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X will address shadowbanning soon, says Elon Musk
Being shadowbanned means you're blocked or muted from the social media platform without being notified.
Govt launches measures to check fraudulent calls, bulk SIM cards issuance
The Minister told reporters that the registration of dealers at the point of sales has been made compulsory, which will make dealers who sell SIM cards, accountable for any kind of fraud.
Indian users spend over 3 hrs on social media, 46 min on gaming: Report
According to the technology policy think tank Esya Centre, daily engagement in terms of time spent is the highest for social media at 194 minutes a day, while this number for OTT (over-the-top) and online gaming stands at 44 minutes and 46 minutes, respectively.
India's traditional PC market declines 15.3% in June quarter, HP leads
In the April-June period, all the product categories declined YoY. While the notebook category declined by 18.5 per cent, the desktop category, which had been on a growth trajectory until last quarter, also declined by 7 per cent, according to the IDC.
Global smartphone shipments to hit decade low in 2023, Apple near top spot
Burry is making his bearish bets against the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, Cnn reported citing Security Exchange Commission filings as saying.
New York City bans TikTok on city-owned devices over security concerns
A directive was issued on Wednesday following a review by the NYC Cyber Command, which, according to a city official, determined that TikTok “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks", reports The Verge.
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt starting AI firm to solve scientific challenges
Schmidt has hired two distinguished scientists -- Samuel Rodriques, founder of the Applied Biotechnology Laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute and Andrew White, a pioneer in the use of AI in chemistry -- to run the nonprofit initiative, reports Semafor.
AI with 95% accuracy can steal passwords by 'listening' to keystrokes: Study
According to the results published in the study by the US-based Cornell University, when the AI programme was activated on a nearby smartphone, it was able to accurately reproduce the typed password with a whopping 95 per cent accuracy.
X to soon let users tag timestamps for videos
A screenshot posted by Andrea Conway, a designer at X, suggests that the feature will allow users to attach specific timestamps to a post's description, allowing viewers to easily navigate to precise moments within a video.
50% of environmentalists abandoned Twitter after Musk’s takeover
In October 2022, Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion, which had previously served as the leading social media platform for environmental discourse.
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