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Twitter to stop offering free access to its API from Feb 9
The Twitter Developer account announced in a series of tweets that the company will be discontinuing support for both the legacy v1.1 and the new v2 of its Twitter APIs. "Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead," Twitter Developer account tweeted.
Netflix introduces new features to Premium plan members
The company introduced two features -- Spatial Audio and more download devices. With Spatial Audio, Netflix members with Premium will be able to enjoy the highest quality sound experience available, whether they are watching at home on TV or a computer, or on the go with a phone or tablet.
Microsoft Teams Premium gets new features powered by OpenAI's GPT-3.5
The new features aim to make meetings more intelligent, personalised and protected - whether it's one-on-one, large meetings, virtual appointments or webinars, the tech giant said in a blogpost on Wednesday. "With a 252 per cent increase in weekly time spent in meetings in the first two years of the pandemic, we needed to find ways to work smarter, not harder.
Snap may come up with AR glasses powered by generative AI
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel agreed that there were numerous opportunities to use generative AI to improve Snap's camera in the near future, however, he stated that, in the future, AI will be critical to the growth of augmented reality, including AR glasses, reports TechCrunch.
Netflix shares how it plans to maintain account sharing within household
The company has updated its FAQ pages for countries where it is already testing extra membership fees for account sharing -- Chile, Costa Rica and Peru, reports TechCrunch. By charging extra fees for extended usage of the streaming service outside the household, the company hopes to reduce account sharing this year.
Job growth in Indian IT sector slumps 25% amid layoffs
The hiring intent declined across both large IT giants and unicorns, while trends across other IT startups remained stable as compared to last year, according to a report by naukri.com. Regarding the hiring dip across experience levels, fresher hiring faces the biggest slump followed by a mid-experience hiring decline, while hiring across senior levels (greater than 12 years of experience) remained stable in IT, the report mentioned.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Series starts from Rs 74,999 in India
The Galaxy S23 series comes in three variants -- S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra in phantom black, cream, green, and lavender colours, and is available for pre-booking across online and offline retail stores in the country, starting February 2. The Galaxy S23 series comes with a custom-designed Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, and also comes with up to 2.7x larger vapour cooling chamber for reliable gaming performance.
Meta purged over 34 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Instagram in India in Dec
Between December 1-31, Facebook received 764 reports through the Indian grievance mechanism, and the company said it provided tools for users to resolve their issues in 345 cases. These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc, said Meta
Apple may launch Watch Ultra with 2.1-inch display in 2024
This lines up with the information that Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu had shared last month, reports MacRumors. The current Watch Ultra features around a 1.93-inch screen, therefore, the 2024 model is likely to have nearly a 10 per cent larger display. The new wearable is expected to become the first Apple Watch with over a 50mm case size.
WhatsApp working on feature to let users create calling shortcuts
With the new feature, it will be possible to create a calling shortcut by just tapping the contact cell within the list of contacts, reports WABetaInfo. The new calling shortcut will automatically be added to the home screen of the user's device, once created.
This feature will be helpful for users who frequently make calls to the same person and do not want to go through the same process again-and-again
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