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  Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks

  Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps

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  WhatsApp Working on Ability to Create and Share Custom Sticker Packs: Report

  WhatsApp is developing a custom sticker pack creation feature that will enable users to make their own packs, that can also be shared with other users on the platform. Here's everything you need to know about WhatsApp's custom sticker pack feature and how it works.

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  Tokyo To Launch Its Own Dating App To Boost Birth Rate, Elon Musk Says, ''I Am Glad''

  Users will be required to submit documentation proving they are legally single and sign a letter stating they are willing to get married.

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  Doly for iPhone Can Render 3D Videos Just by Scanning Products With the Camera

  Doly, the 3D video rendering app for iPhone that can easily create 3D product videos, was launched on Monday. Developed by the French startup AniML, the app offers on-cloud rendering of any product — from a water bottle to a fancy shoe — just by scanning it using the smartphone’s camera. The free-to-download app allows anyone to generate high...

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  Telegram Users Get New Business Features to Help Run Their Enterprise via the Messaging App

  Telegram introduced its latest offering, Telegram Business, on March 31, which will allow users to turn their accounts into business accounts. Those who run small online businesses or own a physical store will be able to onboard new customers, support existing customers with their orders, and help resolve queries, all within the messaging app.

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  Suno, a ChatGPT-Powered Chatbot, Can Generate AI Music Using Text Prompts

  Suno is an artificial intelligence (AI) music generator that can create original songs using a simple text prompt. The AI platform was first unveiled in July 2023 when it moved to open beta and began adding users to its Discord channel to test the model. Later, it also allowed users to generate AI music on its web interface.

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  Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg: Meta Launches Twitter Rival Threads

  Facebook behemoth Meta on Wednesday launched Threads, a text based rival to Twitter, creating the biggest threat yet to the embattled platform owned by Elon Musk.

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  Microsoft, Google Beat First-Quarter Market Expectations as AI Race Heats Up

  Microsoft and Google on Tuesday announced earnings for Q1 2023 as both technology titans beat market expectations amid an increasingly competitive AI technology sector. Google parent Alphabet is facing pressure due to slowing ad spending, over-hiring, and Microsoft racing ahead in the artificial intelligence race.

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  UK Watchdog Fines TikTok Over $15 Million for Breach of Data Protection Law, Misuse of Children's Data

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country's information watchdog estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.

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  Twitter Responsible for Creating Bots, Encouraged Them in Past, Says Koo CEO

  Koo — the made-in-India rival of Twitter — will not charge users for a verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said. Since taking over Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk has set in motion massive changes, sacking employees and talking of levying a $8 (nearly Rs. 650) charge for 'verified' handles. Bots are a problem of Tw...

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  Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Offers Apology Amid Mass Layoffs After Elon Musk Takeover

  Twitter Co-Founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey on Saturday apologised to employees at Twitter and workers who had been laid off after Elon Musk's takeover deal, saying he was owning the responsibility for the situation. Dorsey asserted that he was to blame for everyone's present situation and that he was aware that many people were 'angry' with him....

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  Facebook Testing Ways to Allow Users to Create 5 Profiles Tied to Single Account

  Facebook parent Meta Platforms will soon start letting more users create multiple profiles with their Facebook accounts, the company’s latest attempt to encourage posting and sharing on its social network. Users could have one profile for friends and another for co-workers, for example, each with its own feed. But they will only be able to commen...

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  Amazon Launches 'Smart Commerce' to Help Digitise Offline Stores in India, Create Own Online Storefronts

  Amazon on Wednesday launched "Smart Commerce" initiative to enable local stores in India to digitise their day-to-day operations and eventually create their own online storefronts.

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  Instagram Testing Template Feature for Making Reels Using Formats From Other Posts

  Instagram is testing a new Templates feature for Reels, which allows users to borrow formats from other users to create a reel. An influencer, Josephine Hill , received access to the feature in March and has shared her experiences using the new tool.

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  Pokemon Go Developers Niantic Partners With Fold to Launch 'Real World Metaverse' With Bitcoin Rewards

  Fold, a reward and payments app has partnered with Niantic to create the Fold AR beta app, which overlays Bitcoin prizes over the real world.