Paytm Payments Bank CEO Surinder Chawla Resigns
Beleaguered Paytm Payments Bank’s managing director and CEO Surinder Chawla has resigned from the company, a regulatory filing said on Tuesday. Chawla’s resignation comes amidst Paytm Payments Bank facing prohibitory action from banking regulator RBI. “Surinder Chawla, Managing Director and…
Apple Has Reportedly Struck a Deal With Shutterstock to Use Its Data to Train AI Models
Apple has reportedly entered a deal with the stock photos and videos library Shutterstock to use the data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The report also confirms the speculations that the tech giant is likely in the advanced…
OpenAI Reportedly Used Data From YouTube Videos to Train GPT-4 AI Model
OpenAI might have used more than a million hours of transcribed data from YouTube videos to train its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model GPT-4, claims a report. It further states that the ChatGPT maker was forced to procure data through…
PlayStation 5 Slim Goes on Sale in India With 10-Minute Delivery in Select Cities
PlayStation 5 Slim — or PS 5 Slim — went on sale in India on Friday, and customers can now purchase the gaming console online or via retail stores. In order to boost sales of the device, the company has…
How to Delete or Deactivate your Instagram Account on Mobile or PC
Instagram is one of the few social media platforms that are now engraved into our lifestyles. Whether sharing your vacation photos on Story, watching reels, or keeping a tab on your friends, Instagram is one platform to get all these….
Reliance Digital Announces Digital Discount Days Sale: Check Dates, Prices and Offers
Reliance Digital has announced that its Digital Discount Days sale will begin from April 6 and end on April 15. During this sale, a wide range of electronic items will be offered at discounted prices. Alongside lowered prices of products,…
Xiaomi Fan Festival 2024 Begins With Deals on Smartphones, Smart TVs and AIoT Devices
Xiaomi Fan Festival 2024 kicked off in India on Saturday with the Chinese technology firm celebrating the 14th anniversary of its global brand by offering discounts on a range of its products in the country. The prices of several Xiaomi…
Amazon Grand Festive Sale Begins: Deals and Offers on Smart TVs Revealed
Amazon Grand Festive Sale is currently underway. The ecommerce giant’s sale is focused on smart TVs from a wide range of brands. Consumers can find smart TVs from brands such as Samsung, Sony, LG, Redmi, Mi, Hisense, TCL, Acer, Vu,…
WhatsApp Testing Link Privacy Feature; Working on Picture-in-Picture Support on iOS: Reports
WhatsApp has reportedly started rolling out a new privacy feature. This helps users choose the privacy level of the links that are shared in their chats. The feature has not yet been publicly announced, but it has been spotted on…
OpenAI Will Now Let Users Edit AI-Generated DALL-E Images Within ChatGPT
OpenAI has added a couple of new features to its artificial intelligence (AI) image generator DALL-E, particularly to its ChatGPT interface. The two new features, announced on Wednesday, will allow users to edit images created by DALL-E within ChatGPT and…
Google’s AI-Powered Search Generative Experience Could Be Available Behind a Paywall: Report
Google is planning to introduce its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine features, dubbed Search Generative Experience (SGE) behind a paywall, as per a report. Google added an AI chatbot to Search to create Snapshots — a brief explanation of the…
Perplexity, the AI-Powered Search Engine, Could Soon Incorporate Ads: Report
Perplexity AI, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine, is reportedly planning to show ads on its platform. The advertisers will be given space in the related questions part of the user flow, where the ads will be incorporated based on…
Yahoo Acquires Instagram Co-Founders’ AI News Platform Artifact
Yahoo said on Tuesday it had acquired Instagram co-founders’ AI-driven news platform, Artifact, and will incorporate its technology across the US web services provider’s news and other sites. The deal signals continued pain for media start-ups struggling to grow revenue…
Apple Researchers Working On-Device AI Model That Can Understand Contextual Prompts
Apple researchers have published a new paper on an artificial intelligence (AI) model that it claims is capable of understanding contextual language. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed research paper also mentions that the large language model (LLM) can operate entirely on-device without…
US and UK Announce Partnership on AI Safety and Testing
The United States and Britain on Monday announced a new partnership on the science of artificial intelligence safety, amid growing concerns about upcoming next-generation versions. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and British Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan signed a memorandum of understanding…
