Mon 21 April 2025: China is banning automakers from using the terms “smart driving” and “autonomous driving” when they advertise driving assistance features, and it will tighten scrutiny of such technology upgrades. The mandate on vehicle advertising was delivered by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in its meeting with nearly 60 representatives from […]
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Sat 19 April 2025: China on Saturday held the world’s first humanoid robot race alongside human participants. Chinese-made Tien Kung Ultra came in first in the half-marathon with nearly 2 hours and 40 minutes time. The robot completed the 21-kilometer course without showing any visible signs of fatigue, state-run Global Times reported. Nearly 20 robotic […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: US-based Meta – the tech company behind Facebook and Instagram, among others – announced Tuesday that users under the age of 16 will no longer will be able to use the livestream feature without parental permission. Under updates to the Teen Accounts feature on Instagram, users younger than 16 will also […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China’s DeepSeek from buying U.S. technology and is debating barring Americans’ access to its services, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The launch of China’s low-cost AI model, DeepSeek, has rattled the AI ecosystem. The U.S. government has since taken steps to crack down on […]
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Wed 16 April 2025: A new study in the United States has revealed that an AI chatbot passed a critical test suggesting it may possess human-like intelligence. Conducted by two researchers from the University of California, San Diego, the study—yet to be peer-reviewed—tested four large language models (LLMs) using the Turing Test. As a result, OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 model […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: A majority of schools across England have banned mobile phone use during school hours, according to the first national survey of its kind, as concerns grow over the negative effects of smartphones on young people’s wellbeing. The survey, commissioned by the Children’s Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza, showed that 99.8% […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: Japan’s competition watchdog on Tuesday told Google to stop “unfairly pressuring” smartphone makers to preinstall its widely used search app, Kyodo News reported. The Japan Fair Trade Commission concluded that Google, which dominated the online search market, violated the antitrust law and severely undermined competition. This marked the first such order […]
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Tue 15 April 2025: Electric vehicle (EV) sales globally increased by 29% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 to 4.1 million, according to a report by market research firm Rho Motion on Tuesday. In this period, 2.4 million sales were recorded in China, 900,000 in Europe, 500,000 in North America and 300,000 in other […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: WhatsApp is working on a feature enabling users to handle multiple accounts within the same app, eliminating the need for separate devices or WhatsApp Business. Per WABetaInfo, the iOS WhatsApp beta version 25.9.10.70, accessible via TestFlight, indicates this multi-account functionality will roll out in a future update. __________________________________________________________________________ https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22 __________________________________________________________________________ Meta’s […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: A new legal document submitted in a United States court has revealed that at least 100 individuals in India were targeted by the Pegasus spyware during a WhatsApp hacking operation in 2019. This figure places India as the second-most affected country globally, as per a report by Medianama published on Thursday. […]
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