Meta lays off tech teams, battering employee morale
Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) on Wednesday carried out another round of job cuts, this time hitting engineers and adjacent tech teams, as Chief Executive Mark...
WhatsApp, other apps oppose UK’s bill ending user privacy
Messaging apps that offer end-to-end encryption on private messaging services have opposed the UK government’s proposed legislation, saying it poses risk to privacy and safety...
Planning Minister forms National Task Force on AI
Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has formed a 15-member National Task Force (NTF) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) aimed at achieving the...
Google tightens policy for loan apps, restricts access to sensitive user data
Google has announced stricter guidelines for personal loan apps, restricting them from accessing to sensitive user data such as photos, videos and contacts. In its...
Samsung officials leaked company data to ChatGPT
Samsung officials reportedly leaked company data to ChatGPT in different instances. Following Samsung’s decision to allow its engineers to use ChatGPT, one of the officials...
Twitter reinstates Bird logo days after replacing it with ‘Doge’ meme
Days after Elon Musk replaced the classic Bird logo of Twitter in a surprise move with the “Doge” meme, the microblogging site has now reinstated...
Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot purchase faces UK scrutiny
LONDON: British antitrust regulators have started investigating Amazon’s purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot, adding further scrutiny to the $1.7 billion deal. The Competition and...
Twitter again accused of legal violations during mass layoffs
Twitter Inc (TWTR.MX) faced a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the social media giant of illegally laying off contract workers without notice after Elon Musk bought...
‘Goodbye Legacy Verified’: Sad Twitter Users Bid Adieu to Blue Checkmark
Twitter users are performing the last rites of their legacy Twitter verified badge by bidding farewell in an emotional way, which the microblogging website announced...
Tweeters, and Celebs, Await ‘Blue Tick’ Ultimatum
SAN FRANCISCO: All eyes are on whether Elon Musk will go through with stripping blue checkmarks from celebrities and other high-profile Twitter users starting April...
Japan Lawmakers Eye Ban on TikTok, Others if Used Improperly
TOKYO – A group of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social...
TikTok Dismisses Calls for Chinese Owners to sell Stakes
WASHINGTON: TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing...
China’s Sunwalk Group to Invest $2bn in Pakistan’s Optical Fiber Network
ISLAMABAD: Chinese telecom infrastructure company Sunwalk Group on Tuesday revealed that it had planned to invest $2 billion in Pakistan’s telecom sector for the deployment...
Twitter Could be Cash Flow Positive Next Quarter: Elon Musk
Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the company had “a shot” at being cash flow positive next quarter, as the social media...
Twitter’s Lead EU Regulator Concerned Over Blue Tick Roll-out
DUBLIN: Twitter’s lead European Union privacy regulator said on Tuesday she was concerned that the Elon Musk-owned US firm had launched its Twitter Blue subscription...
Germany Planning to Ban Huawei, ZTE From Parts of 5G Networks -Paper
BERLIN: Germany’s government is planning on forbidding telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their 5G networks, German paper...
ChatGPT Turns to Manga in ‘One Piece’ Author Experiment
Tokyo: The AI programme ChatGPT has passed exams, penned news articles and produced code. So perhaps no surprise that “One Piece” author Eiichiro Oda has...
Thar Coal Power Project Starts Generating 2640 Megawatt Electricity: Power Minister
Islamabad: Minister for Power Engineer Khurram Dastgir says Shanghai Thar Coal Power Project has started generating 2640 Megawatt electricity utilizing the local fuel, which will...
Twitter lays off 10pc of Current Workforce
Twitter Inc (TWTR.MX) has laid off at least 200 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, the New York Times reported late on Sunday, in...
US Formally Ends Fight Against Meta’s Purchase of VR Content Maker
WASHINGTON: The US government said on Friday it was formally ending its effort to stop Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) from buying virtual reality...