European regulation is turning ESG reporting from a nice-to-have to a must. This creates new tailwinds for startups such as Paris-based Apiday, whose platform targets private equity funds and blue-chip companies needing to track and pilo…
Telegram launched a digital currency called Stars for in-app use last month. Now, the company is expanding its use cases to paid content. The chat app is also allowing channels to convert the stars they have to Toncoin — the cryptocurrency…
Meta is not the only company grappling with the rise in AI-generated content and how it affects its platform. YouTube also quietly rolled out a policy change in June that will allow people to request the takedown of AI-generated or other s…
Music, podcasts, audiobooks…emergency alerts? Spotify’s latest test has the streaming app venturing into new territory with a test of an emergency alerts system in its home market of Sweden. According to code references found within the Sp…
The European Commission says Facebook owner Meta's "pay or consent" advertising model is in breach of its laws.
Under the tech giant's new service in the EU, users must either consent to receiving personalised ads or pay €12.99 (£11) …
As IT updates go, this was about as nerve-wracking as things can get.
In February, deep inside a warehouse at Cern, the Swiss home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the world’s biggest science experiment – two network engineers hel…
Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services.
So what’s Google Gemini, exactly? How can you use it? And how does Gemini stack up to the competition?
To make it easier to kee…
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This week, Apple finally added support for Rich Communication Services (RCS) …
Apple’s AI plans go beyond the previously announced Apple Intelligence launches on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company is also working to bring these features to its Vision Pro headsets.
It’s n…
AI is here to help, whether you’re drafting an email, making some concept art, or running a scam on vulnerable folks by making them think you’re a friend or relative in distress. AI is so versatile! But since some people would rather not…
New York just passed a law on "addictive" social media feeds for children, but some researchers are questioning what that actually means.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul was clear about her opinion of social media earlier this mont…
Video editing app Captions, which is backed by a16z, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, has launched a new feature that takes an existing unedited video and adds custom graphics, zooms, music, sound effects, transitions and motion back…
Fighters belonging to breakaway groups associated with Colombia's largest rebel movement are posting videos on TikTok to entice young people to join them.
The BBC has investigated the growth of guerrilla "recruitment" videos, with di…
TikTok is gearing up to challenge Amazon’s Prime Day event in July. The social network announced on Thursday that TikTok Shop is holding a “Deals For You Days” sales event in the U.S. starting on July 9.
The announcement comes a few d…
University exams taken by fake students using artificial intelligence beat those by real students and usually went undetected by markers, in a limited study.
University of Reading researchers created 33 fictitious students and used AI…
Google said today that it is adding support for 110 languages to its translation service. The company has used its PaLM 2 AI model to power translations.
These languages include Afar, Cantonese, Manx, Nko, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Tamazigh…
YouTube is adding several new features for Premium users, including smart downloads and support for picture-in-picture mode for Shorts, as well as a wider rollout of its “Jump Ahead” feature for navigating through videos.
The Google-own…
Amazon received critical headlines this year when reports questioned the “Just Walk Out” technology installed at many of its physical grocery stores.
The AI-powered system enables customers at many of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go sh…
The Indian government has sought a detailed report from Tamil Nadu state following media reports that Apple supplier Foxconn was allegedly rejecting married women for iPhone assembly jobs.
A Reuters investigation alleged that Foxconn …
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company will begin to surface AI characters made by creators through Meta AI studio on Instagram. The tests will begin in the U.S.
The social media company’s announcement comes on …
Social network Bluesky has added a new feature for users to create a curated list of people and custom feeds to follow. This feature, called “Starter Pack,” is intended to help users joining the social network to find interesting content r…
An electric car battery developed by UK start-up Nyobolt has successfully charged from 10% to 80% in four minutes and 37 seconds in its first live demonstration.
It was achieved with a specially-built concept sports car on a test trac…
A reward for information leading to the arrest of Ruja Ignatova, known as the Missing Cryptoqueen, has been increased by US authorities to $5m (£4m).
The Bulgarian-born German woman, 44, is wanted by the FBI for orchestrating a $4.5bn…
Africa has a unique opportunity to influence what the future of work looks like in these early days as large language learning models (LLMs) are evolving, and the environment for applications is still new. This is according to the …
The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it is banning the sale of Kaspersky antivirus in the country, and is asking Americans who use the software to switch to a different provider.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry an…
Google is making all your movie, TV shows, books, albums and game reviews visible under one profile page starting June 24, according to an email sent to users last month. These profiles are also searchable through Google searches, which …
YouTube appears to be taking a firm stance against Premium subscribers who attempt to use a VPN (virtual private network) to access cheaper subscription prices in other countries.
