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Insta’s New AI Editing Tool Lets You Edit Image Background via Prompts
Instagram has launched a new AI media editing tool called "Backdrop" that will let you edit an image background of your choice through prompts for Stories.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
1 min read
Intel Unveils Next-Gen Products for AI Across the Spectrum
Intel on Thursday introduced a new portfolio of products to empower customers’ AI solutions across the data center, cloud, network, edge, and PC.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
2 min read
X Corp Purges over 300k Accounts for Policy Violations in India in Nov
X Corp removed a record 3,33,036 accounts in India between October 26 and November 25, mostly for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
1 min read
Xbox Cloud Gaming Now Available on Meta Quest VR Headsets
Xbox has announced that its Cloud Gaming service is now available on Meta Quest VR headset devices.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
1 min read
Meta’s Threads Now Available for 448 Million European People
Threads is finally available to users in the European Union, Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2023
1 min read
OpenAI to Train GenAI Models on Axel Springer’s News Content
Global media and technology company Axel Springer and ChatGPT developer OpenAI have announced a partnership to strengthen independent journalism in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2023
1 min read
Meta Begins Testing Threads Integration with Mastodon, ActivityPub
Meta has started testing a feature to show Threads posts on Mastodon and other ActivityPub networks, as the company finally makes Threads part of the decentralized social network system.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2023
1 min read
X Outage Breaks Outgoing Web Links for Users, Fixed Now
Tech billionaire and business tycoon Elon Musk-run X suffered an outage where clicking on links resulted in an error message and users were unable to visit the outgoing web pages.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2023
1 min read
Musk’s X Faces Privacy Complaint over Ads Targeted on Sensitive Data
Elon Musk’s X is facing a new privacy complaint in Europe as privacy rights not-for-profit noyb on Thursday accused the platform of failing to enforce its guidelines for targeted advertising.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2023
2 min read
Tesla Recalls Nearly All US Vehicles Over Autopilot Safety Concerns
Tesla has issued a recall for nearly all of its vehicles on US roads. The recall, affecting over 2 million vehicles, comes after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) raised concerns about the safety of the company's Autopilot driver-assistance system.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2023
1 min read
Google Brings Gemini AI to Developers, Organizations Globally
Google announced to make its large language model (LLM) Gemini Pro available for developers and enterprises to help them build their use cases for advanced tasks.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2023
2 min read
NASA’s Cereal Box-sized Spacecraft Shares New Details On ‘Hot Jupiters’
A spacecraft the size of a cereal box has collected precise measurements of the atmospheres of large and puffy exoplanets called "hot Jupiters".
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
4 min read
Crypto Exchange HTX Loses $258 Million In Withdrawals
Leading crypto exchange HTX has witnessed a net outflow of $258 million after a $30 million hack in November, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
1 min read
US Rejects $900 Mn in Subsidy for Musk’s Cheaper Internet Service Starlink
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US has announced not to award Elon Musk’s Starlink nearly $900 million subsidy for expanding broadband service in rural areas, based on its failure to meet the basic programme requirements.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
1 min read
Musk’s X Sees Ad Share Nosediving, To Generate Half a Billion Less This Year
The X platform under Elon Musk has seen its ad share nosediving, and the company may generate $2.5 billion this year, missing the internal targets of $3 billion.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
2 min read
Bezos’ Blue Origin Aims Next New Shepard Space Mission Next Week
Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company Blue Origin is aiming to launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket during a launch window that opens on December 18.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp Allows to Pin Messages in Individual, Group Chats
WhatsApp has launched the ability to pin a message in a chat including text, polls, images, and emojis — only one chat at a time.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
1 min read
Snapchat Now Lets Subscribers Share AI-Generated Snaps
Snapchat Plus subscribers now have the capability to generate images from text prompts and seamlessly share them with friends.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
1 min read
New Portable, Non-Invasive AI System Turns Thoughts into Text
Australian researchers have developed a portable, non-invasive system that can decode silent thoughts and turn them into text using artificial intelligence (AI).
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
2 min read
FitBit Fined $11 Million after Misleading Consumers about Its Devices
The Federal Court in Australia on Tuesday ordered Google-owned wearable brand Fitbit to pay $11 million after the company admitted making false, misleading, or deceptive representations to 58 consumers about their consumer guarantee rights to a refund or a replacement after they claimed their device was faulty.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2023
2 min read
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