TECHNOLOGY

Itel launches A60 smartphone with 6.6-inch HD display, 5000mAh battery at Rs 5,999
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The itel A60 comes in three colour options -- Dawn Blue, Vert Menthe and Sapphire black. "The itel A60 boasts 'first-in-segment' features that offer an unparalleled user experience, long-lasting battery life, and dual security," the company said in a statement.The new smartphone is designed with dual security features to provide customers with the option to use either a fingerprint sensor.
Twitterati slams Bharat Matrimony over new Holi video ad
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The video released on March 8, also marked as International Women's Day, shows how harassment faced by women during Holi leads to trauma and stops them from celebrating the festival of colours. Bharat Matrimony tweeted the 75-second clip video with the caption: "This Women's Day and Holi, let's celebrate by creating safer and more inclusive spaces for women. It's important to acknowledge the challenges that women face in public spaces and create a society that truly respects their well-being - today and forever."
Instagram back after major global outage
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The company tweeted from its @InstagramComms account: "A technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved this issue for everyone as quickly as possible, and we apologise for any inconvenience."On the online outage monitor website Downdetector, users started reporting the issue earlier on Thursday morning, which peaked at more than 62,000.
Musk apologizes after mocking physically-challenged Twitter employee
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On Tuesday, Haraldur Thorleifsson, who goes by "Halli" and has muscular dystrophy, tweeted that it was uncertain if he was still employed by the micro-blogging platform as he failed to get a response from the company's HR department. So, Musk took an exit interview of the employee on the platform which went viral, with many people finding Twitter CEO's attitude rude and disrespectful.
WhatsApp rolling out 'Push name within chat list' feature on iOS beta
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Beta testers will now see push names within the chat list instead of the phone numbers every time they receive a message from an unknown group member, reports WABetainfo.This feature will make it easier for the users to understand who the unknown contact is without any need to save the number as a new contact.It will be useful for participants in large group chats.
Microsoft increases Bing AI's chat limits to 120 per day
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Earlier, these conversations were limited to 6 chat turns per session and a total of 100 per day. Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft, Yusuf Mehdi, tweeted on Wednesday: "Bing Chat moving today to 10 chats per session / 120 total per day.""Engineering making steady progress with quality of experience giving us confidence.
With Minecraft, kids can launch a rocket to Moon like NASA Artemis team
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Minecraft Artemis Missions was developed to engage students ages 8 and up in NASA's next chapter in human spaceflight and encourage them to see themselves as future astronauts or scientists. "Just like the real NASA Artemis team working to return humans to the Moon, gamers in these new Minecraft worlds can build and launch a rocket, guide their Orion spacecraft," NASA said in a statement.
WhatsApp working on new 'text editor' for iOS beta
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The new text editor will allow users to easily switch between different fonts by simply tapping one of the font options available above the keyboard, reports WABetaInfo. However, it is already possible to change the text font, but the new interface will make it easier for users to quickly choose the font they want.
Reddit introduces new 'separate video feed' feature
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The company on Tuesday announced the new feature, mentioning that video content on the platform will be pulled into the "Watch feed" view, while text content will appear in the "Read feed". We have an inspiring and enduring mission to bring community, belonging, and empowerment to the world, so we are doubling down.
Enterprise chat app Slack integrates ChatGPT to talk to employees
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This new app combines knowledge found in Slack with the intelligence of ChatGPT, empowering customers with the information they need to move work forward faster, the company said.The ChatGPT app for Slack deeply integrates the power of OpenAI's cutting-edge large language models into Slack's conversational.
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