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NASA Proposes New Solar-Powered Airplane Concept to Explore Mars
US space agency NASA has proposed to develop a new mobility Mars exploration platform that will use solar energy to explore the Red Planet.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 22, 2024
2 min read
Meta to Let EU Users Unlink Their Instagram, Facebook, Messenger Accounts
To comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union (EU), Meta on Monday announced that users will be able to unlink their Instagram and Facebook accounts as well as other services.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 22, 2024
2 min read
NASA Back in Touch with the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter
NASA has re-established contact with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter which had lost contact with the Perseverance rover.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 22, 2024
1 min read
Musk’s X Fixes Bug that Labelled Legit Posts as ‘Sensitive Media’
X on Monday said it has fixed a bug that caused the platform to incorrectly label numerous posts as ‘Sensitive Media’.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 22, 2024
1 min read
Tesla Recalls Over 4k Vehicles Due to Software Issue
Tesla has recalled more than 4,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles made between 2022 and 2023 in Australia due to a software issue.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 21, 2024
1 min read
Elon Musk Denies Report Claiming His AI Firm Secured $500 Million Funding
Tech billionaire and business tycoon Elon Musk has denied the report claiming that his artificial intelligence (AI) company 'xAI' secured $500 million in funding toward a $1 billion goal.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 20, 2024
1 min read
SLIM Lands Successfully on Moon’s Surface – JAXA Confirmation
Japan has become the fifth country to successfully land on the Moon, after Russia, US, China, and India.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 20, 2024
1 min read
Zuckerberg’s Firms Fined $2.8 Billion for Wrongful User Data Processing in Last 4 Yrs: Report
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta and its affiliated subsidiaries have incurred fines totalling $2.8 billion in the last four years due to multiple GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) violations, a new report has revealed.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
1 min read
Meta Documents Show 100k Kids Sexually Harassed Daily on Fb, Insta
A recent court case concerning child abuse on Meta's Facebook and Instagram apps claimed that an internal company estimate from 2021 indicated that up to 100,000 children were subjected to sexual harassment on the platforms on a daily basis, including images of adult genitalia.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
2 min read
X Rolling Out Audio, Video Calls for Android Users
X is rolling out the feature to make audio and video calls directly from the app for Android users.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
1 min read
Aws to Invest over $15 Billion in Japan to Expand Data Centers
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud arm of e-commerce giant Amazon, on Friday announced that it will invest about $15.5 billion (about 2.3 trillion yen) in Japan over five years between 2023 and 2027.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
1 min read
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Finally Enters Classrooms in US
Arizona State University (ASU) in the US and OpenAI have announced a partnership to bring ChatGPT into the classrooms. The university became the first higher education institution to collaborate with OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company behind ChatGPT.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
1 min read
US State Sues TikTok for Misleading Parents about Harmful Content Available to Kids
The US state of Iowa has sued Chinese short-video-making platform TikTok, alleging that it is misleading parents about the kinds of content available to children.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
2 min read
Amazon Reduces Nearly 5% of Workforce at Its Buy with Prime Unit
Tech giant Amazon has said that it is laying off nearly 5 percent of its workforce at its Buy with Prime unit, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
1 min read
Meta’s New Feature to Remind Teens when They Spend Over 10 Min on Insta
Meta launched a new feature called "nighttime nudges" that aims to remind teens when they spend more than 10 minutes on Instagram late at night.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2024
1 min read
Facebook, Insta Collect All the Data They Can: Report
The cybersecurity company Surfshark conducted research analyzing 100 popular apps, and they discovered that Facebook and Instagram were the most "data-hungry" of all.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2024
2 min read
Google, Bing Shows Non-Consensual Deepfake Porn at Top of Search Results: Report
Popular search engines like Google and Microsoft's Bing are reportedly showing non-consensual deepfake porn at the top of search results alongside tools that advertise the ability to create such content.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2024
2 min read
YouTube Laying off 100 Employees from Creator Management Teams: Report
YouTube is reportedly laying off at least 100 employees from its creator management and operations teams.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2024
1 min read
Mark Zuckerberg to Depose in Texas ‘Facial Recognition’ Lawsuit
A US judge has ruled that Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg must participate in a deposition as part of an ongoing lawsuit in Texas concerning the company's face recognition technology.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2024
2 min read
Polls, Voice Updates, Multiple Admins Arrive on WhatsApp Channels
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced several new features in WhatsApp Channels, like polls, voice updates, share to status, and multiple admins.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2024
1 min read
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