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UPI One World Wallet Services Launched For NRIs, International Travellers by NPCI

UPI One World wallet service has been launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for non-resident Indians (NRIs) and international travellers visiting the country. The service was first announced last year during the G20 summit which India hosted….

Telegram for Android Vulnerability EvilVideo That Lets Hackers Deploy Malware as Video Files Detected: Report

Telegram for Android reportedly had a zero-day vulnerability which was being targeted by attackers. This vulnerability, dubbed EvilVideo, allowed malicious actors and hackers to send malware disguised as video files, as per the report. It was detected by a cybersecurity…

Mistral Large 2 Open Source AI Model Released, Said to Be on Par With Meta Llama 3.1 405B

Mistral released the new generation of its flagship open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, Mistral Large 2, on Wednesday. The company claims the AI model offers significantly improved capabilities in code generation, mathematics, and reasoning. It also gets support for several…

OpenAI Launches SearchGPT, an AI-Powered Search Engine Prototype That Could Take on Google and Perplexity

OpenAI launched a temporary prototype of an artificial intelligence (AI) search engine dubbed SearchGPT on Thursday. The announcement came just a day after Microsoft rolled out its Bing generative search. Currently, SearchGPT is available in limited release, with access to…

Jio Things, MediaTek Unveil 4G Smart Android Digital Cluster, Smart Module for Two-Wheelers EVs in India

Jio Things, in collaboration with Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek, announced the launch of the “Made in India” 4G Smart Android Digital Cluster and 4G Smart Module in India on Thursday. The devices are part of Jio Things’ Internet of Things (IoT)…

Microsoft Rolling Out AI-Powered Bing Generative Search, Could Rival Google’s AI Overviews

Microsoft added a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature to its Bing search engine on Wednesday. Dubbed Bing generative search, the feature shows a snapshot with the information for the searched query. The feature is similar to Google’s AI Overviews which…

Google Plans to Prioritise User Choice Instead of Deprecating Third-Party Cookies on Chrome

Google Chrome announced a new approach to handling third-party cookies on Monday. With this move, it no longer has plans to deprecate them. Instead, Google says it will allow users to make an “informed choice” which can be adjusted at…

Meta Llama 3.1 405B Released as Company’s Largest Open Source AI Model to Date, Beats OpenAI’s GPT-4o

Meta on Tuesday released its latest and largest artificial intelligence (AI) model to the public. Called Meta Llama 3.1 405B, the company says the open-source model outperforms major closed AI models such as GPT-4, GPT-4o, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet across several…

Adobe Illustrator Updated With AI-Powered Design Tools, Photoshop Gains Support for Image Generation

Adobe Illustrator was updated with new artificial intelligence (AI) tools on Tuesday that are aimed to ease the design creation process for users. The new tools include a Generative Shape Fill tool that can generate pattern vectors within a shape….

G20 Prioritises Discussions on Digital Tax Amid Looming Tariff Threats from US

Talks over a global tax deal are continuing well past a June 30 deadline and governments are now looking to a Group of 20 finance leaders meeting this week for progress on a stalled plan to reallocate taxing rights on…

Union Budget 2024: Key Takeaways, Technology-Related Announcements Made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2024-25 on Tuesday — this is the seventh Budget to be presented by the finance minister, and the first one under the third NDA government that assumed power last month. The…

Jio Revises Its Rs. 349 Prepaid Plan After Recent Price Hike; Improves Validity

Update: Reliance Jio has reached out to Gadgets 360 to clarify that the Rs. 349 prepaid plan does not have any validity change. Jio refers to the 28-day cycle for prepaid plans as monthly plans. As such, the referenced X…

OpenAI Adds a New ‘Instructional Hierarchy’ Protocol to Prevent Jailbreaking Incidents in GPT-4o Mini

OpenAI released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed GPT-4o Mini last week, which has new safety and security measures to protect it from harmful usage. The large language model (LLM) is built with a technique called Instructional Hierarchy, which…

Amazon Prime Day Sale: All Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Deals Listed

Amazon Prime Day 2024 is currently underway in India. It kicked off on July 20 and will go on till 11:59 pm IST tonight (July 21). During the sale, big discounts on a wide range of items, including electronic gadgets,…

Top Smartphone Deals Under Rs. 20,000 During Amazon Prime Day Sale

Amazon Prime Day sale is all set to end tonight at 11:59 pm IST. So, even if you’re tuning it late, there are still some great deals up for grabs. The sale, which is an annual two-day event, brings huge…

Best Smartwatch Deals Under Rs. 20,000 During Amazon Prime Day Sale

Amazon Prime Day 2024 sale started in India on July 20. The e-commerce website is offering a wide range of products, including several electronic items at discounted rates during the sale. These items include large appliances like air conditioners, refrigerators,…

Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale: Best Deals on TWS Earphones Under Rs. 10,000

Amazon Prime Day 2024 sale, which commenced at midnight on July 20, will end on July 21 at 11:59 pm IST. During this time, you can get a variety of products, ranging from fashion items and home appliances to personal…

Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale Goes Live: Best Offers on Smartphones, Electronics

Amazon Prime Day 2024 sale is now live in India. The two-day annual sale event is exclusive to Amazon’s Prime members and brings hundreds of discounts and deals on a large selection of mobile phones, laptops, TVs, Amazon devices, and…

CrowdStrike Update Causes Global Microsoft Outage, Affecting Services and Bringing ‘Blue Screen of Death’

CrowdStrike, the endpoint security software, caused a major global outage of Microsoft services including Windows and Office 365, following an update on Friday. The alleged issue brought the ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) to Windows devices across the world, with…

Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale to Bring Discounts on OnePlus 12, MacBook Air M1, iPhone 13 and More

Amazon Prime Day 2024 sale is nearly here and the e-commerce website’s annual sale for paying subscribers will take place on July 20 and July 21, bringing discounts on several consumer electronics and gadgets. During the upcoming sale event, customers…

OpenAI Whistleblowers Claim Firm Made Employees Sign ‘Illegally Restrictive’ NDAs: Report

OpenAI has reportedly been accused of using “illegally restrictive” non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) by a group of whistleblowers, who have written a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging the agency to take “swift and aggressive” steps to…

Vietnamese Hackers Using ‘Maorrisbot’ to Target Indians in WhatsApp e-Challan Scam: CloudSEK

WhatsApp e-Challan scams are targeting users India using Maorrisbot, a new form of technical malware, according to a cybersecurity firm. This is a relatively new type of scam that is reportedly backed by a large, organised effort. So far, the…

Apple Granted Patent That Describes Public Wi-Fi Network Ranking System

Apple has been granted a new patent for a ‘ranking’ system of public Wi-Fi networks, depending on the quality of the connection and its security. As per the filing, it could potentially enable the iPhone maker to implement a new…

Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale Deals: Discounts on Echo, Fire TV Stick and More Amazon Products

Amazon Prime Day 2024 sale will start in India on July 20 and will last through July 21. A variety of items will be available at discounted rates, considerably lower than their usual prices. Products like personal electronic items such…

iOS 18, iPadOS 18 Public Beta Released: How to Install, Features, More

Apple has seeded the first iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and tvOS 18 public beta, providing non-developers a safer way to try the upcoming operating systems. The iOS 18 offers a wide range of new features for…

OpenAI Employees Say Company Is Neglecting Safety and Security Protocols: Report

OpenAI has been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its ChatGPT chatbot and advanced Large Language Models (LLMs), but the company’s safety record has sparked concerns. A new report has claimed that the AI firm is speeding through…

Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale Deals Revealed: Discounts on Sony WH-1000XM4, Boat Smart Ring, Amazon Echo Pop and More

Amazon Prime Day 2024 Sale is scheduled to take place on July 20 and July 21, and the e-commerce platform has already started to tease some of the deals on various consumer electronics products that will be available at discounted…

OpenAI Said to Be Working on New Reasoning Technology Under Code Name ‘Strawberry’

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is working on a novel approach to its artificial intelligence models in a project code-named “Strawberry,” according to a person familiar with the matter and internal documentation reviewed by Reuters. The project, details of which have not…

NPCI International Collaborates With Qatar National Bank to Launch QR Code-Based UPI Payments

NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the international arm of the payments organisation, has signed an agreement with Qatar National Bank (QNB) to launch QR code-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments across the country. With this move, Indian tourists and travellers can…

OpenAI Reportedly Shares the Five Levels to Reach Superintelligent AI With Its Employees

OpenAI has reportedly created a new classification that shows different levels of artificial intelligence (AI) development towards achieving superintelligent AI. As per the report, the classification system, which OpenAI has shared with its employees, has five levels: the first level…

Neuralink Brain Chip Implant Wires Now Stable in First Patient, Musk Hopes for More Human Trials This Year

The tiny wires of Neuralink’s brain chip implant used in the first participant in a trial run by Elon Musk’s company have become “more or less very stable”, a company executive said on Wednesday. The company had in May said…

DMRC Launches Digital QR Code-Based Ticketing Service Via Amazon Pay

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) expanded its Digital QR Ticketing service to Amazon Pay on Thursday. With this move, Delhi Metro commuters can purchase their travelling tickets online through the platform. The QR code-based ticketing facility was already available via…

Apple Issues Fresh Warning to Users in 98 Countries Over ‘Mercenary Spyware’

Apple has issued an alert to users in several countries, warning them that they might have been targeted in a mercenary spyware attack, in the second such alert issued by the company this year. The latest threat notification has been…

Odyssey Building ‘Hollywood-Grade’ AI Text-to-Video Model to Compete With Sora, Gen-3 Alpha

Odyssey, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup founded last year, shared details about its first AI product on Monday. The firm revealed that it is building an AI video model that can create Hollywood-grade visual effects, just like OpenAI’s Sora tool that…

WhatsApp Rolls Out Context Card for New Group Members to Improve Safety

WhatsApp on Tuesday began rolling out a new feature that is designed to improve the safety of its group messaging features. The Meta-owned messaging platform will now display contextual information to users when they are added to a group by…

Figma Takes Down AI Tool After It Creates App Mock-Ups That Eerily Resemble iOS Weather App

Figma launched a new interface and several new artificial intelligence (AI) tools on June 26, in its third significant redesign since its inception. However, soon after the launch, one of the AI tools, dubbed Make Design, which can conjure app…

Koo to Shut Down Four-Year-Old Service After Acquisition Discussions Fail

Koo — an Indian startup that was launched in 2020 as a competitor to Twitter (currently known as X) — is shutting down. The company, started by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka four years ago will cease operations after acquisition talks…

WhatsApp Readying ‘Imagine Me’ Feature to Generate Personalised Images Using Meta AI: Report

WhatsApp recently expanded the rollout of its Meta AI chatbots in select markets, including India and the US, and the instant messaging platform appears to have started working on new artificial intelligence (AI) features. The Meta-owned messaging platform is reportedly developing a…

NPCI Brings QR Code-Based UPI Payments to UAE in Partnership With Network International

QR-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments will now be accepted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) announced via a press release on Wednesday. To facilitate this move, the organisation is partnering with Network International –…

Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Tests Ability to Perform Tasks on Windows 11-Linked Android Phones

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Copilot has reportedly received a new update that gives it the capability of managing certain tasks on a linked Android smartphone. The feature has some requirements that must be fulfilled before it can function as…

Anthropic to Fund Initiative to Develop New Third-Party AI Benchmarks to Assess AI Models

Anthropic announced a new initiative to develop new benchmarks to test the capabilities of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models on Tuesday. The AI firm will be funding the project and has invited applications from interested entities. The company said that…

Ajax Engineering Launches Enterprise-Grade AI Chatbot Concrete GPT for Industry-Focused Knowledge Sharing

Ajax Engineering, a concreting solution provider, launched its artificial intelligence (AI) platform Concrete GPT on Tuesday. The AI chatbot is aimed at professionals in the concrete industry and serves as a knowledge-sharing space to share innovation, market insights, and regulatory…

Meta Charged by EU for Breaching Tech Rules With Its Pay or Consent Advertising Model

Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company’s newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and…

AI Deals Between Microsoft and OpenAI, Google and Samsung, Under EU Scanner

Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI could face an EU antitrust investigation as regulators singled out their exclusivity clauses while Google’s artificial intelligence deal with Samsung also triggered scrutiny. EU antitrust regulators will seek additional third-party views, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Soundbars Under Rs. 5,000

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 has entered its second day in India. The special discount sale kicked off on Thursday for all shoppers, after providing a 12-hour early access to Prime members. The sale includes hundreds of deals across all…

Anthropic Introduces Projects for Claude AI, a New Collaborative Tool to Organise Information

Anthropic released a new collaborative tool for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude on Tuesday. Dubbed Projects, the tool will allow users to ground the output of the chatbot to the internal knowledge provided to it. Using this, users can…

Reddit to Update Web Standard to Block Automated Data Scraping From Its Website

Social media platform Reddit said on Tuesday it will update a Web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems….

