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- Technology
66 per cent of malware delivered via PDF in malicious emails: Report
New Delhi: PDFs are the primary malicious email attachment type being used over 66 per cent of the time to deliver malware via email in 2022, a new report said on Wednesday.…
- Technology
Meta Verified badge arrives to India, starts from Rs 699
New Delhi: Meta on Wednesday brought its verified subscription bundle on Instagram and Facebook to India that includes a verified badge that authenticates accounts with government ID, proactive account protection and access…
- Technology
50 per cent chance that AI will wipe out humanity: American physicist
New York: There is a 50 per chance that artificial intelligence (AI) will wipe out humanity, according to Max Tegmark, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Tegmark said that…
- Technology
Social media trust or distrust buttons may help curb spread of fake news
London: The addition of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ buttons on social media, alongside standard ‘like’ buttons, could help to reduce the spread of misinformation, finds a new experimental study. Incentivising accuracy cut in…
- Technology
Instagram users react as story icon size unexpectedly enlarges
New Delhi: A number of Instagram users are reporting that the icon for their Stories feature has suddenly gotten much bigger. Several users have taken to social media to express their displeasure…
- Technology
Apple introduces Apple Vision Pro, the future of AR headsets
Apple unveils Apple Vision Pro, an augmented reality (AR) headset that seamlessly blends the real and digital worlds, according to The Verge. CEO Tim Cook describes it as the first Apple product…
- Technology
Apple unveils M2 Ultra: SoC with 192GB memory capacity
Cupertino: Taking its silicon chip business to a new level, Apple on Monday announced M2 Ultra, a new system on a chip (SoC) that supports up to a breakthrough 192GB of memory…
- Technology
Google removes malicious Chrome extensions from Web Store
San Francisco: Google has removed 32 malicious extensions from the Chrome Web Store, totalling 75 million downloads, that could alter search results and push spam or unwanted ads. According to BleepingComputer, the…
- World
AI-controlled drone kills its human operator in simulated test in US
San Francisco: An artificial intelligence (AI) controlled attack drone turned against its human operator in the US during a flight simulation in an attempt to kill them because it did not like…
- Bangalore
Foxconn to produce iPhones at Karnataka plant from next April
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Minister for Large and Medium Industries, M.B. Patil, said on Thursday that Apple Inc supplier Foxconn has plans to start manufacturing iPhone units at its proposed plant in Devanahalli by…
- Technology
OpenAI’s ChatGPT nears record 1 bn monthly users: Report
New Delhi: OpenAI, the creator of AI-powered conversational chatbot ChatGPT, is rapidly nearing one billion unique visitors per month on its website, making it the fastest-growing website among the top 50 most…
- World
US dental insurance giant hit by ransomware attack, data of 9 mn patients lost
San Francisco: The personal information of nearly nine million people in the US has been compromised in an apparent ransomware attack on one of the country’s largest dental health insurers. US-based dental…
- Automobile
Toyota discloses data leak affecting 2.6 lakh car owners
New Delhi: Japanese automotive giant Toyota has admitted another incident in which data of around 260,000 car owners was exposed to the internet for a decade. Last month, the company issued an…
- Technology
83 per cent Indian workers embrace AI assistance despite concerns
New Delhi: As artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to take away certain jobs, 83 per cent of Indian employees are willing to delegate as much work as possible to AI to lessen their…
- Technology
Snapchat’s new AR filter to let users paint their nails
San Francisco: Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has unveiled a new AR filter which will allow users to virtually paint their nails. The company has launched the new AR nail segmentation…
