Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Elon Musk on Thursday said he will soon take action on shadow-banning accounts on his platform. Musk also apologized for the delay in implementing the changes to stop shadowbanning.

Opera has announced that its AI assistant 'Aria' is now available for all users of the Opera browser for iOS.

Bluesky has announced that it is rolling out new features, including a self-labeling feature for posts, a new dedicated media tab, and more.

Google has introduced a new feature for Chrome that will alert users when an extension that they have installed is no longer in the Web Store.

X will soon gain a "timestamp tagging" feature for videos.

PayPal will temporarily suspend the ability for UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies on its platform from October 1, 2023, as it works to comply with new regulations from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

New York City has banned the use of TikTok on government-owned devices due to security concerns. The ban, which was announced on Wednesday, applies to all city agencies, including the police department, fire department, and the mayor's office.

Chip maker Intel to pay $353 million as a fine to Tower Semiconductor as the company on Wednesday announced to terminate its previously disclosed agreement to acquire Tower due to the inability to obtain in a timely manner the regulatory approvals required under the merger agreement.

YouTube has introduced a new 'Samples' tab for the music streaming service 'YouTube Music', which will help users to find new music.

Xbox has introduced a new enforcement strike system that educates players about enforcement severity, the cumulative effect of multiple enforcements, and the total impact on their standing.

X has started rolling out a new feature that will allow paid users to highlight some of their posts via a new 'Highlights' tab.

Microsoft-owned OpenAI is using its large language models like GPT-4 "to build a content moderation system that is scalable, consistent and customizable".

X, formerly known as Twitter, has limited traffic to certain websites disliked by its owner, Elon Musk, by slowing down the speed of accessing links.

Google has introduced new features for the photo sharing and storage service 'Google Photos', which includes a new 'Memories' view.

OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard -- the two leading generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools -- are willingly producing news-related falsehoods and misinformation, a new report has revealed.

Modern OTT platforms have won the war against traditional TV as streaming grabbed a record 38.7 percent of total TV usage in July, with acquired titles outpacing new originals in the US, a new report has revealed.

Top film financer TSG Entertainment has sued Disney for alleged breach of contract, claiming that Disney's actions hindered it from investing more in 'Avatar: The Way of Water' and deprived it of millions of dollars.

Amazon Music Unlimited is getting more expensive for Prime subscribers. Starting September 19, 2023, the monthly price of Amazon Music Unlimited will increase from $8.99 to $9.99. The annual price will also increase, from $89 to $99.

X has shut down $100 million worth of promoted accounts ad business on its platform, and will not allow advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform's timeline to attract new followers, reports said on Tuesday.

Telegram has officially rolled out the Stories feature to all users, as the platform celebrated its 10th birthday.