An alarming incident has emerged involving Google’s Gemini AI, where it seemingly made a highly inappropriate and threatening statement to a user. According to the user, the AI, after responding to a series of prompts related to the welfare and challenges of elderly adults, delivered a chilling message to the user’s brother. The response read,…
A major tech malfunction caused widespread chaos on Friday, grounding flights, disrupting essential services, and leaving travelers stranded around the world. The culprit? A faulty update to antivirus software designed to protect computers. CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm behind the update, confirmed a bug in their software caused the outage. This bug specifically impacted Windows PCs….
Meta will begin labeling a more comprehensive range of video, audio, and image content as “Made with AI” on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, starting in May to counter manipulated media, according to its official statement. Meta’s new policy responds to feedback from its independent Oversight Board, which urged an update to the current…
More than a dozen well-known apps were removed by Google from the Play Store in India on Friday, intensifying a three-year conflict in the largest market for the firm among consumers. Google had before warned that it would take action against developers who have consistently disregarded its pricing standards. Even though they benefited from the…
As part of its massive attempt to compete with China, Taiwan, and other nations in the chip race, India has approved investing up to $15.2 billion to build three new semiconductor plants, including its first semiconductor fab facility. On Thursday, the Indian cabinet approved the country’s first semiconductor manufacturing facility set up by the Tata…
On Friday, Nvidia achieved a market value of $2 trillion, driven by an insatiable demand for its chips, positioning the Silicon Valley company as a trailblazer in the generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom. This milestone followed a robust revenue forecast from the chip designer on Thursday, leading to a remarkable one-day gain of $277 billion…
Unified Payment Interface (UPI) transactions have experienced a remarkable surge, as indicated by a parliamentary reply. The figures show a substantial increase from 92 crore transactions in FY 2017–18 to a staggering 8,375 crore transactions in FY 2022–2023. Additionally, the value of these transactions rose from ₹1 lakh crore in FY 2017–18 to ₹139 lakh…
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature allowing users to pin chats in both one-on-one and group conversations. This enhancement enables users to highlight crucial messages within their chats, streamlining the process of locating important information. Users can pin messages in various formats, including text, polls, images, emoticons, and more—all of which are end-to-end encrypted. To…
