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Centre blocks 8 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation
New Delhi : The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has blocked eight YouTube channels, seven Indian and one Pakistan based, for spreading disinformation related to the country's national security, foreign relations and public…
Will further invest in India to boost local innovation: Google Play
New Delhi : Google Play on Thursday said that the company will continue to invest in India on solving for local opportunities and challenges, as it celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Indian apps and games saw a 200 per cent increase in…
Google Cloud to disband IoT Core Service from Aug 2023
New Delhi : Google Cloud has announced to shut down its core internet of things (IoT) services, and the customers have time till August next year to move to an alternative service.Google Cloud rivals Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft…
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…
WhatsApp now has native standalone app on Windows
San Francisco : Meta-owned WhatsApp's new app on Windows no longer requires users to link their phones to send, receive, and sync messages.According to The Verge, an update on WhatsApp's site revealed the refreshed Windows app is out of…
Snapchat+ users can now get noticed by celebrities
San Francisco : Snap has announced that its premium service Snapchat+ has reached 1 million subscribers and the platform has begun rolling out new features to allow users to customise their experience.
The company said that as part of…
Google fined $40 mn for misleading users on Android location tracking
Sydney : The Federal Court in Australia on Friday ordered Google to pay over $40 million in penalties for making misleading representations to consumers about the collection and use of their personal location data on Android phones.…
Google expands AI-based content advisories to more searches
New Delhi : Google has announced to expand content advisories to searches where its AI systems don't have high confidence in the overall quality of the results available for the search.
Pandu Nayak, Google Fellow and Vice President,…
Facebook sees massive drop in teen usage in last 7 years
New Delhi : A new survey of American teenagers (ages 13 to 17) by the Pew Research Center has revealed a worrying trend for Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook as the share of teens who use the social media platform has plummeted from 71 per cent…