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Threads App Usage Down 79% After a Month
Instagram's Threads app, which was launched in July 2023, has seen a sharp decline in usage in just one month.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 14, 2023
1 min read
Musk Ready To Fight At Zuckerberg’s Home, Meta Founder Says ‘It’s Time To Move On’
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday traded barbs at each other before their upcoming cage fight at an epic location in Italy, with the Tesla CEO challenging Meta Founder to fight in his backyard on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 14, 2023
2 min read
WhatsApp Rolling Out Community Examples On iOS Beta
WhatsApp is rolling out community examples on iOS beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
1 min read
Twitter.com Starts Switching Over To X.com On iOS
Twitter.com has started switching over to X.com on iOS.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
2 min read
Google Working On AI Writing Tool For ChromeOS: Report
Google seems to be working on an artificial intelligence (AI) writing and editing feature for Chromebooks.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp Releases Update To Fix Widget Issue On Android Beta
WhatsApp has released a bug-fix update to address an issue with the widget of the app on Android beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
1 min read
China Closes Record 36k Personal Data Breach Cases In 3 Yrs
Chinese law enforcement agencies have closed a record 36,000 personal data breach cases and detained 64,000 suspects in the last three years, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
1 min read
Nikola Recalls 209 Battery-EV Trucks Over Fire Concerns
Trucking company Nikola Motors has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 209 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), after a coolant leak inside a single battery pack was found to be the probable cause of the truck fire at its headquarters.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
2 min read
Google Introduces New Pre-Fill Feature For Sheets
Google has introduced a new pre-fill feature for the spreadsheet application 'Google Sheets'.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
1 min read
ChatGPT’s Answers To Software Engineering Questions Were 52% Incorrect
OpenAI's ChatGPT answered about 52 percent of software engineering questions incorrectly, according to a study, raising questions about the popular language models accuracy.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
2 min read
IBM’s Prototype ‘Brain-Like’ Chip Promises Greener AI
IBM has said that its prototype 'brain-like' chip could make artificial intelligence (AI) more energy efficient.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
2 min read
YouTube Testing Countdown Timer On Ad-Block Warnings
YouTube is testing a countdown timer on ad-block warnings.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2023
1 min read
Bezos, Sanchez Announce $100 Million Fund To Help Hawaii Recover From Wildfire
Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez have announced a $100 million fund to help with recovery efforts for the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 12, 2023
2 min read
Xiaomi’s MIUI Now Flags Telegram As Dangerous In China
Xiaomi's MIUI, the custom Android skin that is pre-installed on many Xiaomi smartphones, is now flagging the popular messaging platform Telegram as a dangerous app in China.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 12, 2023
1 min read
Sam Bankman-Fried Sent To Jail Over Witness Tampering, VPN Use Charges
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been sent to jail after a judge removed his bail, citing violations like witness tampering.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 12, 2023
2 min read
China Achieves ‘Huge Breakthrough’ On Laser Weapon Tech
Chinese military scientists have claimed that they have developed a new cooling system that allows high-energy lasers to operate “infinitely” without any build-up of waste heat.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 12, 2023
2 min read
WhatsApp Rolling Out Multi-Account Feature On Android Beta
WhatsApp is rolling out a new multi-account feature on Android beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 11, 2023
1 min read
Instagram’s New Feature To Let Users Add Music To Their Grid Post
Instagram has released a new feature that will allow users to add music to their grid posts.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 11, 2023
2 min read
Amazon Plans To Drop Dozens Of In-House Brands As It Battles Costs, Regulators
Amazon is reportedly reducing the number of its in-house brands on its marketplace as it seeks to cut costs and avoid antitrust scrutiny.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 11, 2023
2 min read
YouTube To Disable Links In Shorts To Reduce Scam Attempts
In order to reduce spam and scam attempts, Google-owned YouTube has announced that links in Shorts comments and Shorts descriptions will be non-clickable starting August 31.
Bijay Pokharel,
August 11, 2023
1 min read