WhatsApp’s Chat Lock Feature Might Soon Extend to Linked Devices
WhatsApp released the Chat Lock feature last year. This feature let users place their chats in a hidden folder that can be only accessed via secured passcodes, fingerprints or face ID. Meta unveiled this feature to improve the security and…
Vivo X Fold 3 Series, Vivo X100 Series Confirmed to Support 5.5G Networks
Vivo is gearing up to roll out 5.5G (5G-Advanced or 5GA) upgrades via OTA (Over-the-Air) updates to its flagship smartphones soon. The newly launched Vivo X Fold 3, Vivo X Fold 3 Pro and the Vivo X100 series are confirmed…
OpenAI Previews ‘Voice Engine’ Audio Tool That Can Clone Human Voices With 15 Seconds of Audio
OpenAI is sharing early results from a test for a feature that can read words aloud in a convincing human voice — highlighting a new frontier for artificial intelligence and raising the specter of deepfake risks. The company is sharing…
WWDC 2024 to Take Place From June 10 to June 14: All You Need to Know
WWDC 2024 is set to take place in June, Apple announced on Wednesday. The annual developers conference typically takes place at Apple’s headquarters and an online telecast of the event gives developers across the world a chance to look at…
Adobe, Microsoft Join Hands to Bring a Suite of Generative AI Features for Marketers in Microsoft 365
Adobe and Microsoft joined hands to announce a suite of new artificial intelligence (AI) features for marketers at the Adobe Summit on Tuesday. In this collaboration, Adobe will offer its Adobe Experience Cloud workflows and insights to Microsoft Copilot for…
Amazon Invests Additional $2.75 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
Amazon.com Inc. says it’s investing an additional $2.75 billion in Anthropic, completing a deal it made last year to back the artificial intelligence startup and expand a partnership between the companies. The infusion brings Amazon’s total investment in Anthropic, a…
Google Maps Gets Curated Recommendations, Customised Lists, and More to Help Users Plan Travels
Google Maps is getting three new updates that are designed to assist users on their travels. In order to provide personalised suggestions to users, Google has added curated lists of recommendations from top sites and the Google Maps community on…
Fireworks.ai, the Generative AI Firm That Fine-Tunes and Customises Open-Source LLMs For Business Needs
Fireworks.ai is a California-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup that is offering a unique solution for enterprises. The AI firm does not build large language models (LLMs) or foundation models from scratch but fine-tunes open-source models and converts them into an…
Intel Announces New Initiatives for AI PC Developers and Hardware Vendors
Intel launched its AI PC Acceleration Program in October 2023 to connect independent hardware and software vendors with the company’s resources. On Tuesday, the company announced two more initiatives under the umbrella programme. The first initiative is called the AI…
Google, Apple and Meta to Face First Digital Markets Act Probes in the EU
Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms will be investigated for potential breaches of the EU’s new Digital Markets Act, European antitrust regulators said on Monday, potentially leading to hefty fines for the companies. The European Union law, effective from March…
Elon Musk’s X Loses Lawsuit Against Hate Speech Watchdog CCDH
A U.S. judge on Monday threw out Elon Musk’s lawsuit against a nonprofit group that faulted him for allowing a rise in hate speech on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco…
Stability AI Releases Stable Video 3D, an AI Model That Can Render 3D Videos From 2D Images
Stability AI released a new 3D video rendering model dubbed Stable Video 3D (SV3D) on Monday. The artificial intelligence (AI) model generates videos, but unlike popular video generators such as OpenAI’s Sora, Runway AI, and Pika 1.0, it does not…
Microsoft Appoints Google DeepMind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of New AI Division
Microsoft has appointed DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as the head of a newly created consumer AI unit and hired several employees of his Inflection AI startup, seeking to defend its lead against rising competition from Google. Suleyman will be CEO…
WhatsApp Spotted Working on AI-Powered Image Editor, Ask Meta AI Feature
WhatsApp is currently working on a feature that will let users edit their images using an editing tool that is powered by artificial intelligence (AI), according to details shared by a feature tracker. Users might be able to quickly modify…
How the US Lawsuit Against Apple Could Make the iPhone Experience More Consumer Friendly
The U.S. has filed a lawsuit against Apple with the aim of increasing competition for the iPhone and giving a leg up to smaller companies whose apps work with the ubiquitous device. In the lawsuit against the $2.7 trillion company,…
