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Home Technology News Snapchat CEO reveals secret of dealing with stress, here is what he does Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel has revealed his secret for dealing with stress. Instead of spiralling over stressful situations as a threat, he seems to be taking a completely different approach. Snapchat's CEO Evan Spiegel New Delhi, UPDATED: Dec 16, 2025 18:44 IST We all face stress, which could be due to work pressure or something in our personal lives. Most of us consider stress as something negative, something that we are forced to manage. But Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel has a completely different way to deal with stress. During his appearance on the Grit podcast, Spiegal opened up about his personal methods for dealing with stress. The Snap Inc CEO has led his company for over a decade, and gone through some tricky times, including the rejection of an acquisition offer from Facebook (now Meta) in 2013. What is the secret to dealing with stress? Spiegel reckoned that the secret to dealing with stress starts with our outlook. We need to see it as something positive, instead of a threat. He stated, "This is a gift, this is a learning opportunity, this is

Snapchat is changing how it stores photos and videos saved in Memories. After nearly a decade of offering that backup service for free, the company now says anyone who keeps more than 5 gigabytes of Memories will need to choose a paid storage plan or export their files. The change will roll out gradually. They plan to give affected users one year of temporary storage before they must decide what to do. Snapchat users will be charged for this feature soon Snapchat said that those with under 5GB of saved Memories will not see any difference. For users above that threshold, the company is offering new paid tiers to keep their Memories online. It will have an entry-level 100GB plan and a 250GB option tied to the Snapchat+ subscription. A 5TB plan will be available with Snapchat Platinum. They also said it will provide “12 months of temporary Memories storage for any Memories that exceed the 5GB storage limit” (via Snapchat Newsroom) Press reports say the standalone 100GB plan would cost about $1.99 per month. 250GB is included in Snapchat+ at the reported $3.99 monthly rate. Snap framed the move as a necessary step to keep investing in the product.

WhatsApp has launched a comprehensive festive-season update, rolling out communication improvements, creative tools, and interface upgrades aimed at making conversations smoother, faster, and more expressive for its global user base. The new functionalities focus heavily on core user needs, such as staying connected when calls are missed, adding flair to chats, and simplifying file management. The latest release includes significant enhancements to calling features, a major leap in integrated AI capabilities, and engaging new options for Status and Channels. Highlights (For indexing and quick reading) WhatsApp holiday update introduces Missed Call Messages, improved group calling features, and smoother communication tools. Creativity gets a boost with enhanced Meta AI image generation and the new photo-to-video animation feature. WhatsApp Desktop receives a clean redesign with a new media tab and cleaner, streamlined chat visuals. Status and Channels become more engaging with new stickers, music lyrics, tappable elements, and interactive questions. Calls That Speak For You: Introducing Missed Call Messages The most anticipated enhancement in WhatsApp’s latest holiday implementation is Missed Call Messages. This feature allows callers to leave a short voice or video message instantly if the recipient does not answer, eliminating the doubt about whether the call was essential. This functionality

Recently, WhatsApp has released some new and exciting features for its mobile app users, and now new changes have been announced for the Windows app users. new on WhatsApp for Windows: now you can add to Status, access Channels you follow, and chat in your Communities 🤩 — WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) December 15, 2025 WhatsApp is rolling out a new update that includes some changes for Windows. WhatsApp Windows app now supports adding to Status, accessing followed channels, and chatting in Communities. These features are expected to enhance desktop functionality for users. Reportedly, the company is also informing users about this update, where they are warned that they will be logged out to complete the update, and they will need their phone to log back in. However, the update is not being forced on users for now. Apart from this, it is also revealed that this new update will replace the old native app with a web wrapper app. According to a report by Windows Latest, the web wrapper version uses more RAM than the old version, while the new version is also found to be slower. The web wrapper version is said to use more system resources than the previous

December 16, 2025, Tokyo, JAPAN – COVER Corporation (Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Tanigo Motoaki) is pleased to announce a collaboration between hololive English -Justice- and world-famous fresh and natural cream puff chain Beard Papa’s. Beginning January 3rd, 2026 for a limited time, U.S. Beard Papa’s locations will debut four talent-inspired cream puffs, each themed after a member of the hololive English -Justice-. “We’re thrilled to collaborate with hololive English -Justice- on bringing the talents to life through our handcrafted cream puffs,” said Mark Nathan, Marketing Director of Beard Papa’s. “Fans love the creativity and personality of hololive’s talents, and this collaboration allowed us to create completely new flavors guided by each member’s input, while maintaining Beard Papa’s signature quality.” For more information, please visit Beard Papa’s official website and social media platforms. Official Collaboration Site: https://www.beardpapas.com/hololive Beard Papa’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeardPapasUSA/ Beard Papa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beardpapas/ Beard Papa’s X: https://x.com/BeardPapasUSA Limited-Edition Cream Puffs made together with hololive English -Justice- During the collaboration, fans can try Beard Papa’s iconic freshly baked puffs paired with flavor profiles crafted to reflect the personalities, color palettes, and motifs of each talent. These limited-edition flavors will be available for purchase at participating Beard Papa’s stores nationwide. Every flavor

