Netflix begins cock-blocking password-sharing Indians
Jaded by the sudden surge in subscribers after it started blocking password-sharing in the US and UK, Netflix is coming after Indians that share accounts with friends and family.
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OnePlus's 'flagship killer' identity comes full circle with the Nord 3
OnePlus Nord 3 walks in through the door with a polished "flagship killer" attire, compelling specs including a last-gen high-end chipset and cameras shared with its premium siblings, OnePlus 11 and 11R.
WhatsApp now lets you transfer chat history to new phones with just a QR code scan
Just the way you scan a QR code to add new contacts or share yours, WhatsApp now lets you transfer your entire chat history to new phones with just a scan. It’s quick, convenient, and secure.
Oh hey, look, Samsung is making a budget flagship phone again for us peasants
If you ever had wet-dreams of owning a Galaxy S23, but your bank account made you cry sad tears, rejoice! The Galaxy S23 Fan Edition is coming soon, and it’s gonna be just a lil bit affordable.
The Uber app(s) will soon bless your eyes with long, unavoidable video ads
Uber will soon start showing video ads worth up to 90 seconds on its mobile app. And the tablets installed in some cars. You can't turn off these ads. The ad-pocalypse starts this week.
Google Search could be smothering your creativity
A Carnegie Mellon University study reveals starting your brainstorming process with Google can be detrimental to the group's creativity.
Teams relying much on search engines often produced inundatingly same, less original ideas due to a cognitive bias called "fixation effect," where seeing popular answers converges our thought process instead of diverging it.
While individuals weren't necessarily dumber with Google, groups of Google users seemed to get stuck in a rut, often coming up with the same common ideas, sometimes even in the same order! Talk about a copy-and-paste creativity crisis.
"This appears to be due to the fact that Google users came up with the same common answers, often in the same order, as they relied on Google, while non-Google users came up with more distinct answers," explained lead author Danny Oppenheimer.
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