It has been a while since the rumours of the above surfaced online. Now, thanks to The Verge, we know more. Facebook Messenger 191.0 update notes supposedly mention this new function; allowing the Messenger user to delete any message she or he has sent in the last 10 minutes. Well, that is not the hour that WhatsApp gives us to do the same but it is still good. Zuckerberg will not be the only one able to delete his messages now :p. Tweet Vote on HN ...

WhatsApp, one of the most popular social platforms online, will be getting ads. Sponsored elements will be this platform’s feature probably starting early 2019. Ads will appear in the Status section. Other, non-advertisement sponsored elements are also possible.Good, bad? Let us know. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Remember how Elon Musk sent Tesla car with a human dummy behind the wheel? Internet remembers. Today SpaceX took to social platforms to inform us that the rather atypical space vessel has just entered the orbit of the Red Planet. It’s trajectory, which can be seen on the graphic above, will eventually take it near the planet. Tesla’s journey so far took it nine months ever since its launch on February. We can only wonder when and where will it end… Tweet Vote on ...

Google marks todays US election day by changing its doodle to Go Vote; a reminder of the civic duty that every citizen, American or otherwise, should uphold. If you click on the doodle, it will enter a special search feature where you can easily learn of the polling station you can go to to put down your vote. Now you really have no excuse to not go, so get a move on. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Internet ads are annoying. Frankly, there is no other way to put it. Windows advertising uninteresting products pop up when we open a new website, small video windows appear in the corners of the screen, wide tabs with ads take place on top and bottom of screen where the text should be… it is all so irritating that it is difficult to not agree with South Park’s sentiments on the matter. Good uncle Google saw our troubles and said ”let there be clarity” and gave us AdBlock, which takes care of much of this trash. Unfortunately, AdBlock is not perfect, and we are still ...

And once again I am glad that I barely use Facebook anymore. As announced by BBC, Facebook has been hacked, with cyber-thieves taking the data of 81 thousand accounts’ private messages. The hackers themselves, naturally hiding behind the mask of anonymity, have announced that they really stole the data of 120 million FB accounts, but this reveleation has been so far unconfirmed and is believed to be untrue. As for Facebook, it has let the police know of the intrusion and has taken proper measures to defend against any such attacks in the future (yeah, right). Most of the robbed ...

Google has just begun a worldwide AI Impact Challenge contest. Its goal is to find the best thought out and executable ideas for using the A.I in daily life. The winner of the contest will receive a 25 million dollars grant from Google. Company believes that by promoting such research it will significantly help advance the A.I research. Tweet Vote on HN ...

New indoor maps feature covers twenty shopping and aircraft areas in the US, Singapore, Denmark and Hong-Kong. The specific list of new areas covered is:– Lenox Square in the Atlanta, GA,– Phipps Plaza in the Atlanta, GA,– Perimeter Mall in Atlanta, GA,– Cumberland Mall in Atlanta, GA,– North Point Mall in Alpharetta, GA,– Mall of Georgia in Buford, GA,– The Shoppes at River Crossing in Macon, GA,– Oglethorpe Mall in Savannah, GA,– Peachtree Mall in Columbus, GA,– Mall St. Matthews in Louisville, KY,– Oxmoor Center in ...

At first I wanted to add exclamation mark to the title, but then I thought better of it – in my opinion, Destiny 2 does not deserve acclamation. If you think otherwise and have yet to buy that game then it is your lucky two weeks! Blizzard and Activision are offering Destiny 2 for free for every owner of Battle.net account. Every owner of such account can download it as a free gift. Offer ends on November 18th. Those of you who already have the game will receive a special emblem that will tell everyone around you that you bought this overpriced, mediocre shooter before it went free to ...

Energizer, a company known for making mobile device batteries, has decided to make its own battery and then build its own phone around it too. Their model is called E500S and is a, how to put it, budget device, with its price being mere 99 euro. For this money, Energizer will offer us a smartphone with:– 8mpx main camera with LED flash,– Android Oreo Go operating system,– 2000mAh battery,– 4G connectivity,– 5′ 800 x 480p display,– MediaTek CPU,– 1GB RAM, 8GB flash memory.The device will be released in, quote, select European ...