Technology
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Twitter Spaces team down to ‘roughly 3’ employees from 100
San Francisco: Twitter Spaces team, which once had as many as 100 employees, is down to “roughly three” people, a report has revealed, as the technical “fiasco” during Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’…
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Adani Group’s Thiruvananthapuram airport goes hi-tech with six e-gates
Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram international airport, ever since it was taken over by Adani Group, has been undergoing rampant changes – the latest being six e-gates with QR code scanners installed in the…
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ChatGPT app crosses over 500K downloads in just 6 days after launch
San Francisco: Microsoft-owned OpenAI, which recently launched the ChatGPT app for iOS, has surpassed over half a million downloads in its first six days since its launch, according to a new analysis…
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Meta to allow for ads in ‘Instagram search results’ via its Marketing API
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has announced that it now allows for advertisements in search results via its Marketing API (Application Programming Interface). With this new addition, users will be able to update…
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Lenovo launches new Android tablet ‘Tab M9’ in India
New Delhi: Global technology brand Lenovo on Friday launched its latest Android tablet — ‘Tab M9’, powered with MediaTek Helio G80 Octa-Core processor in India. The Lenovo Tab M9 will be available…
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Alibaba pledges to hire 15K people this year amid job cut reports
Beijing: Chinese tech conglomerate Alibaba Group on Friday denied speculations of mass layoffs, saying it is committed to hire 15,000 new employees this year, the media reported. Earlier reports claimed that Alibaba…
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YouTube to shut ‘Stories’ feature next month
San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has announced that it will be shutting down ‘YouTube Stories’ on June 26 as the company aims to focus on other essential areas, like Shorts, Community posts, live…
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Hyundai Motor, LG Energy Solution to invest $4.3 bn in US battery plant
Seoul: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said on Friday they will invest 5.7 trillion won ($4.3 billion) in a battery cell plant in the United States, with an…
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CSIR-CIMAP study lowers nicotine content in Tobacco plant
Lucknow: The CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has successfully lowered nicotine content in the Petit Havana Tobacco plant variety by using a genome editing tool and reduced 60-70 percent…
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Virgin Galactic aces final test flight before commercial service in June
San Francisco: Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic had successfully completed its final test flight to suborbital space ahead of its commercial service in June. Unity 25 marks the company’s fifth spaceflight and the…
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ChatGPT app for iOS now available in India
New Delhi: OpenAI’s ChatGPT app is now available for iOS users in India as the Microsoft-owned company has expanded the availability of the app to more countries. The list of new countries…
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WhatsApp may soon let users set up usernames
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature called — “WhatsApp usernames”, which will let users choose unique usernames for their accounts. With this feature, users will be able…
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Tesla whistleblower leaks 100GB data about customers’ Full Self-Driving complaints
San Francisco: Challenging Elon Musk’s full self-driving claims, a Tesla whistleblower has reportedly leaked 100GB of data to a German media outlet that contains thousands of customer complaints about the automaker’s Full…
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Google opens up access to generative AI capabilities in Search
New Delhi: Google has started to open up access to new generative AI capabilities in Search as part of early experiments as announced during the company’s event two weeks ago. The company…
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OpenAI offers 10 grants worth $100K each to democratise AI
New Delhi: Microsoft-backed ChatGPT developer OpenAI has introduced 10 grants worth $100,000 each for building prototypes of “a democratic process for steering” artificial general intelligence (AGI). The company said that its goal…