Nvidia Unveils Its Generative AI Model for Humanoid Robots, GR00T: 5 Things to Know
Nvidia unveiled a general-purpose generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform for humanoid robots dubbed GR00T earlier this week. The platform comes with both hardware and software solutions for humanoid robots and can equip them with capabilities that enable them to perform…
IPL 2024 Live Streaming on JioCinema: How to Watch IPL Match for Free on Mobile and Smart TV
The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League is here! The 2024 edition of the IPL will see a fierce battle between 10 teams to come one step closer to winning this year’s tournament. Each team will play two matches…
OpenAI Could Release GPT-5, the Next-Generation of Its Generative AI Model, Later This Year: Report
OpenAI could unveil the next generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) model, GPT-5 (Generative Pre-Trained Transformers 5), in the coming months, as per a new report. The AI model will arrive as the successor to GPT-4, which was officially released…
OpenAI’s GPT Store Runs Into Trouble With Spam, Impersonation, and Unlawful Bots
OpenAI has a big spam and policy violation problem in its GPT Store. The AI firm introduced its GPT Store in January 2024 as a place where users can find interesting and helpful GPTs, which are essentially mini chatbots programmed…
Google Collaborates With Apollo to Bring AI-Powered Early Disease Screening to India
Google Health has announced a new collaboration with Apollo Radiology International for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered early disease screening in India. The announcement came during the company’s annual The Check Up event. Under this partnership, the tech giant will offer its…
Meta Offers to Almost Halve Monthly Subscription Fee for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram in EU
Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to EUR 5.99 (roughly Rs. 540) from EUR 9.99 (roughly Rs. 900), a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns…
WhatsApp Begins Testing 60-Second Status Updates, QR Code Scanner Shortcut for UPI Payments
WhatsApp is testing two new features that will make it easier to share longer videos as status updates and make faster peer-to-peer (P2P) payments via UPI. These new features were spotted by feature tracker WABetaInfo on recent beta versions of…
YouTube Announces Labels to Highlight AI-Generated Content; Tells Creators to Disclose Altered Videos
YouTube is cracking down on artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content posted on the platform, and as a first step, it has asked creators to disclose when a video has been altered using AI or generated using AI tools. The announcement comes…
Apple Researchers Working on MM1, a Family of Multimodal AI Model With Up to 30 Billion Parameters
Apple researchers have shared their work on building a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM), in a pre-print paper. Published on an online portal on March 14, the paper highlights how it was able to achieve the advanced…
Suno, a ChatGPT-Powered Chatbot, Can Generate AI Music Using Text Prompts
Suno is an artificial intelligence (AI) music generator that can create original songs using a simple text prompt. The AI platform was first unveiled in July 2023 when it moved to open beta and began adding users to its Discord…
Google Chrome Safe Browsing Feature Updated With Real-Time Privacy-Preserving URL Protection
Google Chrome offers users a Safe Browsing feature that checks for malicious URLs before loading web pages, and the search giant has now given it a major upgrade — a privacy-preserving real-time link scanning mechanism that checks an encrypted version…
Beeper for Android Update Brings Revamped Design, New Features
Beeper for Android has received a complete revamp with the latest update to the app. Android users who download the new application will notice a redesigned interface, and Beeper now offers support for some native features available on Google’s mobile…
CCI to Probe Google Amidst Dispute With Indian Firms Over In-App Billing Policy
India’s antitrust body on Friday ordered a probe into Alphabet Inc’s Google in an ongoing dispute with local startups over its in-app billing system, saying the U.S. company implemented its policies in a “discriminatory manner”. Indian startups have been at…
Apple to Face Lawsuit Claiming AirTags Are Weapon of Stalkers, US Court Rules
Apple Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims. US District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled Friday that three plaintiffs in the class-action suit had made sufficient claims…
SIM Swappers Are Exploiting eSIM Vulnerabilities for Financial Frauds: Report
SIM swapping crimes are on the rise globally, according to a new report. These crimes are primarily committed using eSIM (Embedded Subscriber Identity Modules) users. eSIMs are digitally stored SIM cards which are embedded into a device using a software….
