Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Google has shipped nearly 40 million Pixel smartphones since 2016 and 10 million units in the last 12 months alone, as its newly-launched Pixel 8 series gain initial traction globally.

Researchers have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that correctly predicted 70 percent of earthquakes a week before they happened during a seven-month trial in China, raising hopes that the technology could one day be used to limit earthquakes’ impact on lives and economies.

X is reportedly planning to split its premium paid subscription service into three membership tiers to earn more money and become profitable by 2024.

Truecaller on Friday said it has acquired the Bengaluru-based company Unoideo Technologies Pvt Ltd that provides the service TrustCheckr, which, through a SaaS (software-as-a-service) platform, helps businesses verify customer information and detects risk of fraud based on phone numbers and digital signals.

Elon Musk on Friday predicted that the Starship could make an uncrewed mission to Mars in three or 4 years.

The new sleep apnea feature on the Samsung Health Monitor app has been approved by Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and will be coming to the Galaxy Watch series in Korea early next year.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for refusing to testify in an investigation into his purchase of Twitter shares in 2022 before he bought the micro-blogging platform for $44 billion.

Amazon has announced to shut down its live audio service -- Amp.

Meta has started rolling out generative AI-powered features for ad creatives in its Ads Manager, with global rollout complete by next year.

Elon Musk's acquisition of social media platform X has been a bumpy ride for advertisers. According to third-party data, US ad revenue at X has declined at least 55% year-over-year each month since the takeover in October 2022.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has topped Forbes' 400 richest people in America in 2023 list for the second year in a row, with an estimated fortune of $251 billion, leaving behind fellow tech titans Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos and CTO and Co-founder of Oracle Larry Ellison.

Netflix is reportedly planning to increase the price of its streaming service again -- starting with the US and Canada first -- to make up for the revenue lost during the Hollywood strike, a media report said.

Gmail is getting a new feature that will make it easier than ever to express your reactions to emails: emoji reactions!

In a stunning turn of events, X (formerly Twitter) has been ordered to pay $1.1 million in legal fees for former Twitter executives.

Audio streaming giant Spotify is giving Premium subscribers a free gift: 15 hours of audiobook listening per month!

Microsoft's text-to-image model from OpenAI, DALL-E 3, is now generally available to everyone within Bing Chat and Bing.com/create—for free!

Meta said that it took down over 14 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over five million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in August.

Global professional networking platform LinkedIn, which has close to 1 billion users, on Tuesday, introduced a new recruiter platform powered by generative AI to help companies find the right candidates from the talent pool on the platform.

Spotify is reportedly developing another way to incorporate AI into its app after successfully launching an AI-powered DJ feature and adding support for AI-translated podcasts.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is testing video game streaming and live shopping features on the micro-blogging platform.