Google Translate Adds Support for 110 New Languages With the Assistance of AI

Google Translate received a big upgrade on Thursday and will now support an additional 110 languages. The new languages were added with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech giant used its in-house PaLM 2 large language model (LLM),…

US, India Extend Digital Tax Truce to June 30 as Deadline Approaches

The United States and India have extended a standstill agreement on U.S. retaliation over India’s digital-services tax until Sunday, aligning it with a fast-approaching deadline for a global deal to reallocate taxing rights on the world’s biggest and most profitable…

OpenAI Develops CriticGPT Model Capable of Spotting GPT-4 Code Generation Errors

OpenAI published a study about a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Thursday that can catch GPT-4’s mistakes in code generation. The AI firm stated that the new chatbot was trained using the reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) framework…

OpenAI’s Voice Mode Feature for ChatGPT Delayed, Alpha Testing to Begin in July

OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it was delaying the launch of its advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT with emotive expressions and real-time responses. The artificial intelligence (AI) firm showcased the feature during last month’s Spring Updates event alongside its latest GPT-4o…

Figma Introduces a Redesigned Platform and New Generative AI Features

Figma, the website and app design platform, introduced a user interface (UI) redesign and multiple new artificial intelligence (AI) features, on Wednesday. The company is calling the new look UI3 as this is the third significant redesign of the platform…

Best Tech Deals of the Week: iPhone 14 Plus, Motorola Edge 50 Pro and More

Looking to find some great tech deals this week? We’ve got you covered! There are some fantastic discounts on top smartphones, from the high-performance Realme GT 6T to the powerful Motorola Edge 50 Pro and the feature-packed Poco X6 Pro…

Amazon Reportedly Working on a Multimodal AI Chatbot to Take on OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Amazon is reportedly working on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that can rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The company’s internal project is said to be code-named Metis. As per the report, the under-development chatbot will be able to perform all the…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Bluetooth Speakers Under Rs. 3,000

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is currently live in India. The discount sale started for all users on May 2 with huge discounts on different items and it will go on till May 7. As always, mobile phones are the…

Genesys Launches AI-Powered Navigation Map Tailored for Indian Automotive and Mobility Sectors

Genesys International, the Mumbai-based mapping, survey, and geospatial solutions company, launched artificial intelligence-powered navigation maps on Monday. The map encompasses 83 lakh kilometres across India. The company claims it was built specifically for the automotive and mobility industries of the…

Amazon Great Summer Sale: Top Deals on Samsung, Xiaomi, and OnePlus Tablets

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 began for all users in India on May 2, coinciding with Flipkart’s Big Saving Days sale. During their respective sales, both e-commerce sites are offering lucrative discounts on a wide range of products, including personal…

Synthesia 2.0 AI Video Communications Platform With Expressive AI Avatars Launched for Enterprises

Synthesia introduced Synthesia 2.0, an artificial intelligence (AI) video communications platform for businesses, on Monday. The AI platform will allow users to generate studio-quality videos with AI avatars just by posting the video script. The platform has also launched two…

Amazon Great Summer Sale: Top Deals on Large Appliances

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, which kicked off for all users in India on May 2, is offering a wide range of products at lower prices than their usual rates. We have previously told you about smart televisions, smartphones, gaming…

GTA 5 Cheat Codes List: Best GTA V Cheats for PC, PS5, PS4, and Xbox

GTA 5 is one of the few games that allows you to enter cheat codes. GTA 5 cheats surely make the whole gameplay intense and grant some new abilities to the character, ranging from invincibility to new weapons, sports cars,…

SBI Balance Check Number: How to Check SBI Balance Online Using Different Methods

State Bank of India (SBI) offers many online services that allow its customers to get all the information swiftly. Gone are the days when you had to wait in a long queue to find the balance of your SBI account….

Adobe Sued by US Government for Hiding Fees, Making It Difficult to Cancel Subscription

The US government sued Adobe on Monday, accusing the Photoshop and Acrobat maker of harming consumers by concealing hefty termination fees in its most popular subscription plan, and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions. In a complaint filed in the…

Anthropic Releases Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Makes It Available for Free to All Users

Anthropic released the first entrant in the Claude 3.5 large language model (LLM) family, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, on Friday. The new release comes just three months after the AI firm unveiled the Claude 3 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models….

TCS Announces New Deal With Xerox to Build a Generative AI-Powered Enterprise Platform

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the multinational IT service provider, announced signing a new deal with US-based Xerox on Friday. This deal expands the strategic partnership between the two companies and will let TCS build a cloud-native and generative artificial intelligence…

Apple’s Source Code for Internal Tools Allegedly Stolen, Leaked by Threat Actor in Data Breach

Apple has allegedly been targeted in a data breach that resulted in a hacker stealing the source code of its internal tools. A threat actor group that goes by the name ‘IntelBroker’ has assumed responsibility for the theft of the…

Infosys Aster, AI-Powered Marketing Suite for Global Enterprises Launched

Infosys, the multinational IT giant, launched a new marketing suite for enterprises on Tuesday that will offer artificial intelligence (AI) analytics and other tools to maximise sales and improve repeat customers. The suite, dubbed Infosys Aster, is aimed at both…

Nvidia Rides AI Boom to Dethrone Microsoft as World’s Most Valuable Company

Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company on Tuesday, dethroning tech heavyweight Microsoft as its high-end processors play a central role in a scramble to dominate artificial intelligence technology. Shares of the chipmaker climbed 3.5 percent to $135.58, lifting its…

Shutterstock ImageAI, an Enterprise-Focused AI Text-to-Image Generator Launched

Shutterstock ImageAI, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform that allows users to generate images from text prompts, was announced last week. Shutterstock, the stock photos, videos, and music repository, and the data and AI firm Databricks collaborated to build the…

Luma AI Launches AI-Powered Text-to-Video Generation Platform Dream Machine

Luma AI launched its artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-video generation model, Dream Machine, globally on Wednesday. The platform can generate up to five-second-long videos from simple or descriptive text prompts. The AI model can generate videos in various styles such as…

Amazon Reportedly Struggling to Build AI Capabilities to Make Alexa Smarter

Amazon introduced its voice-first virtual assistant Alexa to the world in November 2014. The technology’s name is said to be inspired by Star Trek’s computer system onboard the Starship Empire and underscored CEO Jeff Bezos’ ambition of creating a conversational…

LinkedIn Introduces New AI-Powered Features to Assist Professionals in Job Search

LinkedIn is rolling out several new artificial intelligence (AI) features that will assist users in job search and personalised learning on the platform. Announced on Thursday, these AI-powered features include a Jobseeker Coach that can hunt the right job for…

Bewakoof Partners With Google Cloud to Bring AI-Powered Customised Fashion Capabilities to Its Platform

Bewakoof, the popular Indian apparel brand, has collaborated with Google Cloud to bring the latter’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to its platform. The Indian brand unveiled the partnership at the Google Cloud Summit India, 2024. Bewakoof…

YouTube Reportedly Testing New Method to Disrupt Ad Blockers Amid Ongoing Crackdown

YouTube is reportedly developing another way to crack down on third-party ad blockers, as the video streaming platform looks to increase revenue from users who don’t have a YouTube Premium subscription. It is speculated that this change may combine the…