YouTube Premium Widens Global Presence, Rolls Out to 10 More Countries
YouTube Premium has been expanded to ten new countries. The paid tier of the popular video-streaming giant was already available in a large number of regions, but Google has now expanded it further, bringing the total number of countries with…
Paytm Payments Bank Said to Cut About 20 Percent of Staff as Business Halt Looms
Indian digital payments firm Paytm plans to cut close to 20 percent of staff at its banking unit amid uncertainty over the unit’s future due to a looming central bank deadline for it to halt most operations, two sources said….
WhatsApp Blocks Profile Picture Screenshots on Android; Lets Beta Testers Pin Multiple Chats
WhatsApp is now blocking users from taking screenshots of other users’ profile pictures on smartphones, a new privacy feature that is widely available on Android handsets. Meta began testing the functionality on the beta version of the app over the…
Devin, an AI-Powered Software Engineer Capable of Coding, Building Apps, More Unveiled by Cognition Labs
Devin, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model that can function as a software engineer, was introduced by the AI startup Cognition Labs. The company has claimed that Devin has successfully passed practical engineering interviews from AI companies and has even…
CERT-In Warns Users of Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Affecting Recent Android Versions
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an advisory regarding several security flaws affecting smartphones running on recent versions of Android. The cybersecurity agency has warned users about vulnerabilities that were recently patched by Google and smartphone component makers…
Indian Startups Ask CCI to Order Google to Restore Apps After ‘Brazen’ Removal From Play Store
A group representing Indian startups has asked the country’s antitrust watchdog to order Alphabet’s Google to reinstate apps it removed for policy violations, a letter seen by Reuters shows, escalating a showdown with the US giant in a key market….
Microsoft Reportedly Blocks Keywords from Copilot Designer to Stop Generating Violent, Sexual AI Images
Microsoft has reportedly blocked several keywords from its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Copilot Designer that could be used to generate explicit images of violent and sexual nature. Keyword blocking exercise was conducted by the tech giant after one of its engineers…
Opera One, the AI-Powered Browser, Introduces AI Feature Drops Programme for Beta Testers
Opera One, the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered browser, is starting a new AI Features Drop programme, it announced on March 8. The programme will allow users who sign up to access the developer build of the browser and test out…
Elon Musk Says His AI Startup xAI’s Grok Chatbot Will Go Open-Source
Elon Musk said on Monday his artificial intelligence startup xAI would open-source its ChatGPT challenger “Grok” this week, days after he sued OpenAI for abandoning its original mission in favor of a for-profit model. The billionaire has warned on several…
How to Use Chakshu Portal to Report Fraud Spam Calls, Messages, and More
The Department of Telecommunications has introduced a new facility for the people of India to report suspected fraud communications. The government has introduced a new Chakshu portal under its Sanchar Sathi initiative. The new portal aims to detect and prevent…
Elon Musk vs OpenAI: Here’s a Timeline of the Decade-Long Rivalry
On February 29, Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. The primary allegation was that the company breached its founding agreement with Musk—who was one of the co-founders of the AI firm—by entering a partnership…
Elon Musk Says X’s Long-Form Videos Will Soon Be Available on Smart TVs
Long-form videos will soon be available on smart televisions, billionaire Elon Musk said, after Fortune magazine reported that social network X planned to launch next week a TV app for Amazon and Samsung users. The platform rolled out an early…
OpenAI’s Video-Making Service Under Data Privacy Scrutiny in EU
OpenAI faces further scrutiny from Italy’s data protection watchdog over concerns that the firm’s new artificial intelligence video creation system would process people’s personal data. It’s the second time OpenAI has come to the attention of the Italian regulator, which…
X Introduces ‘Articles’ for Premium+ Users to Write and Share Long-Form Content
X, the microblogging platform previously known as Twitter, has now introduced a new feature that allows users to share long-form written content. However, this feature is not available to all users. The firm announced that this long-form content-creating feature called…
