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ChatGPT-Like AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create 49 News Websites: NewsGuard Report The news-rating group NewsGuard has found dozens of news websites generated by AI chatbots proliferating online, according to a report published Monday, raising questions about how the technology may supercharge established fraud techniques.

EU Likely to Reach Political Agreement on AI Law This Year, Says Tech Regulator Chief Vestager The European Union is likely to reach a political agreement this year that will pave the way for the world's first major artificial intelligence (AI) law, the bloc's tech regulation chief Margrethe Vestager said on Sunday.

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Roll Out Per-Article Payment Plan for Media Publishers Elon Musk on Saturday announced a plan for his Twitter platform to allow media publishers to charge users on a per-article basis with a single click.

Google's Motion to Dismiss Advertising Antitrust Case Denied by US Judge A US federal judge on Friday denied Google's motion to dismiss a Department of Justice antitrust case focused on advertising technology, saying the government's case was strong enough to go forward. The government, which filed the ad tech lawsuit in January, has argued that Google should be forced to sell its ad manager suite. Google has denied any wrongdoing.

MediaTek Shifts Focus to Cars, AI Amid Supply Glut in Smartphone Market Taiwan's top chip design company MediaTek is focusing more resources on chips for cars and AI computing as its smartphone clients face a supply glut and inflation and macroeconomic uncertainty dent demand for consumer electronics. "We are definitely moving our resources very, very rapidly towards the automotive and computing areas, because those areas will provide our...

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Gets a Mech-Crunching Gameplay Trailer; System Requirements Revealed Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon just got a gameplay trailer, revealing story bits, mech combat, and more. The game brings a new Assault Boost mechanic which switches from a long-range gun-oriented playstyle to melee with the press of a button. FromSoftware also revealed system requirements for the same, which appear quite demanding on the CPU end. As reported previo...

Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo, Fubar, Dahaad, and More: May Web Series on Netflix, Hotstar, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video Dimple Kapadia-led Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo, Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Dahaad, Star Wars: Visions Volume 2, Rebecca Ferguson-starrer Silo, Queen Cleopatra docu-series, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Fubar, and more — the nine biggest TV shows and web series in May 2023 on Netflix, Hotstar, Apple TV+, and Amazon Prime Video.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese Talk Killers of the Flower Moon at CinemaCon, Reveals First Footage Director Martin Scorsese unveiled the first footage from his upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon to attendees at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead, the film is described as a true story of greed, love and murder set in the 1920s, when members of the newly oil-rich Osage Nation in Oklahoma began dying and disappearing in mysterious cir...

Sony Expects Quarterly Profits to Fall 3.2 Percent; Says PS5 Sales Will Jump By 6 Million Units in 2023 Sony Group on Friday said PlayStation 5 sales will jump by six million units this business year, but forecast its profit will slip from a record high as weaker financial services sales offsets gains from gaming, music and movies.

EU Lawmakers Committee Reaches Preliminary Deal on Artificial Intelligence Act A committee of European Union lawmakers on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement on a European Artificial Intelligence Act, which would pave the way to the first ever regulation of AI. The draft needs to be thrashed out between EU countries and EU lawmakers, called a trilogue, before the rules can become law.

Dropbox to Reduce Workforce by 16 Percent, Plans to Hire New Staff for AI Offerings Cloud storage provider Dropbox said on Thursday it would reduce its global workforce by 16 percent to cut costs amid slowing cloud growth, and instead hire new talent to build its AI offerings. Dropbox's chief executive officer, Drew Houston, said the company's core cloud business growth was slowing as challenges from the economic downturn put pressure on customers.

Telegram Rolls Out New Update; Brings Shareable Chat Folders, Custom Wallpapers, and More Telegram has started rolling out an update for Android and iOS users this week with a bunch of new features and several new improvements. The app brings shareable chat folders, custom wallpapers, improved UI and bots, read time in topics, and more. It has also brought new animation to the profile pictures on iPhones.

AI Algorithm Used to Improve Predictability of Indian Summer Monsoons: How it Works An AI algorithm developed by the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, is capable of increasing predictability of the Indian Summer Monsoons (ISMR) 18 months before the season begins. The technology uses AI to understand the relationship between ISMR and tropical thermocline patterns from 150 years of simulations. It uses 45 physical...

HBO Content Such as The Last of Us, Succession Coming to JioCinema as Warner Bros. Strikes New Deal All HBO and Warner Bros. content will be available to stream on JioCinema from May onwards. Reliance’s Viacom18 and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced a multi-year deal, making JioCinema the new home for WB’s catalogue of TV series and movies in India. Ongoing shows such as The Last of Us, Succession season 4, and House of the Dragon will be brought onto the pl...

Twitter Says Indian Among Top 5 Countries That Sought Account Information of Users in First Half of 2022 India was among the top requesting countries to remove content from Twitter last year, the popular microblogging platform said in a blog post. On Tuesday, Twitter shared data on its health and safety efforts and said it received approximately 53,000 legal requests to remove content from governments across the globe from January 1 to June 30, 2022.

UPSRTC Ticketing Website Hacked, May Take Up to 10 Days to Get Restored Cyber thugs hacked the ticket booking website of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) early Wednesday and it will take up to 10 days to completely restore it, the government said. The website was hacked by foreign hackers around 2 am due to which the ticketing system was affected.

