Sun 07 January 2024: US-based tech firm Microsoft and artificial intelligence (AI) research company OpenAI were sued by two non-fiction book authors for copyright infringement. Authors Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage claimed in the lawsuit, filed in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, that their work has been “systematically pilfered” by Microsoft and OpenAI. The […]
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Sat 06 January 2024: Microsoft unveiled the first major change to the Windows keyboard in three decades on Thursday (Jan 4), saying that a new AI button, linked to Microsoft Copilot, will be added in laptops and other devices that will be released in the near future. The button will be known as the Copilot […]
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Wed 03 January 2024: Whether it’s Facebook’s News Feed or TikTok’s For You page, social media algorithms are constantly making behind-the-scenes decisions to boost certain content – giving rise to the “curated” feeds we’ve all become accustomed to. But does anyone actually know how these algorithms work? And, more importantly, is there a way to […]
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Tue 02 January 2024: The rampant increase of hate messages on social media is a scourge in today’s technology-infused society. Racism, homophobia, xenophobia and even personal attacks on people who have the audacity to disagree with someone else’s political opinion – these and other forms of online hate present an ugly side of humanity. The derision on social media […]
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Tue 02 January 2024: On Tuesday, the price of Bitcoin surpassed $45,000 for the first time since April 2022. The rise sparked hopes that the United States could launch a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) this year, allowing investors to buy products that match the price of bitcoin without the need for cryptocurrency. According to […]
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Sun 31 December 2023: Google Maps has introduced a new eco-friendly routing feature to help save more fuel. The new feature is currently available in the selected countries and is expected to launch in India soon (unspecified timeline). The new feature will help the users to use an alternative eco-friendly route, helping them to lower […]
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Sat 30 December 2023: Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, put a scheduled trial in the proposed class action, which was due to begin in February, on […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: The Asteroid 2020 KT4 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. These are Near-Earth Asteroids. The asteroid has come in Earth’s vicinity right in the holiday season. The asteroid is the size of a big aircraft, it is about 250 feet wide. It is hurtling through space at a huge speed […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: Sadly, a 12-year old child in British Columbia died by suicide following a case of online sextortion. The child’s grieving parents are passionately urging families to talk to their children about the dangers of online predators in the hopes that other children can be safeguarded against online risks. Sexual extortion, or “sextortion,” […]
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Fri 29 December 2023: The attempt by Elon Musk’s X to overturn a California law requiring social media companies to disclose to the public the methods they use for content moderation on their platforms has failed. In September, X filed a lawsuit against the state of California, claiming that the new legislation violates upon the […]
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