Reliance’s Jio Platforms Clears Hurdle in Bid to Launch Satellite Internet in India

A joint venture between Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based SES to provide gigabit fibre internet has won approval from the Indian space regulator to operate satellites there, a government executive said. The three approvals issued to Orbit Connect India…

Stable Diffusion 3 Medium With Ability to Run Efficiently on Consumer Laptops Released by Stability AI

Stability AI on Wednesday released a smaller version of its Stable Diffusion 3 (SD3) artificial intelligence (AI) model. Dubbed Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, the company introduced the smaller text-to-image model as its most advanced image generation model. While retaining all…

Wipro Launches Lab45 AI Platform to Improve Efficiency Across Enterprise Operations

Wipro, the multinational IT services and consultation company, introduced the Lab45 AI platform on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) platform is an enterprise-focused suite aimed to help its clients gain higher efficiencies across business functions. It leverages generative AI, machine…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Printers

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, that kicked off on May 2 for all users in India, is set to end on May 7. Before the sale concludes, you can grab a range of different products at discounted prices over their…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on 50-Inch to 65-Inch Smart TVs

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is currently live in India where an extensive series of products are being offered at discounted rates. Items like fashion essentials, home furnishing and appliances, as well as personal gadgets like smartwatches, laptops, smartphones and…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals to Check Before Sale Ends Tomorrow

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 has entered its final days. The special discount sale kicked off on May 2 for all shoppers, after providing hours of early access to Prime members. The sale offers hundreds of deals across all major…

TCS Launches Generative AI Aggregation Platform WisdomNext for Businesses

TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), the multinational IT services firm, has launched WisdomNext, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) aggregation platform for enterprises. The IT giant’s latest AI platform is designed to let businesses run experimentations on various generative AI platforms used…

Google AI Overviews Now Showing for Just 15 Percent of Searched Queries: Report

Google recently found itself in hot water for the AI Overviews feature after it reportedly began showing incorrect and unhelpful answers for searched queries. The tech giant also issued a statement claiming it was working to address the issues. Now,…

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: Disney+ Hotstar Brings Dolby Vision to Live Sports Streaming in India

Disney+ Hotstar has announced that it will offer live sports streams in Dolby Vision in India. Upcomingg live sports events in the country including cricket matches, Super 8s, semi-finals and finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be…

DuckDuckGo AI Chat With Support for GPT-3.5 Turbo, 3 Other AI Models Rolled Out to All Users

DuckDuckGo – the web browser with privacy at its centre – announced the rollout of its AI Chat feature to all users on Thursday (May 6). This feature was previously available to select users in beta access, enabling them to…

Flipkart, PhonePe IPO May Take Couple of Years, Says Walmart Executive

Initial public offerings of Walmart’s Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe digital payments platform could take a couple of years, a Walmart executive said. “This is something we’re looking at over the next couple of years,” Walmart’s executive vice president for corporate…

JioCinema Premium Subscription Plans 2024: Benefits, Price in India, Offers, and More

After disrupting the telecom and broadband sectors, Jio is looking to apply the same strategy to the OTT segment. The JioCinema platform has evolved into one of the best OTT platforms in India, giving stiff competition to the likes of…

Adobe Experience Platform AI Assistant With Content Generation, Automation Features Now Generally Available

Adobe announced the general availability of the Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) AI assistant on Thursday. The AEP is a customer experience management platform using which businesses can monitor and analyse customer data and execute marketing campaigns for their products and…

Xiaomi Super Saver Sale 2024: Deals on Xiaomi 14 Series, Xiaomi Pad 6, Redmi Watch 3 Active and More

Xiaomi Super Saver Sale 2024 is now live in India, with discounts and other lucrative offers on a wide range of Xiaomi and Redmi products including smartphones and tablets. Even home appliances like smart TVs and robotic vacuum cleaners are…

Wix Launches AI-Powered Mobile App Builder That Can Create Apps With Text Prompts

Wix launched a new AI-powered chatbot for its mobile App Builder platform on Wednesday. The cloud-based no-code platform development company introduced artificial intelligence (AI) tools to its app-building platform just months after introducing its AI-powered end-to-end website development tool. The…

Stable Audio Open Released by Stability AI as an Open-Source Text-to-Audio Generator

Stability AI has released an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed Stable Audio Open. Users can leverage the model to generate up to 47 seconds of samples and sound effects. Users can use it to create samples of musical instruments…

GPT-4o Tested: Faster and More Versatile Than Before, but Questions Loom Over Reliability

Ever since November 2022, when ChatGPT was first rolled out to the public, OpenAI has been the company to beat in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. Despite spending billions of dollars and creating and restructuring (looking at you, Google) their…

OpenAI Tipped to Be Working on a ChatGPT-Powered AI Search Engine to Rival Google Search

OpenAI might be working on an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine that will be based on its ChatGPT. As per a post on a forum, the AI firm might have already created the domain and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)…

Wearable AI Startup Humane Said to Be Exploring Potential Sale After Rocky Launch of AI Pin

Artificial intelligence startup Humane has been seeking a buyer for its business, according to people familiar with the matter, just weeks after the company’s closely watched wearable AI device had a rocky public launch. The company is working with a…

Top Tech Deals of the Week: Discounts on Smart TVs, Soundbars and Other Electronics

Looking for the best deals on top-quality products this week? We’ve curated a list of the most exciting, exclusive offers you will want to take advantage of. There’s something for everyone, from cutting-edge smart TVs and powerful soundbars, to versatile…

OpenAI Signs Content Deals With The Atlantic and Vox Media: Here’s What It Means

Sam Altman-led OpenAI said on Wednesday it has signed content and product partnerships with The Atlantic and Vox Media, helping the artificial intelligence firm to boost and train its products. Why it’s important The agreements with The Atlantic and Vox…

ChatGPT Rolls Out Free User Access to Custom GPTs; Can Now Try Purpose-Specific AI Chatbots

ChatGPT users should expect another feature update from OpenAI now. The artificial intelligence (AI) firm has begun rolling out access to GPTs, its mini chatbots designed for a specific purpose, globally. Even those on the free tier of ChatGPT can…

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Live Streaming: How to Watch T20 World Cup Match for Free on Mobile and Smart TV

After a thrilling IPL 2024 season, it is now time to witness another rollercoaster season of cricket tournament. Yes, we are talking about the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which starts on June 01, 2024. The annual T20 World…

Online Payment Frauds Jump Over 400 Percent in India, RBI Data Shows

Digital payment frauds in India saw a more than fivefold jump to 14.57 billion rupees ($175 million) in the year ended March 2024 from the previous period, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report published Thursday. The jump…

RBI, NIPL Working to Expand UPI to 20 Countries by 2028-29: RBI Annual Report

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) along with NPCI international payments ltd (NIPL) will work towards taking UPI to 20 countries by FY29. RBI Annual report says possibilities will be explored for increasing the global footprints of UPI and RuPay….

