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Amazon Sues Scammers for Stealing Millions of Dollars via Fake Returns
Amazon has sued an enterprising group called REKK, which is responsible for stealing millions of dollars of products from Amazon’s online stores through systematic refund abuse.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 9, 2023
1 min read
US Judge Allows 9k Women Employees to Sue Disney for Pay Discrimination
A US judge has allowed 9,000 women to sue entertainment giant Disney via a class-action lawsuit that alleged pay disparity.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 9, 2023
1 min read
EU Reaches Provisional Agreement on Landmark AI Act, a Global First
The European Parliament on Saturday said its members have reached a landmark "provisional agreement" on the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act).
Bijay Pokharel,
December 9, 2023
2 min read
Fresh Details Emerge in Sam Altman’s Surprise Ouster from OpenAI
The ouster of Sam Altman by the previous OpenAI board was the culmination of several issues around Altman’s strategic maneuvering and a “perceived lack of transparency” in his communications with directors, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 9, 2023
2 min read
Grok AI Chatbot to Reach All English-Language Users in About a Week: Musk
Elon Musk said X will roll out its AI chatbot Grok’s access in beta to all English-language users in about a week or so.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 9, 2023
2 min read
X Rolls Out Access to Grok AI Chatbot to Premium+ Subscribers
X (formerly Twitter) on Friday rolled out access to its Grok AI chatbot to the Premium+ subscribers in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 8, 2023
1 min read
Fire Disney CEO Bob Iger Immediately, Says Musk
An angry Elon Musk has said that Disney CEO Bob Iger should be fired immediately after the entertainment giant pulled advertisements from X as its owner endorsed antisemitic conspiracy theory on his platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 8, 2023
2 min read
YouTube’s New ‘Pause’ Feature Lets You Prevent New Comments on Videos
YouTube has announced a new comment moderation setting, "Pause", allowing creators and moderators to prevent viewers from creating new comments while keeping existing comments on videos.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 8, 2023
1 min read
X: 10 Million New Users in December!
X (formerly Twitter) has experienced a remarkable surge in popularity in December, attracting over 10 million new users, according to its CEO.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 8, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp Adds “View Once” for Voice Messages, Expanding Privacy Options
WhatsApp is introducing "View Once" for voice messages, allowing users to send disappearing audio recordings for added privacy.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 8, 2023
1 min read
Threads Finally Get Hashtags
After much anticipation, Threads has finally added hashtags to its platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 8, 2023
1 min read
AMD Launches New Chips to Run Large Language Models in Advanced GenAI Era
AMD has announced new accelerators and processors for running large language models or LLMs, as graphics chip maker Nvidia leads the generative AI chips race.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2023
2 min read
‘Atypical Pattern’ of Email Traffic Behind 2 Gmail Outages: Google
Google has revealed that Gmail’s two outages last week were due to “an atypical pattern of email traffic.”According to Google’s incident report, the tech giant runs a core message processing system that is responsible for delivering, monitoring, queuing, and receiving email messages.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2023
1 min read
Google’s AI Model ‘Gemini Nano’ Now Running On Pixel 8 Pro
Google, which has introduced Gemini, the most capable and flexible AI model in three different sizes -- Ultra, Pro, and Nano, has said that the "Gemini Nano", which it says is the most efficient model built for on-device tasks, is now running on Pixel 8 Pro.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2023
2 min read
Meta Launches Standalone AI Image Generator ‘Imagine’
Meta has rolled out a new standalone AI-powered image generator "Imagine with Meta" on the web that lets users create images by describing them in natural language.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2023
2 min read
Govts Spying on Apple, Google Users via Push Notifications: US Senator
Some unidentified governments around the world are spying on Apple and Google phone users through their push notifications, US Senator Ron Wyden has warned in a letter written to the Justice Department.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2023
2 min read
Former Twitter Security Head Sues Musk, X over Unlawful Sacking
Former Twitter IT security head Alan Rosa has filed a lawsuit against X, its owner Elon Musk, and company adviser Steve Davis, alleging that he was sacked for protesting cost-cutting measures at the company that could keep Twitter from complying with the law.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2023
2 min read
Messenger Finally Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption by Default
After years of anticipation, Meta has finally delivered on its promise of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for one-on-one chats and calls on Messenger.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 7, 2023
1 min read
NASA’s Psyche Asteroid Mission Delivers 1st Images, Other Data
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, which lifted off in October in search of gold, and diamond on an asteroid, has retrieved the first images -- a milestone called "first light", the US space agency announced on Wednesday.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 6, 2023
3 min read
Users Lose Audio from Their Old Instagram Videos
Meta-owned American photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram has encountered a strange issue in which audio from videos posted on the platform some years ago has mysteriously vanished.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 6, 2023
1 min read
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