SONY: PS5 ‘ACCESS CONTROLLER’ TO LAUNCH GLOBALLY ON DEC 6

Sun 16 July 2023: The ‘Access controller’ for PlayStation 5 (PS5) will go on sale starting on July 21 and be available worldwide starting on December 6, According to a statement from Sony. The company announced the controller’s suggested retail price in a PlayStation blog post on Thursday. It is $89.99. The Access controller lets […]

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AI SCAM CALLS IMITATING FAMILIAR VOICES ARE A GROWING PROBLEM – HERE’S HOW THEY WORK

Sun 16 July 2023: Scam calls using AI to mimic voices of people you might know are being used to exploit unsuspecting members of the public. These calls use what’s known as generative AI, which refers to systems capable of creating text, images or any other media such as video, based on prompts from a user. Deepfakes have […]

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TWITTER STARTS MAKING PAYMENTS TO CREATORS VIA ADS REVENUE SHARING PROGRAMME

Sat 15 July 2023: Twitter on Friday unveiled a brand-new scheme for creators to share ad revenue, and it has already begun making significant payments. “We’re expanding our creator monetisation offering to include ads revenue sharing for creators. This means that creators can get a share in ad revenue starting in the replies to their […]

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TURKIYE AND QATARI GOVERNMENTS ARE PLANNING TO LAUNCH JOINT INVESTMENTS IN CHIP MANUFACTURING

Fri 14 July 2023: Turkiye and Qatar will launch a joint investment for semiconductor production, the Turkish Industry and Technology Minister said on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. “Qatar decided to move its investment for producing 65-nanometer chips to Turkiye. It is projected to be worth over $60 million,” Mehmet Fatih Kacir said at a news conference in […]

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MUSK LAUNCHES CHATGPT’S OPENAI COMPETITOR XAI TO ‘UNDERSTAND REALITY’

Thu 13 July 2023: Elon Musk, a billionaire tech entrepreneur, has started an artificial intelligence (AI) firm to compete with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, which he has criticized for being “woke.” The purpose of the new company, according to xAI on Wednesday, is to “understand the true nature of the universe”. “What are the […]

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CRYPTOCURRENCIES MAKE 19 BILLIONAIRES AROUND THE WORLD

Thu 13 July 2023: There are 19 people in the globe who become billionaires through cryptocurrencies, despite the fact that the cryptocurrency market is collapsing due to regulatory crackdowns. Bitcoin is one cryptocurrency in particular that has allowed investors to generate outstanding profits. Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym for the creator of Bitcoin, is widely assumed […]

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THUMBS-UP EMOJI SENT ON TEXT MESSAGE CAN REPRESENT CONTRACT AGREEMENT, RULES CANADIAN COURT

Wed 12 July 2023: A Canadian court has ruled that the “thumbs-up” emoji is just as valid as a signature, arguing that courts need to adapt to the “new reality” of how people communicate. Judge TJ Keene of the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan ordered a farmer to pay $61,442 for an unfulfilled contract. “I agree that this […]

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WHATSAPP ROLLING OUT PHONE NUMBER PRIVACY FOR COMMUNITIES ON BETA

Tue 11 July 2023: WhatsApp, owned by Meta, is testing a new ‘phone number privacy’ feature on Android and iOS. According to WABetaInfo, beta users will notice a new option called ‘phone number privacy’ in the community announcement group info. This feature notifies users that their phone number is only visible to community administrators and […]

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TIKTOK LAUNCHES SUBSCRIPTION-BASED MUSIC SERVICE TO COMPETE WITH APPLE, SPOTIFY

Sat 08 July 2023: Chinese short-video app TikTok has launched a subscription-based music streaming service to compete with industry giants Apple and Spotify amid the escalating Twitter-Meta battle over the Threads app. First introduced in Brazil and Indonesia, “TikTok Music” is a subscription-only music streaming service. ByteDance’s current streaming service, Resso, which is also available […]

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