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Meta to let players make their own levels in VR game
Sandbox mode will launch on December 14 within the VR battle royale game. From its Meta Quest Gaming account, the company tweeted on Saturday, "Sandbox is a user-generated game creator." Players can "explore, create, and play a variety of games with friends in VR".
Elon Musk pauses OpenAI access to Twitter database
Elon Musk tweeted: "As I just learned that OpenAI had access to Twitter database for training. I put that on pause for now." "Need to understand more about governance structure & revenue plans going forward," he added. He also said that OpenAI "was started as open-source and non-profit. Neither are still true".
Samsung, LG phones at risk of malware attacks
An Android certificate was reportedly posted online, putting millions of devices at danger of malware attacks, reports Gizmochina. Users of Samsung and LG devices as well as all smartphones with MediaTek chipsets are at risk of being attacked by this malware. The leaked certificate could be used by malicious parties to install malware on users' smartphones.
Musk 'Twitter Files' implicates Indian-origin lawyer Vijaya Gadde
Gadde, who took an unceremonious exit from Twitter along with former CEO Parag Agrawal, had taken the crucial call to ban former US President Donald Trump and stop political advertising on the platform. Working with Twitter since 2011, she was a key executive responsible for overseeing the microblogging platform's trust and safety, legal and public policy functions.
Twitter serving 90 bn tweet impressions per day: Musk
"Twitter is now serving almost 90 billion tweet impressions per day! Just how incredibly alive the system actually is will become obvious as we show view count on all tweets," he tweeted. Last month, Musk tweeted in which he said that Twitter may exceed one billion monthly users in the next 12 to 18 months. He tweeted: "I think I see a path to Twitter exceeding a billion monthly users in 12 to 18 months."
TikTok, Bumble join initiative to prevent sharing of non-consensual images
The social media platforms partnered with StopNCII.org (Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse), which hosts a tool developed in partnership with Meta. TikTok, Bumble, Facebook and Instagram will detect and block any images that are included in StopNCII.org's bank of hashes, reports Engadget.
Google tests end-to-end encrypted group chats in Messaging app
With this feature, one-on-one texts sent using Messages by Google will be encrypted so they are private and secure and can only be seen by the sender and recipient, according to the blogpost. "RCS doesn't only make texting more secure -- it makes the experience better, too," Google said in a blogpost. "SMS texting lacks a lot of what smartphones are capable of doing.
Google shuts AI-driven service 'Duplex on the Web'
According to a note on a Google support page, Duplex on the Web is "deprecated" and will no longer be supported as of this month. "Any automation features enabled by Duplex on the Web will no longer be supported after this date," said the update.
Musk reveals how Twitter suppressed Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020
Musk tweeted a link to the account of independent journalist and author Matt Taibbi, who posted a series of tweets revealing the Twitter Files. "On October 14, 2020, the New York Post published 'BIDEN SECRET EMAILS', an expose based on the contents of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop," Taibbi posted late on Friday.
Apple allows iPhone users to share digital car keys to non-iPhone users
With iOS 16.2 software, users will be able to share digital car keys with non-iPhone users. According to TechCrunch, the company said that this capability will extend to other devices with Android 12+ in the future. The company added that it has been working with the Internet Engineering Task Force and other industry players to establish a standard for sharing digital keys across platforms.
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