Google Meet Rolls Out Full HD Video Option for Google One Subscribers, Other Paid Workspace Users on Web Google Meet is now rolling out 1080p video option for all eligible Workspace users as well as Google One subscribers with 2TB or more storage space on their device. With the new feature, users can set their Google Meet video resolution to 1080p. However, it is only available to Web users.

The Equalizer 3 Trailer: Denzel Washington Embarks on a Vengeful Journey in the Final Chapter Sony Pictures just dropped the trailer for The Equalizer 3, reuniting Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning, 20 years after their collaboration on Man on Fire. The final chapter sees Robert McCall at odds with the Italian mafia, as he takes his fight to an international scale. The Equalizer 3 releases September 1 in theatres worldwide.

UK Regulator Blocks Microsoft’s $69 Billion Takeover of Activision Blizzard Over Cloud Gaming Concerns Britain will block Microsoft's $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,64,000 crore) acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard over its concerns it would hinder competition in cloud gaming, dealing an unexpected blow to the biggest-ever deal in gaming. The country's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday that Microsoft's commitment to offer access to Activision's multi-...

'Semiconductor Wars': Why the US and China Are Fighting Over Chips The United States has moved to block China's access to the most advanced semiconductors and the equipment and talent needed to make them in recent months, citing national security. China has dismissed those concerns, accusing the United States of "technological terrorism" and unfairly hindering its economic growth.

Anime Luminary Masao Maruyama Warns Japan’s Top Spot Is at Risk Industry heavyweight Masao Maruyama warns that the Japanese anime business could be overtaken by the Chinese competition, owing to a tilt towards commercialism. The protege of manga great Osamu Tezuka fears that Japan is losing its edge. ‘The only reason China hasn't quite caught up with Japan yet is because of a bunch of restrictions imposed on free expression ther...

The Flash Trailer: Michael Keaton’s Batman Springs Into Action in a Multiversal Battle Warner Bros. dropped a new The Flash trailer in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, at this year’s CinemaCon event. The film, slated to release on June 16, sees Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) trying to fix the multiversal errors caused by his Speed Force time travel — eventually causing him to seek help from Michael Keaton’s Batman.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Global Launch Timings Revealed: Details Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s global release times have been revealed by publisher EA in a tweet. The game will launch at the same time around the world, preventing any confusion — April 28 at 9:30 am IST in India/ 9 pm PT in the US/ 5am BST in the UK. Physical CD copies of the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions will require an additional download.

Centre's Online Gaming Rules Very Clear, Real Money Games Declaring Winners Based on Prediction Barred: ASG The central government's rules for online games are very clear and betting money on uncertain events amounts to wagering, Additional Solicitor General N Venkataraman said on Tuesday. The new rules block online real money games that declare winners based on prediction of the unknown outcome, the ASG said, adding that some industry players were attempting to masquerade ...

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Will Reportedly Launch on August 25 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon will reportedly release on August 25. The news comes in the wake of FromSoftware’s upcoming mech-crunching title receiving a 12+ age rating in Korea, and rumours that it is getting a potential reveal in June. Armored Core 6 will see mecha robots duking it out on a dystopian post-apocalyptic world to claim control over a mysterious e...

ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Faces Scrutiny in Germany Over Use of Personal Data ChatGPT is facing scrutiny in Germany over its use of personal data, according to a regulator in Europe's top economy. Regional data protection authorities in Germany have asked ChatGPT maker OpenAI to respond to a questionnaire by June 11.

007’s Road to a Million: Brian Cox to Star in Amazon Prime Video’s James Bond-Inspired Game Show Succession star Brian Cox will star in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming James Bond-inspired unscripted game show, 007’s Road to a Million. The show will pit contestants in teams of two on a global adventure to win the ultimate prize of up to GBP 1 million (about Rs. 10.22 crore) — filmed across iconic Bond locations. Cox will play The Controller, pulling strings fr...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Returning to the Big Screen With Action-Thriller 'Breakout': Report Arnold Schwarzenegger is reportedly returning to the big screen with a new action-thriller film Breakout. Scott Waugh (The Expendables 4) is attached to direct the film, marking the star’s first ‘big-budget project’ since 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate. Breakout follows Schwarzenegger in the role of Terry Reynolds, who attempts to rescue his son from a maximum s...

Amendments to IT Rules Do Not Offer Protection to Parody, Satire: Bombay High Court The amendments to the Information Technology Rules, prima facie, do not seem to offer protection to parody and satire, the Bombay High Court said on Monday while hearing a petition filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra. The HC bench also said Kamra's petition challenging the amendments was maintainable.

YouTube Case at US Supreme Court Could Have Implications for ChatGPT and AI YouTube's case in the US Supreme Court, that is set to be decided in the coming months, could also influence the debate over whether firms developing AI chatbots should be protected from legal claims like defamation or privacy violations. The US Supreme Court is set to decide in June whether YouTube can be sued over its recommendations to users, and deciding the statu...

