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High Profile Accounts, Including CNN, Face Cyberattack: TikTok

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 05, 2024, San Francisco

TikTok on Tuesday said it slammed the door on a cyberattack that targeted high-profile accounts including CNN.

Microsoft Targeted By Austrian Privacy Group Over Education Programme

Reuters | Tuesday June 04, 2024, Brussels

Microsoft on Tuesday found itself targeted in two complaints filed by privacy advocacy group NOYB to the Austrian privacy watchdog related to its online education software, the latest grievances levelled against the U.S. tech giant.

AI Won't Replace Pilots, But Here's How It Is Revolutionising Airline Ops

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 03, 2024, Dubai

Airlines may not be replacing pilots with artificial intelligence anytime soon, but aviation industry experts say the new technology is already revolutionising the way they do business.

WhatsApp Introduces Longer Voice Notes For Status Updates: How It Works

Edited by NDTV News Desk | Monday May 27, 2024

WhatsApp is amplifying its status feature by allowing users to share voice notes of up to one-minutedurationfrom the previous 30-second limit.

Opinion | OpenAI, Apple iPad: Big Tech Is Triggering Too Many People, Too Fast

Sanjana Ramachandran | Thursday May 16, 2024

While Apple has offended people with its new iPad ad, OpenAI has announced their latest update to ChatGPT, GPT-4o, building on the enthrallment and terror their products have unleashed in the last year and a half.

Google Has Agreed To Delete Millions Of Users' Browsing Data. Here's Why

Edited by NDTV News Desk | Tuesday April 02, 2024

The lawsuit, filed in 2020, accused the Alphabet Inc. unit of secretly tracking people without their consent while they used the Chrome web browser in "incognito" mode.

For First Time, Canada To Reduce Temporary Residents, Put Cap On Intake

Reuters | Friday March 22, 2024, Ottawa

Canada plans to reduce its temporary residents and set a cap on temporary immigration for the first time ever, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Thursday.

Memes That Flooded Social Media During Instagram, Facebook Outage

NDTV News Desk | Tuesday March 05, 2024, New Delhi

Memes flooded microblogging platform X after thousands of users across the globe reported issues while using Instagram and Facebook.

"Community Notes Is Failing": Elon Musk Flags X's Fact-Check System

Edited by NDTV News Desk | Monday February 26, 2024

Elon Musk has flagged the failure of the fact-checking system of X (formerly Twitter).In a post, on X (formerly Twitter), he said that Microsoft's "Community Notes is failing here".

Gmail Shutting Down In August? Here's What Google Said

NDTV News Desk | Saturday February 24, 2024

Google on clarified that it is not shutting its popular email service, Gmail, after rumours on social media platforms suggested the service was coming to a close.

AI Experts Urge More Regulations Around Creation Of Deeofake In Open Letter

Reuters | Wednesday February 21, 2024, Berkeley, US

Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives, including one of the technology's trailblazers Yoshua Bengio, have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society.

Google's Court Defeat To Fortnite Maker May Spell Trouble For Big Tech

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday December 13, 2023, Washington

Google' stinging defeat against Fortnite-maker Epic Games in a California courtroom could be an important blow against big tech's decades of supremacy on antitrust matters in the United States.

Sony Faces $7.9 Billion UK Lawsuit Over 'Unfair' PlayStation Store Prices

Reuters | Wednesday November 22, 2023, London

Sony must face a mass lawsuit worth up to 6.3 billion pounds ($7.9 billion) over claims the PlayStation maker abused its dominant position leading to unfair prices for customers, a London tribunal ruled on Tuesday.

WhatsApp Rolls Out Campaign To Raise User Safety Awareness, Fight Misinformation

Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 21, 2023, New Delhi

It encourages people to verify information that sounds suspicious or inaccurate via fact-checking organisations on WhatsApp Channels, according to a statement.

Tech Giants Foxconn, Nvidia Team Up To Create "AI Factories"

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 18, 2023, Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn and US hardware leader Nvidia said Wednesday they would team up to create "AI factories", powerful data processing centres that would drive the manufacturing of next-generation products such as electric cars.