Technology
Scientists record flattest explosion ever seen in space
London, April 2 Astronomers have observed an explosion as big as our solar system but similar to that of an extremely flat disc. The explosion, which occurred 180 million light years away, challenges our current understanding of explosions in space, said researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK. ...Twitter bans record over 6.8 lakh accounts in India amid major overhaul
New Delhi, April 1 Struggling to become profitable under Elon Musk as it takes drastic decisions which have infuriated users, Twitter banned a record 682,420 accounts promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity in India between January 26 and February 25. The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under Musk, ...WhatsApp bans record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in Feb
New Delhi, April 1 Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of February, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company informed on Saturday. Between February 1 and February 28, "4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,298,000 of these accounts ...Sundar Pichai promises more capable Bard AI chatbot soon
San Francisco, April 1 After facing criticism about his ChatGPT rival called Bard, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the company will soon release more capable AI models. Bard was released for the public on March 21 but failed to garner the attention won by OpenAI's ChatGPT ...WhatsApp improves readability of messages in community announcement groups
San Francisco, April 1 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is rolling out a new full-width messaging interface for community announcement groups to some best testers on iOS beta, which will improve the readability of conversations. Now, when beta testers open a community announcement group, message bubbles will cover the full width ...Italy orders OpenAI to stop processing users’ data else face fine
New Delhi, April 1 Italian regulators have ordered Microsoft-owned OpenAI to immediately stop the processing of Italian users' data to general AI models. The Italian regulator Garante said it's concerned that the ChatGPT maker is breaching the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and has opened a probe. ...Insta launches new collaborative collections feature to save posts shared with friends
San Francisco, March 30 Meta-owned Instagram has launched a new "collaborative collections" feature that will let users and their friends save and share images with each other. With this new feature, people can connect with friends over common interests by saving posts to a collaborative collection in their group chat ...Smart glasses help UK hospital to cut waiting time for heart surgery
London, March 28 In a revolutionary procedure, health workers at a hospital in the UK are using smart glasses to help speed up the time for heart surgery. The glasses enable heart staff at the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) at Basildon Hospital to receive real-time advice from anywhere in the ...Zoom partners with OpenAI to bring AI-driven features to platform
San Francisco, March 28IA Video conferencing platform Zoom has announced its collaboration with OpenAI, the creator of AI-chatbot ChatGPT, to bring AI-driven features to the platform, such as summarising chat threads, organising ideas, drafting content for chats, creating meeting agendas, and more through its AI-powered assistant Zoom IQ. Zoom has ...WhatsApp working on a new feature ‘edit message’ on iOS
San Francisco, March 27 Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature -- "edit message" on iOS, which will be available in a future update of the app. According to WABetaInfo, with this feature, users will be able to quickly and easily edit their mistakes in a message without ...