Category: Internet

Cyber thugs hacked the ticket booking website of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) early Wednesday and it will take up to 10 days to completely restore it, the government said. The website was hacked by foreign hackers around 2 am due to which the ticketing system was affected and efforts are underway to restore […]

Google Meet is now rolling out a 1080p video option for all eligible Workspace users as well as Google One subscribers with 2TB or more storage space on their device. With the new feature, users can set their Google Meet video resolution to 1080p. The new Full HD resolution option is only for Google Meet […]

Makers of the upcoming action thriller film The Equalizer 3 unveiled the official trailer on Tuesday. Taking to Instagram, production house Sony Pictures unveiled the official trailer which they captioned, “Vengeance meets his equal. Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall in the final chapter of The Equalizer. #TheEqualizer3, exclusively in cinemas September 1st.” As […]

Britain will block Microsoft’s $69 billion (roughly Rs.5,64,000 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard over its concerns it would hinder competition in cloud gaming, dealing an unexpected blow to the biggest-ever deal in gaming. The country’s antitrust regulator said on Wednesday that Microsoft’s commitment to offer access to Activision’s multi-billion dollar Call of […]

The United States has moved to block China’s access to the most advanced semiconductors and the equipment and talent needed to make them in recent months, citing national security. China has dismissed those concerns, accusing the United States of “technological terrorism” and unfairly hindering its economic growth. It has sought to counter the US containment […]

Funko Pops, the adorable vinyl and bobblehead figurine lineup with a cult following, is getting its own video game. 10:10 Games dropped a teaser for its upcoming title, Funko Fusion, which is described as an action-adventure multiplayer game, featuring characters from several movies and TV series. The brief trailer doesn’t offer much in terms of […]

Japan’s powerhouse anime business risks being overtaken by rising Chinese competition because a tilt towards commercialism has stifled creativity, industry heavyweight Masao Maruyama has warned. Maruyama, a protege of manga great Osamu Tezuka, said he fears Japan is losing its edge. “In Japan, people are no longer trained in animation,” he told AFP in an […]

Opera One was unveiled on Tuesday as a redesigned browser expected to replace the company’s flagship Opera browser for Windows, MacOS, and Linux later this year. It is already available in early access via a developer version of the browser. The upcoming browser features redesigned user interface and new features such as a tab island […]

Celebrating its 100th year, Warner Bros. unveiled a packed lineup of new big-screen films at CinemaCon on Tuesday, from a live-action Barbie comedy to Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg’s remake of The Color Purple. The historic Hollywood studio also used its presentation at the annual Las Vegas gathering to tease a ‘10-year plan’ to relaunch […]

The European Union on Tuesday designated 19 online platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as having user numbers so big they will come under stricter regulatory rules for content. The list — on which services from Amazon, Google, Meta, Instagram and Microsoft also feature — all have more than 45 million monthly active users. That […]

Twitter on Tuesday said it required users to take down over 6.5 million pieces of content in the first half of 2022, before the social media platform was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk, a 29 percent increase from the second half of 2021. Twitter disclosed the number of content removals in a blog post […]

Google parent company Alphabet beat market expectations in the first quarter of 2023 with a net profit of $15 billion (roughly Rs. 1,23,000 crore), the company said on Tuesday, in a sign that the search engine behemoth is regaining its footing. The tech titan has found itself under pressure due to a general slowdown in […]

The Flash just got a new trailer in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. At this year’s CinemaCon event in Las Vegas, Warner Bros. dropped the second trailer for the standalone ‘Scarlet Speedster’ movie, which will serve as the reset point for the DC Universe, drawing inspiration from the Flashpoint storyline. Michael Keaton’s Batman gets a […]

Google Authenticator, the company’s two-factor authentication (2FA) app, has been updated for iOS and Android smartphones. The latest update allows users back up their one-time passwords (OTP) to their Google account. These OTPs can easily be synced to another device while switching to a different device. The latest Google Authenticator update on Android allows users […]