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 1:38AM Four people arrested last week who are suspected of planning coordinated bomb attacks across Southern California are part of anti-capitalist and anti-government group called the "Turtle Island Liberation Front," federal officials said Monday. The group's Instagram page, which has 939 followers, features images with the phrases "Death to America" and "Peaceful Protest Will Never Be Enough." A video on the posted on the Instagram account features a woman, who only identifies as "Mary," explaining the group's name. "So that's what the natives called it - was Turtle Island," the person, whose face is concealed, says in the video. "So that's the de-colonized name of the Americas. And Turtle Island Liberation Front is looking for reparations and land back for these indigenous groups." The FBI said Monday, agents arrested Audrey Carroll, Zachary Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai last week in Lucerne Valley when the suspects gathered in the desert to build pipe bombs. Retired LAPD Counter-Terrorism Officer Mike Downing said the threat from plots like these are real. "I still think you have extremes on both ends that present danger to this country," Downing said. "And you cannot take the eye off the ball. And

Yesterday, publisher Ubisoft brought back the “Wildcards Siege” in-game event to their ongoing tactical first-person shooter title ‘Rainbow Six Siege X’. Live until 15 January 2026, Wildcards Siege event matches are best-of-five Bomb mode showdowns. Each round, players are presented with a selection of modifiers to vote on; each player gets one vote, and the top two most-voted modifiers will go into effect for the next round. There is a wide range of available modifiers, including Multi-pick, which allows duplicate Operator selections (a team of 5 Chad Rooks?!), and Tactical Realism, a throwback mode which strips away HUD elements which creates for an immersive cops versus robbers experience. Have a gander below for more details on the Wildcards Siege event, including applicable Twitch drops. Rainbow Six Siege X is available on PC via Steam/Ubisoft+, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles with crossplay enabled between console systems. Also know that the game is going through its 10th year anniversary in its latest major seasonal update “Operation Tenfold Pursuit“. What is the Wildcards Siege Event?  Wildcards Siege event matches are best-of-five Bomb mode showdowns. Each round, players are presented with a selection of modifiers to vote on; each player gets one vote, and the top two most-voted modifiers

Welcome back to another round of LinkedIn Games answers. We’ve only reached the second day of the week, and it seems like somehow, the puzzles got even easier than yesterday. But I will say that the Pinpoint does pack a little bit of a punch. If you’re looking to try these games out, you can find them here. And if it’s your first time doing these puzzle games, you’ll get a tutorial level that is separate from the daily puzzle. With that in mind, here are all the LinkedIn Games solutions for December 16, 2025. And if you’d like to try some of our web games, you can visit FW Gaming! LinkedIn Queens Solution for December 16, 2025 (#595) The daily Queens puzzle. | Image Credit: LinkedIn/FandomWire The Queens puzzle goes back down to a 7×7 grid today, and we’re back to another round of super-easy puzzles, honestly. Here’s the solution for today: Play Free Games . Anytime . Anywhere Tap a cover; hit Play to continue on FandomWire Gaming. Queen #1: Row 1, Column 1 Queen #2: Row 2, Column 3 Queen #3: Row 3, Column 6 Queen #4: Row 4, Column 4 Queen #5: Row 5, Column 2

Hyundai Hyundai CEO Jose Muñoz reveals how ramped-up U.S. localization will drive big global growth gambit Hyundai CEO Jose Muñoz reveals in an interview how he plans to drive a 73 percent surge in North American sales in just five years, leveraging ramped-up localized production in the U.S., blitzing into new segments and rolling out a host of new product technologies. HG By Hans Greimel

Snapchat has published a new overview of 2025 usage trends, including a heap of data on Snap usage, and summary overviews of the major shifts that it’s seeing in user activity. At the same time, Snapchat users can also now access their own 2025 “Snapchat Recap” in the app, which provides a highlight video of your Snapchat usage throughout the year. In terms of overall trends, however, Snapchat says that voice calls surprisingly gained traction in 2025, with younger users turning to voice notes to stay in touch, and add more personality to their interactions. As you can see in these notes, Snapchatters talked for nearly 1.7 billion minutes every day in the app, up 30% year-over-year. As per Snap: “And in the U.S. alone, over 5 billion voice notes were sent in 2025 — that’s nearly 10% more than last year! Turns out, hearing someone’s voice is still one of the most powerful ways to stay connected.” That is weird, because all of the data suggests that young people do not want to use the phone for voice calls, with so many alternatives for connection. Indeed, brands have been told for years that they should offer alternatives to voice connection