Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

WhatsApp, the widely-used messaging platform owned by Meta, is in the process of developing an innovative feature that will allow users to create personalized AI-generated avatars.

Industry sources said on Thursday that Samsung Electronics has newly set up a unit dedicated to developing high bandwidth memory (HBM) to regain leadership in the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor market.

Meta's year-old social media experiment, Threads, has reached a significant milestone, surpassing 175 million monthly active users (MAUs) according to an announcement by CEO Mark Zuckerberg on July 3rd, 2024.

There's a critical issue affecting some Google Pixel 6 series phones (Pixel 6, 6 Pro, and 6a) following a factory reset. Reports have surfaced of devices becoming bricked, meaning they are rendered unusable.

Earlier today, Xbox Live experienced a significant service disruption impacting user sign-in, online gameplay, and other functionalities.

Netflix is finally saying goodbye to its most affordable ad-free plan, the Basic tier. As previously announced in January, existing subscribers on the Basic plan (typically around $11.99/month) are now receiving notifications that it's time to choose a new plan.

The sale of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is set to hit the 10-million milestone this year, marking a significant achievement for the global passenger vehicle market, a report showed on Tuesday.

WhatsApp on Monday said it banned more than 66 lakh accounts in India in May for violating the laws of the land.

Meta said it took down over 15.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.8 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies for Instagram in India in May.

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature to bring a 'communities tab' to iPad.

Elon Musk on Saturday said his social media platform X saw record usage as US President Joe Biden and his challenger, former President Donald Trump, attended their first presidential debate on TV.

Time magazine has entered into a multi-year content partnership with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $843 million NASA contract to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station (ISS) in a controlled manner after the end of its operational life in 2030.

Amazon reached a $2 trillion market value for the first time on Wednesday, becoming the fifth U.S. company to surpass this milestone.

Teens will now see a warning message if they receive a chat from someone who has been blocked or reported by others, or if the message originates from a region where the teen’s network isn't typically located—both signs that the person may be a scammer.

Bluesky, the decentralized social network, is rolling out a new feature that allows users to create and share "starter packs" of friends and feeds to follow.

NASA has launched the GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) aimed at monitoring the weather in space and on Earth as well as large solar storms.

Hyundai Motor, Kia and two other carmakers will voluntarily recall more than 456,000 vehicles due to faulty components, the transport ministry said on Wednesday.

Samsung Electronics is expected to unveil new Galaxy series foldable smartphones with artificial intelligence (AI) features next month.

The finance ministry here said on Wednesday it would provide low-interest loans of 17 trillion won ($12.22 billion) next month for corporate investment in the semiconductor industry and will push to extend tax benefits for investment in strategic technologies.