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Meta Develops AI To Bring Children’s Drawings To Life
Meta (formerly Facebook) researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can identify and automatically animate the human-like figures in children's drawings with a high success rate, and without any human guidance.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2021
2 min read
US Hits Facebook’s Metaverse With Probe In $400 Million VR Deal
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an antitrust probe in Meta's plan to buy the popular virtual reality (VR) fitness app Supernatural for over $400 million, as the social network begins its journey towards creating Metaverse, the media reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2021
1 min read
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers Organic Chemicals On Mars
Scientists at NASA's Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that rocks in the Jezero Crater on the Red Planet have interacted with water multiple times over the eons and that some contain organic molecules.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2021
2 min read
TikTok To Tweak Its Algorithm To Avoid Problematic Content
TikTok has announced that it is changing 'For You Page' algorithm to "avoid showing users too much of the same content".
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2021
1 min read
Meta Alerts 50k Users On Being Targeted By ‘Surveillance-For-Hire’ Entities
Meta has alerted around 50,000 users that their accounts were spied on by commercial 'surveillance-for-hire' schemes around the globe.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2021
1 min read
Meta Brings Signal Language Interpreters For Portal Video Calls
Meta has added video relay services (VRS) to its Portal video calling devices, to bring English or Spanish sign language interpreters into video conversations.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 17, 2021
1 min read
Snap Launches Standalone ‘Story Studio’ Video Editing App
Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, has launched a new standalone video editing app 'Story Studio' for iPhone users in the US, the UK, and Canada.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2021
1 min read
Amazon Web Services Launches Region In Indonesia
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) region.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2021
1 min read
Twitter Adds Automatically Generated Captions For All Videos
The Micro-blogging site Twitter on Wednesday announced that it has started rolling out automatic captions for videos.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2021
1 min read
6 More Women Sue Tesla For Rampant Sexual Harassment
A Washington Post report said that six more women who work at Tesla's Fremont, California-based factory and service center have filed lawsuits against the company.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2021
2 min read
Instagram Hits 2 Billion Users But Won’t Disclose It To The World
Meta-owned American photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram has reportedly hit two billion monthly active users, but the photo-sharing platform may not officially disclose these figures as it faces intense scrutiny over its alleged role in damaging the mental health of kids and...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 15, 2021
2 min read
This Man Accidentally Sold A $300k ‘Bored Ape’ NFT For $3k
The 'Bored App Yacht Club' NFT was bought instantaneously by a bot on the trading platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2021
2 min read
Elon Musk Chosen As Time’s Person Of 2021
Billionaire Elon Musk has been chosen as the "Time's person of the year".
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2021
2 min read
Western Digital Launches SSD For Content Creators
Storage solutions major Western Digital (WD) on Monday launched a new consumer solid-state drive (SSD) product 'WD Blue SN570 NVMe' for the growing community of creators around the world.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2021
2 min read
Tesla Hit With One Other Sexual Harassment Lawsuit In US
A Tesla employee filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the electric-carmaker of retaliation and failing to prevent "a pattern of continuous and pervasive" sexual harassment at its Fremont factory.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 13, 2021
2 min read
Microsoft Fixes Teams Bug That Prevented 911 Calls On Android
Microsoft has fixed a Teams bug that led to failed 911 calls on devices using Android 10 or later, media reports say.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 12, 2021
1 min read
Amazon Says Overwhelmed Network Devices Triggered Outage
In a post on the AWS website, the company explains that an automated process caused the outage, which began around 10:30 AM ET in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) region.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 12, 2021
1 min read
Facebook Finally Has Live Chat Support For People Who Are Locked Out Of Their Accounts
Meta-owned social media giant Facebook is testing live chat support for people, including creators, who have been locked out of their accounts.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 11, 2021
2 min read
Netflix Launches New Website For Its Movies And Tv News Updates
Streaming giant Netflix has launched a new website called 'Tudum' with aim to provide news, interviews, behind-the-scenes videos, bonus features and more.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 10, 2021
1 min read
Google To Bring Android Games To Windows In 2022
Google is reportedly planning to bring Android games to Windows PCs next year.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 10, 2021
2 min read