Big Tech Investors to Scrutinise Profits After Industry-Wide Layoffs, Firms to Highlight AI as Growth Driver Big Tech investors are set to scrutinise how much impact cost cutting, including layoffs, have had on technology giants like Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Instagram owner Meta and Amazon. Meanwhile, companies are expected to focus on pitching artificial intelligence (AI) as the next growth driver for the industry.

Air India Invests $200 Millon on Modernising Digital Systems, to Deploy ChatGPT-Powered AI Chatbot Air India is set to use an AI-powered chatbot backed by OpenAI's ChatGPT technology. The airline, which has invested $200 million (roughly Rs. 16.3 crore) as part of its efforts to modernise its technology expects to sustain this pace of investment over the next five years, it said on Monday.

WhatsApp Channels for Broadcasting Information Reportedly in Development: Details WhatsApp Channels is reportedly in development, and the upcoming feature will allow users to create read-only channels to broadcast messages to subscribers. Rival Telegram already allows users to create public and private read-only channels. Unlike many other features that can currently be tested by users on the beta channel of WhatsApp for iOS or Android, channels ar...

Twitter's Blue Tick Seemingly Back for Several Accounts With Millions of Followers In a surprising turn of events, Twitter has seemingly restored verification badges on several high-profile celebrity accounts with millions of followers, just days after the microblogging platform culled the legacy blue checkmarks for non-paying users.

No Blue Tick for Pope as Twitter Cuts ‘Legacy’ Checks; Musk ‘Pays’ to Keep LeBron James, Stephen King Verified Elon Musk's long-promised move to strip free blue ticks from Twitter users swung into action on Thursday, dividing the have-paids from the have-nots.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Reaps $226 Million Compensation in 2022 Amid Layoffs Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million (roughly Rs. 1,850 crore) in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. Early this month, hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company's London offices following a dispute over layoffs.

SAP Plans to Use OpenAI's Chatbot ChatGPT Amid Growth in Quarterly Revenue SAP reported first-quarter revenue above analysts' expectations, backed by growth in its cloud business. It said it was working with Microsoft-backed OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT that can provide human-like responses to questions. SAP also has an internal committee to check for biases in AI use cases and guard against potential misuse of the technology, CEO Klein said.

Google Requests US Court to Dismiss Lawsuits Over Its App Store Policies Google asked a court late Thursday to toss out several allegations made by Epic, Match and US state attorneys general about how the search and advertising giant runs its app store for Android phones. In its court filing in federal court in California on Thursday, Google asked that five claims be thrown out.

Amitabh Bachchan Posts Hilarious Request to Twitter as Celebs Bid Adieu to Legacy Blue Ticks Amitabh Bachchan has complained to Twitter that he has not been given his blue tick back despite having paid the service fee. The veteran Bollywood actor posted a hilarious request to Twitter asking if he needs to join his hands and bow his head to get his blue tick back.

Humane Demonstrates AI-Powered Wearable Device With Projected Display: Report Humane, founded by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno is reportedly working on an AI wearable gadget with a projected display. Ahead of the official debut, Chaudhri shows up the device during his TED talk offering a glimpse at its design and capabilities.

Karnataka HC Rejects Xiaomi's Petition Challenging $676 Million Asset Freeze by ED: Report Karnataka High Court has rejected China-based Xiaomi Corp's petition challenging the seizure of $676.35 million (roughly Rs. 5,500 crore) by the Enforcement Directorate, news website Live Law reported on Friday.

Immortals of Aveum Gets a Magic-Heavy Gameplay Trailer, Reveals Demanding System Requirements Immortals of Aveum just got a six-minute-long gameplay trailer, highlighting its visuals and spell-based combat. Developer Ascendant Studios also revealed PC system requirements for the same, which are on the extreme high end, demanding at least an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super card to run the game at minimum settings. The developers have attributed the increased hard...

Criminals Use Apple's Recovery Key to Lock Users Out of Their Stolen iPhones: Report Apple's recovery key functionality is allegedly helping thieves to lock users out of their lost or stolen iPhones. As per a new report, an iPhone user named Greg Frasca lost access to his iPhone 14 Pro and thieves used his passcode to change Frasca’s Apple ID password. They enabled the recovery key to permanently lock him out of his stolen phones

No Blue Tick for Pope as Twitter Cuts ‘Legacy’ Checks; Musk ‘Pays’ to Keep LeBron James, Stephen King Verified Elon Musk's long-promised move to strip free blue ticks from Twitter users swung into action on Thursday, dividing the have-paids from the have-nots.

Zee5's New Fantasy Series Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu to Stream May 5 Zee5’s new fantasy drama series Fireflies: Parth Aur Jugnu will start streaming May 5 onwards. Directed by National Award winner Hemant Gaba, the film follows a 14-year-old boy Parth, who encounters Jugnu, a mystical kid from the haunted forest of Bheem Mukteshwar — spawning a life-changing adventure focused on teenage friendship, mythology, and more.

Cybersecurity, IP Theft and Accidents Top Three Threats to Indian Industry, Survey Shows Cybersecurity, IP theft, and accidents were identified as the biggest threats facing the Indian industry, according to a survey. As per a FICCI report, twelve key areas of concern for businesses and five emerging risks that might seriously damage India's business ecosystem have been identified.

