Technology
Apple releases new iOS update with Crash Detection optimisation
San Francisco, Feb 14 Apple has released a new iPhone update -- iOS 16.3.1, including "optimisations" for the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro's Crash Detection feature, which has been criticised by some search and rescue personnel for causing false alarms during winter sports activities. A few other fixes are included ...Twitter again delays roll-out of its paid API platform
San Francisco, Feb 14 Elon Musk-run Twitter has announced that the launch of its new paid API (Application Programming Interface) platform will be delayed by a few more days. The company shared the information on Twitter via its Twitter Dev account, saying: "There has been an immense amount of enthusiasm ...Indian-American judge slaps $1 mn fine on Facebook
New York, Feb 13 Indian-American judge Vince Chhabria has slapped a fine of almost $1 million on Meta, Facebook's parent company, and its law firm for creating obstacles for court and users in a data breach trial. According to a Bloomberg report, District Judge Chhabria wrote in an order that ...How cinema promotes AI as product of lone male geniuses
London, Feb 13 Artificial intelligence (AI) is suffering from severe gender imbalance, risking development of discriminatory technology and cinema promotes it as the product of lone male geniuses with God-like complexes, researchers have revealed. The study by University of Cambridge found that just 8 per cent of all depictions of ...After layoffs, Zuckerberg now wants 2023 to be ‘year of efficiency’
San Francisco, Feb 2 After laying off 11,000 employees, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg now wants 2023 to be the "year of efficiency". In his quarterly earnings call with analysts late on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said that "I just think we've entered somewhat of a phase change for the company". ...WhatsApp may soon let users send images in original quality on Desktop beta
San Francisco, Feb 12 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature which will allow users to send images in their original quality, on Desktop beta. With the new feature, users will no longer have to worry about their images losing quality or resolution while sending them, ...UKESF, Apple partner to encourage more girls into electronics
San Francisco, Feb 12 The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) has announced that it has partnered with Apple for the "Girls into Electronics" programme for 2023, which will help to encourage more girls in the engineering field. During the day, participants will learn more about studying electronics at the university ...WhatsApp rolling out feature to let users share up to 100 media on iOS beta
San Francisco, Feb 12 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature which will allow users to share up to 100 media within the chats, on iOS beta. With the new feature, beta users can now select up to 100 media in the media picker within the ...Ex-Apple designer Jony Ive creates King Charles III coronation logo
London, Feb 11 The Royal Family of Britain has revealed the new emblem for the coronation of King Charles III, which is designed by the ex-Apple chief designer Jony Ive. "The new Coronation emblem has been unveiled! The emblem will feature throughout the historic events in May, including street parties, ...Twitter to charge $100 from developers for access to basic API
San Francisco, Feb 9 A week after Twitter announced shutting down free access to the API, the microblogging platform on Thursday said that it will charge $100 per month for the basic tier of API (Application Programming Interface). Initially, the company had planned to shut down free access to its ...