Technology
Twitter rival Bluesky reopens sign-ups
San Francisco, July 4 Twitter rival Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, announced that it has reopened the sign-ups that the company disabled a few days back. "We just enabled account sign-ups again, so any outstanding invite codes can now be used to create an account," the company said, according to ...Smartwatches may help detect Parkinson’s 7 years before symptoms appear
London, July 4 Smartwatches could identify Parkinson's disease up to seven years before hallmark symptoms appear and a clinical diagnosis can be made, according to new research. Researchers from Cardiff University in the UK showed that combining smartwatch data of just one week with artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify ...NASA’s Mars helicopter ‘phones home’ after a silence of over 2 months
Washington, July 2 After being silent for 63 days, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has made contact with mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, the US space agency said. While "63 days is a long time to wait for the results of a flight, the ...GPT-3 a double-edge sword, can inform and mislead: Study
London, July 2 Compared to humans, artificial intelligence (AI) language models like OpenAI's GPT-3 can produce accurate tweets that are easier to understand but also fake ones that are harder to detect, according to a recent study. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Zurich, delved into the ...Now securely transfer your full chat history on WhatsApp: Zuckerberg
New Delhi, June 30 Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday announced a secure way to transfer WhatsApp chat history between devices on the same operating system. For the first time, users can preserve their complete chat and media history without having to exit the app. “More secure than ...Meta planning to let EU users download apps through Facebook ads
London, June 30 (IANS) To eventually compete with Google and Apple's app stores, Meta is reportedly planning to allow people in the European Union (EU) directly download applications through Facebook ads. Some Android app developers will test the new type of ad as soon as later this year, reports The ...Meta expands ‘Why Am I Seeing This?’ feature in Insta, FB Reels
San Francisco, June 29 Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced that it is expanding the “Why Am I Seeing This?” feature in the Instagram and Facebook Reels along with Instagram’s Explore page so that users can understand the reason why that post is being shown to them. "We’re expanding our ...‘Very online’ Gen Z, millennials most vulnerable to fake news
London, June 29 Researchers have found that the "very online" Gen Z and millennials are most vulnerable to fake news by performing the first misinformation susceptibility test (MIST), a new study has shown. Psychologists from the UK-based University of Cambridge have developed the first validated "misinformation susceptibility test" -- a ...Musk celebrates 52nd birthday as he prepares for cage fight with Zuckerberg
New Delhi, June 28 Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of big companies likeTesla, SpaceX and Twitter, is celebrating his 52nd birthday on Wednesday as he prepares for a cage fight with Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Musk's fans took to Twitter to wish him on the occasion. "Happy ...Meta introduces new parental control across Instagram, FB, Messenger
New Delhi, June 27 Meta on Tuesday announced new features to support teens and families and make it even easier to manage the time they spend on its apps like Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. The company said it is bringing parental supervision to Messenger, so parents can see how teens ...