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Previously, Threads was tied directly to your Instagram account but deleting your Threads profile would mean doing the same for the latter too. It was quite a bizarre move, to say the least, but you can do it now thanks to the long-awaited update.

While everyone is exploring how Threads work, some discovered that deleting your Threads account is not that simple. In the Supplemental Privacy Policy section, it is stated that “Your Threads Profile is Part of Your Instagram Account. Therefore, it may be deleted at any time by deleting your Instagram account”.

There have been quite a few friendly tensions between Malaysia and Singapore lately. As most of you know, Singapore has added six dates of concerts for Coldplay while Malaysia only has one. Then there's also Jocelyn Chia who crossed the line about MH370. And now, there's a drama going on between a Grab delivery partner and two Singaporean men.

Instagram has once again enforced a new method to verify users' age. However, it uses a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and face scanning this time, and it's something it has never done before.

By now, you might have read some news about WhatsApp's new privacy policy. But what you might not know is they actually publish them online and you can read all about it. It's not really long but if you're too busy, here's the gist of what the new policy says. 

Creator of the Stadium Full Screen Browser app has recently posted a tweet on the their Twitter account, stating that Apple will be removing the app from the Apple App Store. For those who are not in the know, the aforementioned app allows users to access Stadia, which is a Google cloud gaming service on their iOS device.

It seems that an app called Semak Mule was recently unveiled thanks to an initiative by PDRM, which allows users to check whether the owner of the bank account or phone number was recently involved in a crime. By using this app, the public can keep themselves informed on whether they are dealing with a scammer, as well as increase their trust when it comes to online transactions.

A recent tweet from Twitter’s official account mentioned that they will be rolling out a new feature, which allows you to specify who can reply to your tweets. While the new feature is only available to a small percentage of Twitter users, we can expect it to be rolled out somewhere around June 2020 onwards.

Based on a statement by techradar.com, it seems that cybercriminals are still keen on stealing information from your Zoom account information due to the sudden increase in online scams lately. The scammers send emails to unsuspecting users by requiring them to “verify” their account by keying them into a landing page that was provided in the email thread.

Based on an article by bleepingcomputer.com, it seems that more than 500000 zoom accounts containing several private information including email address and password was sold on the dark web not too long ago. The source mentioned that the accounts sold were priced at USD0.002(~RM0.0087) each, for a grand total of around USD1000(~RM4350) for the whole bulk.