WhatsApp to Offer Card Payments, Services From Rival Digital Payment Providers in India

WhatsApp to Offer Card Payments, Services From Rival Digital Payment Providers in India

WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it will offer credit card payments and services from rival digital payment providers within its app in India, the latest bet by the Meta-owned service to boost commerce offerings in its biggest market. WhatsApp has more than 500 million users in India, though regulators there…

Xbox Leak: Microsoft Is Planning Xbox Series X and Series S Refreshes in 2024, New Controller With Gyro

Xbox Leak: Microsoft Is Planning Xbox Series X and Series S Refreshes in 2024, New Controller With Gyro

Microsoft is planning a mid-gen refresh for its Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, eyeing a release in 2024. A series of leaked court documents from the Microsoft vs. US FTC trial revealed a roadmap and concept images for its upcoming set of gaming systems, which also includes a…

Google DeepMind AI Tool Predicts Whether Genetic Mutations Are Likely to Cause Harm

Google DeepMind AI Tool Predicts Whether Genetic Mutations Are Likely to Cause Harm

Researchers at Google DeepMind, the tech giant’s artificial intelligence arm, on Tuesday introduced a tool that predicts whether genetic mutations are likely to cause harm, a breakthrough that could help research into rare diseases. The findings are “another step in recognising the impact that AI is having in the natural…

Intel Core Ultra ‘Meteor Lake’ Chips Launch Date Set for December 14; to Feature Chiplet Design, AI Coprocessor

Intel Core Ultra ‘Meteor Lake’ Chips Launch Date Set for December 14; to Feature Chiplet Design, AI Coprocessor

Intel on Tuesday unveiled its ‘Meteor Lake‘ processors that will make their way to computers by the end of the year. The new Intel Core Ultra chips are built using the company’s 7nm “Intel 4” technology and are the first processors from Intel to be equipped with a dedicated neural…

iPhone 15 Series, iPhone 14, Apple Watch Series 9 Available With Up to Rs. 6,000 Bank Discount: Details

iPhone 15 Series, iPhone 14, Apple Watch Series 9 Available With Up to Rs. 6,000 Bank Discount: Details

iPhone 15 series pre-orders began last week followed by the launch at the Apple Wanderlust event on September 12. If you’ve been wanting to buy one of the latest iPhone models but have been put off by the high prices, there’s some good news for you. The Cupertino-based company is providing a…

Amazon Devices Unit Morale Suffers Amid Staff Cuts, Shaky Development Pipeline

Amazon Devices Unit Morale Suffers Amid Staff Cuts, Shaky Development Pipeline

Some workers within Amazon’s once-storied hardware division – responsible for popular devices like the Kindle reader and Echo voice-assistant – say morale within the division has suffered amid staff cutbacks and a pipeline of devices in development that they fear are unlikely to prove hits. The division, known as Lab126,…

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Receives Approval to Start Brain Implant Human Trial for Paralysis Patients

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Receives Approval to Start Brain Implant Human Trial for Paralysis Patients

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk‘s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruitment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients. Those with paralysis due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may qualify for…

Meta Urged Not to Roll Out End-to-end Encryption on Messenger, Instagram by UK

Meta Urged Not to Roll Out End-to-end Encryption on Messenger, Instagram by UK

Britain urged Meta not to roll out end-to-end encryption on Instagram and Facebook Messenger without safety measures to protect children from sexual abuse after the Online Safety Bill was passed by parliament. Meta, which already encrypts messages on WhatsApp, plans to implement end-to-end encryption across Messenger and Instagram direct messages,…

CCI Said to Have Appointed Former WhatsApp Executive, Government Officials as New Members

CCI Said to Have Appointed Former WhatsApp Executive, Government Officials as New Members

India’s antitrust body has appointed three new members to oversee cases, including a former government official from the commerce ministry and a former interim compliance officer of WhatsApp, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The new members appointed are Anil Agrawal, a former police official who recently worked…

Google Bard Gets New Features to Catch Up With Rival ChatGPT’s Popularity

Google Bard Gets New Features to Catch Up With Rival ChatGPT’s Popularity

Alphabet‘s Google said on Tuesday that Bard, its generative artificial intelligence, will have the ability to fact-check its answers and analyze users’ personal Google data as the tech giant scrambles to catch up to ChatGPT in popularity. The release last year of ChatGPT, a chatbot from Microsoft-backed OpenAI, sparked a…