The Australian government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, in what it calls a world-leading package of measures that could become law late next year. Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from…
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Qualcomm, Arm Climb After Earnings Signal Smartphone Rebound
Shares of Qualcomm and Arm Holdings, two chip companies heavily dependent on the smartphone market, gained on Thursday after delivering earnings reports that signaled a tentative comeback in demand. Both companies pointed in their earnings released Wednesday to a resurgence in demand for high-end model devices, though they stopped short…
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Reliance Lobbies for Satellite Spectrum Auction in New Clash With Starlink
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance pressed India’s telecom watchdog on Friday to reconsider its plan not to auction satellite spectrum but to simply allocate it, in a fresh clash with Elon Musk’s Starlink. India’s telecoms Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia last month said the government would allocate spectrum administratively in line with global trends…
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OTT Releases This Week: Vijay 69, Devara, Citadel: Honey Bunny and More
The most anticipated release this week is Varun Dhawan and Samantha Prabhu’s Citadel: Honey Bunny – the Indian leg of the international spy universe franchise. The high-octane drama gives plenty of action sequences, thrill and chases. The next big release is Anupam Kher’s inspiring drama Vijay 69 on Netflix, which…
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Competition Commission of India Finds Zomato, Swiggy Breached Antitrust Laws, Documents Show
An investigation by India’s antitrust body found food delivery giants Zomato and SoftBank-backed Swiggy breached competition laws, with their business practices favouring select restaurants listed on their platforms, documents show. Zomato entered into “exclusivity contracts” with partners in return for lower commissions, while Swiggy guaranteed business growth to certain players…
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Meta Says App Stores Should Police Australia Under-16 Social Media Ban
Australia will push ahead with a ban on social media for people aged under 16 despite calls by Meta Platforms for it to consider shifting responsibility for policing usage to app store operators such as Google and Apple. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Friday that all state and territory leaders…
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Canada Orders Shutdown of TikTok’s Business in Country, App Access to Continue
Canada on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned TikTok’s business in the country to be dissolved, citing national-security risks, but added the government was not blocking Canadians’ access to the short-video app or their ability to create content. “The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance’s…
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Samsung Plans to Upgrade Galaxy AI With Advanced Features, Use Hybrid AI Capabilities
Samsung shared its vision about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and how the company wants to implement new features for users on Wednesday. The company is planning to introduce advanced features via Galaxy AI, its suite of AI features. Additionally, the South Korea-based tech giant highlighted the need to…
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xAI Rolling Out Grok API for Developers, Offers $25 of Free Credits Per Month
xAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm founded by Elon Musk, rolled out an API for Grok on Monday. While the API was launched last month, the company has now offered several incentives for developers to try out the API and build apps and software using it. The most notable incentive…
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Meta Makes Llama AI Models Available to US Government Agencies
Meta announced on Monday that its Llama artificial intelligence (AI) models will be available to US government agencies and contractors. The announcement came just days after reports claimed that the company’s open-source AI models were being used by researchers in China for military use. The social media giant highlighted that it…
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Government Issues Notice to Wikipedia Over Bias, Editorial Control Concerns: Report
Wikipedia was issued a notice by the government over concerns of “bias and inaccuracy” on the website, according to a report. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting contacted the free encyclopaedia, questioning why the platform should be treated as an intermediary and not as a publisher. The government notice comes…
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Oppo and PolyU Renew Collaboration to Focus on AI Imaging Technology
Oppo and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) signed a renewal agreement on Friday to further their collaboration and make technological breakthroughs. The Chinese smartphone brand has been partnering with PolyU for the last three years to develop new technologies that have been adopted by the company. Now, with the latest…
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Runway Introduces Advanced Camera Control Feature on Gen-3 Alpha Turbo AI Video Generator
Runway, the video-focused artificial intelligence (AI) firm released a new feature on Friday. The feature, dubbed advanced camera control, will allow users to get granular control over the camera movement in an AI-generated video. The capability is being added to the AI firm’s Gen-3 Alpha Turbo model, which was released…
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MIT Unveils Novel Method of Training General-Purpose Robots Using Generative AI Techniques
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) unveiled a new method to train robots last week that uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) models. The new technique relies on combining data across different domains and modalities and unifying them into a shared language which can then be processed by large language models (LLMs).…
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OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Search AI-Powered Web Search to Take On Google’s AI Overviews, Perplexity
ChatGPT Search, the artificial intelligence (AI) search engine for the OpenAI-built chatbot, was introduced on Thursday. The feature arrives after months of speculation about the AI firm’s SearchGPT waitlist. The web search feature allows users to run a web search about a topic and get natural language results based on…
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WhatsApp Rolling Out Custom Lists Feature to All Users Globally
WhatsApp recently introduced a feature where users could categorise certain groups and individual chats as favourites for quick access. This was accessible through a tab in the chat filters bar alongside tabs like unread, groups and all. Now the company has announced that it is rolling out a Custom Lists feature…
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Apple Offers Modest Growth Outlook After iPhone Sales Help Beat Profit Expectations
Apple’s AI-enhanced iPhone made a strong start, pushing quarterly sales ahead of Wall Street expectations, but a modest revenue forecast raised questions about whether that momentum will hold over the holiday sales season. A decline in China sales during the fourth quarter also concerned some analysts and investors, helping send…
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Telegram Update Adds Improved Video Speed Controls, Last Edit Timestamps and Chat-Specific Hashtags
Telegram has been updated with improvements to the video and chat features on the messaging service. The latest update brings new video speed controls, while improving the quality of videos along with support for faster loading, based on network connection quality. Users will now be able to add media…
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OpenAI Will Not Release GPT-5 This Year But ‘Some Very Good Releases’ Are Coming, Says CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and several other company executives hosted an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Thursday. The session was hosted on the social networking platform Reddit and users were told to ask questions about the AI firm’s products such as ChatGPT or general queries about artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial…
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GitHub Copilot Gets Upgraded With Multi-Model Support, New GitHub Spark AI Tool Announced
GitHub announced a major update to Copilot, the artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant service, on Tuesday. The announcement was made at the GitHub Universe 2024 event, which is being held in San Francisco. The update introduces multi-model support for Copilot, allowing developers to pick between various AI models by Anthropic,…
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Microsoft Forecasts Slower Cloud Business Growth in Second Quarter
Microsoft predicted increased spending on artificial intelligence this quarter but slower growth in its cloud business Azure, signaling that big AI investments were not enough to keep pace with capacity constraints at its data centers. Shares of the Redmond, Washington-based company dipped 3.6% in after-market trading, giving up earlier gains.…
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OpenAI Rolling Out Chat History Search Feature on ChatGPT Web
OpenAI announced a new feature for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT on Tuesday. The new capability will allow users to search through their chat history to quickly find relevant information from past conversations. This is a significant improvement from the current workaround which requires users to scroll through the…
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YouTube Reportedly Testing New Homepage With No View Count, Upload Date; Company Responds
YouTube is reportedly testing a new homepage without view count and upload date information. When the claim surfaced online, users expressed their dissatisfaction with the alleged update. Some appreciated the removal of the view count alongside the thumbnails but most people claimed that removing the upload date information would be…
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Intel Set for Big Drop in Quarterly Revenue as Chipmaker Struggles to Bounce Back
Intel is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue drop in five quarters on Thursday, potentially signaling more erosion of data center and personal computer market share for the once iconic American chipmaker. Shareholders have turned their focus to CEO Pat Gelsinger’s attempts to salvage the company’s lost market lead…
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Mysterious AI Image Generator ‘Red Panda’ Emerges on Top of Benchmark Leaderboard
A mysterious artificial intelligence (AI) model is currently ranking on top of a benchmarking platform’s leaderboard, but nobody can find any information about it. The mysterious model in question is dubbed Red Panda and it has ranked at the top position on the Artificial Analysis benchmark’s text-to-image generation leaderboard. The…
