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Discord announced its users will be required to change their usernames in the coming weeks, allowing them to pick a new and unique name without the social network’s trademark discriminator. The discriminator, which consists of a hashtag and a series of four numbers added to all Discord usernames, will be replaced with the standard “at” symbol.Every user will become eligible to change their username in the coming weeks and the change is intended to make it easier for users to “remember, read, type, and share” their…

Microsoft issued a Windows update that broke a Chrome feature, making it harder to change your default browser and annoying Chrome users with popups, Gizmodo has learned. Video Chat - From Sci-Fi to Sci-FactAn April Windows update borked a new button in Chrome—the most popular browser in the world—that let you change your default browser with a single click, but the worst was reserved for users on the enterprise version of Windows. For weeks, every time an enterprise user opened Chrome, the Windows default settings page…

Even with the Xbox being over 20 years old (let that sink in), Microsoft has yet to jump into the booming gaming handheld console market. Still, at least its employees—both past and present—have made it clear that the company is more than capable of creating a dedicated platform for gaming handhelds, which is important as handhelds like the Steam Deck continue to push what exactly a PC even is.As first reported by The Verge, Microsoft leaker WalkingCat on Twitter recently shared internal videos of company devs discussing…

Photo: pathdoc / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)Have you noticed that there’s a lot of stuff on the internet? Heck, these days there’s so much that a person might start having a hard time keeping track of it all! People have been trying to figure out what to do about all that for a long time. RSS—which stands for RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication depending on who you ask—was one early idea. RSS let websites that make content, like this, one for example, to create a feed of content. People could plug the…

Image: rafapress (Shutterstock)After a batch of classified documents were leaked from the Pentagon, it appears open-source intelligence analysts have pinned the leak down to an unlikely place: Discord. The documents were apparently used by patrons of the messaging platform, which is frequently used by avid video game players, in order to settle a debate about the ongoing war in Ukraine.Video Chat - From Sci-Fi to Sci-FactAs detailed in The Wall Street Journal, at least 50 documents with Secret and Top Secret…

Illustration: DiscordDiscord isn’t new to artificial intelligence, but it’s certainly making a statement about its commitment to it in its latest blog post. The company has declared its chat app the “place for AI with friends.” Indeed, if you want to bring a seemingly-sentient AI chatbot into a conversation with your favorite online pals, you can—it’s part of a public experiment launching next week.Discord laid out its vision for the future of its AI in its chat app, which already offers AI-infused moderation and the…

Image Source : INDIA TV Messages Apps Google has rolled out end-to-end encryption in group chats for Messages app users enrolled in the beta programme. The company said it has "completed the rollout of group chat end-to-end encryption for users in Open Beta" in just over a month, reports 9to5Google. ALSO READ: Google rolling out new split-screen look to Android Auto…

Image Source : GOOGLE CONTACT Google Contact Google has reportedly added a new tab of 'Highlight' to its contact management service called 'Google Contacts'. The service is applicable to Android devices only. Where to find the new tab? The new tab appears between 'Contacts' and 'Fix & manage' in the Material You bottom bar, reports 9To5Google. Below the search…

Image Source : MICROSOFT Microsoft Microsoft has launched real-time voice translation in Skype, which can now translate a person's voice in real-time using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make the translated voice sound similar to the original speaker. "We are launching translation of Skype to Skype video calls in real-time, using your natural voice. This means that…

Just imagine the Google app icon growing teeth, then crawling over to the Hangouts icon while it opens its jaws wide.Photo: BigTunaOnline (Shutterstock)Google is just about ready to let Hangouts die its famously long death, and the company is asking users to not look back as they mosey on over to Google Chat. It’s the end of an era, of sorts, namely the wasted time the tech giant spent trying to make an all-in-one dedicated call and messaging app work within its vast suite of native apps.Messages on the Google Hangouts…