Author Archives: Muhammad Tanveer

Increasing number of U.S. lawmakers calling for a ban on the popular app due to national security concerns, Chew highlighted that TikTok currently has over 150 million active monthly users in the U.S. – almost half of the country's population. This is up from the 100 million users the app claimed in 2020. In a [...]

A Google spokesperson stated that they had suspended the Play version of the app due to security concerns. Additionally, Google has implemented its scanner, Google Play Protect Feature. This protection feature aims to scan the already installed apps on android devices and protect the device from potentially malicious apps. This google play protection feature blocks [...]

During a recent event, Microsoft unveiled its new AI "Co-pilot" feature, which will soon be available to Microsoft 365 users. The Co-pilot will assist users in editing, summarizing, creating, and comparing documents. However, this new feature is unlike the old Clippy, the anthropomorphized paperclip. Instead, it is built on the same advanced technology that powers [...]

According to the World Economic Forum, companies' carbon footprints can be largely attributed to CO2 emissions in their supply chains, also known as 'Scope 3 emissions'. In fact, up to 90% of a company's carbon footprint can come from these emissions, and more than half of all emissions worldwide can be traced back to just [...]

LinkedIn has recently released an exciting new feature called AI-powered writing suggestions, which can help individuals enhance their LinkedIn profiles or recruiters to write compelling job descriptions. This feature is built on advanced GPT models, with personalized profiles powered by GPT-4 and job descriptions powered by GPT-3.5. LinkedIn is now focusing more on AI in [...]

As per reports, almost all employees at the satellite launch firm will also be furloughed, indicating that the company is facing financial difficulties. The decision was communicated to the employees at a meeting on Wednesday, where the management assured them of a further update next week. This move comes after the company's failed attempt to [...]

WhatsApp has introduced new features on the newly updated version 2.23.5.12, which is now available through the Google Play Beta Program. This latest update has a handy new feature that will be especially useful for large group chat members. The new feature replaces phone numbers with push names in the chat list whenever you receive [...]

According to the American military, a Russian fighter jet and a US drone collided, leading to the unmanned US aircraft crashing into the Black Sea. This event highlights the growing potential for a direct confrontation between Russia and the US regarding the ongoing Ukraine conflict. The US military reported that the drone was on a [...]

One of the most impressive features of GPT-4 is its ability to process text and image inputs. However, its responses are limited to text only. OpenAI acknowledges that GPT-4 still faces some of the same issues as earlier language models, such as the tendency to fabricate information (known as "hallucinating") and generate violent or harmful [...]

Security Minister, Tom Tugendhat, confirmed this during an interview with a news channel, stating that he wants to wait for the NCSC's findings before making any decisions. He emphasized the significance of comprehending the potential threats posed by these apps and their impact on our daily lives. Recent reports in the Sunday Times suggested that [...]

On Tuesday, Amazon announced launching its first-ever internet satellites into space. The company aims to make initial commercial tests available shortly after the first half of 2024. This move positions Amazon to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX and other companies in offering broadband internet services globally. According to the company's statement, Project Kuiper, Amazon's satellite [...]

The recent round of layoffs affected 10,000 employees across the company, according to Platformer. The decision to eliminate the team is somewhat puzzling, given that Microsoft is investing billions more dollars into its partnership with OpenAI, the startup behind innovative art- and text-generating AI systems like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2. Moreover, the company is overhauling [...]

According to a recent Twitter thread by Stephane Kasriel, Meta's commerce and fintech lead, Meta has decided to scale back its involvement with NFTs on Facebook and Instagram. This means that Meta will no longer be testing the creation and sale of NFTs on Instagram, and users will no longer be able to share NFTs [...]

A team of structural and civil engineers from the United Kingdom is working tirelessly to gather geological data and conduct in-depth evaluations to determine why numerous buildings collapsed during a recent high-magnitude earthquake in Turkey. They are collaborating with their Turkish counterparts. Together, they have identified instances of poor construction practices, such as using large [...]

A public swimming pool in Devon is now being heated by the warmth generated by a washing-machine-sized data center, providing significant cost savings to the Exmouth Leisure Centre. The data center uses oil to capture the heat the computers produce inside the box. This heat is enough to keep the pool at a comfortable 30 [...]

The A76a iceberg is a whopping 135km long and 25km wide, making it the biggest floating iceberg in the world! It's so huge that it's almost as big as the entire county of Cornwall. The A76a iceberg is shaped like a massive ironing board and is one of three parts that broke away from the [...]