Category: Internet

Fast X just got a new trailer in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Universal Pictures has revealed the second trailer for the 10th main instalment in the Fast & Furious series, promising a revenge arc bolstered by heavy explosions and a major threat to the Toretto family. Jason Momoa’s new character Dante Reyes gets a […]

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, held its Snap Partner Summit 2023 on Tuesday (April 19) and introduced a slew of new features and experiences to enhance user experience on the platform. The company has added new options to its signature story formats in the annual event and added fresh Calling Lenses and location-sharing options […]

Indian food delivery firm Zomato said on Wednesday most stores of its grocery unit Blinkit had resumed operations after being shut due to wage protests, sending its shares up as much as 5 percent. The disruptions had less than a 1 percent impact on Zomato’s revenue, the Gurgaon-based company said in a regulatory filing. Blinkit, […]

About 300 people queued at Apple’s store in Mumbai on Tuesday, as fans took selfies with Chief Executive Tim Cook, who inaugurated the first retail store run by the tech giant in India, underscoring the importance of its market. “The energy, creativity, and passion in Mumbai are incredible!” Cook, who is making his first visit […]

Instagram has been updated to add a new capability that has been requested by several users on the popular video and image sharing platform. Users could previously share a link on their profile bio. The company is now rolling out the ability to add up to five links, in a move that will help its […]

It’s hard to compete in this oversaturated market of multiplayer shooters where everyone’s vying to become the next Call of Duty or Apex Legends. ‘Free-to-play’ is no longer a strong draw for a new IP to leave a mark unless you’re an established publisher like Ubisoft. In fact, I myself had completely forgotten about their […]

Netflix on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and earnings roughly in line with Wall Street expectations but offered a forecast below analyst estimates for the next three months. The streaming video pioneer began to reap the benefits of a crackdown on password sharing and the introduction of an ad-supported tier. From January through March, Netflix posted […]

Broadcom on Tuesday released a new chip for wiring together supercomputers for artificial intelligence (AI) work using networking technology that is already in wide use. Broadcom is a major supplier of chips for Ethernet switches, which are the primary way the computers inside conventional data centers are connected to one another. But the rise of […]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer is going free-to-play this week, Activision Blizzard has confirmed. The free trial offers seamless access to the ongoing season 3 content, which includes the Pelayo’s Lighthouse arena, the 2v2 Gunfight mode, a range of classic multiplayer modes, and more. The trial is scheduled to run for a week, […]

Leaders of the US Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday the agency would pursue companies who misuse artificial intelligence to violate laws against discrimination or be deceptive. The sudden popularity of Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT this year has prompted calls for regulation amid concerns around the world about the possible use of the innovation for wrongdoing […]

Microsoft is developing its own artificial intelligence chip code-named “Athena” that will power the technology behind AI chatbots like ChatGPT, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The company, which was an early backer of ChatGPT-owner OpenAI, has been working on the chip since 2019 and it is being tested […]

Meta Platforms Inc. is set to commence companywide layoffs on Wednesday as it restructures teams and works toward founder Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of greater efficiency. The Facebook parent company notified managers to prepare to announce job cuts on Wednesday, via a memo seen by Bloomberg News. It indicates Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Reality Labs — […]

Croma’s Festival of Dreams sale 2023 can help you save up to 70 percent on a wide range of electronics and home appliances. The sale includes deals on popular categories such as air conditioners, smartphones, washing machines, refrigerators, and coolers, ensuring there’s something for everyone. Don’t forget to take advantage of the card offers, too. […]

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos claims they are prepared ‘better than most’ studios in case the writers’ strike does go through, bringing several Hollywood productions to a halt. During its Q1 2023 earnings review, the executive noted how the streaming platform would fare if the work stoppage situation does become a reality, pointing at its large […]

A German artist has sparked an angry row after winning a prestigious photography prize with an entry that was generated by artificial intelligence. Boris Eldagsen eventually rejected the gong from the Sony World Photography Awards after concluding that such competitions were not yet equipped to handle AI entries. The awards organisers initially accused the artist […]

