Wed 01 February 2023: Google Chrome is said to be working on a new method for easily translating text within images. According to Android Police, the information came from Chrome feature researcher Leopeva64. The new image translation tool is still in development and is not yet available in Chrome Beta or Canary. At the moment, […]
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Tue 31 January 2023: WhatsApp, a messaging app is introducing longer group subjects and descriptions on Android beta. According to WABetainfo, these updates will enable users to more accurately describe groups. The group subject’s character limit has been raised from 25 to 100 to give group administrators greater leeway when naming their groups. It will […]
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Mon 30 January 2023: Twitter, a microblogging platform, is said to have removed the option for users to send a direct message to another account directly from a profile page on the Android and iOS apps. When a number of users witnessed users reporting for the same, the change was noticed. The “DM” button, which […]
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Mon 30 January 2023: Google is reportedly rolling out a new feature to enable car dealerships to add their vehicle inventory directly to search listings through Google My Business. The new update is being rolled out in the US currently. Although the feature is still in beta mode, it appears to be available to “any” US-based […]
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Sun 29 January 2023: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged the establishment of “guardrails” to prevent hate speech, extremism and misinformation. “The online world is one of the main reasons that hate speech, extreme ideologies and misinformation are disseminating so fast around the world,” said the UN chief, calling on all those involved to […]
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Sun 29 January 2023: When people think about artificial intelligence (AI), they may have visions of the future. But AI is already here. At its base, it is the recreation of aspects of human intelligence in computerised form. Like human intelligence, it has wide application. Voice-operated personal assistants like Siri, self-driving cars, and text and image generators all use AI. […]
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Sun 29 January 2023: A new AI system from Google called “MusicLM” can produce high-fidelity music in any genre from a text description. According to TechCrunch, the company is afraid of the risks and does not have any imminent plans to distribute it. Google isn’t the first to experiment with generative AI for songs; other […]
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Sat 28 January 2023: The House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on a bill to entirely block the Chinese short-video platform TikTok next month. The US intends to outlaw TikTok nationwide. Reportedly, the law will give the White House the authority to impose a ban on TikTok due to more pressing national security issues. The […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: The UK has issued a warning that the country has been the target of an extensive and ongoing information collection campaign by the hacking group Cold River, which is based in Russia. According to a warning from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the group has already targeted several institutions in […]
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Thu 26 January 2023: The two-year suspension of former US President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram is being lifted, according to the social media giant Meta. Calling the suspension an “extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances”, Meta issued a press release on its website on Wednesday saying it would allow Trump to return to […]
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