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Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s India business unit has gone through a rough patch in 2022 and it keeps growing. The company has shut down one of its consumer-oriented apps Zili. This popular TikTok-like short-form video app has more than 10 crore downloads on Google Play. The Xiaomi-owned social media platform has reportedly posted an in-app … Read more
ChatGPT, the chatbot developed by OpenAI, has been all over the news of late. Its popularity can be gauged by the fact that it took only 5 days for an AI chatbot to reach a million users. However, it seems that this recognition has made ChatGPT a hotspot for hackers and exploit it for their … Read more
Google announced last year that it is making it mandatory for all developers to include data safety labels on their apps. The company said the change is part of its efforts to honour user privacy. These labels will make Android users aware of what private data is accessed by the app and what is shared … Read more
Tencent Holdings is in talks with Meta Platforms to distribute its Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets in China, three people familiar with the matter said. The talks between Tencent and Meta started last year and have continued in recent months, according to one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the matter, adding … Read more
Three months ago, Elon Musk announced an $11 (roughly Rs. 910) monthly subscription service to give Twitter users a blue verification check mark. On Sunday, Meta Platforms announced largely the same thing: a $15 (roughly Rs. 1,240) subscription service for users to get a blue verified badge, so long as they provide a government-issued ID. Meta Chief … Read more
Tech giants including Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok face stricter online content rules in the European Union due to their huge number of users. The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), classify companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms (VLOPs) and require them to do risk management … Read more
Twitter on Wednesday became the first social media platform to allow cannabis companies to market their brands and products in the United States. The company had earlier only allowed advertising for hemp-derived CBD topical products, while other social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok follow a “no cannabis advertising policy” as pot remains illegal … Read more
The surgeon general is the “nation’s doctor” in the United States. They are tasked with giving Americans the “best scientific information” about their health. Late last month, the current US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, warned 13 is too young to join social media. He said it poses a risk to young people’s “self-worth and their … Read more
Elon Musk’s Twitter lagged behind Alphabet’s Google, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok in the fight against disinformation in the last six months, the European Commission said on Thursday and urged Twitter to step up its efforts. The companies on Thursday presented progress reports on compliance with a beefed-up European Union (EU) code of practice on disinformation … Read more
Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence research startup OpenAI launched the AI chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022. Since its launch, the chatbot has gone viral for its ability to process prompts and deliver human-like writings including — essays, articles, jokes, job applications and even poems. According to a report by Reuters, analysts have said that the popular AI … Read more