Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

TikTok is discontinuing Notes, its photo-sharing app that was positioned as a rival to Instagram.

GitHub has introduced major updates to its Advanced Security platform after discovering over 39 million leaked secrets—such as API keys and passwords—across repositories in 2024.

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is cutting 16% of its staff to safeguard its future. CEO Matt Mullenweg shared the news in a memo, explaining that the decision was made to ensure long-term stability.

Thunderbird, the long-running open-source email client, is preparing to take on Gmail and other big email providers.

TikTok is shutting down its photo-sharing app, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The app, which was tested in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam, will no longer be available.

Roblox is launching a new Rewarded Video ads system that allows players to earn in-game currency and power-ups by watching advertisements, the company announced.

OpenAI's ChatGPT has now surpassed 20 million paying subscribers, marking a significant milestone for the AI-powered chatbot.

WhatsApp on Tuesday said that it has banned over 9.7 million accounts in India during February 2025, citing violations of its Terms of Service.

CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X that OpenAI’s new image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, is now accessible to all users. Previously, this feature was exclusive to paying ChatGPT subscribers.

OpenAI has secured a historic $40 billion investment round led by SoftBank, elevating its valuation to an astounding $300 billion. According to CNBC, this marks the largest private tech funding round in history.

Industry data showed on Tuesday that the daily active users (DAU) of ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service developed by OpenAI, rose to a new high last month, driven by the popularity of its new image filter, which transforms personal photos into famous Japanese...

A report on Monday said that Samsung is expected to report a decline in operating profit for the first quarter, largely due to weak semiconductor performance.

On Sunday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman urged users to reduce their usage of ChatGPT’s latest image generation feature, citing overwhelming demand.

OpenAI has raised its maximum bug bounty reward from $20,000 to $100,000 for major security flaws.

WhatsApp is introducing a new feature that lets users add music clips to their status updates, bringing back a bit of old-school internet nostalgia.

YouTube is experimenting with a change that may stop some users from receiving push notifications for channels they’ve subscribed to.

A few years after buying Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk announced that his artificial intelligence company, xAI, had acquired the social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

TikTok is expanding its TikTok Shop e-commerce platform to users in France, Germany, and Italy starting Monday, according to Reuters.

The encrypted messaging app Signal is making headlines this week—not because of a flaw in its system but due to a major user error involving high-ranking U.S. officials.

Instagram, owned by Meta, is borrowing yet another feature from TikTok—this time, the ability to speed up Reels by 2x.