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US bill to force Big Tech to pay news publishers for using their content
San Francisco : The local newspaper industry in the US is backing the proposed Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to force Big Tech to pay publishers for aggregating their news stories online.The legislation aims to provide news…
WhatsApp rolls out admin delete feature on iOS beta
San Francisco : After announcing the ability to retrieve deleted messages on its latest beta for iOS update, Meta-owned WhatsApp is now releasing a feature that lets group admins delete any message in the group.The feature has only been…
Google tracks highest private data among Big Tech firms : Report
San Francisco : Tech giant Google collects the most data among all the Big Tech companies, including Twitter, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook, said a report published on Monday.According to an analysis by StockApps.com, out of the five major…
Google AI flags parents’ accounts for potential abuse over kid’s nude photos
San Francisco : Tech giant Google's artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly flagged parents' accounts for potential abuse over nude photos of their sick kids.The father said that after using his Android smartphone to take photos of an…
Twitter to cut annual bonuses for employees to 50% amid downturn
San Francisco : Parag Agrawal-led Twitter has warned employees that they are set to get only half of their annual bonuses, as the economic meltdown gets deeper.Twitter's chief financial officer Ned Segal told employees that global market…
US regulators turn up the heat on Tesla over its Autopilot, FSD tools
San Francisco : Elon Musk-run Tesla has come under heavy scrutiny on the controversial Autopilot advanced driver assistance system that has allegedly killed many, with both federal and state regulators turning up the heat on electric…
Netflix’s ad-supported plan likely to block offline viewing
San Francisco : Popular video streaming platform Netflix's upcoming ad-supported tier is unlikely to make the platform's offline viewing feature available to members on this low-end tier of the service.
According to TechCrunch, this…
Elon Musk’s tweet sparks debate about parenting
San Francisco : Tech billionaire Elon Musk's tweet on parenting has sparked a new debate among his followers and fans.On Twitter, Musk wrote about the importance of being a mother.
"Being a Mom is just as important as any career," Musk…
Meta to ban political ads in final week for US midterm elections
San Francisco : Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced to disable new political, electoral and social issue ads a week before the voting in US midterm elections in November.Ads that have previously run before the restriction period will be…
Google adds AI language skills to Alphabet’s helper robots
San Francisco : Google's parent company Alphabet is bringing together two of its most ambitious research projects robotics and AI language understanding to make a "helper robot" that can understand natural language commands.
According to…