Wednesday, 25 Dec, 2024

Tech

Apple introduces new features for cognitive accessibility

Apple has previewed software features for cognitive, vision, hearing, and mobility accessibility, along with innovative tools for individuals who are nonspeaking or at risk of losing their ability to speak.  These updates draw on advances in hardware and software, include

OpenAI to introduce ChatGPT app for iOS

OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, said on Thursday it is introducing the ChatGPT app for Apple’s iOS. The ChatGPT app is free to use and would sync history across devices, OpenAI said. “ChatGPT Plus subscribers get exclusive access to GPT-4’s

ABG Technologies gets e-wallet licence

ABG Technologies Limited, a concern of Bashundhara Group, has been awarded with payment service provider (PSP) licence to run electronic wallet in the country. Payment system department of Bangladesh Bank issued a circular on Thursday regarding the development. The PSP is a

SME Foundation, E-CAB sign MoU to build Smart Bangladesh

SME Foundation and E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (E-CAB) will work together to make the country's entrepreneurs smarter and more efficient in information technology to build 'Smart Bangladesh'. An agreement in this regard has been signed between both the

Montana to become first US state to ban TikTok

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed legislation to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the state to protect residents from alleged intelligence gathering by China, making it the first U.S. state to ban the popular short video app. Montana will make it unlawful

Twitter wrong to block tweets during Turkey election - Wikipedia founder

Twitter's decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential election was wrong, says the founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales told the BBC his organisation had spent two and a half years in court to avoid similar demands made by Turkey in the past. He said

Elon Musk appoints new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino

He announced the news on the social media platform, which he bought last year for $44bn (£35bn). Mr Musk did not name the site's new boss but said "she" would start in six weeks, and he would become executive chairman and chief technology officer. Reports said

Elon Musk says Twitter to get new CEO within weeks

Elon Musk has announced the end of his search for the next CEO of Twitter. In a Twitter post on Thursday, Musk said the unnamed woman would take over from him in about six weeks. Musk added that he would transition to executive chair and chief technology officer “overseeing

Briton pleads guilty in US to 2020 Twitter hack

A British national extradited to the US last month has pleaded guilty in New York to a role in one of the biggest hacks in social media history. The July 2020 Twitter hack affected over 130 accounts including those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Joseph James O'Connor, 23, known

LinkedIn cuts over 700 jobs, exits China app as demand wavers

LinkedIn, the social media network owned by Microsoft that focuses on business professionals, said on Monday it will cut 716 jobs as demand wavers, while also shutting down its China-focused jobs app. LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, grew revenue in each quarter in 2022, but it

Microsoft expands AI access to public

MICROSOFT on Thursday (May 4) expanded public access to its generative artificial intelligence programmes, despite fears that tech firms are rushing ahead too quickly with potentially dangerous technology. The AI-enhanced features of the company’s Bing search engine and Edge

Samsung bans use of A.I. like ChatGPT

Samsung is restricting the use of so-called generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT for employees after the company discovered such services were being misused. The South Korean technology giant confirmed to CNBC Tuesday that it is temporarily restricting the use of

Twitter Announces 10% Cut on Content Subscriptions After First Year 

On April 28th, according to Reuters, Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter Inc, announced that the social media platform will be implementing a 10% fee on content subscriptions after the first year.  The aim of this move is to diversify the company’s revenue sources by monetizing

Scientists use AI to locate planet outside our solar system

A bunch of scientists from the University of Georgia have created a new method for discovering and categorising new worlds that are far away from Earth. They have encountered an exoplanet using machine learning, a wing of artificial intelligence (AI). The recent examination showed that

You can now log into same WhatsApp account on up to four phones

Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday that WhatsApp is finally rolling out the option for users to log into the messaging app from more than one phone. Taking to Facebook, Zuckerberg announced: “Starting today, you can log into the same WhatsApp account

UK to test alert system on millions of phones

The UK will conduct its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of mobile phones set to emit a loud alarm and vibrate at 3 p.m. (1400 GMT). The national system, modelled on similar schemes in Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States, aims to

Google Stops Work On Big Silicon Valley Campus: Report

Google has paused construction of a massive campus in the Silicon Valley city of San Jose as it reins in costs, CNBC reported on Friday. Google's parent company Alphabet early this year announced it would cut about 12,000 jobs globally, citing a challenging economic reality.

SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk's big rocket explodes on test flight

Elon Musk's SpaceX company's mammoth new rocket, Starship, has exploded on its maiden flight. No-one was hurt in the uncrewed test that lifted off from Texas' east coast on Thursday morning local time. After two to three minutes into the flight, the rocket - the biggest

Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft over Twitter data

Twitter boss Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft as he accused the technology giant of using data from his social media company without permission. "They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time," the multi-billionaire said in a tweet. Mr Musk was

Fox settles Dominion defamation case for $787.5m

Fox Corp and Fox News have settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5m, averting a high-profile trial putting one of the world's top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 US election. The settlement was