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Kamala Harris to meet Google, Microsoft, OpenAI CEOs to discuss AI risks

US Vice President Kamala Harris was set to meet CEOs of Google, Microsoft and OpenAI to discuss how to make artificial intelligence (AI) responsible and mitigate its potential risks

Google starts rolling out support for passkeys to sign in to apps, websites

Google on Wednesday announced it has started rolling out support for passkeys across Google accounts on all major platforms, marking the beginning of the end of the password

Alakh Pandey is scaling up tech to solve education in rural India

Pandey's edtech firm PhysicsWallah is on a mission to reach every corner of the country and connect with over 250 million students by 2025

Reddit's new feature to allow users to share its content on other platforms

Social discussion forum Reddit has rolled out new features to make it easier for Redditors and publishers to share content on and off Reddit for both iOS and Android users

50% of firms fell victim to ransomware attacks in 2022, shows report

The survey was conducted among 569 cybersecurity leaders from 31 different locations around the world, including the US, UK, France, India, and Japan, among others

Healthy internet use may help protect against dementia, reveals study

Scientists have found that regular internet use can reduce the dementia risk and healthy online engagement may help develop and maintain cognitive functions

LinkedIn testing new tool that can write AI powered messages to hiring team

Professional social networking platform LinkedIn has said that it is testing a new AI-powered personalised writing suggestions feature for job hunters

Musk tells Sachin Agarwal why Twitter's 'For You' algorithm is working fine

As Indian-origin entrepreneur Sachin Agarwal, Co-founder of non-profit organisation GrowSF, posted that he finds the "For You" timeline to be more valuable than the "Following" timeline

Reliance launched first VR headset, JioDive: Check price, features & more

Reliance Jio launches its first JioDive VR headset called JioDive at an affordable price of Rs. 1299 to watch TATA IPL in a 360-degree view on a virtual hundred-inch screen

Firefox developer Mozilla acquires fake review detection startup 'Fakespot'

Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox Internet browser, has acquired Fakespot -- a startup that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews via a website and a browser extension

Apple set to launch 15-inch MacBook Air at WWDC 2023 event on June 5

Apple might launch the 15-inch MacBook Air at Worldwide Developer Conference on June 5. Along with MacBook Air, apple might launch several other products and software at the event

Microsoft introduces Xbox Game Pass' new friend referral programme

Microsoft has introduced the Xbox Game Pass's new Friend Referral programme, which will let Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members give up to five friends a free 14-day PC Game Pass trial

Chrome becomes world's most popular desktop browser, Safari ranks 2nd

Google Chrome has gained the top spot in the world's most popular desktop browser, while Apple's Safari browser ranked second

Meta to let users customise reels content feed to show relevant content

Meta has introduced new personalisation controls for Facebook reels, which will let users customise what they want to see more or less of, so the videos they see are more relevant to them

Godfather of artificial intelligence quits Google to speak about AI's risk

The godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, quits Google to speak more often about the profound risks of AI to society and Humanity

Twitter lets emergency, transportation services to access API for free

Twitter backtracked on its decision to put its application programming interface (API) behind a paywall, and will allow emergency and transportation service providers to access its APIs for free

Pine Labs partners ICICI Bank to enable Digital Rupee on PoS terminals

Digital Rupee opens up exciting opportunities and if implemented correctly, it can accelerate the migration from paper-based currency to digital, said Pine Labs CEO B Amrish Rau

Apple, Google partner to combat creepy tracking tactics through Bluetooth

"Bluetooth trackers have created tremendous user benefits, but they also bring the potential of unwanted tracking, which requires industrywide action to solve"

Apple, Google launch initiative to curb unwanted location-tracking

The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible with unauthorised tracking detection and alerts across iOS and Android platforms

New artificial Intelligence tool to turn human brain activity into text

US scientists have developed a new AI that can translate a person's brain activity -- while listening to a story or silently imagining telling a story -- into a continuous stream of text