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AMD to invest $400 million in India by 2028: Here’s what we know

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and will build its largest design center in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started Friday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Other speakers at the flagship event include Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. Despite being a late entrant, the Modi government has been courting investments into India’s nascent chip sector to establish its credentials as a chipmaking hub. AMD said it will open its new design centre campus in Bengaluru by end of this year and create 3,000 new engineering roles within five years. “Our India teams will continue to play a pivotal role in delivering the high-performance and adaptive solutions that support AMD customers worldwide,” Papermaster said. The new 500,000-square-foot (55,5...

WhatsApp Desktop to get a password-protected screen lock feature

WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new security feature for its web platform. The new feature will allow you to lock WhatsApp Web on your desktop, helping with security. The news comes soon after the company added the Blur feature to the desktop platform.

WhatsApp Desktop will soon get a Screen lock

According to WABetainfo, WhatsApp is working on the Screen lock feature for the Web platform on desktop. It will allow users to lock WhatsApp Web with a password.

This ability is already available on mobile devices. Both Android and iOS devices have had the locking feature for the last 3 years. It appears the desktop/web platform will finally get it.

However, no release date has been revealed, the feature is under development and isn’t even present on the beta platforms. That said, it could take some time until it officially reaches everyone.

Apart from this, WhatsApp recently updated its web platform with the Blur feature. The feature allows you to blur images while sensing on the Web platform on a desktop.

This feature isn’t available on mobile devices. It looks like WhatsApp is now focusing on the web platform for desktops as well. We may see more similar features on desktops in the near future.

In related news, WhatsApp was spotted testing the new Companion mode for Android. The feature lets you use WhatsApp on four devices simultaneously. And interestingly, the secondary device doesn’t have to be your PC/laptop/tablet, rather you can use your secondary phone. It is being tested on beta version 2.22.23.18.

As per the screenshots shared by WABetainfo, it will allow users to scan the QR code, similar to how it is right now for WhatsApp web. Once the QR code is scanned, all the chats will be synced on your secondary or other devices.

Despite letting you use WhatsApp on multiple devices, end-to-end encryption will still be working. This feature is already available on competitor apps like Telegram.

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