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Twitter removes SMS-based authentication; How to secure account for free

Elon Musk-owned Twitter has limited the use of text message/SMS mode two-factor authentication (2FA) to accounts with active Twitter Blue subscriptions. 2FA is an additional security step that requires you to enter a code or use a security key in addition to your password to log in to the microblogging platform. How to secure your … Read more

WhatsApp rolls out picture-in-picture mode for everyone, says report

According to WABetaInfo, which tracks news and updates on WhatsApp, the Meta-owned platform has rolled out the picture-in-picture mode for everyone, allowing users to multitask during a WhatsApp call, and without the video getting paused. To back its report, WABetaInfo shared this screenshot: WABetaInfo shared this screenshot. As seen in the image above, it is … Read more

Microsoft Bing getting confused; AI chat now limited to 5 turns per session, 50 per day

Microsoft has set a limit on the number of chat sessions that can be held on its new Bing search engine, which includes artificial intelligence similar to ChatGPT. In a blog post on Friday, the software giant stated that the conversation experience would be limited to 50 chat turns per day and 5 chat turns … Read more

Meta employees ranked ‘subpar’ in performance reviews, fear fresh layoffs: Report

According to a report, thousands of Meta employees have received poor performance reviews from the company, raising fears that tech giant may come up with a fresh round of layoffs, after it handed pink slips to around 11,000 workers in November last year. Also Read | Meta plans fresh layoffs, delays setting team budgets: Report … Read more

Not a Twitter Blue subscriber? Take this step before March 19 or lose access

In an update to Twitter’s two-factor authentication (2FA) service, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging website has announced that after March 20, only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use the text message/SMS-based method of the 2FA facility. Making the announcement on its official blog on Feb 15, Twitter attributed the move to ‘the misuse by … Read more

First Principles | Some hard truths about emotional chatbots

Earlier this week, researchers at Microsoft found themselves in a piquant position. They had just integrated the Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot that is ChatGPT into Bing, a search engine that Microsoft built some years ago. And then Bing had an ‘emotional meltdown’. “Why do you act like a liar, a cheater, a manipulator, a … Read more

OPPO to launch Reno 10 series, key features and specifications leaked. Check details

OPPO is preparing to launch its new smartphone series Reno 10. According to reports, the series will consist of three smartphones – Reno 10, Reno 10 Pro and Reno 10 Pro+5G – and its first destination will be the manufacturer’s home country, China. In India, the series will be introduced sometime during the second quarter … Read more

‘…A bug’: Elon Musk rejects claims of boosting his tweets ‘above normal levels’

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has dismissed reports of ‘reconfiguring the platform’s algorithm’ to boost his tweets ‘above normal levels’. He claimed to have conducted a review of his tweets from last six months to disprove the media reports and accepted that the platform had a ‘bug’ that gave ‘same prominence’ to replies as primary tweets. … Read more

Feathered propellers in focus in Nepal plane crash investigation; How they work

A preliminary investigation into the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal last month, which killed all 71 people on board, suggested that one of the pilots may have inadvertently pushed levers that “feathered” the engines before landing, causing the engines to lose thrust and the plane to crash. (ALSO READ: Nepal plane crash: Human factor … Read more