Best Tech Deals of the Week: iPhone 15, PlayStation 5 Slim and More

This week’s tech deals bring exciting discounts on some of the best gadgets and electronics items available today. There’s something for everyone, from the latest smartphones and powerful laptops to great printers and efficient chargers. Whether you want to upgrade…

Anthropic Rolls Out ‘Tool Use’ Designed to Provide More Accurate Responses For Claude-3 AI Models

Anthropic is rolling out a new feature for Claude-3, its family of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed ‘Tool Use’ (or Function Calling), this feature enables Claude to interact with external tools and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to perform a wide…

Meta Finds Deceptive Content Likely Generated by AI on Facebook and Instagram

Meta said on Wednesday it had found “likely AI-generated” content used deceptively on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including comments praising Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza published below posts from global news organizations and US lawmakers. The social…

JioFinance App With UPI, Banking Services Launched in Beta By Jio Financial Services

Jio Financial Services Ltd has announced the launch of its “JioFinance” app in beta mode. The platform aims to revolutionize daily finances and digital banking with a comprehensive, user-friendly interface. According to a press release from the company, the “JioFinance”…

Google, Meta Bid Millions for Hollywood Content as AI Licencing Race Heats Up: Report

Google and Meta have reportedly joined OpenAI in the artificial intelligence (AI) content licensing war. OpenAI has been making numerous deals with news publishers and other websites to access their data to train its AI models. As per a report,…

Apple, Google, Amazon Lobby Group Opposes India’s EU-Like Antitrust Proposal

A US lobby group representing tech giants Google, Amazon and Apple has asked India to rethink its proposed EU-like competition law, arguing regulations against data use and preferential treatment of partners could raise user costs, a letter shows. Citing increasing…

Apple’s WWDC 2024 Invite Reveals Keynote Event Time, Complete Schedule: How to Watch, What to Expect

Apple’s WWDC 2024 event is set to kick off in a few days and the company has now shared additional details about its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, including the keynote event time as well as the full schedule for the…

Elon Musk’s AI Startup xAI Raises $6 Billion in Bid to Challenge OpenAI

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised $6 billion (roughly Rs. 49,857 crore) to accelerate its challenge to his former allies at OpenAI. The Series B round, announced in a blog post on May 26, comes less than a year after…

GPT-4 Outperforms Human Analysts in Financial Statement Analysis, Claims Research

GPT-4 can outperform human analysts when it comes to predicting the future on the basis of financial statement analysis, claimed a new research paper. The paper, which has been published in a preprint journal found in its tests that GPT-4…

Vodafone India (Vi) Guarantee Programme Offers 130GB of Extra Data for Free to 4G and 5G Users: How to Claim

Vodafone India (Vi) has launched the Vi Guarantee Programme which is offering eligible subscribers 130GB of free data. This is a limited-period offer for prepaid users of the telecom service provider using a 5G-enabled or a new 4G smartphone. Under…

Reliance, Disney Said to Seek CCI Nod With Cricket Rights Assurance

Reliance Industries and Walt Disney have sought antitrust clearance for their $8.5 billion India media merger by arguing their combined power, especially on cricket broadcasting, will not hit advertisers, two people with direct knowledge told Reuters. The deal, announced in…

Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI Feud Rekindles Hollywood Fear of Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI’s apparent homage to the movie “Her” featuring the voice likeness of Scarlett Johansson is fueling a backlash against artificial intelligence across Hollywood, executives told Reuters. Johansson’s accusation that the ChatGPT-maker copied her performance in the Spike Jonze-directed feature film,…

ChatGPT Still Not Meeting Data Accuracy Standards, EU Data Protection Board Says

OpenAI’s efforts to produce less factually false output from its ChatGPT chatbot are not enough to ensure full compliance with European Union data rules, a task force at the EU’s privacy watchdog said. “Although the measures taken in order to…

WhatsApp Default Theme Feature Spotted in Development on Latest Beta Version

WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users to set a default theme, changing the colour of chat bubbles on the app on their smartphone. The new personalisation option could offer a selection of colour presets, and was…

Google Said to Invest $350 Million in Flipkart, Valuing Firm at $37 Billion

Alphabet’s Google will pick up a minority stake worth $350 million in Walmart-backed Flipkart, valuing the Indian e-commerce firm at $37 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Google and Flipkart were not immediately available to…

X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says Community Notes Could Come to News, Other Platforms

X would like to export its crowd-sourced fact-checking feature, Community Notes, to newspapers and other platforms, Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino said at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Friday. “It is not impossible to imagine that this particular…

CloudSEK Report Highlights the Surge of the Fake Pegasus Spyware Following Apple’s Threat Notifications

CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, led an investigation after Apple’s threat notifications were sent out to iPhone users in 92 countries last month, and found that soon after the advisory was released, the deep and dark web saw a rise of…

Canva Revamps Platform and Editing Experience; New Affinity Apps, Canva Enterprise Launched

Canva, the popular online design platform, announced several new features and a new business-focused subscription at its first international Canva Create event in Los Angeles on Thursday. The platform unveiled its biggest redesign in more than a decade which includes…

Paytm Signals Job Cuts, Asset Sales After Hit From India Probe

Paytm warned of job cuts and said it would trim non-core assets after reporting its first sales decline on record, reflecting fallout from a regulatory probe that curtailed much of the Indian fintech pioneer’s business. Once a role model for…

Google to Soon Test Ads Within Its Recently Launched AI Overviews Feature in Search

Google is planning to test ads on its recently launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search experience dubbed AI Overviews. Notably, AI Overviews is a rebranded Search Generative Experience (SGE), which was released as an experimental feature to beta testers in May…

Adobe Lightroom Gets AI-Powered Generative Remove Tool, One-Click Lens Blur Feature

Adobe Lightroom is getting another artificial intelligence (AI) feature dubbed Generative Remove. The new feature can remove any unwanted object from an image with a single click, making photo editing easy for both professional as well as inexperienced users. Additionally,…

Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI’s ChatGPT Voice ‘Eerily Similar’ to Hers

Scarlett Johansson on Monday accused OpenAI of creating a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded “eerily similar” to the actress after she declined to voice the chatbot herself. Johansson made the comments in a statement released hours after the…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on DSLR and Action Cameras Before the Sale Ends

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is drawing to a close and the e-commerce website’s ongoing sale event is set to end on Tuesday at midnight. During the ongoing sale, several DSLR, mirrorless, and action cameras from companies like Sony, Canon,…