Sanya Malhotra’s Kathal – a Jackfruit Mystery Sets May 19 Release Date on Netflix Sanya Malhotra-led Kathal finally gets a release date on Netflix — May 19. Inspired by true events, the satirical film follows a sincere police officer on a mission to find a politician’s stolen jackfruits. Kathal marks Yashowardhan Mishra’s directorial debut, which also stars Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, and Anant Joshi.

Twilight Set to Make its Way to TV as Harry Potter Gets Rebooted Twilight is getting a TV series treatment at Lionsgate Entertainment. Plans are in the very early stages for an adaptation of the titular young-adult book series by Stephenie Meyer. News of the Twilight series comes in the wake of Warner Bros. Discovery announcing a Harry Potter show for HBO Max — now, just Max — with J.K. Rowling serving as executive producer.

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals Sets July Release Date on Netflix, PlayStation, and PC Oxenfree II: Lost Signals finally got a release date — July 12. Developer Late Night Studio confirmed the news at the Nintendo Indie World Showcase, with a new trailer that offers hints at its supernatural plot. The game is set five years after the events of 2016’s Oxenfree and follows an entirely new character Riley, who is tasked with investigating some time and...

Meta Lays Off Engineers, Adjacent Tech Teams as Employees Express Frustration With Job Cuts Meta on Wednesday cut more jobs as the Facebook parent firm laid off engineers and adjacent tech teams. The layoffs prompted expressions of frustration from Meta employees, who said the cuts had "shattered the morale and confidence in leadership of many high performers who work with intensity."

Spotify Down? Users Report Music, Podcasts Not Working; Streaming Service Responds Spotify appears to be inaccessible for several users. Gadgets 360 spotted that streaming music and podcasts on the service was not accessible as of 5:40pm IST. The Web interface for Spotify appears to load normally, but no episodes, albums or playlists are shown to users.

Zomato Says Most Blinkit Stores Resumed Operations After Wage Protests, Shutdown Indian food delivery firm Zomato said on Wednesday most stores of its grocery unit Blinkit had resumed operations after being shut due to wage protests, sending its shares up as much as 5 percent.

Instagram Updated With Support for Adding Up to Five Links to User Profiles: All Details Instagram will now allow its users to list up to five links on their profiles, according to details shared by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This will help users share their online businesses, content, as well as identities on different social networking profiles with their Instagram followers.

Xbox Game Pass April 2023 Wave Announced: Redfall, Minecraft Legends, Medieval Dynasty, and More Redfall is coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 1, setting you on a mission to exterminate vampires in an island town. Minecraft Legends is already out on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X, while Medieval Dynasty finally heads to Xbox One on April 20. Cassette Beasts, the monster-fighting RPG, will release April 26, exclusively on PC.

Croma Festival of Dreams Sale 2023: Best Deals on Home Appliances, Electronics Croma Festival of Dreams sale 2023 brings exciting discounts on home appliances and other electronics. We’ve handpicked the best deals you can grab on popular summer home appliances.

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Is Prepared for a Potential Writer’s Strike With a Long-Running Slate Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos claims they are prepared ‘better than most’ studios in case of a potential writers’ strike. During its Q1 2023 earnings review, the executive pointed at its large slate of upcoming movies and shows — planned well in advance — which would keep disruptions to the minimum. Netflix is also halting its long-running DVD rental service, ...

Google Wins Appeal in $20 Million Patent Lawsuit Over Chrome's Anti-Malware Technology Google won an appeal in a US patent lawsuit after the firm convinced an appeals court to cancel three anti-malware patents it was accused of infringing on its Chrome browser. The Alphabet-owned firm was accused of infringing patents related to anti-malware functions on Chrome that prevented malware from accessing critical files on a computer.

Twitter Updates Policy to Restrict Visibility of Tweets That Violate Platform Rules Twitter has updated its policy to restrict the visibility of tweets that are against the service's rules. The microblogging platform will restrict tweets that are found to violate hateful conduct rules and expand it to other domains later. Users on Twitter will also be able to submit feedback on the label, according to the service.

India Said to Plan Appeal Against WTO Panel Ruling Against ICT Import Duties in Dispute With Japan, EU India will appeal against a World Trade Organization's (WTO) panel ruling that the country's import dues on certain information and technology products are inconsistent with the global trade norms, commerce ministry sources told PTI. The WTO panel's ruling followed a dispute filed by the EU, Japan and Taiwan against duties on ICT products.

Elon Musk Modifies 'Government Funded Media' Label for CBC After Publisher Pauses Twitter Activity Elon Musk on Monday changed the 'Government Funded Media' for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) after it stated that less than 70 percent of its funds were from the government. The CBC says it has paused activity on its corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts.

Apple Offers New High-Yield Deposit Account for US Card Customers With 4.15 Percent Interest Rate Apple is seeking to attract US savers with a new high-yield deposit account it announced on Monday with partner Goldman Sachs Group amid increased competition among financial institutions for consumer dollars.

Alphabet Shares Fall 4 Percent as Samsung Mulls Replacing Google With Bing as Default Search on Its Devices Alphabet shares fell over 4 percent in premarket trading on Monday after a report that South Korea's Samsung Electronics was considering replacing Google with Microsoft-owned Bing as the default search engine on its devices.

