By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter Meta has announced a new feature to allow more personal space for people’s avatars in virtual-reality worlds. The metaverse is still at concept stage but the latest attempts to create virtual worlds are already facing an age-old problem: harassment. Bloomberg’s technology columnist Parmy Olson told the BBC’s Tech Tent programme […]
H K Sethi: Journalist Association of India announced their Annual Awards. Please click the above link to view, like & subscribe to our youtube channel. View till the end to know complete detail Journalist Association of India announced their Annual Awards जर्नलिस्ट एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया ने अपने 27वें राष्ट्रीय और वैश्विक पुरस्कारों की घोषणा की। […]
By Nikhil Inamdar BBC Business Correspondent Can Indian microblogging app Koo beat Twitter? That’s certainly the goal, according to co-founder Mayank Bidawatka, who says Koo expects to surpass Twitter’s 25 million-strong user base in India this year. It had touched 20 million downloads in India by the end of 2021. “We are now available in […]
H K Sethi: Journalist Association of India announced their Annual Awards. Please click the above link to view, like & subscribe to our youtube channel. View till the end to know complete detail Journalist Association of India announced their Annual Awards जर्नलिस्ट एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया ने अपने 27वें राष्ट्रीय और वैश्विक पुरस्कारों की घोषणा की। […]
Tesla’s automated driver-assist feature has added an assertive driving mode. The setting will follow other cars more closely, change lanes more frequently, not leave the overtaking lane, and perform rolling stops. Such driver behavior by humans is often discouraged by safety groups. However, it could sometimes be safer for an automated system to be more […]
Apple has placed an iPhone factory in southern India “on probation” following protests over food poisoning and living conditions. An audit by Apple found that remote dining rooms and dormitories used by workers did not meet requirements. Around 250 women who worked at the Foxconn plant were affected by food poisoning, with more than 150 […]
Facebook owner Meta says it has banned seven surveillance companies for targeting users on its platforms. A new report by Meta says about 50,000 users will receive warnings about the “malicious activities”. It accused surveillance firms of actions like creating fake accounts, befriending targets and using hacking methods to harvest information. The company accused the […]
By James Clayton North America technology reporter The Chinese province of Henan is building a surveillance system with face-scanning technology that can detect journalists and other “people of concern”. Documents seen by BBC News describe a system that classifies journalists into a “traffic-light” system – green, amber and red. Journalists in the “red” category would […]
WhatsApp is rewriting its privacy policy as a result of a huge data protection fine earlier this year. Following an investigation, the Irish data protection watchdog issued a €225m (£190m) fine – the second-largest in history over GDPR – and ordered WhatsApp to change its policies. WhatsApp is appealing against the fine, but is amending […]
Rolls-Royce believes its Spirit of Innovation plane could be the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft. The firm – whose aerospace headquarters are based in Derby – said the plane reached a top speed of 387.4 mph (623 km/h) during test runs at an experimental aircraft testing site. It is thought to have set new World Records […]
