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Amazon shuts down health-focused Halo division, lays off employees
The company said in a blog post late on Wednesday that beginning on August 1, Amazon Halo devices, and the Amazon Halo app, will no longer function. We recently made the very difficult decision to stop supporting Amazon Halo effective July 31, 2023. We notified impacted employees in the US and Canada today.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala portfolio's top holding is in Titan
The next most-valued holding is in Star Health to the tune of Rs 6,050 crore, followed by Metro Brands at Rs 3,326 crore and Tata Motors at Rs 2,475 crore. The other top holdings in the top 10 include Canara Bank, Indian Hotels, Federal Bank, NCC, and Fortis Healthcare.
UK blocks Microsoft's $68.7 bn Activision acquisition, tech giant to appeal
The final decision to prevent the deal comes after Microsoft's proposed solution failed to effectively address the concerns in the cloud gaming sector, outlined in the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) provisional findings published in February. Microsoft entered into a $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision, one of the most popular video games publishers in the world, in January 2022.
vivo launches new smartphone series 'X90' in India
The X90 Pro with a 12GB+256GB variant will cost Rs 84,999, while the X90 will cost Rs 59,999 (8GB+256GB) and Rs 63,999 (12GB+256GB) and will be available for purchase from online and offline stores starting May 5, according to the company. The X90 Pro comes in Legendary Black colour, whereas the X90 comes in Breeze.
Sundar Pichai bets big on infusing AI in Google Search engine
Pichai said the company will unlock "entirely new experiences in Search and beyond" just as camera, voice and translation technologies have all opened entirely new categories of queries and exploration. "For years, we've been focused on making Search even more helpful, from Google Lens to multi-Search to visual exploration in Search, immersive view in Maps, Google Translate, to all the language models powering Search today,.
OpenAI to let users turn-off chat history in ChatGPT
OpenAI said, it will not save users' earlier conversations when the chat history option is disabled and will not use those conversations to train and improve its models. "We've introduced the ability to turn off chat history in ChatGPT. Conversations that are started when chat history is disabled won't be used to train and improve our models, and won't appear in the history sidebar," OpenAI said in a blogpost on Tuesday.
Users can now use their WhatsApp account on multiple phones
Users can now link their phone as one of up to four additional devices. This update has started rolling out to users globally and will be available to everyone in the coming weeks, the company said. "A feature highly requested by users, now you can link your phone as one of up to four additional devices, the same as when you link with WhatsApp on web browsers, tablets and desktops. Each linked phone connects to WhatsApp independently, ensuring that your personal messages, media.
Apple working on AI-powered health coaching service, says report
Code named Quartz', several teams at Apple are working on the project, including the company's health, Siri and AI teams, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The paid service is planned for next year but "could be postponed or shelved altogether" if does not work out.
YouTube's revenue falls as ads slow down for 3rd quarter in a row
YouTube logged $6.69 billion in advertising revenue for the quarter that ended March 31, compared to $6.87 billion during the same period last year. The company, however, is seeing growth in Shorts as watch time and monetisation is "progressing nicely". People are engaging and converting on ads across Shorts.
Twitter begins showing labels on tweets that violate its rules
The micro-blogging platform said last week that it will apply labels to malicious tweets violating its policies. "Censorship. Shadowbanning. Freedom of speech, not reach. Our new labels are now live," said Twitter. The platform had earlier said that it was adding more transparency to the enforcement actions it takes on Tweets.
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