Apple Modifies Proposed App Store Changes to Comply With New EU Rules After Criticism From Developers
Apple has modified some of its proposals to comply with landmark EU tech rules after criticism from app developers, including dropping a demand that those who want to create alternative app marketplaces must have a stand-by letter of credit. The…
Google Drive Brings Improvements to Video Playback, and Search Experience on iOS
Google Drive is getting a couple of updates that will improve the usability of the cloud-based storage platform. The tech giant is adding a new transcode to improve the playback speed and rebuffering of videos played within Drive. It is…
Google Adds a New Gemini AI Feature That Will Let Users Fine-Tune Its Responses
Google has introduced a new feature for Gemini, its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot. The new feature provides users with granular control over the generated response to a prompt and allows them to make changes to a particular portion of the…
Apple Hit With $2 Billion EU Antitrust Fine in Spotify Case, Will Appeal
Brussels on Monday fined Apple EUR 1.84 billion euros $2 billion (roughly Rs. 16,581 crore) for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via restrictions on its App Store, the iPhone maker’s first ever penalty for breaching EU rules. A basic…
ChatGPT Gets New Accessibility Feature, Can Now Read Its Responses Aloud to Users
ChatGPT has received a new accessibility feature that can be helpful for visually impaired people. The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot by OpenAI announced a Read Aloud feature on Monday that can read out its written responses. The new feature is…
Wix Launches AI-Powered Website Builder That Can Create Websites Using Simple Text Prompts
Wix, a cloud-based website development platform, has launched its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that can generate a customised website using simple text prompts. The AI website generator was first announced by the company in July 2023 but was not made…
Chakshu Portal Launched by Government to Curb Cyber Fraud Committed via Phone Calls, SMS, and WhatsApp
Chakshu portal, a platform to report suspected communications of cyber fraud, was launched by the government of India on Monday. The portal was created alongside the Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP) which will be used for real-time intelligence sharing and coordination…
AI Models in India Will Require MeitY Approval, Government Says in Advisory: Report
Artificial intelligence (AI) models and generative AI models that are in any phase of testing or unreliable in any way will need to receive “explicit permission of the government of India” before it is deployed in India, India’s Ministry of…
Microsoft Introduces Copilot for Finance, an AI Tool to Streamline Enterprise Finance Tasks
Microsoft unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool called Copilot for Finance on Thursday, aiming to help financial professionals easily navigate everyday mundane tasks. The Copilot tool is not a new AI model, and instead builds on the existing Copilot…
WhatsApp Introduces New Search by Date Feature for Messages: How to Use
WhatsApp, Meta’s popular messaging platform, has unveiled a new feature that enhances the app’s search capabilities. This latest addition allows users to search for messages based on specific dates, in an attempt to offer users a more efficient way to…
Apple Could Rebrand Apple ID to Apple Account Later in 2024, Says Report
Apple ID could witness a rebranding exercise and take on the Apple Account moniker before the end of 2024, a new report has revealed. The current version of Apple ID with a formal email address was first started after the…
Google’s Removal of Apps From Play Store in India ‘Cannot Be Permitted’: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Google’s decision to remove some apps in India from its app store “cannot be permitted”, Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday, amid an ongoing dispute over service fee payments to the US firm. Google on Friday removed from…
Financial Intelligence Unit Imposes Penalty of Over Rs. 5 Crore on Paytm Payments Bank
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on Friday imposed a penalty of Rs. 5,49,00,000 ($662,565) on Paytm’s banking arm, Paytm Payments Bank, for violations in reporting illegal money routed through its accounts, the country’s finance ministry said. The FIU initiated a…
Paytm Terminates Some Ties With Troubled Payments Bank Unit
Payments firm Paytm on Friday cut some ties with its payments bank unit, which India’s banking regulator has ordered to be wound down, in its latest attempt to address compliance concerns that triggered a meltdown in its shares last month….