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Government Issues Advisory to Curb Hoax Bomb Threats on Social Media
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued an advisory highlighting the responsibility of intermediaries, including social media platforms, to curb the spread of hoax bomb threats by various airlines operating in India. MeitY has emphasised that social media intermediaries must comply with the IT Act, 2000, the…
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Elon Musk’s xAI Introduces Image Understanding Feature to Grok AI
Elon Musk, the founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI, announced a new feature for Grok on Monday. The in-house AI chatbot is now getting image understanding capability that allows it to process and analyse the content in an image. Users can now upload an image and ask the…
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale: Best Deals on Home Appliances
Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale is currently live in India and will go on till October 29. A slew of home appliances and products including air conditioners, washing machines, and refrigerators are available at discounted prices during the sale. Amazon is also offering an instant discount of…
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale: Best Deals on Amazon Fire TV Stick, Echo Show and More
Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 sale is currently live for all users in India and ends on October 29. During the sale, the e-commerce platform offers a broad selection of products, including electronics, at discounted prices. Aside from large appliances and personal gadgets, smart home items like smart…
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale: Best Deals on Smart Home Equipments
Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024, which is currently underway, has a wide range of items being offered at highly discounted rates. Before the sale ends on October 29, you should check out some of the best deals on electronic items including large appliances, personal gadgets and more. We have…
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Telegram Says It Can’t Police All Chatbots in Star Health India Data Leak
The messaging platform Telegram on Friday told an Indian court it cannot monitor all the accounts it hosts to look for leaked customer data from India’s Star Health, and will only block problematic content that is flagged to it. India’s biggest health insurer has been battling a reputational and business…
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Do Patti Review: Netflix’s Meatless Thriller About Domestic Violence Falters Despite Brilliant Performances
We have all at some point encountered the kind of duplicitous men who would shamelessly beat their wives, catcall every possible female, exert their dominance, and yet call themselves feminists who “respect women.” They won’t even deny their preposterous acts and would either blame the victim for triggering them or…
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OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Release The Successor to GPT-4 Before the End of This Year
OpenAI is reportedly planning to release the next generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) model before the end of the year. As per a report, the next frontier model of the company will be significantly more powerful and capable than the GPT-4 AI model. The large language model is said…
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale: Best Deals on Health-Focused Gadgets and Wearables
Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 sale is currently live for all users in India and will last till October 29. The e-commerce site is offering a wide range of products at a discounted rate including electronic items during the sale. Personal gadgets like smartphones, tablets, earphones, and smartwatches…
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Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale: Best Last-Minute Tech Gift Ideas
As Diwali approaches, it’s the perfect time to spread joy through thoughtful gifts. If you are looking for tech gifts to make your loved ones feel truly cherished, this year’s Amazon Great Indian Festival Diwali Special 2024 Sale has numerous deals and offers. Gadgets from different brands and categories are…
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Flipkart Big Diwali Sale 2024: Best Deals on iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 14 and More
Flipkart Big Diwali Sale 2024 started in India for all users on October 21 and the ongoing sale will end on October 31. During the ongoing sale, the e-commerce site is offering a wide range of products at a discounted rate including electronic items. This includes large appliances like refrigerators,…
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Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has removed several accounts across Threads and Instagram that were used to track celebrities’ private jets, including the jet owned by its Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, citing a risk of “physical harm.” The accounts, which rely on publicly available information to track a jet’s…
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Amazon Prime Video to Introduce Ads for Subscribers in India Starting in 2025
Amazon Prime Video will start to show ads to subscribers in India starting in 2025, according to the company. Advertisements on Prime Video were previously introduced in Australia, Canada, Mexico, the UK, the US, and a few European countries, and Amazon Prime members in India will soon see ads while…
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Elon Musk’s xAI Launches New API With Function Calling Capability, Available With Grok-Beta AI Model
Elon Musk’s’s xAI launched an application programming interface (API) for Grok on Monday. The billionaire entrepreneur promised to turn the native artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by xAI into an API in August, and now, users can access and use it. The API key can be generated using the xAI console…
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Indian Retail Group Seeks Antitrust Probe on Quick Commerce Brands Swiggy, Blinkit, Zepto
India’s biggest group of retail distributors has asked the antitrust authority to investigate three quick commerce companies – Zomato’s Blinkit, Swiggy and Zepto – for alleged predatory pricing, a letter showed on Sunday. Quick commerce is a new shopping rage in India, with companies promising deliveries of anything from groceries…
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Perplexity AI Introduces Internal Knowledge Search Capabilities and Spaces Collaboration Hub
Perplexity AI is rolling out two new features to enable newer ways of using the artificial intelligence (AI) search platform’s capabilities. Announced last week, the AI firm has introduced Internal Knowledge Search and Spaces capabilities. The former allows users to search prompts and get responses based on an internal knowledge…
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OTT Releases This Week: 1000 Babies, The Office (Australia), Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives and More
The biggest Indian OTT releases this week are Hotstar’s 1000 Babies and Dharmatic Entertainment’s Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives, returning for a third season. While the former is a bone-chilling crime thriller set in Kerala, the latter gives a peek into the lavish lives of powerful women from the film…
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Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 Sale Date Announced With Early Access for Plus, VIP Users: See Top Deals, Bank Offers
Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 sale is set to kick off next week and the e-commerce platform’s upcoming festive season is set to bring several deals and discounts on a range of consumer electronics products, including smartphones. As usual, Flipkart Plus and VIP customers will get access to the sale a…
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Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati Said to Be Raising Capital for New AI Startup
Mira Murati, former chief technology officer at OpenAI, is raising funds from venture capitalists for her new AI startup, according to sources familiar with the matter. The new company aims to build AI products based on proprietary models, said one of the sources who requested anonymity to discuss private matters.…
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Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 Sale Offers Revealed: Best Deals on iPhone, Samsung, Motorola and Nothing Phones
Flipkart Big Diwali 2024 Sale will begin on Sunday (October 20) for Flipkart Plus and VIP customers and the company’s festival-themed sale event will be available to all customers on the platform a day later. The e-commerce platform is competing with the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale, which began a few…
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The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh Review: Prime Video’s Indian Immigrant Comedy Plays on Familiar Stereotypes
Whether it’s cinema, television, standup performances, or the millions of memes plaguing the Internet, the stereotypical Indian family has always been an object of ridicule. The moms are too controlling, food is uncontrollably spicy, curfews are annoying, privacy is obsolete, academic excellence flows through generations, and well… the list is…
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Apple Requires EU Developers to List Contact Details on App Store to Comply With Digital Services Act
Apple now requires developers in the European Union (EU) to provide the company with their contact information, in order to comply with regulations that affect app stores. App makers will have to disclose a phone number and a public address on the App Store, which will appear under individual app…
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Apple Business Connect Updated to Display Brand Information on Caller ID, Mail and Apple Pay
Apple Business Connect — the company’s service that allows individuals and companies to add or update their information across the company’s apps — has been updated with new features that allow these businesses to connect with customers, even if they do not have a physical presence. The latest features introduced…
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Lionsgate Play Offers Free Access to Its Entire Content Library in India for a Week From October 18
Lionsgate Play has announced seven days of free streaming in India from October 18 to October 24, as a part of a new “Gatecrash Lionsgate Play” promotional campaign in the country. The platform’s entire content library, including Bollywood films, Indian originals, Hollywood movies, and Web series from across genres, can…
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Google Shopping Page Redesigned With Infinite Scroll, Video
