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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia after 48-hour deadline ends: Report

Pakistan has banned Wikipedia over the website’s refusal to remove what the establishment termed as ‘blasphemous content’, Pakistan website The News reported. The restoration of the services will be subjected to consideration if the website removes the content. The blacklisting of Wikipedia comes days after the Pakistan Telecom Authority degraded Wikipedia services for 48 hours, … Read more

Meta’s fight to buy VR firm Within approved by US court in setback for FTC

A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission’s request to stop Meta Platforms Inc from buying virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited, rejecting the regulator’s concerns the deal would reduce competition in a new market. A December trial to decide if Meta could go forward with the relatively small deal was … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘very bullish on India’, confirms opening retail store

After Apple performing better in Indian market than receiving overall quarterly revenue drop in America, CEO Tim Cook said India is a hugely exciting market and to strengthen the business, Cupertino-based tech giant will soon open a retail store in India. “I am very bullish on India,” Chief executive officer of iPhone maker said announcing … Read more

WhatsApp developing feature to pin messages in chat: Report

WhatsApp is reportedly developing a feature which will make sure important messages do not get lost in a conversation. According to WhatsApp news tracker WABetaInfo, which reported this development, the Meta-owned platform is working on the ability to pin messages in chats, both one-on-one and group. The website shared a screenshot to explain the feature. … Read more

Waiting for the ‘Coca-Cola’ edition of Realme 10 Pro 5G? Check launch date, time

Realme has finally revealed the India launch date of a special, ‘Coca-Cola’ edition of its 10 Pro 5G. Taking to Twitter, Realme India announced that the launch will take place at 12:30pm on February 10. “The coolest come together to give you a design worth drooling over. The #realme10Pro5GCocaColaEdition, launching on 10th Feb, 12:30 PM. … Read more

India among top three nations for active users growth on Facebook: Meta

India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing. The company has reported a 4 per cent increase in worldwide daily active users (DAUs) to 2 billion on average during December 2022 from 1.93 billion during December … Read more

WhatsApp calling set to become faster. Here’s how

To improve user experience, WhatsApp regularly introduces new features, or makes update to the existing ones. Accordingly, the Meta-owned service is reportedly working on a ‘calling shortcut,’ which will make the calling process faster for people. This is according to WABetaInfo, a website that tracks news and updates related to WhatsApp. To explain the feature, … Read more

OpenAI announces new subscription plan for ChatGPT: All you need to know

OpenAI, the research laboratory behind the wildly popular ChatGPT, has come out with a new subscription plan for the chatbot, saying, however, that free access to ChatGPT will continue as well. The San Francisco-based company said ‘ChatGPT Plus’ will first be used on a pilot basis, and is already available in the United States. What … Read more