US FDA Clears Neuralink’s Brain Chip Implant in Second Patient: Report

The US Food and Drug Administration has allowed billionaire Elon Musk’s Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a second person after the company offered fixes to a problem that occurred in the first patient, the Wall Street Journal reported…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals On Home Security Products

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, which began on May 2 will finally end at midnight on Tuesday. The annual summer sale of the ecommerce giant is currently ongoing on both its website and mobile apps. During the sale, buyers can…

Amazon Great Summer Sale Ends Tonight: Top Discounts, Deals and Offers on Efficient Appliances to Save Power

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 will end in just a few hours, which means that you can still take advantage of several deals, discounts and offers during the ongoing sale. While smartphones and other popular consumer electronics are in the…

OpenAI Partners Up With Reddit to Bring Its Content to ChatGPT and New AI Products

OpenAI and Reddit have entered into a partnership that will see the artificial intelligence (AI) firm get access to Reddit’s real-time data for ChatGPT and any new AI products the company launches in the future. Reddit will also be able…

OpenAI GPT-4o Begins Rolling Out to Some Users, Gets Web Searching Capability

OpenAI GPT-4o artificial intelligence (AI) model was unveiled on Monday, and it is now being rolled out to some users. The newest flagship-grade AI model by the company introduced significant improvements in the speech and vision capabilities of the chatbot,…

OpenAI Dissolves High-Profile Safety Team After Chief Scientist Sutskever’s Exit

OpenAI has effectively dissolved a team focused on ensuring the safety of possible future ultra-capable artificial intelligence systems, following the departure of the group’s two leaders, including OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever. Rather than maintain the so-called superalignment…

ChatGPT Integrates Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive For Paid Users With Connect Apps Feature

ChatGPT is getting a new Connect Apps feature that will allow users to integrate their Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive with the artificial intelligence (AI) platform. This feature will enable users to eliminate the hassle of downloading documents to their…

Instagram Testing Support for Cross-Posting Images to Threads: Report

Threads — Meta’s microblogging service that competes with X (formerly Twitter) — could add support for cross-posting content from Instagram. According to a report, some accounts have been updated with an option to post an image to Instagram while simultaneously…

Netflix Ad-Supported Plan Crosses 40 Million Monthly Active Users, Company Says

Netflix said on Wednesday its ad-supported tier has reached 40 million global monthly active users, from 5 million a year earlier, a sign that its push to attract new users with the cheaper plan is paying off. The jump comes…

Government to Delay Digital Payments Market Share Cap, Helping Walmart-Backed PhonePe, Google Pay

India will again delay caps on market share for a popular digital payments method, two sources told Reuters, benefiting Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe as the authorities prioritise growth over concerns about market concentration. The National Payments Corporation of India…

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says Implant Had Issues After First Human Surgery

In a setback for Elon Musk’s brain technology company, Neuralink, the device it implanted in its first human patient has had mechanical issues, the company wrote in a blog post. In the weeks following the January surgery on patient Noland…

OpenAI GPT-4o With Real-Time Responses and Video Interaction Announced, GPT-4 Features Now Available for Free

OpenAI held its much-anticipated Spring Update event on Monday where it announced a new desktop app for ChatGPT, minor user interface changes to ChatGPT’s web client, and a new flagship-level artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed GPT-4o. The event was streamed…

Meta Rolls Out Travel Mode for Quest 2 and Quest 3, to Work Similarly to the Apple Vision Pro

Meta announced a new feature for the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 that will allow users to use the mixed-reality headset during flights in passthrough mode. On Monday, the tech giant said it is rolling out Travel Mode…

Google I/O 2024 Starts Today: How to Watch Keynote Livestream, What to Expect

Google I/O 2024 — the search giant’s annual developer conference — will begin in just a few hours and users from around the world will be able to tune in to the keynote event tonight. The company usually unveils new software…

Airtel and Google Cloud Enter a Strategic Partnership to Build AI-Powered Cloud Services for Enterprises

Airtel and Google Cloud have collaborated to build and deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cloud services for enterprises in the Indian market. Through this partnership, Airtel aims to use Google’s cloud solution suite and build server-based services including various analytics tools,…

WhatsApp Begins Testing Camera Zoom Control Feature, Sticker Creation Shortcuts

WhatsApp is rolling out two new features to beta testers on iOS that add new capabilities to the popular messaging platform. The first feature makes it much easier to zoom when using the in-app camera on WhatsApp, while the second…

Inside the Looking Glass of Augmented Reality: How Xtendr Is Building Immersive AR Experiences

When did you first hear the term augmented reality (AR)? If you are new to the tech space, your first encounter with this visual interactive technology was likely the Apple Vision Pro or the Meta Quest headsets. However, gamers would…

OpenAI Said to Plan Launch of Google Search Competitor on May 13

OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. The announcement date, though subject to change, has not been previously…

Google Chrome Updated With Patch for Nasty Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited by Attackers

Google Chrome has been updated with fixes for a zero-day security flaw that was being actively exploited in the wild, according to the search giant. The vulnerability affects a component in Chrome that renders web content on a user’s screen,…

Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies $242 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit

Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition…

Google Chrome Working on Feature Similar to Circle to Search on Android: Report

Google Chrome could introduce new features powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to users that could help them perform certain tasks easily on the browser. One of these new features is likely to be related to performing visual lookups while browsing…

WhatsApp Gets Darker Dark Mode, Redesigned Navigation, New Icons and More Design Changes

WhatsApp has introduced a host of design changes to its mobile interface for both iOS and Android. Some new changes are quite subtle, while others are more discernable. There are also some additions to the layout like chat filters, which…

OpenAI Shares Model Spec, a Document Highlighting Its Approach to Building an Ethical AI

OpenAI shared its Model Spec on Wednesday, the first draft of a document that highlights the company’s approach towards building a responsible and ethical artificial intelligence (AI) model. The document mentions a long list of things that an AI should…

Google Threat Intelligence With Gemini AI Capabilities Introduced for Cybersecurity Professionals

Google introduced its newest cybersecurity-focused threat detection and analysis product dubbed Google Threat Intelligence, on Tuesday. The tech giant is offering the product as part of the Google Cloud Security portfolio, and said it will assist cybersecurity professionals gain better…

OpenAI Unveils New Tool to Identify AI-Generated Images, Highlights the Need for AI Content Authentication

OpenAI unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) image identification and detection tool on Tuesday. The AI firm announced the new tool highlighting the need to authenticate AI-generated content and to create awareness around it. The company has also formally joined…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Top Deals on Projectors for Home Usage

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 kicked off last week with discounts and offers on a large selection of electronics. The discount sale is scheduled to end tonight. If you are looking for a projector for your home entertainment setup, the ongoing…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Top Deals on Computer Accessories

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is coming to an end tonight. The five-day sale that started on May 2 has introduced discounts and deals on various mobile phones, laptops, smart TVs, and other electronic items. The sale provides exchange offers and…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Top Deals on Routers