Alphabet Inc.’s Google redesigned its shopping website to better match consumers with merchant storefronts, seeking to distinguish the platform from e-commerce sites such as Amazon.com Inc. The updated shopping experience largely revolves around scrollable feeds akin to a social media app. A new home page will display a personalized feed…
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Government Says No Auction of Satellite Spectrum; Elon Musk Hails Decision
The government on Tuesday said it will allot spectrum for satellite broadband administratively and not via auction, hours after Elon Musk criticized the auction route being sought by rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani as “unprecedented”. In what is seen as a battle between billionaires, the methodology of awarding spectrum for satellite…
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IMC 2024: Over 950 Million Internet Users in India; 5G Coverage Expanded to All Districts, PM Modi Says
India Mobile Congress — or IMC 2024 — was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, alongside the World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly (WTSA) 2024. At the annual digital technology forum, several milestones in the areas of mobile network connectivity, broadband adoption, and optical fibre network expansion were highlighted by the…
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Google Wants US Judge’s App Store Ruling Put on Hold
Google has asked a California federal judge to pause his sweeping court order requiring it to open up its app store Play to greater competition. In a court filing on Friday night, Google said US District Judge James Donato’s injunction order, which goes into effect on November 1, would harm the…
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US Weighs Google Breakup as Remedy in Historic Antitrust Case
The US Justice Department is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell off parts of its business in what would be a historic breakup of one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Antitrust enforcers are weighing a breakup to mitigate the Alphabet Inc. business’s dominance in search,…
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Apple Accused of Restricting Workers’ Slack, Social Media Use by US Labor Board
The U.S. National Labor Relations board accused Apple of interfering with workers’ rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of social media and workplace messaging app Slack, the agency said on Friday. The NLRB complaint, issued on Thursday, accuses the iPhone maker of maintaining unlawful…
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Star Health Probes Alleged Role of Security Chief in Data Leak
India’s Star Health is investigating accusations that its chief information security officer played a role in a data leak by a self-styled hacker who used Telegram chatbots and websites to disseminate customers’ medical records and personal data. The country’s biggest health insurer, Star told Reuters that the official, Amarjeet Khanuja,…
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Star Health Says It Received $68,000 Ransom Demand After Data Leak
Star Health, India’s biggest health insurer, on Saturday said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a cyberhacker in connection with a leak of customer data and medical records. Star, which has a roughly $4 billion market cap, is battling a reputational and business crisis since Reuters reported…
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Bestselling Smartphone Deals During Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale is now in its third week, and the e-commerce platform’s biggest sale event of the year is in full swing with discounts on several products, including consumer electronics. Whether you’re looking to purchase a smartphone or other electronics products, the ongoing sale is one of…
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Amazon Great Indian Festival: Top Deals on Premium Smart TVs
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 sale has been going on for a few weeks now. The special discount sale kicked off on September 27 for all shoppers after providing 24 hours of early access to Prime members. The sale is focused towards the Indian festive season and offers lucrative discounts…
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Amazon Targets Faster Deliveries With Vision Assisted Package Retrieval
Amazon, in its quest for greater efficiency, has developed new systems to shave seconds off each package delivery and to help customers make faster buying choices, even for new product types that they may know little about. The company announced Wednesday it has created spotlights within its trucks to guide…
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Zindaginama Review: An Earnest Take on Mental Health That Misses the Mark
Imagine watching a water bottle falling and your immediate thought is that your best friend would trip on it, hurt themselves or die in a freak incident. Or when your hands brush past someone you fancy, instead of feeling the thrill of attraction, you withdraw in horror — scared, panicked, teary-eyed.…
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Star Health Insurance Reportedly Confirms Being Target of a Cyberattack Last Month, Claims Lost Data
Star Health, one of the biggest health insurance companies in India, has reportedly confirmed that it was the target of a malicious cyberattack that led to bad actors getting access to “certain data” illegally. The incident was first reported last month, but the insurer refused to make any comments before…
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OTT Releases This Week: Zindaginama, Citadel: Diana, Raat Jawaan Hai, and More
This week, SonyLiv is treating us with two heartwarming dramas. In Zindaginama, we follow six stories about mental health. In Raat Jawaan Hai, we meet three friends who embark on an adventurous journey of raising kids. Another heartwarming release on homefront comes from Hotstar’s Vaazhai, where we see a young…
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Top Laptop Offers During Amazon Great Indian Festival
Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2024 has entered its second week in India. The festival special sale started on September 27 for all shoppers after providing 24 hours of early access to Prime members. A wide range of products across categories such as smartphones, wearables, tablets, home appliances and apparel…
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Amazon Great Indian Festival: Top Smartphone Offers During the Sale You Shouldn’t Miss
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 kicked off in India on September 27, offering exciting deals to all users. Shoppers can find a wide range of electronics, from personal gadgets to home entertainment systems and large appliances, at attractive discounted prices. Additionally, many products can be purchased at even lower effective…
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Google Says It Will Stop Linking to New Zealand News if Proposed New Law Is Passed
Google said on Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news articles and ditch the agreements it has with local news organisations, if the country’s government goes ahead with a law to force tech giants to pay a fair price for content that appears on their feeds. The New…
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Apple Releases Depth Pro, an Open Source Monocular Depth Estimation AI Model
Apple has released several open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models this year. These are mostly small language models designed for a specific task. Adding to the list, the Cupertino-based tech giant has now released a new AI model dubbed Depth Pro. It is a vision model that can generate monocular depth…
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Microsoft’s Rival Browsers Allege Unfair Practices by Edge, Wish to Involve EU Antitrust Regulators
Microsoft gives its Edge Web browser an unfair advantage and EU antitrust regulators should subject it to tough EU tech rules, three rival browsers and a group of Web developers said in a letter to the European Commission. The move by Vivaldi, Waterfox, Wavebox, and the Open Web Advocacy could boost…
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Google Tests Verified Check Marks in Search Results to Help Users Identify Verified Sources
Alphabet’s Google is testing showing check marks next to certain companies on its search results, a company spokesperson said on Friday, in a move aimed at helping users identify verified sources and steer clear of fake websites. Fraudulent websites impersonating official businesses or services could creep up in online search…
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Top Smartwatches Under Rs. 5,000 During Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale
It’s been a few days since the Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale began, and customers still have access to several deals and discounts on a variety of products. During the ongoing sale, several smartwatch models have dropped under the Rs. 5,000 mark, which means that this is one of the best times…
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Best Deals on Air Conditioners During Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale is in full swing, with some of the best deals and discounts on home appliances and other consumer electronics. If you’re looking to buy an air conditioner or replace your existing model, the ongoing Great Indian Festival Sale can help you maximise your savings on…
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WhatsApp Adds Private Mentions and Likes to Its Status Feature
WhatsApp has introduced a new set of features for status updates. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform is rolling out new status likes and private mentions features for Android and iOS users. Likes on Status is a new way to acknowledge a contact’s status update by tapping the heart emoji. With…
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Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B With Lowest Token Cost Among Gemini Family Now Available
Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B, the latest entrant in the Gemini family of artificial intelligence (AI) models, is now generally available for production use. On Thursday, Google announced the general availability of the model, highlighting that it was a smaller and faster version of the Gemini 1.5 Flash which was introduced at…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale Deals: Discounts on Echo, Fire TV Stick and More Amazon Products
Amazon Prime Day 2024 sale will start in India on July 20 and will last through July 21. A variety of items will be available at discounted rates, considerably lower than their usual prices. Products like personal electronic items such as smartphones, earphones, tablets and more will be available at…
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OpenAI Employees Say Company Is Neglecting Safety and Security Protocols: Report
OpenAI has been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its ChatGPT chatbot and advanced Large Language Models (LLMs), but the company’s safety record has sparked concerns. A new report has claimed that the AI firm is speeding through and neglecting the safety and security protocols while developing new…
