Meta is expanding in India, despite recent layoffs of what the tech giant controversially deemed "low performers."
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OpenAI said on Friday that it is rolling out Operator β its AI agent that can perform tasks on behalf of users β for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the U.K., and more countries. OpenAI said Operator will be available in most places where ChatGPT is available, apart [β¦]
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Amazon will discontinue its app store for Android on August 20 this year. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they will no longer be able to submit new apps to the store. The company said on a support page that it will also discontinue its Coins digital currency, which could be used [β¦]
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It has been more than two years since ChatGPT burst on the scene. Shortly after that, it seemed like almost every email app integrated AI-powered email writing and summaries. Some also introduced AI-powered search for you to sift through your inbox quickly. Superhuman is now using AI to try and tackle one of the primary [β¦]
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Career product manager Amanda DeLuca has launched a parenting management app, Riley, born out of her own experience with parental anxiety and feedback from other families. DeLuca, who previously at Google, Nerdwallet, and Eventbrite, in addition to Etsy, became pregnant three years ago. At the time, she and her husband, who is also a product [β¦]
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Niantic, the company behind the popular augmented reality gameΒ PokΓ©mon Go, is looking to sell its game development business, Bloomberg reported.
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Hours after Elon Muskβs AI company xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+ subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest model, to almost $50 per month. On the support page that lists Xβs premium plans, the monthly subscription price [β¦]
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Google Photos is a great service for storing images across devices. But Google Drive and Gmail only offer 15GB of storage for free. Google Photos used to offer free unlimited storage of images, but that is not the case anymore. If you are looking for a better photo storage plan, different features, or just want [β¦]
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After users noticed a new button on Instagram to downvote or dislike comments, the company confirmed that it is testing a way for users to signal that they either didnβt like the comment or donβt think itβs relevant. The feature will appear across both Feed posts and Reels. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a [β¦]
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Apple and Google on Thursday evening restored TikTok to their respective app stores in the U.S., nearly a month after they removed the short video app following a national security law that banned it in the country. The apps were restored after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent Apple a letter saying that the ban [β¦]
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Chat app Telegram, which became profitable last year, released new updates to its apps, including improved sticker search, choosing video covers, and the ability to copy videos at the current time. The company first released its AI-powered sticker search in December, which allowed you to look for stickers using natural language. However, it was limited [β¦]
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Notably, the image tools are not available in countries and regions like India, Indonesia, the EU, and the U.K.
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Itβs no news that India is a huge market for entertainment businesses, but what often doesnβt get mentioned is that its people love to see content in their own languages. According to a recent survey by non-profit Internet and Mobile Association of India, more than 870 million Indians sought out videos, music and other content [β¦]
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Instagram said Tuesday that the platform is introducing its teen accounts feature, which has extra protective measures for safety for users in India, one of its biggest markets with over 350 million users. The company introduced Teen Accounts last year in The U.S., U.K, Canada, and Australia. Meta migrated accounts of Instagram users who are [β¦]
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Startups and big tech companies have aggressively used AI to help developers write code or learn programming better. People have used chatbots to prepare for different scenarios inΒ life, like interviews. Tech assessment platform CodeSignal, which introduced a learning platform for technical subjects with AI assistants last year, launched soft skill courses on its platform today [β¦]
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Generative AI models have demonstrated to app developers that combining a robust knowledge base with the right model can enable them to offer users services β once reliant on costly professionals like therapists or executive assistants β at a fraction of the price. Former VP of product at fitness company Whoop, Rami Alhamad, has a [β¦]
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After Elon Musk took over Twitter, the company blocked third-party clients in 2023, including ones like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, and Fenix. Iconfactory, the company behind Twitterrifc, on Tuesday is finally launching its multi-feed app called Tapestry, which allows you to add sources like RSS, YouTube, Bluesky, Podcasts, Mastodon, Reddit, Tumblr, Micro.blog, GO Comics, and more to [β¦]
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Norway-based browser maker Opera on Tuesday launched a new browser called βOpera Air,β which focuses on mental well-being and mindfulness with features like break reminders, breathing exercises, soundscapes, and binaural beats for better focus. The company said that people use browsers for a lot of their work online, and it wanted to ship a browser [β¦]
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People often use multiple apps for notes, schedule management, and to-dos. But why not combine them all in one app? Thatβs the ethos behind Hero, an all-in-one productivity app with an AI assistant (of course!). The iOS app was developed by former Meta employees Brad Kowalk and Seung W. Lee. Both met while working on [β¦]
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Appleβs AI suite, Apple Intelligence, will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for India and Singapore. During the companyβs Q4 2024 quarterly results call on Thursday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company will roll out support for these additional languages in [β¦]
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