Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

WhatsApp is reportedly planning to replace the green verification badge with a blue checkmark for verified channels on Android. According to WABetaInfo, the change will also apply to verified businesses.

Netflix has ended its subscriber-based DVD rental service after mailing its final DVD rentals on September 29.

Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube pages are the most delisted from Google Search when requested by European individuals using the "right to be forgotten" privacy law, a new report has shown.

Google has expanded its client-side encryption in Gmail to Android and iOS mobile devices globally.

X has paid nearly $20 million to creators so far, X CEO Linda Yaccarino has revealed.

Google’s generative AI chatbot and ChatGPT rival Bard might get a new “Memory” feature that will remember important details about you and your preferences, a media report said.

Spotify has announced to roll out auto-generated podcast transcripts to more creators and shows in the coming weeks so that users can read along with an episode, making the transcripts more visually and textually accessible.

Tesla has been sued by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly violating federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and by subjecting some of these workers to retaliation for opposing the harassment.

Google has announced that it is opening its generative AI search experience to teenagers in the US -- specifically those aged 13 to 17 so that they can benefit from the helpful capabilities generative AI has to offer.

Nvidia's French offices were raided by the country's competition authority this week, on suspicion of anticompetitive practices in the cloud computing market.

Disney+ will start restricting its users in Canada from sharing their accounts with people outside their households starting November 1.

Elon Musk has disabled a feature on X that lets users report misinformation about elections.

Epic Games announced laying off 16 percent percent of its employees, impacting nearly 870 people.

Meta has launched a new mixed reality (MR) headset called Quest 3 with a 30 percent enhancement in visual resolution and 40 percent louder audio range than Quest 2.

The Justice Department has filed a complaint against eBay, alleging that the online marketplace has violated environmental laws by selling and distributing hundreds of thousands of harmful products.

OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT, has announced that ChatGPT can now browse the internet.

Google on Wednesday launched an earthquake alert system in India that can help people with Android smartphones run to safety when the quake begins.

Candy Crush Saga, the matching game that has captured the hearts of millions of people around the world, has reached a major milestone: $20 billion in revenue.

X Corp is planning to soon roll out audio and video calls to premium, subscription-only users, as X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed last month that video calls will arrive on the platform as part of its transition into an “everything app.”

Google has announced that it will be discontinuing Gmail's Basic HTML view in 2024.