5G Rollout: 600 Indian Districts Covered in Less Than 200 Days, MoS Communications Says Indian telecom providers have rolled out 5G connectivity to 600 districts in less than 200 days, according to details shared by Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan. The minister, who was speaking at the second meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG), stated that India is one of the fastest countries to roll out 5G connectivity.

Delhi High Court Grants MeitY Time to Detail Steps to Regulate Content on Social Media, OTT Platforms The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to the Centre to inform it about the steps taken for regulating content on social media and over-the-top (OTT) services. The court had underlined the need for taking seriously the use of vulgar language in public domain and on social media, open to children of tender age. The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Tec...

Netflix Expected to Report 2 Million New Subscribers Following Price Cuts and Ad-Supported Plan: Details Netflix is expected to announce that it has added 2 million subscribers in Q1 2023, months after the service announced price cuts and the launch of an ad-supported plan price cuts and the launch of an ad-supported plan. The streaming giant has cracked down in some countries on password-sharing or streaming by non-members who don't belong to the same household.

Samsung Considers Replacing Google With Microsoft's Bing as Devices' Default Search Service: Report Samsung is considering switching Google with Microsoft's Bing as the default search engine on the company's smartphones, as per a New York Times report. Bing has been updated in recent months with support for OpenAI-backed AI technology that allows for ChatGPT-like results in a conversational format.

Zomato's Blinkit High-Speed Grocery Deliveries Halted, 50 Stores Shut by Bike Riders' Wage Protests Zomato's Bliinkit grocery deliveries have been halted after around 50 stores were shut following wage protests by bike riders over wages. The company said in an email that it had introduced a new structure for riders with compensation based on their efforts and was engaging with them to reopen the shut stores.

'Monetising Hate': Misinformation Surges on Twitter After Elon Musk's $44 Billion Takeover The Tesla tycoon bitterly denies that misinformation has surged since his turbulent $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,60,275 crore) acquisition of the messaging platform, but experts say content moderation has been gutted after mass layoffs, while a paid verification system has served to boost conspiracy theorists.

Apple TV, Amazon’s AWS and Alexa Back Up After Thousands of Users Experience Outage Amazon.com said its cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its voice assistant service Alexa were back online after a brief outage on Sunday. Downdetector, an outage tracking website, also reported Apple TV to be down for several users.

Zee Music Renews Deal With YouTube, Meta; Catalogue of Over 11,000 Songs Available for Shorts, Reels Creators Zee Music Company, a division of media firm Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), on Friday announced the renewal of its licensing agreement with YouTube and Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Amazon Releases New Cloud Tools to Help Build Chatbots as AI Competition With Microsoft, Google Heats Up Amazon.com’s cloud computing division on Thursday released a suite of technologies aimed at helping other companies develop their own chatbots and image-generation services backed by artificial intelligence.

Doom Eternal, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Lead PlayStation Plus Extra, Deluxe Games for April 2023 Sony has revealed the list of games coming to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe catalogue in April. Key highlights include Doom Eternal, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Riders Republic, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Slay the Spire, The Evil Within, and more. The games will be available on PS Plus’ higher-tier plans, starting April 18.

Apple to Use Only Recycled Cobalt in Batteries by 2025 in Bid to Become Carbon Neutral Apple said on Thursday it would use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025 as a part of its efforts to make all its products carbon neutral by the end of the decade.

Nvidia to Pack Its New Mid-Range RTX 4070 Gaming Chip With AI Features to Improve Graphical Performance Nvidia said on Wednesday it is packing one of its mid-range chips for gamers with more artificial intelligence features to improve graphics, underscoring the importance of gaming for the company despite the segment's slowing revenue.

Google to Argue Against Allegations of US Antitrust Law Violations Over Search Engine Dominance Google will likely argue Thursday that the US Justice Department's allegations that it broke antitrust law to build and maintain its dominance of search are flawed and that its lawsuit should be thrown out, according to court filings.

NPR Quits Twitter Over ‘Government-Funded Media’ Label, Says Elon Musk-Owned Platform Undermined Credibility US radio broadcaster NPR on Wednesday said it was quitting Twitter, in the first significant defection by a major news outlet since Elon Musk's tumultuous takeover of the platform.

ChatGPT Can Resume in Italy if OpenAI Meets Data Watchdog’s Demands by April 30 Italy's data protection agency set out a list of demands on Wednesday which it said OpenAI must meet by April 30 to address the agency's concerns over the ChatGPT chatbot and allow the artificial intelligence service to resume in the country.

Opera Browser for iOS Gets Free Inbuilt VPN, Allows Users to Browse Web Privately Opera is now rolling out a free VPN feature on the Opera browser for iOS. This would allow iPhone and iPad users to browse the Web privately without any additional extensions. Opera for iOS is also getting other upgrades including Bookmarks feature with Speed Dial and new Live Score.

Elon Musk Says Unaware Why Twitter India Pulled Posts on BBC Documentary Critical of Modi Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he did not know "what exactly happened" when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year, adding that some rules related to social media content were "quite strict" in India.

'Many Mistakes' Made Since Twitter Takeover; Company 'Roughly Breaking Even' Now: Elon Musk Twitter boss Elon Musk said running the social media network has been "quite a rollercoaster" and acknowledged "many mistakes" along the way, six months after he bought the company for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3.6 lakh crore).

