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Twitter may give $1,000 checkmark free to 10K most-followed firms
The top 500 advertisers on the microblogging platform will also allegedly not have to pay $1000 a month for the privilege of retaining their verified status and checkmarks, reports The Verge. The decision comes as Twitter prepares to make significant changes to how verification functions on the platform.
WhatsApp bans record over 45 lakh bad accounts in India in February
Between February 1 and February 28, "4,597,400 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,298,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users", WhatsApp said in its monthly compliance report. The most popular messaging platform, which has nearly 500 million users in the country, received another record 2,804 complaint reports in February in the country, and the records "actioned" were 504.
Twitter bans record over 6.8 lakh accounts in India amid major overhaul
The micro-blogging platform, going through a churning under Musk, also took down 1,548 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country. Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received just 73 complaints from users in India in the same time-frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms.
Google rolling out new indicator in Maps
With the new indicator, when the users manually put a pin in the map by tapping a location or when they find a place through Maps search, they can now explore around without losing their pin, reports AndroidPolice. If the users pan or rotate the map, an indicator will continue to point in the initial direction as the pin's original placement after the pin left the screen.
Samsung developing MacBook OLED panels: Report
LG is producing 11-inch and 13-inch OLED screens for Apple's upcoming iPads, but it does not have the capacity to create large displays for other devices, reports SamMobile. So, Samsung Display has jumped on the chance and has started developing 13.3-inch OLED panels for the MacBook Air.
WhatsApp working on new 'Lock chat' feature for Android beta
This new feature will improve the users' privacy as it will help users to lock their most private chats within the chat's contact or group info, reports WABetaInfo. When a chat is locked, it can only be accessed using the user's fingerprint or passcode, making it almost impossible for anyone else to open the chat.
Google launches Nearby Share Beta for Windows
The Nearby Share Beta for Windows app is currently available as a direct download from android.com for Windows 10 and newer with "ARM devices not supported," reports 9To5Google. On the users' PC, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi must be turned on, with the company specifying a 16-foot (5-meter) transfer range between devices.
Sundar Pichai promises more capable Bard AI chatbot soon
Bard was released for the public on March 21 but failed to garner the attention won by OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing chatbot. We clearly have more capable models. Pretty soon, we will be upgrading Bard to some of our more capable Pathways Language Model (PaLM) models, which will bring more capabilities; be it in reasoning.
Twitter makes most of its recommendation algorithms open source
According to Twitter CEO Elon Musk, many embarrassing issues will be discovered, but we "will fix them fast". Acid test is that independent third parties should be able to determine, with reasonable accuracy, what will probably be shown to users," Musk posted on Saturday. Musk said that most of the recommendation algorithms will.
IBM spinoff Kyndryl to layoff employees for 'profitable growth'
According to a report in CRN, Kyndryl which was spun out of IBM in late 2021 has about 90,000 employees. We are eliminating some roles globally - a small percentage - to become more efficient and competitive. This is in addition to the ongoing transformation work we have undertaken to streamline and simplify our processes and systems.
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