Brave Browser Is Bringing its AI Assistant Leo to Android Devices
Brave browser, known for its privacy-focused features, is bringing its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Leo to Android devices. The software firm first announced its AI chatbot in November 2023, when Leo was added to the desktop browser. The company’s chatbot…
Adobe Announces Project Music GenAI Control, an Experimental AI-Based Music Generation Tool
Adobe announced a new experimental artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool on Wednesday that can generate music from simple text prompts. Named Project Music GenAI Control, Adobe says the AI tool not only generates music, but also gives users “pixel-level control for…
Tumblr, WordPress Plan to Sell User Data to OpenAI and Midjourney to Train AI Models: Report
Tumblr and WordPress users might soon find that their data is being used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, as per a report. The parent company of the blog sites, Automattic, has allegedly struck deals with OpenAI and Midjourney to…
LG, Meta Announce Collaboration to Develop Next-Generation XR Technologies
LG and Meta on Wednesday announced a strategic collaboration focused on extended reality (XR) devices and technologies. Meta has previously launched Meta Quest virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality headsets that are capable of offering VR and augmented reality (AR)…
Sony to Cut 900 Jobs at PlayStation, Shut London Studio; Naughty Dog, Insomniac Hit With Layoffs
Japan’s Sony is cutting about 900 jobs at its PlayStation unit and shutting a studio in London, it said on Tuesday as the videogame industry struggles to recover from a post-pandemic slump. The layoffs will affect about 8 percent of…
Paytm Crackdown Signals More RBI Scrutiny on India Banks
For Indian regulators seeking to crack down on potential fraud in the financial sector, Paytm may just be the beginning. India stunned investors last month by abruptly suspending most activities of the banking affiliate of Paytm, a once high-flying fintech…
Krutrim AI Chatbot Rolls Out in Public Beta: Here’s How to Test the Chatbot
Krutrim AI is rolling out to users as part of a public beta, allowing users to try out the newest artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot. Krutrim Si Designs — commonly referred to as Krutrim — Founder Bhavish Aggarwal took to X…
Flipkart in Talks to Buy Reliance-Backed Dunzo: Report
Walmart-backed Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart has held discussions over potentially acquiring the on-demand delivery platform Dunzo, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. While talks are still ongoing, complexities surrounding Dunzo’s ownership structure have impeded the…
Reliance-Backed Group Unveils Hanooman, a Series of Indic Language AI Models: Report
Hanooman, a series of language models focused towards the Indian demographic was unveiled on Wednesday, February 21, as per a report. The artificial intelligence (AI) models are said to be built by the Reliance Industries-backed BharatGPT group. The group is…
Instagram Creator Marketplace Expands to India; Meta Tests AI-Powered Creator Recommendations
Meta is rolling out its Instagram Creator Marketplace to eight new regions including India, the firm announced earlier this week. The platform was first introduced two years ago in the US by Facebook’s parent company as a portal for brands…
FASTag KYC Deadline set for February 29: How to Update, Check Status, and More
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) recently introduced the ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ initiative to discourage users from using single FASTag for multiple cars or vice versa. The move is meant to reduce traffic congestion and streamline toll collection…
RBI Moves to Ensure UPI Transactions on Paytm Continue to Work After Strictures on Paytm Payments Bank
The Reserve Bank of India said on Friday it has asked the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to examine a request from Paytm, formally known as One 97 Communications, to become a third party application provider (TPAP). If approved,…
Mark Zuckerberg Seeks to Avoid Personal Liability in Lawsuits Blaming Him for Kids’ Instagram Addiction
Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies of addicting children to their products. The Meta chief executive officer made his case at a hearing…
Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal With Google; Said to Be Worth $60 Million a Year
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant’s artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said. The contract with Alphabet-owned Google is worth about $60…
Google Pay to Roll Out SoundPod With Audio Alerts to Merchants in India After Year-Long Pilot
Google is rolling out the SoundPod — the company’s wireless speaker that can verify payments received over the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) instant payment system — to small merchants in India, the company announced on Thursday. The company started testing the…
Intel Signs Microsoft as Foundry Customer; Says Firm on Track to Overtake Biggest Rival TSMC
Intel said on Wednesday that Microsoft plans to use its services to manufacture a custom computing chip and that the company expects to beat an internal deadline of 2025 to overtake its biggest rival, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, in advanced…
Adobe Introduces Generative AI Assistant That Can Summarise PDFs for Acrobat and Reader
Adobe has announced generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features for its web client and desktop app of Acrobat. The software giant has added an AI Assistant that can do multiple tasks and help users easily understand and analyse large PDF files….