Dead Island 2 PC System Requirements Announced Ahead of Release Dead Island 2’s PC system requirements are out now. The much-anticipated zombie-slasher sequel requires a minimum of 10GB RAM to run at 1080p 30fps and a maximum of 16GB RAM to run at Ultra settings. The game only requires 70GB of storage, which is fairly standard, but the CPU and graphics card requirements are on the higher end. Dead Island 2 releases April 21 on ...

PlayStation State of Play Event to Showcase Final Fantasy XVI Gameplay: Details Sony has confirmed a new PlayStation State of Play event this week, promising 20 minutes of gameplay from Final Fantasy 16. The presentation is scheduled to go live on PlayStation’s official YouTube and Twitch channels on April 14 at 2:30am IST in India, and April 13 at 2pm PT in the US. Final Fantasy XVI releases June 22, exclusively on the PS5.

HBO Max and Discovery+’s Merged Streaming Platform to Be Revealed This Week, Tipped to Be Called ‘Max’ HBO Max and Discovery+’s merged streaming platform will be revealed this week. It will reportedly be called ‘Max’ and cost $16 (about Rs. 1,313) per month, though multiple tiers, including a less expensive plan with advertisements, are expected. The service will debut sometime in May or June, and feature HBO shows like Succession and Game of Thrones, along with ...

Twitter No Longer an Independent Company After Merger With Elon Musk's Newly Formed Shell Firm X Twitter has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X, driving speculation about what Elon Musk intends for the social media platform.

Twitter's Advertisement Revenue to Reportedly See 28 Percent Drop in 2023 Twitter's income from advertising will reportedly fall by 28 percent in 2023, as the platform struggles under the ownership of Elon Musk. Analysts at Insider Intelligence are said to be slashing an earlier worldwide revenue estimate of $4.74 billion by more than a third to $2.98 billion as trust in the platform deteriorates.

Tooth Pari: When Love Bites Trailer Tease Vampire Romance in the Streets of Kolkata Netflix has dropped the trailer for its upcoming romantic horror series Tooth Pari: When Love Bites. It follows a rebellious vampire with a broken tooth falling in love with a shy dentist during one of her appointments. The series stars Tanya Maniktala (Flames), Shantanu Maheshwari (Gangubai Kathiawadi), and Revathy (Salaam Venky) as leads, and is slated to release Ap...

Artificial Intelligence and Twitter Could Be Used to Detect Early Signs of Mental Disorders, Says Research Work is underway to create anxiety and depression prediction models, using artificial intelligence (AI) and Twitter, one of the world's largest social media platforms, that could detect signs of these illnesses before clinical diagnosis, according to researchers.

Amazon Prime Video Signs Deal With Paramount to Expand Its Indian Catalogue Amazon Prime Video has signed a deal with Paramount to bring some of its shows onto the platform and expand its Indian catalogue. The key highlights of the deal include — all four seasons of Star Trek: Discovery, Yellowstone prequel 1883, Jeremy Renner-led Mayor of Kingstown, and The Stand. The shows are now available on Amazon Prime Video at no additional cost to y...

Stranger Things Animated Series Greenlit at Netflix A Stranger Things animated series has been ordered at Netflix. Plot details are scarce, but creators Matt and Ross Duffer claim that the series will be in the vein of Saturday morning cartoons, which goes in theme with the mainline show’s 1980s setting. Flying Bark Productions, best known for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s What If…?, will develop the animated s...

Ark: Survival Ascended Will No Longer Be Bundled With Ark 2, but Will Be More Expensive: Details Ark: Survival Ascended will now be sold separately but will be more expensive. After fan backlash regarding the $49.99 bundle, which included the Ark remaster and access to Ark 2, Studio Wildcard has now decided to separate it and sell the former solo for $59.99 (about Rs. 4,198). The game would include all planned expansions, in addition to the expected improvements ...

Don’t Fret About Students Using ChatGPT to Cheat – AI Is a Bigger Threat to Educational Equality Schools and universities are panicking about artificial intelligence (AI) and cheating. But AI presents far more significant threats to equity in education.

Internet Suspended in Jamshedpur Over Stone-Pelting Incident, Arson; Section 144 Imposed Internet has been suspended in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur following stone-pelting between two groups over the alleged desecration of a religious flag.

Internet Suspended in Jamshedpur Over Stone-Pelting Incident, Arson; Section 144 Imposed Internet has been suspended in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur following stone-pelting between two groups over the alleged desecration of a religious flag.

Star Wars Celebration 2023: Ahsoka Teaser, Daisy Ridley Returns, Andor Season 2 Release Window, and More Star Wars Celebration 2023 played host to several new announcements for the future of the galaxy far, far away, across television and movies. The biggest highlights include the first teaser for the Rosario Dawson-led Ahsoka, confirming an August release window on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. Meanwhile, Lucasfilm also confirmed three new Star Wars movies, starting with...

Twitter Labels NPR, BBC ‘Government-Funded’ After Backlash; Elon Musk Says Description May Not Be Accurate Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labelling the US radio network NPR as "state- affiliated media" and now calls it "government-funded."

