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Twitter to soon start paying creators for ads served in their replies

"The creator must be verified and only ads served to verified users count," Musk tweeted

Weekend Bites: Battle for post-iPhone world, and urban cowboys ride again

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

Now, an AI-based app to track elephants and alert villagers in Chhattisgarh

The system works in two parts. Firstly, Hathi Mitra Dal members use ODK (open data kit) app to feed the location of elephants, name of herd, behavior, and other attributes

Zuckerberg plans to integrate AI into 'into every single' Meta platform

With the soaring success of ChatGPT and other AI platforms, Meta is also planning to enter the domain

Tech titans Zuckerberg, Musk cast a critical eye on Apple's Vision Pro

While Zuckerberg says Vision Pro did not provide any 'magical solution', Musk puts out a meme on the device's pricing

Third-party app Apollo shutting down due to Reddit's new API pricing

Reddit's recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue, said developer Christian Selig

Music-streaming platform Spotify testing new feature 'Your Offline Mix'

Music streaming platform Spotify is officially testing a new feature called -- 'Your Offline Mix', a playlist designed for users when they might not be online and still wants to listen

Apple iOS 17: New tools and features coming to iPhones later this year

At the WWDC23, Apple announced the iOS 17 in developers preview with a broad roll out planned for later this year. Here are some of the tools, features coming to the iPhones with the platform update

Google to end 'Drive for desktop' support on Windows 8, 8.1 in August

Google announced that it will end support for "Drive for desktop" on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and all 32-bit versions of Windows, in August

What does Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg think of Apple and its new Vision Pro?

In a meeting at the company's Menlo Park office, Zuckerberg said that Meta's upcoming Quest 3 headset will be priced at a much lower $499 as compared to Apple Vision Pro's $3,499

44% of small biz in US, Canada to hire fewer people owing to AI: Report

The report suggested that two out of three business owners said that they will try generative AI for work within a year, indicating that most small business owners will be using it

Sam Altman: The man behind the AI sensation across the globe, ChatGPT

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman says that artificial intelligence might kill jobs but it is not a permanent job killer

Adobe rolls out Firefly generative image creator to enterprises globally

Announced in the Adobe Summit, Firefly for Enterprise lets every employee in an organisation to generate images from a text-based description

Mark Zuckerberg announces WhatsApp Channels: What is it, how does it work

WhatsApp Channels will first be available in Colombia and Singapore. It will gradually be available in more countries, including India, over the coming months

Google launches 4 generative artificial intelligence consulting offerings

Google on Thursday launched four new generative AI consulting offerings designed to help customers activate their AI deployments

Jio launched JioTag Bluetooth tracker in India, available at Rs 749

Reliance launched the Bluetooth tracker JioTag as an alternative to Apple's AirTag in India. The JioTag is priced at Rs 2199, but it is currently available at Rs 749.

OpenAI not training GPT-5 for now, will take a lot of time: Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the creator of AI chatbot ChatGPT, has said that the company is not presently training GPT5 -- the successor to GPT4

Windows games on Macs: Know everything about Apple's Game Porting Toolkit

The Game Porting Toolkit will be available with macOS Sonoma. It is currently available only on Apple developers account

Realme 11 Pro series smartphones launch at 12pm: Livestream, expected specs

The Realme 11 Pro series is likely to come in two variants - the Realme 11 Pro and the Realme 11 Pro+. Both the 5G smartphones are expected to feature similar design, but different camera setups

Google improves logical and reasoning skills of its AI chatbot 'Bard'

As a result, it can respond to string manipulation, coding questions and mathematical operations more correctly