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Snapchat reaches more than 200 mn monthly active users in India: Report

The visual messaging app has over 750 million monthly active users globally comprising 90 per cent of users in the age bracket of 18-24 years

PC market dips by 30% to 2.9 mn units in Jan-Mar quater, HP leads

Shipments of personal computers in declined by about 30% on-year in January-March 2023 quarter to 29.92 lk units due to slowing of demand in both consumer and commercial segment, IDC said

Microsoft-backed group aims to bridge language gap with AI assistant

The Jugalbandi bot, named after a duet where two musicians riff off each other, uses language models from government-backed AI4Bharat and artificial intelligence tech through Microsoft's Azure OpenAI

Blackstone bets on Indian data binge, in talks with Microsoft, Amazon

Covid-19 created a shift in data consumption habits with more people working remotely and a spike in the use of social media, streaming platforms and e-commerce.

Microsoft's Bing chatbot updated with chat history: Details on all upgrades

Microsoft had announced the upgrades to its generative AI chatbot earlier this month and has now confirmed that they are rolling out new upgrades such as chat history, charts and visualisations, etc

70% parents believe image editing apps, filters affecting kid's body image

Parents must focus on overall health, not weight; model positive body image and recognise your child's positive traits or qualities that don't have to do with their appearance

Digital India Act's draft to be open for discussion by June 7: IT Minister

The government aims to achieve the goal of a digital economy to cross $1 trillion by 2025-26

Motorola Edge 40 with 144Hz curved screen, IP68, wireless charging launched

The Motorola Edge 40 is a 5G smartphone powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8020 system-on-chip. It will be available on Flipkart, Motorola online store, and select retail stores from May 30

Google Pay allows UPI payments using RuPay credit cards; check details here

This feature is now available to RuPay credit card holders of Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, HDFC Bank, Indian Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab National Bank, and Union Bank of India

Now, you can edit sent messages on WhatsApp: How it works and other details

WhatsApp rivals like Telegram and Signal already have the 'edit' feature. On the other hand, Twitter rolled out this feature for select users last year

Time to start thinking about governance of superintelligence: OpenAI CEO

OpenAI CEO Altman has said that now is a good time to start thinking about governance of superintelligence -- future AI systems dramatically more capable than even artificial generative intelligence

Fake AI image of Pentagon explosion puts paid Twitter Blue in question

Several media outlets and millions of Twitter users took the fake verified Twitter account 'Bloomberg Feed' for a real Bloomberg-affiliated account, as it had a blue check

WhatsApp users can now edit sent messages within a 15-minute window

The users can change their message by long-press on a sent message and choose 'Edit' from the menu for up to fifteen minutes after sending it

Getting AI right requires policy framework ensuring accountability: Google

Artificial Intelligence will be "critical" to future scientific and economic growth, a blog post by tech titan Google has said

WhatsApp's new feature lets users edit messages with 15-minute time limit

Edited messages will display 'edited' alongside them, so those you're messaging are aware of the correction without showing edit history, said WhatsApp

Lost your mobile phone? C-DoT's Sanchar Saathi portal will help block it

C-DoT has launched a service that will help you block your stolen or lost mobile phone device. Once blocked it will not work on any mobile network in India

Outsourced manufactured smartwatch shipments up 15% on-year globally

Outsourced manufactured smartwatch shipments increased 15 per cent (on-year) and accounted for 69 per cent of overall global shipments in the second half of 2022, a report mentioned

Mumbai emerges as third-biggest data centre market in Asia-Pacific: Report

Mumbai was ranked third on the list in terms of the total capacity of data centre services, according to the Q1 2023 report. The live capacity (operational capacity) stood at 270 MW

Twitter bug restoring deleted tweets, retweets for hundreds of users

A bug in Twitter is apparently restoring deleted tweets and retweets for hundreds of users who have no clue about it and the micro-blogging platform was yet to admit the issue and issue a fix

Over 51 mn VR headsets shipped in 5 yrs, revenue to hit $9.1 bn in 2023

More than 51 million virtual reality (VR) headsets have been shipped worldwide in the past five years, a new report showed on Monday, as Big Tech firms bets big on Metaverse and AR-VR technologies