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Opens with $377 Million at the Worldwide Box Office The Super Mario Bros. Movie has collected $377 million (about Rs. 3,088 crore) at the global box office, during its opening weekend. With these numbers, the film now holds the record opening for an animated movie, beating the one set by Disney’s Frozen 2. The Mario movie collected roughly $173 million (about Rs. 1,416 crore) from markets outside the US and the remai...

Japan Considers Government Adoption of ChatGPT-Like AI Technology, Wants Privacy Concerns Resolved Japan will consider government adoption of artificial intelligence technology such as OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot if privacy and cybersecurity concerns are resolved, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday.

Baidu Sues Apple, Other App Developers Over Fake Copies of Ernie Bot App Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against "relevant" app developers and Apple over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple's App Store. The company's artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China's closest answer to the US-developed chatbot ChatGPT.

ChatGPT’s Greatest Achievement Might Just Be Its Ability to Trick Us Into Thinking That It’s Honest ChatGPT, and other generative AI chatbots like it, are trained on vast datasets from across the internet to produce the statistically most likely response to a prompt. Its answers are not based on any understanding. It presents its responses through what’s called a “conversational interface”.

Microsoft Edge Gets Bing’s Dall-E Image Creator, Drop Tool, and More: All Details Microsoft has added new features to Edge. With the update, an AI-powered image generator based on DALL-E technology is made available on desktops for Edge users worldwide.

Alibaba Invites Businesses to Test Its ChatGPT-Like AI Chatbot: Report Tech giant Alibaba is seeking companies to test its Tongyi Qianwen AI chatbot, business publication STAR Market Daily reported on Friday, joining the rush to emulate the explosive success of ChatGPT.

TRAI Invites Views on Norms to Be Followed for Spectrum Allocation for Satellite Communication Services Telecom regulator TRAI has invited public views on the process and other norms that should be followed to allocate spectrum for satellite communication services, an official statement said on Thursday. "Written comments on the issues raised in the consultation paper are invited from the stakeholders by May 4, 2023 and counter comments by May 18, 2023," TRAI said.

New Online Gaming Rules to Spur Innovation, Boost Investor Confidence The industry on Thursday said the new rules for online gaming will spur innovation, boost investor confidence and weed out gambling platforms while making the sector globally competitive. The norms are expected to help reduce regulatory fragmentation at the state level, and foster a more stable business environment, the industry said in one voice as it described the r...

ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Plans Measures to Address Concerns in Italy Ban ChatGPT producer OpenAI plans to present measures on Thursday to remedy concerns that led to an Italian ban on the chatbot last week, Italy's data protection agency Garante said. Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after Garante last week temporarily restricted it and began a probe into a suspected breach of privacy rules.

Indian Startups Demand Probe on Google for Bypassing Antitrust Directive, Charging High Service Fee Top startups in India have called on the country's competition watchdog to launch an inquiry into Alphabet's Google for allegedly bypassing an antitrust directive by charging a high service fee for in-app payments, an ADIF filing shows. ADIF represents Indian startups including digital payments firm Paytm and social media app ShareChat.

NCB Said to Have Busted Narcotics Gang Involved in DarkNet, Cryptocurrency The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international criminal gang that dealt in drugs using DarkNet and cryptocurrency with linkages in several countries as well as multiple states in India, sources said. The modus operandi of the drug traffickers included the use of the Darknet, cryptocurrency, digital media, UPIs, and fake KYC documents.

RBI to Develop Centralised Online Portal to Access Details of Unclaimed Deposits Across Banks The Reserve Bank on Thursday said a centralised portal will be developed to access details of unclaimed deposits by depositors or their beneficiaries across various banks.

German Antitrust Watchdog Steps Up Scrutiny on Apple, Opens Door for Action Against Anti-Competitive Practices Germany's anti-cartel watchdog said Wednesday it had placed US computing giant Apple under closer surveillance for any possible abuse of its market position.

Motorola Engineer Who Invented Mobile Phones 50 Years Ago Thinks People Look at Them Too Much The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that's according to the man who invented them 50 years ago. Martin Cooper, an American engineer dubbed the "Father of the cell phone," says the neat little device we all have in our pockets has almost boundless potential and could one day even help conquer disease.

SpaceX Starship Rocket Launch Test Could Take Place Next Week, Says FAA A key SpaceX Starship Super Heavy rocket launch test could happen next week, according to a planning notice posted Tuesday by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

UK Watchdog Fines TikTok Over $15 Million for Breach of Data Protection Law, Misuse of Children's Data The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country's information watchdog estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.

Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Trailer: Miles Morales Goes Up Against Oscar Isaac’s Spider-Man 2099 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse just got a new trailer, which sees Miles Morales being catapulted into the multiverse to meet a crew of elite Spider-People. The trailer also offers an extensive look at their leader Spider-Man 2099/ Miguel O’Hara (Oscar Isaac), the hot-headed vigilante who puts the mission above everyone else’s safety. Spider-Man: Across the Sp...

Samsung's Quarterly Profit Set to Drop 92 Percent as Chip Glut Worsens Amid Economic Slowdown Samsung Electronics's first-quarter profit is expected to plunge 92 percent to the lowest for any quarter in 14 years, as a chip glut worsens and buyers like data centres and computer makers slow purchases amid a global economic slowdown.

