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Twitter rival Koo lets go 30% of staff over course of the year amid global slowdown
The company told IANS in a statement that it is important for businesses of all sizes to adopt efficient and conservative approaches to see this period through. "In line with this, we have acted on some role redundancies by letting go of 30 per cent of our workforce over the course of the year and have supported them through compensation packages, extended health benefits and outplacement services," a Koo spokesperson said in a statement.
Spotify users can now share music, podcasts on BeReal
When customers capture a BeReal after connecting their accounts, the app will automatically bring in the song or podcast they are listening to on Spotify. At the bottom of their camera lens, users will see the cover art of the audio they are listening to. BeReal and Spotify users on Android and iOS in select markets (including Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, and the US) can access this experience as it rolls out -- with more markets to follow.
All legacy Blue check marks to go away today, Musk says 'quite a
According to its CEO Elon Musk, it is "shaping up to be quite the day!" Twitter announced that on April 20, "we are removing legacy verified checkmarks". "To remain verified on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue. Organisations can sign up for Verified Organisations," the company said. Twitter Blue in India will cost Rs 9,400 a year (or Rs 900 a month) for individual users.
Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over 'illegally using Twitter data'
Musk reacted after Microsoft dropped Twitter from its advertising platform as it allegedly refused to pay Twitter's application programming interface (API) fees."They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time," said Musk in a tweet. His statement is likely over Microsoft-owned OpenAI allegedly using Twitter data to train the large language model for the AI chatbot called ChatGPT.
Man appears with 'Tim Apple' on his T-shirt as Cook unveils Apple Saket store
Tech journalist Tushar Kanwar (@2shar) clicked the photo of the youngster, wearing a black tee with "Tim Apple" written in white with bright colour lines beneath it, at the Select CityWalk mall here. Tim Apple" went viral when in March 2019, then US President Donald Trump addressed Cook as "Tim Apple" during a meeting.
Reddit to start charging for access to its API
Reddit's API will continue to be available for free to developers who want to create apps and bots that help people utilise Reddit, as well as researchers who want to study Reddit for solely academic or noncommercial purposes, reports TechCrunch. The New York Times first reported the news. According to Reddit's co-founder and CEO, Steve Huffman, companies that extract data from Reddit without providing any benefits to its users will now be required to pay a fee, the report mentioned.
Tim Cook, Rajeev Chandrasekhar discuss boosting manufacturing, exports
Apple logged a record over $5 billion in iPhone exports from India in FY23. "It was a delight to meet @tim_cook CEO, @Apple and his team to engage on Apple's strategic and long-term partnership with and in India's digital journey," Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a tweet.
GIGABYTE unveils new series of premium laptops in India
The premium laptops offer up to the Intel 13th Gen Intel Core processors and the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU for high-performance gaming and creative workloads. The laptops start from Rs 90,999 and goes up to Rs 179,599. The devices will be available in India from May.
Committed to growing, investing across the country: Tim Cook tells PM Modi
"Thank you Prime Minister @narendramodi for the warm welcome. We share your vision of the positive impact technology can make on India's future - from education and developers to manufacturing and the environment", Tim Cook said in a tweet, posting a picture with PM Modi.
Microsoft may bring its own AI chips to compete with Nvidia's: Report
Since 2019, Microsoft has been working on developing chips in secrecy, which are now being tested by both Microsoft and OpenAI employees to evaluate their performance for the latest large language models, such as GPT-4, reports The Verge. The Information first reported the news.
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