#WeeklyRecap: New MacBook, Surface note pads, Unacademy breach, and more

10 May 2020

Today, some notable developments were made worldwide of innovation, especially in the customer tech classification.

Apple released an enhanced 13- inch MacBook Pro and confirmed the date for its first virtual WWDC, while Microsoft and Xiaomi introduced their latest gadgets in the Indian market and Twitter announced an extremely fascinating feature for its users.

Let’s take a quick look back at everything.

First, a take a look at the new 13- inch MacBook Pro

Apple shocked its fans by releasing a refreshed 13- inch MacBook Pro with a trusted scissor-switch design “Magic Keyboard”, 256 GB standard SSD, and Intel’s 10 th generation quad-core processors.

The business likewise went on to reveal that its first virtual “WWDC” event will begin on June 22 and is set to be completely free for 23 million Apple developers worldwide.

Microsoft’s brand-new Surface gadgets, Twitter’s caution feature

Microsoft made headings with the launch of 3 brand-new devices in India – the Surface Area Pro 7, Surface Laptop computer 3, and the Surface Pro X.

On the other hand, Twitter began evaluating a feature to warn individuals about the damaging tweets they are about to share, something it hopes would help users rephrase their remarks throughout heated exchanges on the platform.

Unacademy hacked, security concerns in Aarogya Setu

On the security side of things, Unacademy, one of the leading e-learning platforms in India, revealed a data breach of 11 million of its users The company’s recommendation came after the info arrived at a dark web marketplace.

Meanwhile, Aarogya Setu, the COVID-19 contact-tracing app of the government, drew flak over security concerns raised by ethical hacker Elliot Alderson

Facebook update crashed popular iOS apps

To name a few things, Facebook drew criticism after rolling out an SDK that broke numerous popular iOS apps, consisting of Spotify, Tinder, Pinterest, PUBG, and others.

The company is likewise said to be working to present WhatsApp Pay more commonly in India by the end of this month. The UPI-based service will supposedly introduce with three personal banks as partners.

Finally, there were some smartphone launches