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OnlyFans Investigated by UK’s Media Regulator over Kids Accessing Porn
UK's media regulator Ofcom on Wednesday said that it has opened an investigation into whether OnlyFans, a subscription-based adult content creation platform, is doing enough to prevent children from accessing pornography on its site.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 1, 2024
1 min read
Elon Musk Lays off Entire Tesla Charging Network Team
Elon Musk has disbanded Tesla's charging team in a new layoff round, a move which was unexpected and "surprising to everyone".
Bijay Pokharel,
May 1, 2024
1 min read
Two Men Charged in Multimillion-Dollar Pump and Dump Securities Fraud Scheme
An indictment was unsealed today in the Central District of California charging two California men with conspiring to defraud investors in a multi-year scheme involving the acquisition and sale of Airborne Wireless Network securities (stock ticker ABWN).
Bijay Pokharel,
May 1, 2024
2 min read
ChatGPT History Feature is Now Available to Everyone
OpenAI says free and Plus ChatGPT subscribers can now use the chat history feature without giving over their chats to train its models.
Bijay Pokharel,
May 1, 2024
1 min read
Microsoft’s Bing Hits 140 Million Daily User Milestone
Microsoft announced that Bing has surpassed 140 million daily users, a substantial 40% increase from last year's reported figures.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 30, 2024
1 min read
Samsung Q1 Operating Profit Soars, Chip Business Back to Profit
Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday its operating profit went up more than ten-fold in the first quarter, with its chip business shifting to the black for the first time in five quarters.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 30, 2024
2 min read
AT&T, Verizon, Others Fined Over Illegal Data Sharing
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 30, 2024
1 min read
Paramount Plus Now Has Over 71 Million Subscribers
Paramount+, a subscription-based streaming service, added 3.7 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2024.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 30, 2024
1 min read
YouTube TV Brings Multiview to Android Devices
Following its release on iOS devices last month, YouTube TV's Multiview feature is now rolling out to Android.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 30, 2024
1 min read
OpenAI, UK’s Financial Times Ink Content Licensing Deal
The creator of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT OpenAI on Monday inked a partnership pact with UK-based Financial Times (FT) to license its content and develop AI tools.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 29, 2024
1 min read
Play Store Now Has Simultaneous Downloads
Google is rolling out a new update on its Play Store where users can download multiple apps simultaneously.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 29, 2024
1 min read
Elon Musk Visits China, Likely to Promote Tesla’s Driverless Tech: Report
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made an "unannounced and surprising" visit to Beijing, according to a media report on Sunday.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 28, 2024
1 min read
Indian Cyber Agency Finds Multiple Bugs in Cisco Products
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an advisory over three serious vulnerabilities in networking giant Cisco products that could allow hackers to gain access, infiltrate into computer systems, and steal data.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 28, 2024
1 min read
Meta Loses Billions of Dollars in Quest to Lead AR-VR Market
As Meta continues to bet big on gaming, it has lost close to $4 billion on its augmented reality/virtual reality (AR-VR) division.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 27, 2024
1 min read
Will Pause Ad Sharing for Creators Using Bots to Earn More on X: Musk
Elon Musk on Saturday threatened that advertisement revenue sharing will be paused for some creators “pending an investigation into the use of bots to spam likes, replies and direct messages (DMs)."
Bijay Pokharel,
April 27, 2024
1 min read
Elon Musk’s AI Company xAI to Raise $6 Billion: Report
Elon Musk-run xAI is reportedly raising at least $6 billion at a valuation of about $18 billion.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 27, 2024
1 min read
Won’t Divest Stake in TikTok: Chinese Parent ByteDance Tells US
China-based internet giant ByteDance on Friday said it will not sell its stake in TikTok as directed by the US government in a new bill passed by President Joe Biden earlier this week to ban the short-video-making platform in the country.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 27, 2024
1 min read
Boeing’s Starliner on Track to Fly NASA’s Butch Wilmore & Suni Williams on May 6
After being delayed for about four years, Boeing's Starliner is now on track for its first manned mission on May 6, officials said.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 26, 2024
2 min read
Snapchat Reaches 422 Million Daily Active Users Globally
Snapchat reached 422 million daily active users in the first quarter (Q1) this year, an increase of 39 million or 10 percent (year-on-year).
Bijay Pokharel,
April 26, 2024
1 min read
Reddit is Back Online After a Brief Outage
Reddit has fixed an issue which was blocking users worldwide from accessing the social network's websites and mobile apps.
Bijay Pokharel,
April 26, 2024
1 min read
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