PhonePe Launches Pincode App for Local Commerce on ONDC Network: All Details PhonePe on Tuesday announced the launch of Pincode, a new app that will help the Walmart-backed firm make its foray into local commerce. The new Pincode app is built on the government's Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform. It will initially be available in Bangalore and will expand to other cities after reaching around 10,000 daily transactions, accordin...

Britain Uses Government Hackers to Launch Cyber Operations Against Enemies Online, GCHQ Says Britian uses government hackers to launch operations against militants, state-backed disinformation campaigns and attempts to interfere in elections, the country's spy agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) revealed on Tuesday. These cyberattacks were conducted by the secretive National Cyber Force (NCF), a hacking unit operational since 2020 made up of ...

Elon Musk Briefly Changes Blue Bird Logo to 'Doge' Meme on Twitter Website Elon Musk on Monday changed the blue bird logo on Twitter to the 'Doge' meme, the icon of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. Users noticed the 'doge' meme, which is part of the logo of the Dogecoin blockchain and cryptocurrency and was created as a joke in 2013, on the web version of Twitter, while the value of Dogecoin rose more than 20 percent after the change to Twitter'...

SBI Resolves Technical Glitch Impacting Online Banking Services for 'Few Hours', Issues Statement State Bank of India (SBI) admitted to a "technical glitch" on Monday that impacted its online banking services for a few hours. SBI customers complained of inability to access the bank's Yono banking app and also undertake any banking transactions online, while some were unable to access the bank's services since late last week.

Rabindranath Tagore’s Classic Kabuliwala to Be Filmed Again in Bengali After 6 Decades, With Mithun Chakraborty as Lead Rabindranath Tagore’s classic short shorty Kabuliwala is being adapted into a Bengali film, with Mithun Chakraborty headlining the cast. It will be directed by Suman Ghosh, who previously worked with Chakraborty on 2012’s Nobel Chor. “I will enact the role of Rehamat, who has been immortalised in Tagore's writing and have started making notes, beginning my menta...

Harry Potter TV Series Adaptation in Talks at HBO Max and Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Discovery is close to a deal for a new online TV series based on Harry Potter. The company’s CEO David Zaslav and HBO chief Casey Bloys have worked to convince author J.K. Rowling to produce a new series, but the deal hasn’t been completed. The author will be involved in the series to ensure it remains loyal to her original material but will not run t...

ChatGPT’s ‘iPhone Moment’ Poses a New Threat to Google ChatGPT’s new plugins, released last week with relatively little fanfare, are a major leap forward for the technology. Here's how OpenAI's upgrades to ChatGPT make it even more of a threat to big tech companies such as Google.

Avatar: The Way of Water Is Now Available to Watch On-Demand on YouTube and Apple TV Avatar: The Way of Water is now available to watch on-demand via YouTube and Apple TV. Those interested can purchase James Cameron’s sci-fi sequel on YouTube at Rs. 690 for the SD version and Rs. 850 for the 1080p HD version. Meanwhile, on Apple TV, Avatar 2 is available at Rs. 590 for the 4K Dolby Vision/ Atmos version. It is only available with English audio, and ...

Netflix April 2023 Releases: Beef, Indian Matchmaking Season 3, Tooth Pari When Love Bites, and More What are the biggest Netflix originals in April 2023? Ali Wong and Steven Yeun-led Beef, Tooth Pari: When Love Bites, Indian Matchmaking season 3, Keri Russell’s The Diplomat, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, Sweet Tooth season 2, and more lead the releases for Netflix in April 2023.

Cyberabad Police Issues Notices to 11 Organisations in Probe of Data Theft of 66.9 Crore Persons Cyberabad police on Sunday said it had issued notices to as many as 11 organisations, including three banks, a social media giant and an Information Technology services company. The police are probing the breach of data of 66.9 crore persons across the country, and has asked representatives of the 11 firms to appear before it as part of the investigation.

Survey Shows 'High-Level' Public Support for Some Forms of Government Surveillance A "high-level" of public support for certain forms of government surveillance like through CCTV cameras was found in a recently conducted survey. One out of two people responding to a recent survey said they fully support the use of FRT (facial recognition technology) by the government and police. Meanwhile, nearly two out of three respondents believe that political p...

Elon Musk Removes Verified Check Mark From New York Times' Main Account Elon Musk on Sunday removed the gold "verified" marker from the New York Times' main account, after the publication said it wouldn't pay for the company's verification service. The microblogging site's CEO made the decision via a tweet, as the platform transitioned to a paid verification scheme over the weekend.

Google Sanctioned Again by US Court for Taking Too Long to Comply With Ruling A US court has sanctioned Google for a second time in recent days, after a judge in a decision unsealed on Wednesday said the Alphabet unit took too long to comply with a ruling last year in a data-privacy class action. The order stems from a class action claiming Google unlawfully tracked its users while they were using the company's Chrome browsers in private, or "i...

E3 2023 Has Been Cancelled E3 2023 has been cancelled, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) confirmed. A report notes that the 2023 edition ‘simply did not garner the sustained interest' necessary to execute the event in a manner that would display the size and strength of the games industry. The news comes after big publishers like Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo pulled out of the ev...