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WhatsApp Launches New Year 2026 Features With New Stickers, Video Call Effects and Status Tools
WhatsApp has announced New Year 2026 features as it prepares for its busiest day of the year, when message and call volumes are claimed to exceed its daily average of over 100 billion messages and 2 billion calls. The update includes a 2026 sticker pack, new video call effects like fireworks and confetti, animated confetti reactions, and animated s...
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OpenAI and Disney Reach Licensing Agreement to Bring Its Characters to the Sora App
OpenAI and Disney have signed a three-year deal that lets Sora and ChatGPT generate short AI-made videos and images featuring more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters. Users will be able to create clips with icons such as Mickey Mouse, Ariel, Simba, Iron Man and Darth Vader, although actor likenesses and original voices are not ...
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Tim Cook to Reportedly Step Down as Apple CEO in 2026; Successor to Be Announced After January
Apple veteran Tim Cook will step down from his position as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company next year, according to a report. Cook, who turned 65 this year, took over the position after the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011 and is finally expected to depart the company after 14 years in charge. The report suggests that ...
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Instagram, Facebook Add Support for Meta AI-Powered Reels Translation in Hindi and Other Languages
Meta has expanded its Reels translation feature on Instagram and Facebook to include Hindi and Portuguese, in addition to the existing English and Spanish support. The AI-powered tool replicates the creator’s voice and offers a lip-sync option for natural-looking translations. Dubbed Reels carry a “Translated with Meta AI” label, and users ca...
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Resurrecting the Dead Using AI: What Are Deadbots and Why Are They Stirring Ethical Debate?
Deadbots are trained on the digital footprints of an individual, such as text messages, emails, voice recordings, videos, social media profiles, and more. A large language model (LLM) is trained on this dataset, and it can generate responses that appear similar to what the person would have said, in the manner that they would have said.
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"Haven't Felt This Disconnected Since 2014, 2019": Omar Abdullah On J&K Internet Outage
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah voiced concern over the widespread outage in Jammu and Kashmir, describing the situation as reminiscent of earlier crises.
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Google Pixel 10 Series to Support Voice and Video Calls on WhatsApp via Satellite Network: All Details Here
Google unveiled its flagship Pixel 10 series of smartphones at the Made by Google event on August 20. Several days after the launch, the tech giant has announced a key feature on the latest handsets, which was previously unknown. According to Google, the Pixel 10 series will soon offer support for voice and video calls over WhatsApp via a satellite...
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Airtel Down? Here's Why Thousands of Users Couldn't Make Calls, Send Messages
Airtel is currently experiencing a network outage, as reported by users across India. Over the past 30 minutes, users have taken to social media and Downdetector to voice their complaints. The issues reported include the inability to make calls, send messages, or access mobile internet services, with some devices showing "no signal."
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Freelancer Invoiced For Money, Got Cheesecake Instead. Internet Reacts
The freelancer voiced her displeasure over receiving cheesecake instead of money for sending an invoice. Read for details.
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype Today in Favour of Microsoft Teams: How to Transition and What’s Next
Microsoft will be retiring its legacy video-conferencing platform Skype today (May 5). It offered Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities. The announcement was made in February, with the Redmond-based tech giant prioritising Teams app as the main free consumer communications offer...
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After 22 Years, Skype Will Ring For The Last Time Today
Launched in 2003 by Skype Technologies in Luxembourg, Skype was among the earliest mainstream applications to leverage Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype in May Following Emergence of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Skype — its legacy video-conferencing platform — starting May 5, 2025. Debuted in 2003, it was known for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities which led to its acquisition by the Redmond-based technology company in 2011.
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Hume Introduces Interpretability-Based Voice Control Feature for AI Voice Customisation
Hume, a New York-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, unveiled a new tool on Monday that will allow users to customise AI voices. Dubbed Voice Control, the new feature is aimed at developers to integrate these voices into their chatbots and other AI-based applications. Instead of offering a large range of voices, the company offers granular con...
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Nvidia Debuts Fugatto AI Model That Can Generate Music, Voices and Sound Effects
Nvidia introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Monday that can generate a variety of audio and mix different types of sounds. The tech giant calls the foundation model Fugatto, which is short for Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1. While audio-focused AI platforms such as Beatoven and Suno exist, the company highlighted...
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GPT-4o Tested: Faster and More Versatile Than Before, but Questions Loom Over Reliability
GPT-4o was introduced with several new features. It added real-time emotive voice generation, access to the Internet, integration with certain cloud services, computer vision, and more. While the features were impressive on paper (and in the tech demos), the biggest highlight was the announcement that GPT-4o-powered ChatGPT will be available to eve...