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Neuralink Brain Chip Implant Wires Now Stable in First Patient, Musk Hopes for More Human Trials This Year
The tiny wires of Neuralink’s brain chip implant used in the first participant in a trial run by Elon Musk’s company have become “more or less very stable”, a company executive said on Wednesday. The company had in May said that a number of tiny wires inside the brain of…
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OpenAI Said to Be Working on New Reasoning Technology Under Code Name ‘Strawberry’
ChatGPT maker OpenAI is working on a novel approach to its artificial intelligence models in a project code-named “Strawberry,” according to a person familiar with the matter and internal documentation reviewed by Reuters. The project, details of which have not been previously reported, comes as the Microsoft-backed startup races to…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale Deals Revealed: Discounts on Sony WH-1000XM4, Boat Smart Ring, Amazon Echo Pop and More
Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale is scheduled to take place on July 20 and July 21, and the e-commerce platform has already started to tease some of the deals on various consumer electronics products that will be available at discounted prices during the upcoming sale event. When the Prime Day…
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OpenAI Reportedly Shares the Five Levels to Reach Superintelligent AI With Its Employees
OpenAI has reportedly created a new classification that shows different levels of artificial intelligence (AI) development towards achieving superintelligent AI. As per the report, the classification system, which OpenAI has shared with its employees, has five levels: the first level includes existing generative AI-powered conversational chatbots and the fifth would…
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NPCI International Collaborates With Qatar National Bank to Launch QR Code-Based UPI Payments
NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the international arm of the payments organisation, has signed an agreement with Qatar National Bank (QNB) to launch QR code-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments across the country. With this move, Indian tourists and travellers can scan QR codes to make UPI payments across multiple retail…
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DMRC Launches Digital QR Code-Based Ticketing Service Via Amazon Pay
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) expanded its Digital QR Ticketing service to Amazon Pay on Thursday. With this move, Delhi Metro commuters can purchase their travelling tickets online through the platform. The QR code-based ticketing facility was already available via several other apps, but now travellers have an additional way…
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Apple Issues Fresh Warning to Users in 98 Countries Over ‘Mercenary Spyware’
Apple has issued an alert to users in several countries, warning them that they might have been targeted in a mercenary spyware attack, in the second such alert issued by the company this year. The latest threat notification has been sent to iPhone owners in 98 countries — six more…
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Odyssey Building ‘Hollywood-Grade’ AI Text-to-Video Model to Compete With Sora, Gen-3 Alpha
Odyssey, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup founded last year, shared details about its first AI product on Monday. The firm revealed that it is building an AI video model that can create Hollywood-grade visual effects, just like OpenAI’s Sora tool that is yet to be released by the company. Odyssey’s co-founder…
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WhatsApp Rolls Out Context Card for New Group Members to Improve Safety
WhatsApp on Tuesday began rolling out a new feature that is designed to improve the safety of its group messaging features. The Meta-owned messaging platform will now display contextual information to users when they are added to a group by an unknown user. The feature is designed to provide WhatsApp…
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Figma Takes Down AI Tool After It Creates App Mock-Ups That Eerily Resemble iOS Weather App
Figma launched a new interface and several new artificial intelligence (AI) tools on June 26, in its third significant redesign since its inception. However, soon after the launch, one of the AI tools, dubbed Make Design, which can conjure app mock-ups from textual prompts, received flak online. Several netizens claimed…
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Meta Shares Study on Meta 3D Gen, a Generative AI System to Create 3D Assets From Text Prompts
Meta has shared a new research paper about a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model that can generate 3D assets. Dubbed Meta 3D Gen, the AI model generates high-quality 3D models from text prompts in less than a minute. The company highlighted that the AI model could create end-to-end high-resolution textures…
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WhatsApp Readying ‘Imagine Me’ Feature to Generate Personalised Images Using Meta AI: Report
WhatsApp recently expanded the rollout of its Meta AI chatbots in select markets, including India and the US, and the instant messaging platform appears to have started working on new artificial intelligence (AI) features. The Meta-owned messaging platform is reportedly developing a new ‘Imagine Me’ feature that will let users generate AI-generated…
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NPCI Brings QR Code-Based UPI Payments to UAE in Partnership With Network International
QR-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments will now be accepted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) announced via a press release on Wednesday. To facilitate this move, the organisation is partnering with Network International – a company which enables digital commerce across the Middle East…
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Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Tests Ability to Perform Tasks on Windows 11-Linked Android Phones
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. The feature has some requirements that must be fulfilled before it can function as designed, as per the report. After setting it up, users…
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Koo to Shut Down Four-Year-Old Service After Acquisition Discussions Fail
Koo — an Indian startup that was launched in 2020 as a competitor to Twitter (currently known as X) — is shutting down. The company, started by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka four years ago will cease operations after acquisition talks with “multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates and media houses” failed,…
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Ajax Engineering Launches Enterprise-Grade AI Chatbot Concrete GPT for Industry-Focused Knowledge Sharing
Ajax Engineering, a concreting solution provider, launched its artificial intelligence (AI) platform Concrete GPT on Tuesday. The AI chatbot is aimed at professionals in the concrete industry and serves as a knowledge-sharing space to share innovation, market insights, and regulatory updates. The company claims that more than a million specialists…
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Amazon Prime Day Sale 2024 India Dates Announced: Bank Offers, Deals Revealed
Amazon’s biggest sale event of the year — Amazon Prime Day 2024 — will take place in the third week of July. The two-day online sale will be exclusive to Amazon Prime members and it will bring discounts on categories ranging from consumer tech to home goods to fashion, apparel…
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AI Deals Between Microsoft and OpenAI, Google and Samsung, Under EU Scanner
Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI could face an EU antitrust investigation as regulators singled out their exclusivity clauses while Google’s artificial intelligence deal with Samsung also triggered scrutiny. EU antitrust regulators will seek additional third-party views, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said on Friday. The moves underscore the unease among regulators…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on QLED Smart TVs
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is underway in India where customers can get several products including electronic items at discounted rates. We have previously listed some of the best deals you can get on smartphones, tablets, laptops and more during the sale. Below, we list some of the best offers…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Soundbars Under Rs. 5,000
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 has entered its second day in India. The special discount sale kicked off on Thursday for all shoppers, after providing a 12-hour early access to Prime members. The sale includes hundreds of deals across all major product categories. We have already covered the best deals…
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Reddit to Update Web Standard to Block Automated Data Scraping From Its Website
Social media platform Reddit said on Tuesday it will update a Web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems. The move comes at a time when artificial intelligence firms…
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Google Translate Adds Support for 110 New Languages With the Assistance of AI
Google Translate received a big upgrade on Thursday and will now support an additional 110 languages. The new languages were added with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech giant used its in-house PaLM 2 large language model (LLM), and it was particularly effective in learning those languages that…
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US, India Extend Digital Tax Truce to June 30 as Deadline Approaches
The United States and India have extended a standstill agreement on U.S. retaliation over India’s digital-services tax until Sunday, aligning it with a fast-approaching deadline for a global deal to reallocate taxing rights on the world’s biggest and most profitable companies, the U.S. Treasury said on Friday. In a brief…
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OpenAI Develops CriticGPT Model Capable of Spotting GPT-4 Code Generation Errors
OpenAI published a study about a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Thursday that can catch GPT-4’s mistakes in code generation. The AI firm stated that the new chatbot was trained using the reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) framework and was powered by one of the GPT-4 models. The…
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OpenAI’s Voice Mode Feature for ChatGPT Delayed, Alpha Testing to Begin in July
OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it was delaying the launch of its advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT with emotive expressions and real-time responses. The artificial intelligence (AI) firm showcased the feature during last month’s Spring Updates event alongside its latest GPT-4o model. OpenAI now plans to start alpha testing for the…
