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Adobe Ends $20 Billion Figma Acquisition Pursuit
Adobe today announced it has terminated its proposed $20 billion acquisition of Figma, the rising star of cloud-based collaborative design tools.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2023
1 min read
Global Passenger Battery EV Sales to Reach 10 Million Units in 2023
The global passenger battery electric vehicle (BEV) unit sales increased by 29 percent (year-on-year) in the third quarter this year, a report showed on Monday, adding that annual BEV sales are expected to reach almost 10 million in 2023.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2023
1 min read
IBM to Acquire 2 Data Integration Platforms from Software AG for $2.3 Billion
IBM announced to acquisition of two data integration assets from Germany-based enterprise software company Software AG for 2.13 billion euros ($2.3 billion).
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2023
2 min read
Blue Origin Readies for Takeoff After 14-Month Grounding
Blue Origin, the space tourism company backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is set to break its year-long launch drought tomorrow with the much-anticipated flight of its New Shepard rocket.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2023
1 min read
Musk Assured Bankers They Won’t Lose Money on Loans for Twitter Acquisition: Report
Elon Musk reportedly told bankers after taking $13 billion in loan to fund his Twitter acquisition last year that they would not lose any money on the deal.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2023
2 min read
Zuckerberg Building $100 Million Top-Secret Property with a Bunker in Hawaii
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building a top-secret $100 million mansion in Hawaii that has a huge underground bunker.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2023
2 min read
WhatsApp to Roll Out Automatic Album Feature for Channels
WhatsApp channels feature has received automatic album creation in the latest Android beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2023
1 min read
Wealthy, White Men Have Exclusive Access to OpenAI’s Tech: Report
Sam Altman-run OpenAI has come under fire for a 'glaring lack of diversity' and its new board now consists of just three white men, triggering debate over OpenAI's mission to "benefit all of humanity".
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2023
2 min read
Geographic Biases Exist in ChatGPT, Reveal Researchers
Researchers have discovered limitations in ChatGPT’s capacity to provide location-specific information about environmental justice issues.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2023
2 min read
YouTube Adds Song Play Counts, AI Playlist Art Creator in Music App
YouTube has added play counts for every song in its Music app and broadened the availability of the generative AI creator for playlist art.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2023
2 min read
WhatsApp Tests Manage Emoji Replacement Feature on Windows
WhatsApp is rolling out a new 'manage emoji replacement' feature to some beta testers who installed the latest WhatsApp beta for Windows 2.2350.3.0 update from the Microsoft Store.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2023
1 min read
Insta’s New Feature Lets You Create Customizable ‘Add Yours’ Templates
Instagram has launched a new feature that will let you create customized “Add Yours” templates with GIFs, images, and text.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 16, 2023
1 min read
Meta Quest Users Can Now Use Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint in Virtual Reality
Microsoft has launched the basic Office suite, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for free on the Meta Quest store.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 16, 2023
2 min read
OpenAI Suspends ByteDance’s Account Over ‘Secretly Using’ Its AI Tech
Microsoft-backed OpenAI has suspended Chinese internet giant ByteDance's account after a report said TikTok's parent company is using OpenAI's technology to develop its large language model (LLM) in the generative AI era.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 16, 2023
1 min read
US FTC Looking into Our Subscription Cancellation Practices: Adobe
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into Adobe’s subscription cancellation practices, the software giant has revealed.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 16, 2023
1 min read
Microsoft’s Bing Chat Made up False Scandals about EU Elections: Researchers
Microsoft’s AI chatbot Bing Chat, recently rebranded as Copilot, made up false scandals about real politicians and invented polling numbers, human rights organization AlgorithmWatch has revealed.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 16, 2023
2 min read
Activision Blizzard Reaches $54 Million Accord in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $54 million to resolve a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), according to a press release from California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD).
Bijay Pokharel,
December 16, 2023
1 min read
Spotify Testing Prompt-Based AI Playlists Feature
Spotify is testing a prompt-based AI playlist feature that will help users create their favorite playlists using AI technology and prompts.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
1 min read
‘Project Kuiper’ Internet Satellites Will Operate like a Mesh Network: Amazon
Amazon's ‘Project Kuiper’ internet satellite system has completed successful tests of an optical mesh network in low-Earth orbit.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
2 min read
Samsung Introduces New PC Series ‘Galaxy Book4’ Powered by AI
Samsung on Friday introduced its new PC series "Galaxy Book4" powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which includes -- Book4 Ultra, Book4 Pro and Book4 Pro 360.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
2 min read
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