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WhatsApp Launches New Year 2026 Features With New Stickers, Video Call Effects and Status Tools
WhatsApp has announced New Year 2026 features as it prepares for its busiest day of the year, when message and call volumes are claimed to exceed its daily average of over 100 billion messages and 2 billion calls. The update includes a 2026 sticker pack, new video call effects like fireworks and confetti, animated confetti reactions, and animated s...
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OpenAI and Disney Reach Licensing Agreement to Bring Its Characters to the Sora App
OpenAI and Disney have signed a three-year deal that lets Sora and ChatGPT generate short AI-made videos and images featuring more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters. Users will be able to create clips with icons such as Mickey Mouse, Ariel, Simba, Iron Man and Darth Vader, although actor likenesses and original voices are not ...
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Tim Cook to Reportedly Step Down as Apple CEO in 2026; Successor to Be Announced After January
Apple veteran Tim Cook will step down from his position as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company next year, according to a report. Cook, who turned 65 this year, took over the position after the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011 and is finally expected to depart the company after 14 years in charge. The report suggests that ...
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Instagram, Facebook Add Support for Meta AI-Powered Reels Translation in Hindi and Other Languages
Meta has expanded its Reels translation feature on Instagram and Facebook to include Hindi and Portuguese, in addition to the existing English and Spanish support. The AI-powered tool replicates the creator’s voice and offers a lip-sync option for natural-looking translations. Dubbed Reels carry a “Translated with Meta AI” label, and users ca...
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Resurrecting the Dead Using AI: What Are Deadbots and Why Are They Stirring Ethical Debate?
Deadbots are trained on the digital footprints of an individual, such as text messages, emails, voice recordings, videos, social media profiles, and more. A large language model (LLM) is trained on this dataset, and it can generate responses that appear similar to what the person would have said, in the manner that they would have said.
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"Haven't Felt This Disconnected Since 2014, 2019": Omar Abdullah On J&K Internet Outage
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah voiced concern over the widespread outage in Jammu and Kashmir, describing the situation as reminiscent of earlier crises.
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Google Pixel 10 Series to Support Voice and Video Calls on WhatsApp via Satellite Network: All Details Here
Google unveiled its flagship Pixel 10 series of smartphones at the Made by Google event on August 20. Several days after the launch, the tech giant has announced a key feature on the latest handsets, which was previously unknown. According to Google, the Pixel 10 series will soon offer support for voice and video calls over WhatsApp via a satellite...
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Airtel Down? Here's Why Thousands of Users Couldn't Make Calls, Send Messages
Airtel is currently experiencing a network outage, as reported by users across India. Over the past 30 minutes, users have taken to social media and Downdetector to voice their complaints. The issues reported include the inability to make calls, send messages, or access mobile internet services, with some devices showing "no signal."
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Freelancer Invoiced For Money, Got Cheesecake Instead. Internet Reacts
The freelancer voiced her displeasure over receiving cheesecake instead of money for sending an invoice. Read for details.
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Microsoft to Shut Down Skype Today in Favour of Microsoft Teams: How to Transition and What’s Next
Microsoft will be retiring its legacy video-conferencing platform Skype today (May 5). It offered Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities. The announcement was made in February, with the Redmond-based tech giant prioritising Teams app as the main free consumer communications offer...
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After 22 Years, Skype Will Ring For The Last Time Today
Launched in 2003 by Skype Technologies in Luxembourg, Skype was among the earliest mainstream applications to leverage Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
-
Microsoft to Shut Down Skype in May Following Emergence of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down Skype — its legacy video-conferencing platform — starting May 5, 2025. Debuted in 2003, it was known for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-based video telephony, video-conferencing and voice calling capabilities which led to its acquisition by the Redmond-based technology company in 2011.
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Hume Introduces Interpretability-Based Voice Control Feature for AI Voice Customisation
Hume, a New York-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm, unveiled a new tool on Monday that will allow users to customise AI voices. Dubbed Voice Control, the new feature is aimed at developers to integrate these voices into their chatbots and other AI-based applications. Instead of offering a large range of voices, the company offers granular con...
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Nvidia Debuts Fugatto AI Model That Can Generate Music, Voices and Sound Effects
Nvidia introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Monday that can generate a variety of audio and mix different types of sounds. The tech giant calls the foundation model Fugatto, which is short for Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1. While audio-focused AI platforms such as Beatoven and Suno exist, the company highlighted...
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GPT-4o Tested: Faster and More Versatile Than Before, but Questions Loom Over Reliability
GPT-4o was introduced with several new features. It added real-time emotive voice generation, access to the Internet, integration with certain cloud services, computer vision, and more. While the features were impressive on paper (and in the tech demos), the biggest highlight was the announcement that GPT-4o-powered ChatGPT will be available to eve...