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Best Tech Deals of the Week: iPhone 14 Plus, Motorola Edge 50 Pro and More
Looking to find some great tech deals this week? We’ve got you covered! There are some fantastic discounts on top smartphones, from the high-performance Realme GT 6T to the powerful Motorola Edge 50 Pro and the feature-packed Poco X6 Pro 5G. If you’re in the market for devices from Apple,…
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Figma Introduces a Redesigned Platform and New Generative AI Features
Figma, the website and app design platform, introduced a user interface (UI) redesign and multiple new artificial intelligence (AI) features, on Wednesday. The company is calling the new look UI3 as this is the third significant redesign of the platform since its launch in closed beta in 2016. Alongside, a…
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Amazon Reportedly Working on a Multimodal AI Chatbot to Take on OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Amazon is reportedly working on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that can rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The company’s internal project is said to be code-named Metis. As per the report, the under-development chatbot will be able to perform all the general tasks of generative AI such as creating text content,…
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Anthropic Introduces Projects for Claude AI, a New Collaborative Tool to Organise Information
Anthropic released a new collaborative tool for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude on Tuesday. Dubbed Projects, the tool will allow users to ground the output of the chatbot to the internal knowledge provided to it. Using this, users can create an internal knowledge hub that can offer information in…
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Genesys Launches AI-Powered Navigation Map Tailored for Indian Automotive and Mobility Sectors
Genesys International, the Mumbai-based mapping, survey, and geospatial solutions company, launched artificial intelligence-powered navigation maps on Monday. The map encompasses 83 lakh kilometres across India. The company claims it was built specifically for the automotive and mobility industries of the country and will help build personalised driving experiences and offer…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Bluetooth Speakers Under Rs. 3,000
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is currently live in India. The discount sale started for all users on May 2 with huge discounts on different items and it will go on till May 7. As always, mobile phones are the highlights of this Amazon sale, but the e-commerce company is…
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Synthesia 2.0 AI Video Communications Platform With Expressive AI Avatars Launched for Enterprises
Synthesia introduced Synthesia 2.0, an artificial intelligence (AI) video communications platform for businesses, on Monday. The AI platform will allow users to generate studio-quality videos with AI avatars just by posting the video script. The platform has also launched two different styles of AI avatars, including an Expressive AI Avatar…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale: Top Deals on Samsung, Xiaomi, and OnePlus Tablets
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 began for all users in India on May 2, coinciding with Flipkart’s Big Saving Days sale. During their respective sales, both e-commerce sites are offering lucrative discounts on a wide range of products, including personal electronics like smartphones and laptops, as well as popular home…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale: Top Deals on Large Appliances
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, which kicked off for all users in India on May 2, is offering a wide range of products at lower prices than their usual rates. We have previously told you about smart televisions, smartphones, gaming consoles, and more that are available during the sale at…
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GTA 5 Cheat Codes List: Best GTA V Cheats for PC, PS5, PS4, and Xbox
GTA 5 is one of the few games that allows you to enter cheat codes. GTA 5 cheats surely make the whole gameplay intense and grant some new abilities to the character, ranging from invincibility to new weapons, sports cars, and more. The best part about these cheats is that…
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GTA Vice City Cheat Codes: Full List of GTA Vice City Cheats for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and Mobile
Want to know all the GTA Vice City codes? Check out the full list below!
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Anthropic Releases Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Makes It Available for Free to All Users
Anthropic released the first entrant in the Claude 3.5 large language model (LLM) family, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, on Friday. The new release comes just three months after the AI firm unveiled the Claude 3 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models. As per the company, the latest AI model can outperform…
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TCS Announces New Deal With Xerox to Build a Generative AI-Powered Enterprise Platform
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the multinational IT service provider, announced signing a new deal with US-based Xerox on Friday. This deal expands the strategic partnership between the two companies and will let TCS build a cloud-native and generative artificial intelligence (AI) led digital platform for Xerox. The Mumbai-based IT giant…
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Apple’s Source Code for Internal Tools Allegedly Stolen, Leaked by Threat Actor in Data Breach
Apple has allegedly been targeted in a data breach that resulted in a hacker stealing the source code of its internal tools. A threat actor group that goes by the name ‘IntelBroker’ has assumed responsibility for the theft of the source code for three internal tools commonly used by the…
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Infosys Aster, AI-Powered Marketing Suite for Global Enterprises Launched
Infosys, the multinational IT giant, launched a new marketing suite for enterprises on Tuesday that will offer artificial intelligence (AI) analytics and other tools to maximise sales and improve repeat customers. The suite, dubbed Infosys Aster, is aimed at both business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) enterprises. It offers more than…
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Nvidia Rides AI Boom to Dethrone Microsoft as World’s Most Valuable Company
Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company on Tuesday, dethroning tech heavyweight Microsoft as its high-end processors play a central role in a scramble to dominate artificial intelligence technology. Shares of the chipmaker climbed 3.5 percent to $135.58, lifting its market capitalization to $3.335 trillion (roughly Rs. 2,78,15,901 crore), just…
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Adobe Sued by US Government for Hiding Fees, Making It Difficult to Cancel Subscription
The US government sued Adobe on Monday, accusing the Photoshop and Acrobat maker of harming consumers by concealing hefty termination fees in its most popular subscription plan, and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions. In a complaint filed in the San Jose, California, federal court, the Federal Trade Commission said…
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SBI Balance Check Number: How to Check SBI Balance Online Using Different Methods
State Bank of India (SBI) offers many online services that allow its customers to get all the information swiftly. Gone are the days when you had to wait in a long queue to find the balance of your SBI account. The SBI balance check feature lets you know your account…
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Shutterstock ImageAI, an Enterprise-Focused AI Text-to-Image Generator Launched
Shutterstock ImageAI, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform that allows users to generate images from text prompts, was announced last week. Shutterstock, the stock photos, videos, and music repository, and the data and AI firm Databricks collaborated to build the text-to-image AI platform. The company claims the platform is aimed…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Printers
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, that kicked off on May 2 for all users in India, is set to end on May 7. Before the sale concludes, you can grab a range of different products at discounted prices over their usual rates. From large appliances like air conditioners, refrigerators and…
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Luma AI Launches AI-Powered Text-to-Video Generation Platform Dream Machine
Luma AI launched its artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-video generation model, Dream Machine, globally on Wednesday. The platform can generate up to five-second-long videos from simple or descriptive text prompts. The AI model can generate videos in various styles such as cinematic, animation, realistic, and more. The AI firm claims that…
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Amazon Reportedly Struggling to Build AI Capabilities to Make Alexa Smarter
Amazon introduced its voice-first virtual assistant Alexa to the world in November 2014. The technology’s name is said to be inspired by Star Trek’s computer system onboard the Starship Empire and underscored CEO Jeff Bezos’ ambition of creating a conversational and intelligent assistant. However, a report claims that despite a…
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LinkedIn Introduces New AI-Powered Features to Assist Professionals in Job Search
LinkedIn is rolling out several new artificial intelligence (AI) features that will assist users in job search and personalised learning on the platform. Announced on Thursday, these AI-powered features include a Jobseeker Coach that can hunt the right job for users from a text prompt, a tool to review resumes…
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Bewakoof Partners With Google Cloud to Bring AI-Powered Customised Fashion Capabilities to Its Platform
Bewakoof, the popular Indian apparel brand, has collaborated with Google Cloud to bring the latter’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to its platform. The Indian brand unveiled the partnership at the Google Cloud Summit India, 2024. Bewakoof said it is using technologies such as Gemini AI to…
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YouTube Reportedly Testing New Method to Disrupt Ad Blockers Amid Ongoing Crackdown
YouTube is reportedly developing another way to crack down on third-party ad blockers, as the video streaming platform looks to increase revenue from users who don’t have a YouTube Premium subscription. It is speculated that this change may combine the video and ad streams, preventing popular browser plugins from blocking…
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Reliance’s Jio Platforms Clears Hurdle in Bid to Launch Satellite Internet in India
