Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Signal is stepping up its game in the world of video calls with new features that make it more competitive with platforms like Zoom and Google Meet.

Bluesky, the decentralized social platform, has witnessed a surge in popularity. In just a week, it added over 700,000 new users, taking its total user base past the 14.5 million mark.

Bitcoin surged past $82,000 on Monday, reaching an all-time high as investors rallied around hopes for a pro-crypto regulatory environment under President-elect Donald Trump.

Following the discovery of a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chip in a Huawei processor, the U.S. Department of Commerce has directed TSMC to suspend its shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers.

Google is rolling out its new AI-powered app, Vids, which allows users to create video presentations effortlessly by simply providing a prompt.

YouTube is raising prices for long-time subscribers with legacy YouTube Premium and YouTube Music plans, impacting users in the U.S. and now extending to various regions worldwide.

Microsoft-backed OpenAI announced on Friday night that it is experiencing an issue causing its widely-used ChatGPT chatbot to go offline.

According to the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association, Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is projected to reach new heights in 2024, with production set to increase by 22% to a record-breaking 5.3 trillion New Taiwan dollars ($165 billion).

iRobot is implementing another round of layoffs, cutting 105 jobs, or roughly 16% of its workforce, as part of what it calls an “operational restructuring plan.

Hyundai Motor Group has outperformed Volkswagen Group to become the world's second-largest automaker in terms of operating profit, industry data showed on Thursday.

After a historic test flight of Starship last month, SpaceX on Thursday announced the sixth, aiming to launch on November 18.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday that the government will introduce legislation to ban social media access for children under 16, a move the government calls "world-leading."

Roblox is implementing new measures to limit access for users under 13 in response to recent reports alleging the platform has facilitated child abuse.

On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made waves by sharing a simple URL on X (formerly Twitter): chat.com. Clicking the link takes users directly to ChatGPT, marking a notable shift in OpenAI's branding strategy.

The stock of Elon Musk's Tesla soared almost 15 percent on Wednesday in early trade on Nasdaq (US time), making it one of the biggest winners in the S&P 500 index.

As Donald Trump edged closer to victory in the US presidential election, Bitcoin surged to a record high of $75,060, fuelling investors’ excitement in the cryptocurrency sector.

In the artificial intelligence (AI) era, Nvidia has become the world’s largest company by market capitalization, surpassing Apple.

South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has fined Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, 21.62 billion won (about $15.67 million) for improperly collecting sensitive user data and sharing it with advertisers.

Netflix will remove nearly all of its interactive shows and films on December 1st, leaving only four titles: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend, Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls, and You vs. Wild.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has asked SK Hynix to deliver its next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM), named HBM4, six months earlier than scheduled amid rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing chips, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said on Monday.