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is currently live with great deals on a wide range of electronic products. Here we have handpicked the best deals on routers. Routers from popular brands like TP-Link, Netgear, and others are currently listed with…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Premium Laptops

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, which started on May 2, will end in India on May 7. The e-commerce site is offering a variety of products at discounted rates during this sale. Among those items are personal gadgets like smartphones,…

Amazon Great Summer Sale: Top Deals on Smart TVs

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 started in India on May 2. A wide range of products like fashion items, home furnishings, large appliances and personal electronics are being offered at considerably lower prices in these sales. We have previously discussed…

Instagram Stories Adds New Stickers, Including Frames, Reveal, and More

Instagram has released a bunch of new interactive sticker options for users to use on their Stories. Instagram Stories is a popular way for sharing content on the platform, next to posting an image, video or Reel. Users can upload…

Amazon Great Summer Sale: Deals on Apple Watch Series 9, Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, Amazfit Active and More

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 is currently live in India. It started on May 2 for all users in the country and will conclude on May 7. During this time, the e-commerce site is offering lucrative discounts on a wide…

Elon Musk-Owned X to Summarise News Events Within App Using Grok AI

X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, will start summarizing news events inside the app by using xAI’s chatbot, Grok.  The AI-generated summaries will rely on user tweets — not third-party news articles — and will only be available…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Amazon Devices

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 has entered its third day. The annual summer sale of the e-commerce giant started at midnight on May 2 for Prime members and was opened to all users at noon on the same day. The…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Smartphones Under Rs. 50,000

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, which began on May 2 for users in India, will conclude on May 7. During the sale, the e-commerce site is offering a wide range of items at significantly lower prices than their listed price….

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Earphones Under Rs. 10,000

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024, the ecommerce giant’s annual summer sale, opened for all users at 12pm on May 2. Users of the platform who are looking to upgrade their existing devices can find a wide range of products including…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Deals on Smartphones Under Rs. 25,000

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 started today with hundreds of deals across all product categories. Amazon Prime members gained access to the special discount sale starting at midnight tonight and from noon it is open for all buyers. The discount sale…

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024: Best Mobile Deals on Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Poco, and More

Amazon is holding its biggest sale for this month. The Great Summer Sale 2024 from the e-commerce platform brings some exclusive discounts and offers on various categories. The sale starts on May 2nd at midnight for Prime members, while it…

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE to Be Discounted During Flipkart’s Big Saving Days Sale 2024

Samsung Galaxy S23 FE was unveiled in India in October 2023. The smartphone comes with an Exynos chipset and is backed by a 4,500mAh battery with support for wired fast charging. For optics, it is equipped with a triple rear…

Poco X6 Series and More Poco Phones Discounted Ahead of Amazon, Flipkart Sale in India: See Offers

Poco has announced discounts on several of its phones in India ahead of upcoming Amazon and Flipkart sales. There will be discounts of up to Rs. 4,000 apart from bank offers and coupons applicable on particular platforms. The discounts will…

OnePlus 12, Nord CE 4 and More OnePlus Phones Available at Lowered Prices During Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024

Amazon Great Summer Sale 2024 will kick off in India on May 2 from 12pm IST. Amazon Prime members in the country will be able to access the sale offers early from 12am IST on the same day. A wide…

iPad Brought Under EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple Must Comply With New Rules in 6 Months

Apple’s iPad has been added to a list of Big Tech products and services hit by strict new European Union rules aimed at stopping potential competition abuses before they take hold. The move means Apple has six months to make…

iPhone 14, iPhone 12 Price in India Discounted on Flipkart Ahead of Big Saving Days Sale

Flipkart’s Big Saving Days Sale will begin on May 3. Just days ahead of the annual sale event, the e-commerce website has listed iPhone 14 and iPhone 12 at discounted rates. Flipkart is offering additional discounts for purchases made through select…

JioCinema Premium Plans With Ad-Free 4K Video Streaming Starting at Rs. 29 Announced

JioCinema Premium can now be purchased as a monthly subscription in India, the streaming service announced on Thursday. The Viacom18-owned platform will let users stream movies and TV series — including content from HBO, Paramount, Peacock, and Warner Bros. — without advertisements,…

Apple iPhone 15 Price in India Temporarily Cut on Flipkart: Here’s How Much It Costs Now

Apple iPhone 15 price in India has been temporarily cut and the latest iPhone model can now be purchased at a discounted price via Flipkart. Customers who are looking to purchase the base iPhone 15 model with 128GB of storage…

Apple ID Account Bug Locks Some Users Out of Accounts, Forces Password Reset

Apple users are facing an issue that affects their Apple ID, locking them out of their own accounts, according to several reports from users on social media platforms. The issue appears to be affecting some users who say they were…

Google Parent Alphabet Joins $2 Trillion Club as Results Show AI Strength

Alphabet Inc. closed decisively above a $2 trillion market capitalization for the first time on Friday, as a powerhouse earnings report reassured investors that the Google parent would be a major player in artificial intelligence.The stock rose 10% to $171.95,…

Spotify Says Apple Has Rejected Its App Update With Price Information for EU Users

Apple has rejected Spotify’s new version of its iOS app with in-app pricing information for users in the European Union, the audio streaming firm said on Thursday. The Swedish company submitted a new version of its app to Apple with…

Dil Dosti Dilemma Review: Prime Video’s Latest Series Is So Sugary That It Might Give You Diabetes

Teenage years usually bring a raging volcano of confusing emotions, new aspirations, dilemmas, self-doubt, and much more. And that’s precisely what Prime Video’s latest original series Dil Dosti Dilemma tries to tap into. The series features a young girl called…

WhatsApp Now Supports Face Unlock for App Lock on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro

Google Pixel 8 series arrived last year with an improved face unlock feature allowing users to access compatible banking and payment apps. Now, WhatsApp has rolled out support for the face unlock feature on the Pixel 8 phones. This update…

TikTok Ban Looms as President Biden Signs Law With 270-Day Sale Deadline

For TikTok, the clock has started running in its existential fight to avoid a US ban. Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger…

Tesla Could Start Selling Optimus Robots by the End of Next Year, Elon Musk Says

Tesla’s humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell as soon as the end of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Several companies have been betting on humanoid robots to meet…

OpenAI Announces New Assistants API Features and Tools for Enterprise Users

OpenAI announced new tools, and features for its enterprise-grade Assistants API on Tuesday. The AI firm has made its API suite available to large businesses which require customised solutions for its workloads. Highlighting some of its major clients such as…

Apple Close to Finalizing Deal With FIFA Over TV Rights For New Club World Cup Tournament: Report

Soccer’s global governing body FIFA is close to an agreement with Apple to give the tech company worldwide television rights for a new, month-long club tournament, the New York Times reported on Monday. The deal with Apple could be announced…

Paytm Payments Bank Board Is Independent, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Says

The board of India’s Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday. “I, personally or anyone from OCL,…

Amazon Upcoming Sale 2024: Check out Next Sale Date, Best Offers, Deals, and More

Amazon is surely one of the best e-commerce platforms in the country. The platform offers great services for its customers and also offers great discounts and deals via different sales. Whether it’s Amazon Prime Day or the Great Indian Festival,…

Google Maps Makes It Easier to Find EV Chargers, Search Now Shows Sustainable Travel Options

Google announced new features for Maps and Search on Earth Day (April 17). The latest update is tailored for electric vehicles and lets travellers find specific information about the location of EV chargers, plan charging stops for road trips and more….

