Twitter’s head of trust and safety says she has resigned By: Reuters on June 2, 2023Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company, which has faced criticism for lax protections against harmful content since billionaire Elon Musk acquired it in October. Irwin, who joined Twitter in June 2022, took over as head of the trust and safety […]
Xiaomi partners with Dixon Technologies to make mobile phones in India By: Reuters on May 31, 2023Contract manufacturer Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd on Wednesday said it is partnering with Xiaomi Corp’s Indian arm to make and export phones for the Chinese firm. The news, which boosted Dixon’s shares by 4%, comes after Xiaomi India revealed plans to start making wireless audio products in the country by partnering with electronics manufacturer Optiemus. India has been […]
EU’s Breton to discuss AI rules with OpenAI CEO in June By: Reuters on May 31, 2023BRUSSELS: EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco next month to discuss how the company will implement the bloc’s world-leading rules on artificial intelligence (AI), EU officials said on Tuesday. Breton will also discuss an AI pact with Altman with the goal of getting OpenAI to join a […]
AI means everyone can now be a programmer, Nvidia chief says By: Reuters on May 30, 2023Artificial intelligence means everyone can now be a computer programmer as all they need to do is speak to the computer, Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday, hailing the end of the “digital divide”. Nvidia has surged to become the world’s most valuable listed semiconductor company as a major supplier of chips and computing […]
Xiaomi to make wireless audio products in India By: Reuters on May 30, 2023Xiaomi Corp’s Indian arm will start making wireless audio products in the country through a partnership with electronics manufacturer Optiemus in a push to further localise its operations, the company said on Monday. Xiaomi India will make its first local audio gadget at Optiemus Electronics’ factory in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the company said […]
Meet one of the volunteers who will spend a year on ‘Mars’ By: AFP on May 29, 2023The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected four volunteers, including Canadian biologist Kelly Haston, to spend an entire year in a Mars-like habitat to evaluate the behaviour of a crew in an isolated and confined environment — ahead of a real mission in the future. Talking to AFP, Haston, 52, while summing up her […]
My Impact Meter hosts visionaries unite session on technological intervention in scaling & tracking social impact at SkillsGala 2023 By: webdesk on May 29, 2023My Impact Meter, a leading technology platform that digitizes charity, providing visibility, transparency, and equitability, successfully organized a groundbreaking session titled “Visionaries Unite: Technological Intervention in Scaling & Tracking Social Impact” at SkillsGala 2023 on May 28th, 2023. The panel consisted of esteemed CEOs and personalities, including Molana Yousef Jamil, Vice-Chairman of MTJ Foundation; Saad […]
45,000 Google scholarships announced for Pakistani students this year By: webdesk on May 29, 2023Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haq has said that an agreement has been inked with Google for 45,000 scholarships, which we hope will increase up to 450,000 next year. At least 40 per cent of the scholarships of Google will be for women, the state news agency reported. He said this […]
YouTube to end Stories feature by June By: webdesk on May 27, 2023After almost six years of launch, Google is ending YouTube stories on June 26, 2023. In an announcement on its support page, Google informed the users that the Stories feature is being removed to prioritise other options such as Community posts, Shorts, Live, etc. From June 26 onwards, the option to create a YouTube Story will […]
Twitter cannot hide from EU rules after exit from code By: Reuters on May 27, 2023Twitter cannot run away from its obligations even after quitting a voluntary EU code of practice to tackle disinformation, EU industry chief Thierry Breton warned the company late on Friday. Companies which signed up to the code are required to provide regular progress reports with data on how much advertising revenue they had averted from […]