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Meta, TikTok given a week by EU to detail measures against disinformation
Meta and TikTok have been given a week by the European Commission to provide details on measures taken to counter the spread of terrorist, violent content and hate speech on their platforms, a week after Elon Musk's X was…
Google bets on India with Pixel smartphone manufacturing
Alphabet Inc's Google will start manufacturing smartphones in India and its flagship Pixel 8 will be available next year, an executive said on Thursday, as the tech giant joins global companies setting up facilities in the South Asian…
Meta to roll out broadcast channels to Facebook, Messenger
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it will roll out broadcast channels, a feature for public distribution of messages from individuals, to Facebook and Messenger.
Social media firms are bringing in more features to shore up engagement…
Netflix raises prices and adds subscribers, despite strikes
Netflix increased subscription prices for some streaming plans in the United States, Britain and France on Wednesday as it shattered expectations for new customers, sending its shares surging 13%.
Almost 9 million subscribers joined…
Music publishers sue AI company Anthropic over song lyrics
Music publishers Universal Music, ABKCO and Concord Publishing sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic in Tennessee federal court on Wednesday, accusing it of misusing an "innumerable" amount of copyrighted song lyrics to train its…
Google introduces new features to improve accessibility
Google is rolling out eight new features to make daily tasks more accessible and faster.
The new features are for apps like Google Maps, Search, Assistant and some camera-based Pixel features.
These updates are specifically designed…
Netflix may hike prices after success of password-sharing crackdown
Netflix's crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million in the third quarter and the streaming pioneer is expected to set the stage for price increases when it reports earnings on Wednesday.
The only…
AI should cut pensions costs, highlight risks
LONDON: Artificial intelligence should improve pensions performance by cutting costs and highlighting upcoming risks, the Mercer CFA Institute's global pensions report said on Tuesday, with the Netherlands in top spot in this year's index.…
China’s Baidu unveils new Ernie AI version to rival GPT-4
BEIJING: Chinese technology giant Baidu on Tuesday unveiled the newest version of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, Ernie 4.0, saying its capabilities were on par with those of ChatGPT maker OpenAI's pioneering GPT-4 model.…
US tackles loopholes in curbs on AI chip exports to China
The US will take steps to prevent American chipmakers from selling semiconductors to China that circumvent government restrictions, a US official said, as part of the Biden administration's upcoming actions to block more AI chip exports.…