, before you break the news of your promotion to your family, you can actually add a drumroll to create the suspense....

This Hilarious Parody Website Shows the Everyday Struggle of an Internet User Being a writer, I have to go through hundreds of websites daily, scouring for the latest and greatest news in the tech world. However, in today’s digital world, filled with promotions and online adverts, I spend half of my time closing unwanted ads, denying notification alerts, and avoiding newsletter subscriptions on most websites. So, to capture everyone’s experience who surf the internet in today’s world, a Beijing-based developer, Guangyi Li, created a parody website....