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Greetings testers!We have a special guest today! Do you remember DuckDuckGo Email Protection feature? Zan from Zheano Blog did hands-on testing this time and had a chance to share his experience on TestingCatalog 🔥Don't forget to check out Zheano Blog itself to download your next wallpaper!On the apps side, after Twitter decided to ditch out its Fleets feature, LinkedIn also announced that it will abandon its Stories feature soon. Who is next? Pinterest? 🤔In the meantime, web 3.0 keeps preparing to sneak into our reality. Twitter is already working on integrating crypto donations into its app. At this point, Twitter feels much more progressive even compared to Telegram after they failed to deliver their TON project.And this seems to be just the beginning. I feel that web 3.0 is the best place to put my testing efforts into. If you haven't tried to install a crypto wallet yet and get some tokens on it, that's the time. Think about it as the most important Early Access experience that you can get right now.  » Read More

Content creator and professional Fortnite player Daequan Loco has his first livestream on Twitch after a nearly two-year absence. In 2019, Daequan Loco was a member of the professional US esports organization Team SoloMid, known as TSM. He was also an extremely popular Twitch and YouTube content creator with millions of followers, regularly playing Fortnite and seeming at the top of his game. Then in January 2020, Daequan announced that he would be taking a break in order to focus on his health. Daequan had spoken in the past about how an undiagnosed physical illness was affecting his life and had led to depression. He had taken brief breaks throughout 2019 because of this, and fans wished him the best and expected the content creator to make a quick return as usual. Daequan sporadically posted updates on Twitter throughout the year, livestreamed on Twitch once in March 2020, and promised to return to regular streaming soon. In November 2020, Daequan tweeted that he felt better than he had in years and then went almost entirely radio silent. After a well-executed hype train beginning in late August, Daequan made his return to Twitch on September 4 at 4 PM PST. The…

Another function, Report and Block is useful for annoying spam messages you might receive on WhatsApp. Using this feature notifies WhatsApp’s database of suspicious numbers to stop others receiving similar messages. Go to Contact Info, Report Contact, Report and Block.Transfer from Android to iPhoneIn the past, it wasn’t possible to easily transfer WhatsApp messages between Android and iPhone, because the end-to-end encrypted chats are stored on the device itself rather than in the cloud.But in August this year, WhatsApp announced message history and content can now be transferred between Android and iOS, starting with the new Samsung Galaxy foldables. It works via a QR code when the Android and iOS devices are physically connected via a USB-C to Lightning Cable – the phone number just needs to be the same on both devices.Unlinking devicesIf you are changing your phone, you’ll want to unlink your WhatsApp account and delete the data. If you have a new number, simply delete the old WhatsApp account and re-register. Before you return your old phone or sell it, wipe all the data including the SD card to avoid your information ending up in the wrong hands.WhatsApp has also launched a multi-device beta which allows you…

Afghans trying desperately to escape the new Taliban regime are relying on a network of contacts across the world to find alternative ways out of the country after the airport closed. Composed of former soldiers, ex-diplomats, businessmen and friends of Afghanistan, those in the networks worked tirelessly to coordinate between local Afghans, the militaries overseeing the Kabul airlift, the US State Department, the Foreign Office and other governments willing to host Afghan refugees. Labelled a “WhatsApp Dunkirk” the groups were able to help specific Afghans bypass the enormous crowds at the airport gates to be helped over the walls by serving British and American soldiers inside Kabul airport. But once the last flights departed Kabul airport – which was left without air traffic control and remains closed to civilian aircraft – these networks shifted to finding new routes out of the country. With rumoured flights out of a dirt airstrip south of Kabul purported to cost upwards of $30,000 per seat – far beyond the means of most Afghans – those desperate to get out began looking to Afghanistan’s land borders. Afghanistan refugees arrive on an evacuation flight at Heathrow before Kabul airport closed Credit: PA Some Afghans then turned to…

Chess is booming. A heady cocktail of Queen’s Gambit mania, pandemic boredom, and Twitch streaming has given the ancient board game more visibility than it’s had in a long, long time. It’s been half a century, in fact, since the game last captured global attention so fiercely.Back in 1972, the USA’s Bobby Fischer and the USSR’s Boris Spassky engaged in a televised battle for the world championship title. The match was treated as a form of Cold War one-upmanship in miniature.There is a different kind of tussle going on in chess today: not between nations this time, but between an old guard and a new school. Some seasoned players, perceiving a mass of casual fans riding the new chess wave, worry that the game will get dumbed down for the sake of profit. Newcomers, happily ignorant of the discipline chess demands, are lapping up the fruits of their brave new world.On the many online chess portals available, they are playing classical chess alongside brand new, blasphemously untraditional formats like “King of the Hill” and “Crazyhouse”. Chess is all a bit jolly for the newcomers, in a way that the old school is liable to find flippant. Not that they don’t…

