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According to a recent report by US-based tech firm TRG Datacentres, over 1 million people worldwide searched 'how to delete (my) Instagram account' each month in 2023, marking a significant shift in user priorities.In a dynamic shift of social media preferences, Instagram is facing a decline as users globally seek to delete their accounts. According to a recent report by US-based tech firm TRG Datacentres, over 1 million people worldwide searched 'how to delete (my) Instagram account' each month in 2023, marking a…

Sync issue in Google Drive for desktop versions 84.0.0.0-84.0.4.0 caused havoc among users as several files went missing all of a sudden. To counter that, Google updated the Drive for the desktop app with version 85.0.13.0 that not only fixes the sync issue but also introduces a new file recovery tool.What is this file recovery tool in Drive for desktops?The file recovery tool in Drive for desktop is a new built-in tool that allows users to run a complete scan within Google Drive and recover files that went missing for…

Intel has accused AMD of “selling half-truths to unsuspecting customers” by using its Zen 2 architecture in some of its latest Ryzen 7000 series mobile processors. In a now-deleted presentation to system integrators, Intel’s “Core Truths” largely focuses on AMD’s Ryzen 5 7520U mobile processor and its confusing and somewhat misleading naming.AMD revealed a new naming scheme for its Ryzen 7000 series last year, with the first digit referring to the model year, the second for the segment, and the third revealing the…

Google may face investigation over its deleted chat history, as Federal Judge James Donato says he plans to look into the matter. Over the past several weeks and months, Google has been locked in court trials. The company recently wrapped up its trial against the DOJ on November 16 in a lawsuit that alleges the company used exclusive deals to operate a monopoly in the search market. A ruling on that is expected sometime in 2024. It’s also in court against Epic, which alleges Google has operated a monopoly with the Play…

Seven months after Google warned people it would be mass-deleting inactive accounts, the company will begin pulling the trigger this Friday, December 1.That’s going to mean Gmail, Google Chat, Google Drive and other services that haven’t been accessed in quite some time (24 months or longer, to be precise) are going to disappear—and the data they contain will be lost forever. For the most part, that’s not going to be an issue. Ghost accounts are often abandoned or were made for just a few uses.But for some people, it’s a…

Image: Alexey Boldin (Shutterstock)Gmail plans to start permanently deleting inactive accounts on December 1. Since November is almost over, we decided to give you one final urgent reminder to log into your old burner accounts to make sure they survive the Great Google Purge. “Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedAccording to the plan Google announced a couple of months ago, if there’s a Gmail account you haven’t used in at least two years, Google will consider it inactive and delete it. And there are…

Google will start to sweep away cobweb-collecting Gmail accounts this week. If you have an email address you haven’t touched in a couple of years, it might soon be gone.The tech giant on Friday will start deleting personal Google accounts that have remained inactive for at least two years—and going forward, it will continue killing accounts that reach two years of disuse. Once deleted, the accounts and any items in them can’t be recovered. This could mean the end of personal emails, cherished documents and candid photos…

Do you have a Google account you haven't checked for awhile but still want to keep? You'd better log in soon before it gets purged. Starting December 1st, 2023 (Friday), Google will begin deleting accounts that have been inactive for at least two years. The company says it's doing so for privacy reasons and no doubt to free up quite a bit of space on its servers."If an account hasn’t been used for an extended period of time, it is more likely to be compromised," Google noted in May 2023. "This is because forgotten or…

Somehow, after earning the lowest opening weekend of any MCU movie, and then suffering the sharpest drop-off of any superhero film ever made in its second weekend, The Marvels is still finding fresh ways to disappoint people. Although this one might just cut the deepest. Tessa Thompson’s cameo as Valkyrie in the Captain Marvel sequel was the fulfillment of years of fans shipping Carol Danvers and the king of New Asgard, something only fueled by Brie Larson and Thompson themselves on social media. Sadly, the duo only…

As a famous @dril tweet noted of the terrorist group ISIS, “You do not, under any circumstances, ‘gotta hand it to them.'” Yet amid the continuing horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas militants, as people struggle to make sense of the violence and escalating rhetoric, more than a few people are willing to give al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden credit for his 2002 polemic against the United States, published as an explanation of the ideology that led him to orchestrate the attacks of 9/11. “I need everyone to…