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday invited all big and small retailers to join the government-promoted Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), as it would help in creating huge opportunities for everybody. ONDC aims to promote an open platform for all aspects of e-commerce retail. It would help small retailers expand their business […]

The government plans to digitise over 3,100 crore documents as part of the phase-III of the e-Courts project which is likely to be formally launched soon, sources said on Tuesday. On the table is also a plan to set up solar power facilities for ensuring seamless availability of information communication (ICT) infrastructure at a cost […]

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the government is not concerned about flash sales on online platforms but is against predatory pricing and other cheating methods used by e-retailers to restrict consumer choices. He also said that often consumers purchasing goods on the e-marketplace platform to avail benefits of flash sales are […]

As the summer of 2022 came to a close, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gathered his top lieutenants for a five-hour dissection of the company’s computing capacity, focused on its ability to do cutting-edge artificial intelligence work, according to a company memo dated September 20 reviewed by Reuters. They had a thorny problem: despite high-profile investments […]

From chatbots and virtual assistants to fraud detection and risk management, artificial intelligence (AI) is now being used in many areas of finance. But what could an AI system like ChatGPT do for your bank balance? AI tools might seem overly complex or expensive to non-experts, but advances in natural language processing and machine learning […]

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon will reportedly release on August 25. As per Insider Gaming, FromSoftware’s mech-crunching title is indeed sticking to its 2023 release window, following a potential reveal in June. The news comes in the wake of Armored Core 6 receiving a 12+ age rating in South Korea, due to its displays […]

Netflix said on Tuesday it plans to invest $2.5 billion (about Rs. 20,475 crore) in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and unscripted shows, doubling the amount the company has invested in the market since 2016. The US streaming service made the announcement after a meeting between South […]

Germany is joining other European countries in scrutinising the use of personal data by the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT and demanding answers from its US maker OpenAI, a regulator said Monday. Regional data protection authorities in Europe’s top economy have compiled a questionnaire for OpenAI and expect a response by June 11, said Marit Hansen, […]

Succession star Brian Cox has booked his next gig with Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming UK Original 007’s Road to a Million, an unscripted adventure series shot across locations of James Bond films. According to the streamer, the show will see contestants competing in teams of two on a global adventure to win the ultimate prize […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger is reportedly returning to the big screen after a four-year hiatus, with action-thriller film Breakout. Scott Waugh (The Expendables 4) is attached to direct the film, marking the first ‘big-budget project’ for the star since 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate. Scheduled to begin filming in Eastern Europe this year, Breakout sees Schwarzenegger in the […]

A US appeals court on Monday upheld a federal court’s order that could force Apple to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple said it may appeal the decision. The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a 2021 order in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite creator Epic Games that could require Apple to […]

Britain said on Tuesday it would introduce a new law to rein in the power that big tech companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon are able to wield to stifle competition in digital markets. The legislation will also bolster protection for consumers by making it easier to opt out of online subscriptions and by […]

When the US Supreme Court decides in the coming months whether to weaken a powerful shield protecting internet companies, the ruling also could have implications for rapidly developing technologies like artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The justices are due to rule by the end of June whether Alphabet’s YouTube can be sued over its video recommendations […]

The amendments to the Information Technology Rules, prima facie, do not seem to offer protection to parody and satire, the Bombay High Court said on Monday while hearing a petition filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra. The HC bench also said Kamra’s petition challenging the amendments was maintainable. On April 6, the Union government promulgated […]

A quarter into record layoffs, investors in US tech giants will scrutinize if the cost cuts boosted profits to their satisfaction, while the companies emphasize how artificial intelligence will be their next growth driver. Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Instagram owner Meta Platforms, and Amazon.com all report quarterly results in this week. Together, they command more than $5 trillion […]

Air India on Monday said it will be using ChatGPT-driven chatbot and various other initiatives as part of modernising the airline’s digital systems for which it has made an initial investment of $200 million (roughly Rs. 16.3 crore). The airline, which has embarked on the Vihaan.AI transformation programme, said significant progress has been made in […]