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Spotify Rolls Out New Playlist Management Tools, Snooze for 30 Days and Other Features
Spotify on Wednesday announced several updates which aim to improve upon the existing listening and playlist curation experience. The Queue option, which appears at bottom of the Now Playing view, is said to have received a design upgrade. Further, the redesign also brings easy access to controls like Smart Shuffle, Sleep Timer, and repeat. Spotif...
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Apple Asks US Appeals Court to Pause Ruling in Epic Games Case
Apple told the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing on Wednesday that it will be irreparably harmed if the April 30 order is not put on hold while the iPhone maker’s legal challenge is pending.
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Google Preparing to Roll Out Gemini AI for Younger Users With Parental Controls: Report
Google is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini to younger users. Last month, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced allowing users younger than the age of 13 years (or the applicable age in the respective country) to access its AI chatbot across Android, iOS, and on the web. The company is also letting parents and school ...
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WhatsApp Developing Feature to Select Auto-Download Quality for Photos and Videos
WhatsApp is developing a new feature allowing users more control over automatic media download quality. A feature tracker revealed the platform is testing an option to choose between standard and HD quality for automatically downloaded images and videos. Read on to know how this feature will work when it is rolled out to users in the future.
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Anthropic Introduces Claude for Education Plan for Students and Academic Staff
Anthropic introduced a new subscription tier dubbed Claude for Education on Wednesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) firm said that the plan will include a specialised version of its chatbot aimed at higher education institutions. With this tier, universities can also opt for full campus access that will let students, faculty, and administrative...
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Apple Delays Siri Upgrade Indefinitely as AI Concerns Escalate
Apple’s AI division faced setbacks as the company confirmed on Friday that updates to the Siri digital assistant were delayed indefinitely. Features announced last June, like Siri’s ability to access personal data for queries and improved app control, are now expected sometime in “the coming year.” Initially planned for the iOS 18.4 update ...
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Gemini for iOS Updated With Six New Lockscreen Widgets, Control Centre Access
Gemini for iOS received a new update on Monday that introduced multiple new lockscreen widgets for the artificial intelligence (AI) app. There are six lockscreen widgets in total that iPhone users can set to quickly access specific features of the Gemini app without having to unlock the device first. Alongside the widgets, Google has also added Con...
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Samsung Galaxy S25 With One UI 7 Enables Galaxy AI and More Features on Galaxy Buds 3 Series
Samsung Galaxy S25 series was launched last month and it runs on the company’s new Android 15-based One UI 7 out-of-the-box. Alongside introducing more features on the company’s flagship lineup, the OS update is also said to bring new capabilities to the Galaxy Buds 3 series. Galaxy S25 users will be able to leverage Galaxy AI — the company...
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Amazon Introduces AI-Powered Alexa+ With Upgraded Capabilities, to Roll Out Next Month
Amazon finally introduced the artificial intelligence (AI) version of its voice assistant on Wednesday. Dubbed Alexa+, it now comes with contextual understanding, can better control smart home appliances, is personalised to a user’s behaviour, and also gets agentic capabilities. Alexa+ will be available as a standalone service as well as bundled ...
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iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max Said to Get AI-Powered Visual Intelligence Features Soon
iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max could soon support visual intelligence, a new leak claimed. Visual intelligence in Apple Intelligence refers to tasks that require computer vision. These are currently only available to the iPhone 16 series, despite the iPhone 15 Pro models supporting on-device artificial intelligence (AI) processing.
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Facebook Profile Lock: How to Lock Your FB Profile on Mobile, Desktop, Benefits, and More
Facebook Profile Lock is a privacy feature that limits access to your posts, photos, and personal details to only your friends. Strangers will only see a reduced version of your profile. You can enable it on mobile or desktop in a few simple steps. If needed, you can unlock your profile anytime to restore previous settings. This guide covers everyt...
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Follow Code Of Ethics: Centre To OTT Platforms Amid 'India's Got Latent' Row
Social media channels and OTT sites were warned to follow the Code of Ethics prescribed in the IT Rules (2021) and ensure critical self-regulation, as well as implement "access control for 'A' rated content" to avoid children consuming such content.
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Fiverr Go Platform Launched, Lets Freelancers Train AI on Their Work and Earn From Generated Creations
Fiverr, the online marketplace for freelancers, launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform on Tuesday. Dubbed Fiverr Go, the new platform was introduced as a space where gig workers can create an AI model in their own resemblance and trained on their data, and earn from the generated outputs. The company claimed that the platform is aimed...
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DeepSeek’s Database With Chat History and Sensitive Information Leaked, Says Cybersecurity Firm
DeepSeek’s dataset might have suffered public exposure, claimed a cybersecurity research firm. As per its report, a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek was discovered which allowed full control over its database operations. Additionally, the exposure is also said to contain a large volume of sensitive information includi...
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Character AI Reportedly Testing a New Games Feature, Adds Two Word-Based Games
Character AI, the California-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform, is reportedly testing a new ‘games’ feature. As per the report, the company has released two word-based games to the paid users of the platform. While users can create game-focused AI characters and play a wide range of story-driven games, these are said to be the first g...