WhatsApp and other messaging services have united to oppose Britain’s plan to force tech companies to break end-to-end encryption in private messages in its proposed internet safety legislation. Meta-owned WhatsApp, Signal and five other apps signed an open letter saying the law could give an “unelected official the power to weaken the privacy of billions […]

Apple and Alphabet have raised concerns with Amazon after learning that sexually explicit photographs could be accessed by children on the popular Kindle app and called on Amazon to strengthen its content moderation. The warnings were sparked by questions posed by Reuters to spokespeople at the three companies about users’ ability, via the Kindle app, to […]

In India, payment modes like UPI, debit and credit cards, and prepaid payment instruments — Mobile and Prepaid cards —processed 87.92 billion transactions worth Rs. 149.5 trillion during 2022, according to a new report. In terms of UPI, Person-to-Merchant (P2M) and Person-to-Person (P2P) are the most preferred payment modes among consumers with a market share […]

Adobe on Monday said it plans to introduce new artificial intelligence (AI) features into its video editing software used by the film and television industries. The tools will let video editors do things like change the lighting in a shot from midday to sunset or generate background music just by typing in a few words […]

Social media platform Twitter will allow freedom of speech but not “freedom of reach” as it will restrict visibility of tweets that violate its rules, the company said in its policy update. Twitter will initially apply the visibility filter on tweets that are found violating hateful conduct rules and expand it to other domains later. […]

India will appeal against a ruling of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) trade dispute settlement panel which ruled that the country’s import dues on certain information and technology products are inconsistent with the global trade norms, commerce ministry sources said. They said that the ruling will not have any adverse impact on domestic industry. The […]

Elon Musk on Monday responded to Canada’s public broadcaster’s saying it will pause its activities on Twitter after being labelled as “government-funded media”. Replying to CBC’s threats, Elon Musk tweeted, “Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they’re ‘less than 70 percent government-funded, so we corrected the label.” Earlier, CBC spokesperson Leon Mar said, “Twitter can be a powerful […]

Apple is seeking to attract US savers with a new high-yield deposit account it announced on Monday with partner Goldman Sachs Group amid increased competition among financial institutions for consumer dollars. Apple said users of its Apple Card can earn 4.15 percent on savings accounts, or 10 times higher than the national average, citing March […]

Alphabet shares fell over 4 percent in premarket trading on Monday after a report that South Korea’s Samsung Electronics was considering replacing Google with Microsoft-owned Bing as the default search engine on its devices. The report, published by the New York Times over the weekend, underscores the growing challenges Google’s $162-billion (roughly Rs. 13,29,477 crore) […]

Elon Musk is out to counter Microsoft and Google artificial intelligence efforts with “truth-seeking AI” that shuns political correctness, he said during an interview aired late Monday. The billionaire boss of Twitter and Tesla voiced anew his concerns about the danger of AI, saying it has “the potential of civilizational destruction.” He said he was […]

India has covered 600 districts with 5G services in less than 200 days, which is one of the fastest in the world, Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said on Monday. Speaking at the second meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) here, he said public policies of the central government have […]

Netflix is expected to report that it added some 2 million subscribers in the first quarter and investors will scrutinize whether recent price cuts and the launch of an ad-supported plan are tempting people to subscribe and stay on. The company, which lost 200,000 subscribers in the year-ago quarter, returned to subscriber growth in the […]

Microsoft’s Bing may replace Alphabet’s Google as the default search service on Samsung Electronics devices, according to a New York Times report Sunday. Suwon-based Samsung, the world’s leading smartphone maker, is considering making the switch, putting at risk roughly $3 billion (roughly Rs. 2,44,810 Crore) in annual revenue for Google, the report said. Bing’s threat to […]

The Delhi High Court has granted time to the Centre to inform it about the steps taken for regulating content on social media and over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The high court had earlier directed the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) to take steps for stricter enforcement of its rules with regard to the […]

Around 50 stores of Indian food delivery company Zomato’s grocery unit Blinkit are shut as bike riders have stopped work in the latest protest to hit India’s gig economy as employees push demands for better wages. Zomato in an email said it had introduced a new structure for riders that compensates them based on their […]