This week, a number of users took to Reddit to express t…
Apple has released Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 and Final Cut Camera, the company announced on Thursday. Both apps were previously announced during the company’s iPad event in May. Apple also released updates for Final Cut Pro for Mac.
The …
Powered by GPT, Abbie offers personalized expert guidance to support and streamline the entire international education journey
ApplyBoard, the leading international student mobility platform, today announced the launch of Abbie, an indu…
iOS apps that build their own social networks on the back of users’ address books may soon become a thing of the past. In iOS 18, Apple is cracking down on the social apps that ask users’ permission to access their contacts — something soc…
WhatsApp updated the video calling experience across devices on Thursday by introducing screen sharing with audio support and a new speaker spotlight feature. It’s also increasing the limit for video call participants to up to 32 people.
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The zeitgeist in technology today is all about artificial intelligence, so in an effort to drive more users and usage, LinkedIn is catering to the buzz. On Thursday, it took the wraps off a raft of new services powered by AI.
The comp…
Even as Apple embraces AI in iOS 18, it’s working to improve users’ ability to get answers in a more traditional way: through its Spotlight Search feature. Accessed by swiping down on the middle of the Home Screen, Spotlight Search already…
Picsart, a photo-editing startup backed by SoftBank, announced on Thursday that it’s partnering with Getty Images to develop a custom model to bring AI imagery to its 150 million users. The company says the model will bring responsible AI …
Spotify announced on Thursday that it’s venturing further into the ad space with its first in-house creative agency called Creative Lab, helping brands create custom marketing campaigns. It will also begin testing generative AI ads, the co…
Apple is to boost its Siri voice assistant and operating systems with OpenAI's ChatGPT as it seeks to catch up in the AI race.
The iPhone maker announced the Siri makeover along with a number of other new features at its annual develo…
On Monday at its WWDC conference, Apple announced iOS 18, the upcoming update to its operating system for iPhones. You'll soon be able to more fully customize your home screen and control center, lock and hide your applications, check out …
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Compute (HPC) continue to disrupt the data centre landscape, Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has announced a new por…
Canon Central and North Africa (Canon-CNA.com) introduces the RF 35mm F1.4L VCM, a first of its kind hybrid lens designed to capture both stills and video, along with the new Speedlite EL-10 for elevating portraits with controllable …
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today provided a closer look at its 2024 TV lineup at the Unbox & Discover event by showcasing the latest Neo QLED 8K and 4K and OLED TVs. As the world’s leading TV manufacturer for 18 consecutive years, Samsu…
KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com), the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today released its new 2024 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organization’s Phish-prone…
AI-powered summaries of web pages are a feature that you will find in many AI-centric tools these days. The next step for some of these tools is to prepare detailed and well-formatted web pages for your search queries. The Arc browser is d…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of …
Pinterest announced today that it is evolving its Creator Inclusion Fund to now be called the Pinterest Inclusion Fund.
Pinterest teamed up with Shopify’s Build Black and Build Native programs to allow small business owners who are from…
Amazon is rolling out an AI-powered search feature to Fire TV that would enable Alexa to answer open-ended questions about TV shows and movies, and deliver more specific recommendations tailored to users’ preferences.
Announced at Amaz…
Can AI help you tell your story? That’s the idea behind a startup called Autobiographer, which leverages AI technology to engage users in meaningful conversations about the events in their lives and how they felt about them, and then turns…
Global browser innovator Opera today announced a significant privacy enhancement to Opera Mini with the introduction of Locked Mode, which enables PIN-protected browsing to further boost privacy protections. The move addresses the needs of…
As competition in the browser market heats up, thanks to innovations from startups like Arc and others, Google is preparing to make a notable change to how its Chrome browser operates. The company announced Wednesday that it’s introducing …
In a bid to combat harassment on its platform, Instagram said on Thursday it is expanding the scope of its “Limits” tool specifically for teenagers that would let them restrict unwanted interactions with people. Once they turn the feature …
With the first AWS Wavelength Zones in Morocco and Senegal, customers can build applications using AWS services installed within Orange’s network (https://www.Orange.com) to securely process and store data locally and deliver low-lat…
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