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In a recent report by 9to5Google (via WABetaInfo), WhatsApp is testing an advanced security feature for its app. Notably, the messenger app is now testing the ability to set last-seen on a contact-by-contact basis. This privacy feature has been demanded by WhatsApp users for quite some time now. Besides, setting last-seen on the contact-by-contact basis is a feature present on other cross-platform messaging apps, for a long time. WhatsApp already has the last-seen feature, which sits right on top of a contact for which you have enabled the feature....

The Xiaomi 12 & 12 Pro will get 3 major Android OS updates The Xiaomi 12 & 12 Pro will get 3 major Android OS updates These two smartphones got announced yesterday, globally. This launch followed the one in China that happened a couple of months ago. Xiaomi actually announced these two phones as its new flagships, and the Xiaomi 12X as its mid-range offering. Xiaomi did not make such commitments towards the Xiaomi 12X, only the flagship models....

While the revenue sharing is based on a formula and isn’t available for everyone, according to another report by The Verge, the company is adding a new feature that is indeed live for all users. Notably, Snapchat is adding a new way to share your real-time location with your friends. This is a pretty handy and useful feature as you can keep tabs on your loved ones who are en route to date or headed home....

The Art of Being Still: Mindfulness and Young People is the second annual conference organised by the Sanctuary meditation centre. It’s now sold out. Conference attendees will include health professionals, teachers, parents and youths. Topics will include the practice of mindfulness, yoga, meditation, body scans and observation skills, and how these can impact young lives. Niamh Bruce and Bro Richard Hendrick, who work with young people on the Sanctuary’s The Art of Stillness in the Classroom, The Warrior Journey and The Wisdom Journey, will speak at the conference....

The marriage of science and mindfulness has been a good thing. It has helped to ground the conversation about what mindfulness is good for in very practical terms. But, as in most marriages, there are areas that could use some attention. For one thing, in our rush to have everything explained for us in the simplest possible terms (how does it all work?), we can grasp after overly simplistic explanations and take them as Truth (insert trumpet blast)....