Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Websites of some major North Korean organs, including the country's state media outlets and the Foreign Ministry, were offline for an unknown reason on Tuesday.

Decentralized social media platform Mastodon on Tuesday announced that it has crossed more than 10 million registered accounts.

Micro-blogging platform Twitter is reportedly testing a new verification process for its Blue subscribers that will involve submitting a government ID.

Samsung Electronics announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) chipset, the Exynos Connect U100. With single-digit centimeter accuracy, the new UWB solution is optimized for use in mobile, automotive, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, offering precise distance and location information.

Chinese short-video-sharing app TikTok now has 150 million monthly active users in the United States, TikTok said on Monday.

Amazon on Monday announced to lay off of another 9,000 employees in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Twitch, advertising, and HR.

Zippyshare has announced they are shutting down the site by the end of March 2023 after announcing they can no longer afford to keep the service running.

Tesla is planning to launch a new solar power charging feature in its app, which will help homeowners with rooftop solar to charge their vehicles with excess solar power.

WhatsApp has released a bug fix update for an issue with notifications on iOS.

Google is reportedly working on a redesigned voice recorder user interface (UI) for its instant messaging application 'Google Messages'.

YouTube is rolling out song and album credits to its music streaming service 'YouTube Music'.

Microsoft is reportedly working on integrating a Crypto Wallet feature into its Edge browser, which will allow users to store, send, and receive crypto funds, as well as store NFTs.

WhatsApp has rolled out new updates to the community feature by introducing some changes to the interface of the "announcement group" for users on iOS and Android.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, believes that artificial intelligence technology will reshape society as we know it, adding that he worries that AI chatbots could "eliminate a lot of current jobs".

NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has successfully made another close approach to the Sun.

Elon Musk has announced a new feature on the microblogging platform that will prioritize replies from people you follow, verified accounts, and unverified accounts in the coming weeks.

SpaceX Starship vehicle could launch on its first-ever orbital test flight by the end of April this year, according to CEO Elon Musk.

Microsoft has announced that it will be making significant changes to the way Windows manages which apps open specific files by default, and how users can pin programs to their Start menu on the taskbar or on the desktop.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said that the micro-blogging platform will open source all code used for recommending tweets on March 31.

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature for some beta testers on Android and iOS which allows users to see a list of groups they have in common with the contact they are searching for.