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77% of young Indians now spend the most on phones, apparels
Among the rest, 26 per cent seek financial help from friends and family and 7 per cent rely on loans for such purchases, according to data shared by Moj, the country's largest short-video platform. The report found that over 77 per cent of young India spends most of their time watching short videos, followed by 16 per cent on news and entertainment channels and 7 per cent on television and OTT.
Healthtech firm CoverMyMeds to lay off over 800 workers
The company also said to shut its Scottsdale office in the US, which houses CoverMyMeds' patient support centre, reports The Columbus Dispatch. "We're saddened to share that today we will eliminate about 815 CoverMyMeds roles, with the majority of those team members leaving the business between now and April 14," Kevin Kettler, president of CoverMyMeds, was quoted as saying.
Elon Musk calls struggling San Francisco a city of 'Walking Dead'
Musk commented after American business columnist and author Ashlee Vance said that what the city has become is "unconscionable." "Had a 20-minute walk down Market Street with a friend who remarked, 'I've never seen anything like this,' as his head was on a swivel the entire time. I love SF. What the city has become is unconscionable," Vance posted in a tweet.
OpenAI disables ChatGPT for users in Italy
"We regret to inform you that we have disabled ChatGPT for users in Italy at the request of the Italian Garante," OpenAI said in a letter. In the order, the Italian regulator Garante said it's concerned that the ChatGPT maker is breaching the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), claiming that OpenAI has unlawfully processed the data of Italian citizens.
Twitter may give $1,000 checkmark free to 10K most-followed firms
The top 500 advertisers on the microblogging platform will also allegedly not have to pay $1000 a month for the privilege of retaining their verified status and checkmarks, reports The Verge. The decision comes as Twitter prepares to make significant changes to how verification functions on the platform.
WhatsApp bans record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in February
Between February 1 and February 28, "4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,298,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users", WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report. The most popular messaging platform, which has nearly 500 million users in the country, received another record 2,804 complaint reports in February in the country, and the records "actioned" were 504.
Twitter bans record over 6.8 lakh accounts in India amid major overhaul
The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under Musk, also took down 1,548 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received just 73 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms.
Google rolling out new indicator in Maps
With the new indicator, when the users manually put a pin in the map by tapping a location or when they find a place through Maps search, they can now explore around without losing their pin, reports AndroidPolice. If the users pan or rotate the map, an indicator will continue to point in the initial direction as the pin's original placement after the pin left the screen.
Samsung developing MacBook OLED panels: Report
LG is producing 11-inch and 13-inch OLED screens for Apple's upcoming iPads, but it does not have the capacity to create large displays for other devices, reports SamMobile. So, Samsung Display has jumped on the chance and has started developing 13.3-inch OLED panels for the MacBook Air.
WhatsApp working on new 'Lock chat' feature for Android beta
This new feature will improve the users' privacy as it will help users to lock their most private chats within the chat's contact or group info, reports WABetaInfo. When a chat is locked, it can only be accessed using the user's fingerprint or passcode, making it almost impossible for anyone else to open the chat.
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