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AI advances fuel rise in child abuse deepfakes, UK safety watchdog warns

The UK-based safety watchdog have observed that most videos found on a dark web forum used by paedophiles are partial deepfakes

Tech wrap Jul 22: Google Play Store, Meta Quest, OPPO K12x, iOS 17.6, more

Google will not allow low-quality Android apps on the Play Store from Aug. Meta to take on Apple's Vision Pro with a premium Quest MR headset, OPPO K12x 5G set to launch in India on July 29

Soon, WhatsApp could let you sign in using username on web client: Details

The anticipated Username feature for WhatsApp will allow users to connect without exchanging contact numbers. The feature is reportedly in works and Meta has not yet confirmed its availability

OPPO K12x 5G set to launch in India on July 29: Check specs, features, more

OPPO K12x 5G is touted by the company as durable smartphone, featuring a 360-degree armour body, IP54 rating and twice-reinforced Panda Glass protection for military standard durability certification

Musk's AI fashion show: World leaders, tech titans strut the runway. WATCH

The video features Elon Musk himself, alongside Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and more

Gamma PS1 game emulator app for Apple iPhone gets more features: What's new

Gamma PS1 game emulator app for iPhones emulates retro video games from PlayStation 1. Now, it supports Multimap support for multiplayer games up to four players

Nvidia preparing variant of new flagship AI chip for Chinese market

China accounted for around 17 per cent of Nvidia's revenue in the year to end-January in the wake of US sanctions, sliding from 26 per cent two years earlier

Meta to take on Apple's Vision Pro with a premium Quest MR headset: Report

Apart from a high-end Apple Vision Pro competitor, Meta is reportedly working on the next-generation Quest headsets that would feature a standard and a premium model

Google Gemini gets a new voice on Android, but in limited capacity: Report

Google at its developer-focused event, I/O 2024, announced that Gemini will get ten new voices. One of the new voices is now available on Android, but in limited capacity

iOS 17.6: Apple could release these iPhone features ahead of iOS 18 rollout

iOS 17.6 is anticipated to be the last version update in iOS 17. It is expected to bring bug fixes and improvements apart from a new "Catch Up" feature on Apple TV app for MLS Season Pass subscribers

Samsung halts Galaxy Buds 3 Pro earbuds shipment over quality issue: Report

Reportedly, some of the early users of the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro have alleged that the silicone eartips on the earphones are fragile - get torn when trying to separate them from the Buds

Google to not allow low-quality Android apps on Play Store from Aug: Report

Google has revised its minimum quality requirements for Android apps and will not allow those that do not meet requirement on Play Store from August 31

India uniquely positioned to drive new AI innovations: Google DeepMind

Two senior executives of Google DeepMind explain the laboratory's work in the country

Algo Rhythm: 85% respondents 'somewhat familiar' with AI, shows data

As many as 67 per cent respondents expect to use the technology in two to five years

Microsoft global tech outage: When all systems in the world go down

The tech outage marks the risk of depending on a single firm's software, report Shivani Shinde & Ashutosh Mishra

Airlines operations return to normal after systems restored from IT outage

Airports across the country witnessed chaotic scenes after the online passenger booking, reservation and boarding systems turned to manual mode due to the outage

CRPF alerts Indian cyber security agencies to 'indecorous content' on X

CRPF has noticed that social media users may come across some inappropriate content while searching for CRPF keyword on social media platform X

About 8.5 mn devices got affected by CrowdStrike-related outage: Microsoft

We currently estimate that CrowdStrike's update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines, Microsoft said in a blog

Bombay HC tells social media cos to take action against deepfakes of NSE MD

Bench directed social media platforms to remove or delete content within ten hours upon receiving a complaint against such morphed videos and profiles where plaintiff's trademark is infringed

Nigeria slaps $220 mn fine on Meta over violation of data protection laws

Nigeria, which is Africa's most populous country, also has one of the world's highest number of internet users with 154 mn active subscribers in 2022, according to the country's statistics agency