TECHNOLOGY
Threads rolling out Following feed, Translations & more
"Since the launch of Threads, the Instagram team has been continuing to listen to community feedback and is working as quickly as possible to deliver new features to improve people’s experience," the company said in a statement. "Your feed on Threads allows you to view posts from other profiles, now with two options."
Twitter's new 'X' logo to evolve over time: Elon Musk
When a user posted, "X logo is now more bolder & edgy." Musk replied: "I don’t like the thicker bars, so reverting. The logo will evolve over time." In response to another tweet, he said, "X will become the most valuable brand on Earth. Make my words." "Lot of great people at X,” he posted.
ChatGPT for Android now available for download
The company tweeted on Tuesday, "ChatGPT for Android is now available for download in the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil!"
"We plan to expand the rollout to additional countries over the next week." According to the app's description on Google Play Store, ChatGPT for Android "syncs your history across devices, and brings you the newest model improvements from OpenAI."
Meta rolling out quests & rewards to all Horizon Worlds users
"Now everyone in Worlds can earn exclusive rewards for their avatar by completing quests," the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday. In the Worlds Menu, users will see the 'quests' icon, which opens up a new panel showing quests and the rewards they unlock.
Spotify now has 220 mn paid subscribers
The company, in its Q2 earnings report ,said that the monthly active users surged 27 per cent to 551 million, and Premium subscribers grew 17 per cent (year-on-year) to 220 million. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek also shared the figures on Twitter, thanking the team for their efforts.
Noise forays into smart ring category, launches Luna Ring
Early access to the new smart ring is available through the Priority Access pass at Rs 2,000. The also pass provides an additional discount of Rs 1,000 on the day of the purchase, giving a direct cash benefit of Rs 3,000 to pass holders, the company said in a statement.
'Barbie' gets over 200K online, social media mentions in India: Report
A majority of mentions came from the metro regions across the country. The 'Barbie' film made the biggest splash in Mumbai with over 15,600 online & social media mentions, while Delhi and Bengaluru followed closely with 12,400 and 8,800 mentions, respectively.
Instagram back after brief global outage
According to the website outage tracking portal DownDetector, more than 59,000 users reported the outage issue. Around 85 per cent of people had reported problems with the app, 10 per cent while using the website, and 6 per cent with the Instagram feed.
Twitter sign lettering removed from HQ, police interrupts
Workers were seen removing the metal sign using an aerial work platform vehicle, also known as a cherry picker, reports The San Francisco Standard. After some time, San Francisco police officers arrived and halted the work. Work was stopped at the site and only the letters "er" were left of the word "Twitter", also the bird logo remained in place.
Mark Zuckerberg promoted to blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Taking to Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg wrote: “Honoured to be promoted to compete at blue belt for Guerrilla San Jose team.” Camarillo was also awarded a fifth-degree black belt.
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