A joint venture between Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based SES to provide gigabit fibre internet has won approval from the Indian space regulator to operate satellites there, a government executive said. The three approvals issued to Orbit Connect India – which aims to provide satellite-based high-speed internet access –…
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Stable Diffusion 3 Medium With Ability to Run Efficiently on Consumer Laptops Released by Stability AI
Stability AI on Wednesday released a smaller version of its Stable Diffusion 3 (SD3) artificial intelligence (AI) model. Dubbed Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, the company introduced the smaller text-to-image model as its most advanced image generation model. While retaining all the functionality of the larger generative AI model, the latest…
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Wipro Launches Lab45 AI Platform to Improve Efficiency Across Enterprise Operations
Wipro, the multinational IT services and consultation company, introduced the Lab45 AI platform on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) platform is an enterprise-focused suite aimed to help its clients gain higher efficiencies across business functions. It leverages generative AI, machine learning, and deep learning technologies to offer customised business solutions.…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on 50-Inch to 65-Inch Smart TVs
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is currently live in India where an extensive series of products are being offered at discounted rates. Items like fashion essentials, home furnishing and appliances, as well as personal gadgets like smartwatches, laptops, smartphones and more, are available at lower prices than their usual value.…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals to Check Before Sale Ends Tomorrow
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 has entered its final days. The special discount sale kicked off on May 2 for all shoppers, after providing hours of early access to Prime members. The sale offers hundreds of deals across all major product categories and is scheduled to conclude on May 7.…
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OpenAI Tipped to Be Working on a ChatGPT-Powered AI Search Engine to Rival Google Search
OpenAI might be working on an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine that will be based on its ChatGPT. As per a post on a forum, the AI firm might have already created the domain and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates for the website, which are necessary to authenticate a…
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TCS Launches Generative AI Aggregation Platform WisdomNext for Businesses
TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), the multinational IT services firm, has launched WisdomNext, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) aggregation platform for enterprises. The IT giant’s latest AI platform is designed to let businesses run experimentations on various generative AI platforms used to help in better adoption, cost optimisation, and expanding the…
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Google AI Overviews Now Showing for Just 15 Percent of Searched Queries: Report
Google recently found itself in hot water for the AI Overviews feature after it reportedly began showing incorrect and unhelpful answers for searched queries. The tech giant also issued a statement claiming it was working to address the issues. Now, a new report has found that the visibility of AI…
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: Disney+ Hotstar Brings Dolby Vision to Live Sports Streaming in India
Disney+ Hotstar has announced that it will offer live sports streams in Dolby Vision in India. Upcomingg live sports events in the country including cricket matches, Super 8s, semi-finals and finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be streamed live in Dolby Vision on the streaming platform, according…
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DuckDuckGo AI Chat With Support for GPT-3.5 Turbo, 3 Other AI Models Rolled Out to All Users
DuckDuckGo – the web browser with privacy at its centre – announced the rollout of its AI Chat feature to all users on Thursday (May 6). This feature was previously available to select users in beta access, enabling them to converse with artificial intelligence (AI) models while keeping anonymity. It…
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Flipkart, PhonePe IPO May Take Couple of Years, Says Walmart Executive
Initial public offerings of Walmart’s Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe digital payments platform could take a couple of years, a Walmart executive said. “This is something we’re looking at over the next couple of years,” Walmart’s executive vice president for corporate affairs, Dan Bartlett, said on the sidelines of the company’s…
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JioCinema Premium Subscription Plans 2024: Benefits, Price in India, Offers, and More
After disrupting the telecom and broadband sectors, Jio is looking to apply the same strategy to the OTT segment. The JioCinema platform has evolved into one of the best OTT platforms in India, giving stiff competition to the likes of Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, SonyLIV, Zee5, and more. While…
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Adobe Experience Platform AI Assistant With Content Generation, Automation Features Now Generally Available
Adobe announced the general availability of the Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) AI assistant on Thursday. The AEP is a customer experience management platform using which businesses can monitor and analyse customer data and execute marketing campaigns for their products and services. The platform’s AI assistant was first previewed at the…
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Xiaomi Super Saver Sale 2024: Deals on Xiaomi 14 Series, Xiaomi Pad 6, Redmi Watch 3 Active and More
Xiaomi Super Saver Sale 2024 is now live in India, with discounts and other lucrative offers on a wide range of Xiaomi and Redmi products including smartphones and tablets. Even home appliances like smart TVs and robotic vacuum cleaners are accessible at lowered rates. Customers of select banks can also…
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Wix Launches AI-Powered Mobile App Builder That Can Create Apps With Text Prompts
Wix launched a new AI-powered chatbot for its mobile App Builder platform on Wednesday. The cloud-based no-code platform development company introduced artificial intelligence (AI) tools to its app-building platform just months after introducing its AI-powered end-to-end website development tool. The platform not only lets users create a branded app for…
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Stable Audio Open Released by Stability AI as an Open-Source Text-to-Audio Generator
Stability AI has released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed Stable Audio Open. Users can leverage the model to generate up to 47 seconds of samples and sound effects. Users can use it to create samples of musical instruments or ambient sounds. The AI model also allows users to…
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GPT-4o Tested: Faster and More Versatile Than Before, but Questions Loom Over Reliability
Ever since November 2022, when ChatGPT was first rolled out to the public, OpenAI has been the company to beat in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. Despite spending billions of dollars and creating and restructuring (looking at you, Google) their own AI division, the major tech giants have found themselves…
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Wearable AI Startup Humane Said to Be Exploring Potential Sale After Rocky Launch of AI Pin
Artificial intelligence startup Humane has been seeking a buyer for its business, according to people familiar with the matter, just weeks after the company’s closely watched wearable AI device had a rocky public launch. The company is working with a financial adviser to assist it, said the people, who asked…
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CloudSEK Report Highlights the Surge of the Fake Pegasus Spyware Following Apple’s Threat Notifications
CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, led an investigation after Apple’s threat notifications were sent out to iPhone users in 92 countries last month, and found that soon after the advisory was released, the deep and dark web saw a rise of fake Pegasus spyware. Notably, Apple did not name any threat…
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Top Tech Deals of the Week: Discounts on Smart TVs, Soundbars and Other Electronics
Looking for the best deals on top-quality products this week? We’ve curated a list of the most exciting, exclusive offers you will want to take advantage of. There’s something for everyone, from cutting-edge smart TVs and powerful soundbars, to versatile Bluetooth speakers and innovative earbuds. Dive into our selection and…
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OpenAI Signs Content Deals With The Atlantic and Vox Media: Here’s What It Means
Sam Altman-led OpenAI said on Wednesday it has signed content and product partnerships with The Atlantic and Vox Media, helping the artificial intelligence firm to boost and train its products. Why it’s important The agreements with The Atlantic and Vox Media come on the heels of several media firms signing…
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ChatGPT Rolls Out Free User Access to Custom GPTs; Can Now Try Purpose-Specific AI Chatbots
ChatGPT users should expect another feature update from OpenAI now. The artificial intelligence (AI) firm has begun rolling out access to GPTs, its mini chatbots designed for a specific purpose, globally. Even those on the free tier of ChatGPT can interact with these chatbots and use them for specific tasks.…
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Live Streaming: How to Watch T20 World Cup Match for Free on Mobile and Smart TV
After a thrilling IPL 2024 season, it is now time to witness another rollercoaster season of cricket tournament. Yes, we are talking about the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which starts on June 01, 2024. The annual T20 World Cup tournament will be taking place in two countries: the…
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Online Payment Frauds Jump Over 400 Percent in India, RBI Data Shows
Digital payment frauds in India saw a more than fivefold jump to 14.57 billion rupees ($175 million) in the year ended March 2024 from the previous period, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report published Thursday. The jump comes as India turns into a digital payments powerhouse since…
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RBI, NIPL Working to Expand UPI to 20 Countries by 2028-29: RBI Annual Report
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) along with NPCI international payments ltd (NIPL) will work towards taking UPI to 20 countries by FY29. RBI Annual report says possibilities will be explored for increasing the global footprints of UPI and RuPay. “In light of goals for Viksit Bharat 2047, the Reserve…