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Spotify Rolls Out New Playlist Management Tools, Snooze for 30 Days and Other Features
Spotify on Wednesday announced several updates which aim to improve upon the existing listening and playlist curation experience. The Queue option, which appears at bottom of the Now Playing view, is said to have received a design upgrade. Further, the redesign also brings easy access to controls like Smart Shuffle, Sleep Timer, and repeat. Spotif...
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Apple Asks US Appeals Court to Pause Ruling in Epic Games Case
Apple told the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing on Wednesday that it will be irreparably harmed if the April 30 order is not put on hold while the iPhone maker’s legal challenge is pending.
-
Google Preparing to Roll Out Gemini AI for Younger Users With Parental Controls: Report
Google is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini to younger users. Last month, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced allowing users younger than the age of 13 years (or the applicable age in the respective country) to access its AI chatbot across Android, iOS, and on the web. The company is also letting parents and school ...
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WhatsApp Developing Feature to Select Auto-Download Quality for Photos and Videos
WhatsApp is developing a new feature allowing users more control over automatic media download quality. A feature tracker revealed the platform is testing an option to choose between standard and HD quality for automatically downloaded images and videos. Read on to know how this feature will work when it is rolled out to users in the future.
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Anthropic Introduces Claude for Education Plan for Students and Academic Staff
Anthropic introduced a new subscription tier dubbed Claude for Education on Wednesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) firm said that the plan will include a specialised version of its chatbot aimed at higher education institutions. With this tier, universities can also opt for full campus access that will let students, faculty, and administrative...
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Apple Delays Siri Upgrade Indefinitely as AI Concerns Escalate
Apple’s AI division faced setbacks as the company confirmed on Friday that updates to the Siri digital assistant were delayed indefinitely. Features announced last June, like Siri’s ability to access personal data for queries and improved app control, are now expected sometime in “the coming year.” Initially planned for the iOS 18.4 update ...
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Gemini for iOS Updated With Six New Lockscreen Widgets, Control Centre Access
Gemini for iOS received a new update on Monday that introduced multiple new lockscreen widgets for the artificial intelligence (AI) app. There are six lockscreen widgets in total that iPhone users can set to quickly access specific features of the Gemini app without having to unlock the device first. Alongside the widgets, Google has also added Con...
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Samsung Galaxy S25 With One UI 7 Enables Galaxy AI and More Features on Galaxy Buds 3 Series
Samsung Galaxy S25 series was launched last month and it runs on the company’s new Android 15-based One UI 7 out-of-the-box. Alongside introducing more features on the company’s flagship lineup, the OS update is also said to bring new capabilities to the Galaxy Buds 3 series. Galaxy S25 users will be able to leverage Galaxy AI — the company...
-
Amazon Introduces AI-Powered Alexa+ With Upgraded Capabilities, to Roll Out Next Month
Amazon finally introduced the artificial intelligence (AI) version of its voice assistant on Wednesday. Dubbed Alexa+, it now comes with contextual understanding, can better control smart home appliances, is personalised to a user’s behaviour, and also gets agentic capabilities. Alexa+ will be available as a standalone service as well as bundled ...
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iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max Said to Get AI-Powered Visual Intelligence Features Soon
iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max could soon support visual intelligence, a new leak claimed. Visual intelligence in Apple Intelligence refers to tasks that require computer vision. These are currently only available to the iPhone 16 series, despite the iPhone 15 Pro models supporting on-device artificial intelligence (AI) processing.
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Facebook Profile Lock: How to Lock Your FB Profile on Mobile, Desktop, Benefits, and More
Facebook Profile Lock is a privacy feature that limits access to your posts, photos, and personal details to only your friends. Strangers will only see a reduced version of your profile. You can enable it on mobile or desktop in a few simple steps. If needed, you can unlock your profile anytime to restore previous settings. This guide covers everyt...
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Follow Code Of Ethics: Centre To OTT Platforms Amid 'India's Got Latent' Row
Social media channels and OTT sites were warned to follow the Code of Ethics prescribed in the IT Rules (2021) and ensure critical self-regulation, as well as implement "access control for 'A' rated content" to avoid children consuming such content.
-
Fiverr Go Platform Launched, Lets Freelancers Train AI on Their Work and Earn From Generated Creations
Fiverr, the online marketplace for freelancers, launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform on Tuesday. Dubbed Fiverr Go, the new platform was introduced as a space where gig workers can create an AI model in their own resemblance and trained on their data, and earn from the generated outputs. The company claimed that the platform is aimed...
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DeepSeek’s Database With Chat History and Sensitive Information Leaked, Says Cybersecurity Firm
DeepSeek’s dataset might have suffered public exposure, claimed a cybersecurity research firm. As per its report, a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek was discovered which allowed full control over its database operations. Additionally, the exposure is also said to contain a large volume of sensitive information includi...
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Character AI Reportedly Testing a New Games Feature, Adds Two Word-Based Games
Character AI, the California-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform, is reportedly testing a new ‘games’ feature. As per the report, the company has released two word-based games to the paid users of the platform. While users can create game-focused AI characters and play a wide range of story-driven games, these are said to be the first g...