Read More Lucy Dacus “The irony is not lost on us” singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus would say about the eclectically-named three band lineup spotlighting her first headlining area appearance, a near-familial musical … LUCY DACUS lucydacus.com American singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus will be headlining First Avenue’s mainroom on Saturday, October 9th, 2021. Bartees Strange will open. Dacus is touring in support of her new album Home Video, which The New York Times Style Magazine explained, as “a forthright exploration of coming of age, deep friendships and young queer love amid a Bible camp backdrop, volleys between grief and humor and darkness” We last saw Lucy Dacus in Oct 2019 and said, “Richmond-based singer Lucy Dacus ended the all-women show, playing plenty of beloved songs. Fans loved it… but we already this was the case when we saw her headlined the sold-out 7th Street Entry in April 2018…” 2021 Tour Dates 09/10 - Richmond, VA @ The National 09/11 - Richmond, VA @ The National 09/13 - Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom 09/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 09/15 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl 09/17 - Dallas, TX @ Trees 09/18 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall…

Box Score | Se​ason StatsLONG BEACH, Calif. – No. 16 Georgia Tech volleyball (4-1) suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of No. 18 UCLA (4-0) on Saturday, falling 3-1 (25-11, 25-22, 25-27, 25-11) to wrap up its Long Beach State Tournament play at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. The Jackets responded to adversity by taking the third set with extra points after dropping the first two, but were unable to force the Bruins into a fifth set.Senior right-side hitter Mariana Brambilla led the way for the Jackets, hammering down 17 kills to go with 12 digs for her second double double of the season, also adding an ace and a block assist. Junior outside hitter Julia Bergmann trailed just behind Brambilla with her fourth straight doube double through 13 kills, 12 digs and a block of her own. The third of the “Killer B’s,” freshman outside hitter Bianca Bertolino, also pitched in with nine kills and seven digs of her own. Sophomore setter Isabella D’Amico stepped up to lead the team in assists on the night, coming away with 21.How it HappenedThe Bruins delivered a haymaker early, going on a nine-point run. The Jackets were unable to…

Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock Ever since Duff Goldman and his wife Johnna welcomed their first child in January of this year, the internet has been overjoyed by scenes of the jelly bean's experiences, and her dad has dutifully obliged doting fans. "The Ace of Cakes" host wrote in an Instagram post, "We made a family! I have a whole little family! I keep telling Josephine about all the wonderful things she's gonna get to try like pizza and candy and swimming and concerts and riding a bike. She already loves music." The cake master is so smitten with his cutie pie and determined to explore life with her, he declared, "I'm trying to do everything but breastfeeding, the thing I really can't do" (via Yahoo! Life). His philosophy of fatherhood seems to be "do all the things that you can, and get some daddy time." Goldman has been true to his word about all the wonderful things little Josephine is getting to experience. From eating her first watermelon to spending a little time with "Grandma" Nancy Fuller while filming "The Holiday Baking Championship" to being carried around like a Sack O' Potatoes through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Goldman is making sure the…

One of the Los Angeles skyline’s most instantly recognizable homes sold this spring. Following the unexpected death of its owner, the Hollywood Hills “hang glider” house — so-called because it’s perched atop one of L.A.’s highest promontories like a hang glider ready to take flight — came up for grabs. In better condition than ever, and with a covetable architectural history and some of the best views around, the place garnered lots of attention.Sad circumstances aside, the listing was also timed perfectly, debuting right as the real estate market was at its white-hot peak, post-COVID lockdowns. The ask was $7.99 million, but it appears a fierce bidding war broke out among potential suitors, driving the sales price all the way up to $9.4 million. The all-cash buyer was Canadian tech guru Jacob “BA” Blackstock.While he’s not exactly a household name, you’ve probably used a Blackstock-designed product. The 45-year-old comic artist is best known for cofounding Bitstrips, the company that makes Bitmoji — yes, those little smiley emojis. Bitmoji debuted in 2014 and became an overnight sensation; Snapchat took notice, snapping up the company in 2016 for $100 million, paying Blackstock in a mix of cash and stock. Blackstock subsequently joined…

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! This article was written by Mat Lebowitz, designer and technophile. Am I the only one feeling a little ambivalent about separating from my technology? Facebook is rumored to track and collect 52,000 data points on every user, and not just while we’re on Facebook. Facebook’s tentacles reach after us as we journey to other parts of the world, digital or otherwise, always observing, always monitoring, always gathering data. So when Apple recently raised its sword in defense of privacy and announced that it would require all users of its devices to “allow” app tracking or “ask app not to track” (rather than continue the need to seek out hidden preferences to control this) it felt like a no brainer and a big win for humanity’s right to privacy. In the last few days, whenever I’ve opened a social application on my iPhone, the opportunity to “ask app not to track” appeared.  » Read More