Apple Upgrades iMessage With PQ3 Quantum Computer-Resistant Encryption Protocol
Apple is introducing a new cryptographic protocol for iMessage that is designed to protect users from sophisticated attacks using quantum computers. The new encryption protocol could safeguard users from scenarios where encrypted data has been stored, only to be decrypted…
Neuralink’s First Human Patient Able to Control Mouse Through Thinking, Says Elon Musk
The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, the startup’s founder Elon Musk said late on Monday. “Progress is good, and the…
Zee Entertainment Seeks to Revive $10 Billion Merger With Sony: Report
India’s Zee Entertainment is making a final attempt to restart discussions with Japan’s Sony Group to revive their $10 billion (roughly Rs. 83,098 crore) merger deal which was scrapped on January 22, Indian business daily Economic Times reported on Tuesday,…
Apple Set to Face Over $500 Million Fine After EU Finds It Broke Rules to Silence Spotify, Other Rivals
Apple will face a European Union fine close to EUR 500 million ($539 million or roughly Rs. 4,475 crore) over the regulator’s investigation into allegations it silenced music-streaming rivals, including Spotify Technology SA, on its platforms. The penalty — Apple’s…
Enforcement Directorate Said to Have Not Yet Found Forex Breaches at Paytm Payments Bank
An investigation into possible foreign exchange violations at Paytm Payments bank by India’s financial crime fighting agency has not yet found any breaches, a government source directly aware of the matter said on Monday. Last week, India’s Enforcement Directorate announced…
Apple Said to Be Preparing AI Tool for Developers, to Compete With Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot
Apple Inc., racing to add more artificial intelligence capabilities, is nearing the completion of a critical new software tool for app developers that would step up competition with Microsoft Corp. The company has been working on the tool for the…
Meta Shows Small Businesses New Ways to Bypass Apple’s App Store Fees
Meta Platforms Inc. released new guidelines for small businesses that advertise on Facebook and Instagram, aiming to help them get around fees imposed by Apple Inc. Meta is advising the companies to buy ads through a web browser, rather than…
Google, Meta, OpenAI and More Firms Sign Tech Accord to Fight AI Election Interference Globally
A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial-intelligence content from interfering with elections across the globe this year. The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can create…
RBI Not Planning Harsher Rules to Curb Fintech Sector After Paytm Strictures, Official Says
India’s banking regulator doesn’t intend to impose drastic measures on the country’s fintech sector, a senior official said, weeks after it stunned investors by abruptly suspending much of the operations of Paytm Payments Bank, founded by high-flying billionaire Vijay Shekhar…
Paytm Shifts Nodal Account to Axis Bank, RBI Extends Unit Wind-Down Date to March 15
India’s Paytm Payments Bank has been given more time by the central bank to wind down its operations, while its parent company has signed on a new banking partner to try to keep some of its popular products running and…
OpenAI Unveils Sora, an AI-Powered Text-to-Video Generator Capable of Creating One-Minute-Long Clips
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, introduced its first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered text-to-video generation model Sora on Thursday. The company claims it can generate up to 60-second-long videos. This is longer than any of its competitors in the segment, including Google’s…
Google Unveils Gemini 1.5, Meta Introduces Predictive Visual Machine Learning Model V-JEPA
Google and Meta made notable artificial intelligence (AI) announcements on Thursday, unveiling new models with significant advancements. The search giant unveiled Gemini 1.5, an updated AI model that comes with long-context understanding across different modalities. Meanwhile, Meta announced the release…
Google’s Duet AI Features Testing on Gmail, Docs and Drive Expands to More Users: Report
Google has reportedly expanded testing for its Duet AI artificial intelligence (AI)-powered real-time collaborator for Google’s online services including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Duet AI was first unveiled by the tech giant during the…
OpenAI Tests a New Memory Feature for ChatGPT to Let the AI Remember Past Conversations
OpenAI is testing a new feature for its generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant ChatGPT that can make conversations much more fluid. The AI firm is rolling out an update this week that will add long-term memory for the chatbot, giving…
Android Safe Browsing Feature Rolled Out by Google With Live Threat Protection: How it Works
Google is introducing a new security feature for Android smartphones designed to keep users safe from malicious links while using apps on their handsets. The ‘Android Safe Browsing’ feature supports third-party apps and will alert users when they access harmful…
Apple iMessage, Microsoft Edge and Bing Dodge EU’s Big Tech Crackdown
Apple Inc.’s iMessage and Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, Edge web browser and Advertising service will avoid strict new European Union rules reining in Big Tech platforms. A probe concluded that the services don’t hold a dominant enough position to…
Google Takes Steps to Curb Gmail Spam, Updates Email Sender Guidelines for Bulk Senders
Gmail users will soon see even less spam in their inboxes. Google is taking strict action to reduce spam emails and the firm has recently updated its Email Sender Guidelines, adding a long list of requirements from bulk senders, and…
5 Must-Have Gadgets From Croma’s Valentine’s Specials
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Amazon Prime Video Said to Include Limited Ads From January; Option to Pay Extra to Stay Ad-Free Available
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Microsoft Copilot Now Available for Android Users as a Standalone App; May Come to iOS Soon
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