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US SEC sues 8 celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan, for crypto fraud
The Commission announced charges against Sun and three of his wholly-owned companies, Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., and Rainberry Inc. (formerly BitTorrent), for the unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT).
8 in 10 Indian professionals heading back to office by choice: Report
Workers are generally more receptive to working in the office, with 86 per cent of Indians saying they feel positive about it compared to a year ago, according to research conducted by Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. Another trend being embraced in the office is that of desk-bombing. The research revealed that most workers like it when a co-worker shows up unannounced at their desk to have a chat.
WhatsApp rolling out limit polls to only one choice feature on Android
According to WABetaInfo, this feature will allow users to select only one option which they feel most strongly about. The report also said that this feature is helpful as it will make the poll results more accurate as users are limited to one choice. Moreover, this is even useful in cases where only one answer is required.
Opera adds ChatGPT, AI summarization features to its browser
These new tools are available in early access across all desktop platforms, according to the company. AI Prompts, a native feature in the Opera Browser, will help users shorten a long confusing text or explain it to them, whether it's a paragraph, a whole article, or even a website.
PM Modi unveils 6G test bed, industry hails move
Inaugurating the new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) area office and innovation centre during a programme at Vigyan Bhawan here, he said that the 6G R&D test bed will help faster adoption of the new technology in the country. The government said that the Bharat 6G vision document and 6G test bed will provide an enabling environment for innovation, capacity building, and faster technology adoption in the country.
Chinese app TikTok still has troves of personal data of Indians: Report
According to a report in Forbes, the data of Indian users "remain widely accessible to employees at the company and its Beijing-based parent ByteDance". Before the ban, TikTok had about 150 million monthly active users in the country. "I don't think Indians are aware of how much of their data is exposed to China right now, even with the ban in place," a current TikTok employee told Forbes.
Microsoft introduces 'Bing Image Creator' powered by OpenAI's DALL-E
Bing Image Creator integrated into Bing chat has started to roll out to Bing preview users, also it is available in Microsoft Edge from the Image Creator icon in the sidebar for both desktop and mobile users around the world in English. Moreover, the company said that it will soon integrate Image Creator into Edge from the new Bing button.
We need an innovative India Cloud that caters to our people: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The minister told IANS that the demand for storing data locally keeps growing as more and more global companies open their data centres in the country, like Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others. "I believe the government incentives should be directed at creating an innovative India Cloud that caters to our people. We need diversity in the Cloud in the country," stressed Chandrasekhar, as the world observed the International Data Center Day on Wednesday.
Google launches early access to its AI chatbot Bard
The early access to Bard has rolled out in the US and UK, and the company said it will expand the access over time to more countries and languages. "You can use Bard to boost your productivity, accelerate your ideas and fuel your curiosity. You might ask Bard to give you tips to reach your goal of reading more books this year, explain quantum physics in simple terms or spark your creativity by outlining a blogpost," Google said in a blogpost.
Instagram now puts ads in user search results
Ads will show up in the feed that people can scroll when they tap into a post from search results. "We plan to launch this placement globally in the coming months," the company said in a blog post. Instagram also announced 'Reminder' ads which are rolling out to all advertisers as an option in feed. The move is to help advertisers.
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