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Tinder to alert users before they send offensive messages
"AYS?", a first-of-its-kind feature in the dating space, has already reduced inappropriate language in messages sent by more than 10 per cent in early testing, the company said in a statement on Thursday. It uses AI to detect harmful language and proactively intervenes to warn the sender their message may be offensive, asking them to pause before hitting send.
'Kite camera' developed by IIIT-Hyderabad researchers
The researchers from the Process, Architecture, and Technology Research in IoT designed a lightweight system that can be affixed to any ordinary kite for capturing images. Unlike the present-day KAP structures that necessitate tethering a camera to a sturdy, specially tailored kite via a rig, the system called KiteCam is a kite with a sleek camera module attached to its spine.
Infinix HOT 10S launched in India in two storage variants
The 4GB+64GB variant is priced at Rs 9,999, while the 6GB+64GB variant at Rs 10,999 and the smartphone offers four colour options. The refreshing new HOT 10S is a no-compromise smartphone for the new-age multi-tasking users and pro-level gamers, the company said in a statement.
Twitter restarts blue badge verification with 6 categories
The six categories are -- government; companies, brands and organisations; news organisations and journalists; entertainment; sports and gaming; and activists, organisers and other influential individuals.
Upcoming brand by realme to be unveiled on May 25
The brand, through its Twitter handle @realmeTechLife, talked about the origin of this new brand saying that it started with a DREAM, which led to a DISCOVERY of new DESIGN and DEVELOPMENT, to produce something DIFFERENT.
Facebook purges over 18M pieces of fake, harmful Covid content
The social network removed these many pieces of content from the the start of the pandemic to April this year. "We're also working to increase vaccine acceptance and combat vaccine misinformation," the company said in its Community Standards Enforcement Report Q1'.
TECNO announces 60-day warranty extension policy for its smartphones
"The welfare and safety of our consumers are of utmost priority," the company said in a statement. TECNO India has implemented a two-month warranty extension policy, which is valid for all TECNO smartphones whose warranty expires during the period between April 15 to June 15, will be automatically extended for 2 months.
Sony expands E-mount lens lineup in India
Priced at Rs 162,990, the company said that it allows users to capture the world with new perspectives, especially when shooting landscapes, architecture, starry skies and interiors. "The latest Sony lens from the G Master series, the FE 14mm F1.8 GM, offers extraordinary resolution, fast and quiet autofocus and is remarkably compact," Mukesh Srivastava, Digital Imaging Head at Sony India, said in a statement.
Amazon.in suffers brief outage for several users in India, up now
Downdetector, a website that monitors app outages, showed a massive spike in problems on amazon.in that started around 10 am and continued till about 12 noon. It mentioned that the most problems faced by the Indians during the outage were logging into the website and checking out.
Apple announces powerful software updates for the disabled
To begin with, customers visiting Apple Store locations in the US, the UK and France can use SignTime to remotely access a sign language interpreter right in their web browsers. Later this year, people with limb differences will be able to navigate Apple Watch using AssistiveTouch.
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