Apple Offer to Open Up NFC-Based Tap-and-Go Technology Said to Be on Track for EU Approval by May

Apple’s offer to open its tap-and-go mobile payments system to rivals is set to be approved by EU antitrust regulators as soon as next month after it tweaked some of the terms, people familiar with the matter said. Apple’s bid…

Meta Llama 3 AI Models With 8B and 70B Parameters Launched, Said to Outperform Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro

Meta introduced the next generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) models, Llama 3 8B and 70B, on Thursday. Shortened for Large Language Model Meta AI, Llama 3 comes with improved capabilities over its predecessor. The company also adopted new training…

Meta AI Gets Upgraded With Llama 3 to Add New Features, Better Integration

Meta AI is getting a massive upgrade. On Thursday, the social media giant announced two new Llama 3 artificial intelligence (AI) models, the Llama 3 8B and 70B, which are said to offer improved capabilities compared to the predecessor. Alongside, the…

Snapchat to Display Watermark on Images Created Using Snap’s Generative AI Tools

Snapchat announced on Tuesday that it will soon start adding a watermark to the artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images created using its tools. The platform allows its premium users to generate AI images through the platform’s native conversational chatbot ‘My AI’…

World’s First AI Influencer Pageant ‘Miss AI’ Announced; Judging Criteria and Prizes Revealed

Miss AI, the world’s first beauty pageant contest to judge the best artificial intelligence (AI) models and influencers, has been announced. The competition is being held by the World AI Creator Awards (WAIC) and aims to recognise the achievements of…

Threads Testing Real-Time Search Results for Some Users, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Confirms

Threads is testing a feature that allows users to see real-time search results on their feeds. The service has introduced the feature for some users and is expected to be rolled out to users later this year. Ever since the…

Instagram Said to Be Testing AI-Powered Chatbots for Influencers That Can Interact With Followers

Instagram is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered initiative that will allow influencers — users with large followings — on the platform to automate direct engagement with their followers. As per the report, the platform’s “Creator AI” is…

YouTube Confirms “Appropriate Action” on Third-Party Ad-Blocking Apps in Renewed Crackdown

YouTube is renewing its crackdown against third-party apps that block in-video ads on the platform. In an announcement on Monday, the company confirmed that it will begin taking “appropriate action” against apps that let viewers watch videos without ads by…

Shortcut Keys for Shutdown: How to Shutdown PC or Laptop Using Keyboard

There is always a time when you just want to turn off your computer quickly. Although the conventional way requires a lot of steps, what if we told you that you can easily shut down your PC or laptop by…

WhatsApp Web Users Could Soon Get the New Revamped Sidebar Interface: Report

WhatsApp was reported to be working on a new interface for its Web client with a sidebar and a dark mode last year. Now, according to a new report, the revamped design has started to roll out to some users….

Mistral Launches 8X22B Mixture of Experts AI Model in Open Source, Benchmarks Reveal Big Upgrades

Mistral released its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, 8X22B, on Wednesday. The mixture-of-expert AI model follows the 8X7B model released in December 2023 and offers a larger parameter size. The company known for its fully open-source AI models released the…

How to Delete My Activity History on Google Search on PC and Mobile?

Google knows everything! Whether it’s your favourite place, your favourite music, or anything else, Google gives you accurate results whenever you search on its platform. This is primarily because Google saves all these activities in your Google account. The company…

Fortnite Maker Epic Games Moots Google Play Store Reforms After Antitrust Win

Fortnite video game maker Epic Games has urged a federal judge in California to force Google to open up its Play Store to greater competition after a jury found the U.S. tech giant had abused its power as a gatekeeper…

Amazon Mega Electronics Days Sale Brings Discounts on Laptops, Headphones, Smartwatches and More

Amazon Mega Electronics Days Sale is now live on the e-commerce platform and customers can avail of massive discounts on several electronics products. During the ongoing sale, buyers can avail of discounts of up to 80 percent on several products….

OpenAI Brings GPT-4 Turbo to Paid ChatGPT Accounts, Claims ‘Improved Capabilities in Writing’

OpenAI upgraded its artificial intelligence (AI) model GPT-4 Turbo with new capabilities on Friday, especially in the areas of mathematics, reasoning, and writing abilities. The upgraded version of GPT-4 Turbo is now being rolled out to the paid users of…

Adobe Reportedly Paying for Videos to Train a New Text-to-Video AI Model

Adobe is reportedly working on building an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered text-to-video generation model. To train its AI model, the company is said to be purchasing videos from photographers and artists. This data will be used in addition to the platform’s…

Meta Showcases Next-Generation AI Chipset to Build Large-Scale AI Infrastructure

Meta, on Wednesday, unveiled its next-generation Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA), its family of custom-made chipsets for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The upgrade to its AI chipset comes almost a year after the company introduced the first AI chips….

iOS 18 Tipped to Introduce AI Features Including Safari Browsing Assistant, Encrypted Visual Search

iOS 18 is expected to be unveiled at WWDC 2024 on June 10, months before Apple rolls out its next major software update to eligible iPhone models. While the company is yet to offer any details related to iOS 18,…

Messenger Now Lets You Send HD Photos, Create Shared Albums, Send Files Up to 100MB

Meta is finally bringing the ability to share high-quality photos in Messenger, a feature that many of its users have longed for. Users can turn on the HD toggle before hitting Send to avail of this file-sharing feature, the company announced…

OpenAI Unveils GPT-4 Turbo With Vision Capabilities in API and ChatGPT

OpenAI announced a major improvement to its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model GPT-4 Turbo on Tuesday. The AI model now comes with computer vision capabilities, allowing it to process and analyse multimedia inputs. It can answer questions about an image,…

Ola to Shutdown Operations in UK, Australia, New Zealand; to Focus on India Business

Ride-hailing services provider Ola has decided to shut down operations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and will continue to focus on India business, its promoter ANI Technologies said on Tuesday.The Softbank-backed company said that it sees immense opportunity…