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Best Tech Deals of the Week: iPhone 15, PlayStation 5 Slim and More
This week’s tech deals bring exciting discounts on some of the best gadgets and electronics items available today. There’s something for everyone, from the latest smartphones and powerful laptops to great printers and efficient chargers. Whether you want to upgrade your gaming console or improve your home office setup, these…
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Anthropic Rolls Out ‘Tool Use’ Designed to Provide More Accurate Responses For Claude-3 AI Models
Anthropic is rolling out a new feature for Claude-3, its family of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed ‘Tool Use’ (or Function Calling), this feature enables Claude to interact with external tools and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to perform a wide variety of tasks. This way, the AI chatbot can perform…
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Meta Finds Deceptive Content Likely Generated by AI on Facebook and Instagram
Meta said on Wednesday it had found “likely AI-generated” content used deceptively on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including comments praising Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza published below posts from global news organizations and US lawmakers. The social media company, in a quarterly security report, said the accounts…
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JioFinance App With UPI, Banking Services Launched in Beta By Jio Financial Services
Jio Financial Services Ltd has announced the launch of its “JioFinance” app in beta mode. The platform aims to revolutionize daily finances and digital banking with a comprehensive, user-friendly interface. According to a press release from the company, the “JioFinance” app offers an integration of digital banking services, including UPI…
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Google, Meta Bid Millions for Hollywood Content as AI Licencing Race Heats Up: Report
Google and Meta have reportedly joined OpenAI in the artificial intelligence (AI) content licensing war. OpenAI has been making numerous deals with news publishers and other websites to access their data to train its AI models. As per a report, Google and Meta have also entered the market to strike…
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Apple, Google, Amazon Lobby Group Opposes India’s EU-Like Antitrust Proposal
A US lobby group representing tech giants Google, Amazon and Apple has asked India to rethink its proposed EU-like competition law, arguing regulations against data use and preferential treatment of partners could raise user costs, a letter shows. Citing increasing market power of a few big digital companies in India,…
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Apple’s WWDC 2024 Invite Reveals Keynote Event Time, Complete Schedule: How to Watch, What to Expect
Apple’s WWDC 2024 event is set to kick off in a few days and the company has now shared additional details about its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, including the keynote event time as well as the full schedule for the event. This year, Apple is expected to announce its next…
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Elon Musk’s AI Startup xAI Raises $6 Billion in Bid to Challenge OpenAI
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised $6 billion (roughly Rs. 49,857 crore) to accelerate its challenge to his former allies at OpenAI. The Series B round, announced in a blog post on May 26, comes less than a year after xAI’s debut and marks one of the bigger investments in…
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GPT-4 Outperforms Human Analysts in Financial Statement Analysis, Claims Research
GPT-4 can outperform human analysts when it comes to predicting the future on the basis of financial statement analysis, claimed a new research paper. The paper, which has been published in a preprint journal found in its tests that GPT-4 gave superior results compared to human counterparts in the short-term…
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Vodafone India (Vi) Guarantee Programme Offers 130GB of Extra Data for Free to 4G and 5G Users: How to Claim
Vodafone India (Vi) has launched the Vi Guarantee Programme which is offering eligible subscribers 130GB of free data. This is a limited-period offer for prepaid users of the telecom service provider using a 5G-enabled or a new 4G smartphone. Under this programme, users will get 10GB of additional data in…
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Reliance, Disney Said to Seek CCI Nod With Cricket Rights Assurance
Reliance Industries and Walt Disney have sought antitrust clearance for their $8.5 billion India media merger by arguing their combined power, especially on cricket broadcasting, will not hit advertisers, two people with direct knowledge told Reuters. The deal, announced in February, has been expected by experts to face intense scrutiny…
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Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI Feud Rekindles Hollywood Fear of Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI’s apparent homage to the movie “Her” featuring the voice likeness of Scarlett Johansson is fueling a backlash against artificial intelligence across Hollywood, executives told Reuters. Johansson’s accusation that the ChatGPT-maker copied her performance in the Spike Jonze-directed feature film, after failing to strike an agreement, rekindled the creative class’s…
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ChatGPT Still Not Meeting Data Accuracy Standards, EU Data Protection Board Says
OpenAI’s efforts to produce less factually false output from its ChatGPT chatbot are not enough to ensure full compliance with European Union data rules, a task force at the EU’s privacy watchdog said. “Although the measures taken in order to comply with the transparency principle are beneficial to avoid misinterpretation…
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WhatsApp Default Theme Feature Spotted in Development on Latest Beta Version
WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users to set a default theme, changing the colour of chat bubbles on the app on their smartphone. The new personalisation option could offer a selection of colour presets, and was spotted in development by a feature tracker on a recent…
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Google Said to Invest $350 Million in Flipkart, Valuing Firm at $37 Billion
Alphabet’s Google will pick up a minority stake worth $350 million in Walmart-backed Flipkart, valuing the Indian e-commerce firm at $37 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Google and Flipkart were not immediately available to confirm the value of the investment. The tech giant will…
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says Community Notes Could Come to News, Other Platforms
X would like to export its crowd-sourced fact-checking feature, Community Notes, to newspapers and other platforms, Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino said at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Friday. “It is not impossible to imagine that this particular tool is shared by X to companies like yours, other…
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Canva Revamps Platform and Editing Experience; New Affinity Apps, Canva Enterprise Launched
Canva, the popular online design platform, announced several new features and a new business-focused subscription at its first international Canva Create event in Los Angeles on Thursday. The platform unveiled its biggest redesign in more than a decade which includes a new homepage and editing experience for all users. Further,…
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Paytm Signals Job Cuts, Asset Sales After Hit From India Probe
Paytm warned of job cuts and said it would trim non-core assets after reporting its first sales decline on record, reflecting fallout from a regulatory probe that curtailed much of the Indian fintech pioneer’s business. Once a role model for India’s nascent startup economy, Paytm’s net losses swelled several-fold to…
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Google to Soon Test Ads Within Its Recently Launched AI Overviews Feature in Search
Google is planning to test ads on its recently launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search experience dubbed AI Overviews. Notably, AI Overviews is a rebranded Search Generative Experience (SGE), which was released as an experimental feature to beta testers in May 2023. Now that the feature has been made generally available…
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Adobe Lightroom Gets AI-Powered Generative Remove Tool, One-Click Lens Blur Feature
Adobe Lightroom is getting another artificial intelligence (AI) feature dubbed Generative Remove. The new feature can remove any unwanted object from an image with a single click, making photo editing easy for both professional as well as inexperienced users. Additionally, the company is also introducing a Lens Blur feature, which…
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Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI’s ChatGPT Voice ‘Eerily Similar’ to Hers
Scarlett Johansson on Monday accused OpenAI of creating a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded “eerily similar” to the actress after she declined to voice the chatbot herself. Johansson made the comments in a statement released hours after the artificial intelligence company said it was taking down the voice,…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on DSLR and Action Cameras Before the Sale Ends
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is drawing to a close and the e-commerce website’s ongoing sale event is set to end on Tuesday at midnight. During the ongoing sale, several DSLR, mirrorless, and action cameras from companies like Sony, Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, GoPro, and Insta360 are available with up to…
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US FDA Clears Neuralink’s Brain Chip Implant in Second Patient: Report
The US Food and Drug Administration has allowed billionaire Elon Musk’s Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a second person after the company offered fixes to a problem that occurred in the first patient, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Reuters reported last week, citing people familiar with…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals On Home Security Products
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, which began on May 2 will finally end at midnight on Tuesday. The annual summer sale of the ecommerce giant is currently ongoing on both its website and mobile apps. During the sale, buyers can find discounts on a wide range of products ranging from…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale Ends Tonight: Top Discounts, Deals and Offers on Efficient Appliances to Save Power
