Here are the top trending news from the world of technology
1)
Salesforce is working on NFT Cloud Service
CRM giant Salesforce in all likelihood may soon start working on a project that will enable it to launch NFT cloud service for its clients. According to people aware of the matter, Salesforce’s co-CEOS Mark Benioff and Bret Taylor briefly discussed about the possibility of launching a NFT cloud service during a private event. Sources claim that Salesforce was going a one step ahead by launching its own NFT marketplace, which will be in the lines of OpenSea (Read more)
2)
Meta launches Split Payments feature on Facebook Messenger
Splitting payment or bill among your friends can be bit tedious. But Meta wants to make this tedious work super-easy as it rolls out Split Payments feature on Facebook messenger. Meta says that this feature will allow friends to easily split their restaurant bills, group shopping or divide payments. Facebook was testing this feature for quite some time now. The new is likely to get rolled out on the Valentine’s day eve (Read more)
3)
LinkedIn launches new Feature to filter out Political Content
LinkedIn has introduced a new feature in the U.S. that will help its users to filter out political content from their profile. LinkedIn said that they were compelled to launch this feature after several surveys confirmed that too much of political content was actually hindering their user’s user experience. The company said that it will classify any content that pertains to election, political ideology or popular political figure as political content (Read more)
4)
Reddit rolls out web version of Reddit Talk (Reddit’s Clubhouse Clone)
Reddit has launched slew of new features for its audio chat room Reddit Talk, which is nothing but clone of Clubhouse. Reddit Talk’s new features include web compatibility, listening to recorded sessions and commenting during live chats. Reddit said that its users may have to wait for end of this month to enjoy these feature. Buoyed by Clubhouse success, Reddit had launched Reddit Talk in April last year (Read more)
5)
SpaceX Satellites hit by Geomagnetic Strom, losses 40 Satellites
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service company Starlink, which is a sister firm of SpaceX, has reportedly lost 40 brand new satellites due to geomagnetic Strom. SpaceX said that the storm was so severe that it caused atmospheric drag to increase by 50 percent, preventing the deployed satellites to reach around the proper orbit of the earth. As a result, most of these satellites are likely to explode in the earth’s atmosphere instead of reaching the orbit (Read more)