Week Rewind 3: Last Week in a Quick Snap

Week Rewind 3, in this you will get all the quick rewinds of last week, including hot topics and new innovation. Last week From 28 September 2020 to 4 October 2020, was a good week in terms of new innovations in gadgets. We had Google launched Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G, YouTube new AI noise cancellation feature, WhatsApp expiring media coming soon, 17 apps removed from the Play store spotted Joker malware, India may soon announce Atmanirbhar App Store, Google Verified Calls

Last week as a short recap:

1. YouTube new AI noise cancellation feature

The noise-canceling circuit senses outside noise with built-in microphones and sends an equal-but-opposite canceling signal to the headset.   Detailed Read Here.

2. Google Pixel 5, Pixel 4a 5G 

Google launched Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G in Today's midnight live event (according to IST). Considering the leaks that we had earlier, the device looks quite familiar.  Detailed Read Here.

3. WhatsApp expiring media coming soon  

The screen captures shared by WhatsApp highlights tracker WABetaInfo from the WhatsApp 2.20.201.6 beta show that the informing application would educate the beneficiary about the Expiring Media to include through a spring up message.  Detailed Read Here.

4. PUBG Mobile hits Multiple DDoS Attacks  

It's not a bug, it's a freeze server hack. The PUBG mobile team has shared through its social media accounts that it is experiencing multiple waves of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks  Detailed Read Here.

5. India may soon announce Atmanirbhar App Store

The report claims that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will be responsible for developing this app store.  Detailed Read Here.

6. 17 apps removed from the Play store spotted Joker malware

The firm also mentioned that the Joker malware also steals device information and silently signs up into the victim's smartphone for premium wireless application protocol (WAP) services.  Detailed Read Here.

7. Google Verified Calls

Verified calls will show a blue shield icon that features a checkmark, business name, logo, and number.   Detailed Read Here.

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