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 will end in just a few hours, which means that you can still take advantage of several deals, discounts and offers during the ongoing sale. While smartphones and other popular consumer electronics are in the spotlight during Amazon’s sale events, household appliances are also available…
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OpenAI Partners Up With Reddit to Bring Its Content to ChatGPT and New AI Products
OpenAI and Reddit have entered into a partnership that will see the artificial intelligence (AI) firm get access to Reddit’s real-time data for ChatGPT and any new AI products the company launches in the future. Reddit will also be able to leverage OpenAI’s technology to bring AI-powered features to its…
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OpenAI GPT-4o Begins Rolling Out to Some Users, Gets Web Searching Capability
OpenAI GPT-4o artificial intelligence (AI) model was unveiled on Monday, and it is now being rolled out to some users. The newest flagship-grade AI model by the company introduced significant improvements in the speech and vision capabilities of the chatbot, as well as added a better understanding of the language…
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OpenAI Dissolves High-Profile Safety Team After Chief Scientist Sutskever’s Exit
OpenAI has effectively dissolved a team focused on ensuring the safety of possible future ultra-capable artificial intelligence systems, following the departure of the group’s two leaders, including OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever. Rather than maintain the so-called superalignment team as a standalone entity, OpenAI is now integrating the…
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ChatGPT Integrates Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive For Paid Users With Connect Apps Feature
ChatGPT is getting a new Connect Apps feature that will allow users to integrate their Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive with the artificial intelligence (AI) platform. This feature will enable users to eliminate the hassle of downloading documents to their devices and then manually uploading them to the AI platform.…
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Instagram Testing Support for Cross-Posting Images to Threads: Report
Threads — Meta’s microblogging service that competes with X (formerly Twitter) — could add support for cross-posting content from Instagram. According to a report, some accounts have been updated with an option to post an image to Instagram while simultaneously uploading it to Threads — the firm previously tested similar…
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Netflix Ad-Supported Plan Crosses 40 Million Monthly Active Users, Company Says
Netflix said on Wednesday its ad-supported tier has reached 40 million global monthly active users, from 5 million a year earlier, a sign that its push to attract new users with the cheaper plan is paying off. The jump comes at a time when streaming companies are facing stiff competition…
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Government to Delay Digital Payments Market Share Cap, Helping Walmart-Backed PhonePe, Google Pay
India will again delay caps on market share for a popular digital payments method, two sources told Reuters, benefiting Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe as the authorities prioritise growth over concerns about market concentration. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the quasi-regulator, will extend by as much as two…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says Implant Had Issues After First Human Surgery
In a setback for Elon Musk’s brain technology company, Neuralink, the device it implanted in its first human patient has had mechanical issues, the company wrote in a blog post. In the weeks following the January surgery on patient Noland Arbaugh, some of the electrode-studded threads that sit in the…
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OpenAI GPT-4o With Real-Time Responses and Video Interaction Announced, GPT-4 Features Now Available for Free
OpenAI held its much-anticipated Spring Update event on Monday where it announced a new desktop app for ChatGPT, minor user interface changes to ChatGPT’s web client, and a new flagship-level artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed GPT-4o. The event was streamed online on YouTube and was held in front of a…
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Meta Rolls Out Travel Mode for Quest 2 and Quest 3, to Work Similarly to the Apple Vision Pro
Meta announced a new feature for the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 that will allow users to use the mixed-reality headset during flights in passthrough mode. On Monday, the tech giant said it is rolling out Travel Mode as an experimental feature on these two devices. This new…
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Google I/O 2024 Starts Today: How to Watch Keynote Livestream, What to Expect
Google I/O 2024 — the search giant’s annual developer conference — will begin in just a few hours and users from around the world will be able to tune in to the keynote event tonight. The company usually unveils new software features and upgrades coming to Android, its smartphone operating system…
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Airtel and Google Cloud Enter a Strategic Partnership to Build AI-Powered Cloud Services for Enterprises
Airtel and Google Cloud have collaborated to build and deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cloud services for enterprises in the Indian market. Through this partnership, Airtel aims to use Google’s cloud solution suite and build server-based services including various analytics tools, IoT products, and more. The telecom operator also plans to…
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WhatsApp Begins Testing Camera Zoom Control Feature, Sticker Creation Shortcuts
WhatsApp is rolling out two new features to beta testers on iOS that add new capabilities to the popular messaging platform. The first feature makes it much easier to zoom when using the in-app camera on WhatsApp, while the second feature allows users to quickly create new stickers from their…
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Inside the Looking Glass of Augmented Reality: How Xtendr Is Building Immersive AR Experiences
When did you first hear the term augmented reality (AR)? If you are new to the tech space, your first encounter with this visual interactive technology was likely the Apple Vision Pro or the Meta Quest headsets. However, gamers would likely have first interacted with the technology in the mobile…
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OpenAI Said to Plan Launch of Google Search Competitor on May 13
OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. The announcement date, though subject to change, has not been previously reported. Bloomberg and the Information have reported that Microsoft-backed OpenAI…
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Google Chrome Updated With Patch for Nasty Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited by Attackers
Google Chrome has been updated with fixes for a zero-day security flaw that was being actively exploited in the wild, according to the search giant. The vulnerability affects a component in Chrome that renders web content on a user’s screen, allowing attackers to take advantage of a user’s computer when…
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Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies $242 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit
Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition technology violates IPA’s patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is…
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Google Chrome Working on Feature Similar to Circle to Search on Android: Report
Google Chrome could introduce new features powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to users that could help them perform certain tasks easily on the browser. One of these new features is likely to be related to performing visual lookups while browsing the web. New information that has recently surfaced online suggests…
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WhatsApp Gets Darker Dark Mode, Redesigned Navigation, New Icons and More Design Changes
WhatsApp has introduced a host of design changes to its mobile interface for both iOS and Android. Some new changes are quite subtle, while others are more discernable. There are also some additions to the layout like chat filters, which are said to help improve navigation. The company says these…
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OpenAI Shares Model Spec, a Document Highlighting Its Approach to Building an Ethical AI
OpenAI shared its Model Spec on Wednesday, the first draft of a document that highlights the company’s approach towards building a responsible and ethical artificial intelligence (AI) model. The document mentions a long list of things that an AI should focus on while answering a user query. The items on…
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Google Threat Intelligence With Gemini AI Capabilities Introduced for Cybersecurity Professionals
Google introduced its newest cybersecurity-focused threat detection and analysis product dubbed Google Threat Intelligence, on Tuesday. The tech giant is offering the product as part of the Google Cloud Security portfolio, and said it will assist cybersecurity professionals gain better visibility of global threats. The threat intelligence platform will leverage…
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OpenAI Unveils New Tool to Identify AI-Generated Images, Highlights the Need for AI Content Authentication
OpenAI unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) image identification and detection tool on Tuesday. The AI firm announced the new tool highlighting the need to authenticate AI-generated content and to create awareness around it. The company has also formally joined the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) committee, which…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Top Deals on Projectors for Home Usage
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 kicked off last week with discounts and offers on a large selection of electronics. The discount sale is scheduled to end tonight. If you are looking for a projector for your home entertainment setup, the ongoing sale offers a variety of options for a range of…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Top Deals on Computer Accessories
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is coming to an end tonight. The five-day sale that started on May 2 has introduced discounts and deals on various mobile phones, laptops, smart TVs, and other electronic items. The sale provides exchange offers and no-cost EMI options for hundreds of products on and above…
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Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Top Deals on Routers
Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is currently live with great deals on a wide range of electronic products. Here we have handpicked the best deals on routers. Routers from popular brands like TP-Link, Netgear, and others are currently listed with discounts on Amazon. Shoppers can compare different products based on…