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WATCH | Ashwini Vaishnaw shows Tim Cook how rail travel is going through transformation
The minister showed Cook the image of a bridge, which is taller than Eiffel Tower, that connects to Kashmir. "This bridge is about 30 metres taller compared to the Eiffel Tower. By December, we will be running the train over the bridge," Ashwini Vaishnaw told Tim Cook.
ChatGPT-related scams on the rise, fraudulent AI chatbot apps surge
"They might collect and steal the input you provide. In other words, providing anything sensitive or confidential could put you in danger. The chatbot's responses could also be manipulated to give you incorrect answers or misleading information," according to researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.
India's smartphone market nosedives 20% in Q1 as 2023 remains challenging
Overall, the India smartphone market saw 30.6 million unit shipments in Q1 2023, a massive drop from 38.2 million in Q1 2022. The market is still witnessing uneven demand woes and channels remain vulnerable to stock build-up, according to market research firm Canalys. Samsung remained in the top spot with a 21 per cent.
Google to let users turn off video feeds from other participants in Meet
"You can now turn off the video feed from other participants during a Google Meet call. This can be helpful in situations where you want to focus your meeting view to just the presenter or hide participants with distracting video feeds," Google said in a blogpost. This feature will only have an effect on users' experiences; other participants will not be notified, and their experiences will not alter.
Twitter rival Koo lets go 30% of staff over course of the year amid global slowdown
The company told IANS in a statement that it is important for businesses of all sizes to adopt efficient and conservative approaches to see this period through. "In line with this, we have acted on some role redundancies by letting go of 30 per cent of our workforce over the course of the year and have supported them through compensation packages, extended health benefits and outplacement services," a Koo spokesperson said in a statement.
Spotify users can now share music, podcasts on BeReal
When customers capture a BeReal after connecting their accounts, the app will automatically bring in the song or podcast they are listening to on Spotify. At the bottom of their camera lens, users will see the cover art of the audio they are listening to. BeReal and Spotify users on Android and iOS in select markets (including Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and the US) can access this experience as it rolls out -- with more markets to follow.
All legacy Blue check marks to go away today, Musk says 'quite a
According to its CEO Elon Musk, it is "shaping up to be quite the day!" Twitter announced that on April 20, "we are removing legacy verified checkmarks". "To remain verified on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue. Organisations can sign up for Verified Organisations," the company said. Twitter Blue in India will cost Rs 9,400 a year (or Rs 900 a month) for individual users.
Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over 'illegally using Twitter data'
Musk reacted after Microsoft dropped Twitter from its advertising platform as it allegedly refused to pay Twitter's application programming interface (API) fees."They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time," said Musk in a tweet. His statement is likely over Microsoft-owned OpenAI allegedly using Twitter data to train the large language model for the AI chatbot called ChatGPT.
Man appears with 'Tim Apple' on his T-shirt as Cook unveils Apple Saket store
Tech journalist Tushar Kanwar (@2shar) clicked the photo of the youngster, wearing a black tee with "Tim Apple" written in white with bright colour lines beneath it, at the Select CityWalk mall here. Tim Apple" went viral when in March 2019, then US President Donald Trump addressed Cook as "Tim Apple" during a meeting.
Reddit to start charging for access to its API
Reddit's API will continue to be available for free to developers who want to create apps and bots that help people utilise Reddit, as well as researchers who want to study Reddit for solely academic or noncommercial purposes, reports TechCrunch. The New York Times first reported the news. According to Reddit's co-founder and CEO, Steve Huffman, companies that extract data from Reddit without providing any benefits to its users will now be required to pay a fee, the report mentioned.
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