It is that time of the week again where we list the top five stories here on iTech Post! Are you ready for it because we sure are!
This week, two tech giants land in the top stories on the site. Can you guess which of the tech giants they could be? Well, without further ado, let us get on with the rundown.
Coming in at number five is a story about former president Donald Trump's much talked about social media app, the Truth Social. It has been said that people, even Trump himself, has lost interest in the app, but this week, it has experienced a sudden increase in downloads.
In fact, the social media app even became the top free app downloaded on the Apple App Store. The sudden popularity being experienced by Truth Social has been attributed by Fast Company's to Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, according to our report.
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Asteroids have been a source of fascination and loads of data for research, but it has also been the subject of countless end-of-the-world theories out there. Whether or not an asteroid is about the blast our planet into smithereens remains to be seen. However, it looks like China is not even willing to risk it.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has announced that it will be launching a mission meant to deflect asteroids. The space agency is actually hoping to conduct an experiment by 2025 that involves changing the orbit of a potentially dangerous asteroid.
If you are frequently on TikTok, there is a chance you have seen a dance trend that has been growing in popularity on the platform as of late.
The dance trend in question is Louis Theroux's "My Money Don't Jiggle, Jiggle." It is actually a rap turned dance trend and those who perform it on TikTok even have a common outfit they wear in their videos. The outfit consists of a hoodie and sunglasses with a serious expression even as the TikTok user dances along with the simple yet viral dance steps.
Remember how we said at the beginning of article that two tech giants have landed in the top two this week? Well, here is the first of the two and it is none other than Apple.
It somehow feels like that the iPhone has just been released yesterday yet apprently people are already gearing up for the release of the iPhone 14.
The second best article on iTech Post this week lists down all the rumors swirling around the iPhone 14. These rumors include those about its features and feature. Specifically, it has been rumored that the non-Pro iPhone 14 will get a 6.7-inch screen for the first time.
And at number one for this week's list of top stories here on iTech Post is Google. If you think a tech company, let alone a tech giant, is incapable of being woke, well, Google is about to prove you wrong.
Google is not flagging users who use politically incorrect words while making searches on the search engine. This is because the company has launched an "inclusive language" function. So what does this mean?
For example, you want to search for the word "policemen" on Google. Do not be surprised if Google ends up replacing that word with "police officer" instead as a way of being more gender-sensitive.