India’s government issued a stern warning to social media giants, including Facebook and YouTube, cautioning them to consistently remind users of local laws prohibiting the posting of deepfakes and content spreading obscenity or misinformation, according to sources briefed on the matter. Deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar conveyed the warning in a closed-door meeting, highlighting that many companies had not…
Google has introduced a new earthquake alert system for Android smartphones in India, offering early warnings in the event of seismic activity. The Android Earthquake Alerts System utilizes sensors present on Android devices to detect earthquakes and estimate their intensity. This feature, already available in some other countries, is now being rolled out in India and has been developed…
Thailand is not pleased that Facebook does not adequately monitor and eliminate the circulation of risky financial schemes on its platform. According to Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy, more than 2,00,000 Thai citizens have been scammed via Facebook, where scammers lure them in with a cryptocurrency system and high-interest auctions, among other scams. other. Authorities in the Asian country…
Russia’s first lunar mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 spacecraft lost control and crashed into the moon after failing to prepare for orbit before landing, underscoring the decay of the planet. mighty post-Soviet space program. Russia’s state space company, Roscosmos, said it lost contact with the spacecraft at 11 a.m on Saturday following an incident when the…
The media frenzy surrounding ChatGPT and other big language modeling AI systems covers a wide range of topics, ranging from trivial – large language models that can replace conventional web search – to ominous. – AI will eliminate many jobs – and overworked people – AI causes extinction- levels that threaten humanity. All of these topics have a common…
The Canadian government on Friday asked Meta to lift a “reckless” ban on national news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country. Meta began blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms from all users in Canada this month in response to a new law requiring internet giants to…
Google is said to have abandoned plans to introduce Chromebooks with integrated Nvidia graphics cards. The company incorporated gaming laptop-like features like swappable RGB keyboards and high refresh rate displays into some of their models last year. But all of these devices have integrated GPUs, so they’re designed for use with streaming services like Nvidia’s GeForce Now and Microsoft’s…
Threads hasn’t launched a web version yet, but the app has provided a new update to give more prominence to social reposts. Meta changed two things regarding reposts on the app. First, there’s now a dedicated “Repost” tab on the profile page, so people can quickly browse through all of the user’s reposts. Earlier this month, the company rolled…
An AI assistant has been added to Opera’s web browser app for iOS. The company today announced that Opera for iOS will include Aria, a browser AI product co-developed with OpenAI. It is built directly into your web browser and is free to all users. This AI solution was previously released in Opera for desktop and Opera for Android…
YouTube will remove content that promotes “harmful or ineffective” cancer treatments or discourages viewers from seeking professional medical care, the company said Tuesday. This change is part of YouTube’s updated and streamlined Medical Misinformation Policy. The new policy removes content that promotes unproven treatments that are not approved or definitive treatments, or treatments that health authorities have identified as…
