Category: Technology

n a bid to streamline cross-platform content sharing, WhatsApp is currently developing a feature to allow its users to share their WhatsApp status updates on Instagram as well. The feature, once introduced, will not only save time but also improve reliability and consistency by streamlining content sharing across the two platforms. The development came into the limelight after being discovered by the WaBetaInfo in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.25.20 update available on the Google Play Store which provisions “optional sharing” of status updates on the other platform. As seen from…

Hundreds of OpenAI employees are threatening to leave and demanding that the ChatGPT board resign, a move which comes after a turbulent weekend that started with CEO Sam Altman’s unexpected termination and concluded with Altman being hired by Microsoft. They would follow OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, who said he was starting an AI subsidiary at Microsoft following his shock sacking from the company whose ChatGPT chatbot has led the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology. In a letter, some of OpenAI’s most senior staff members threatened to leave the company…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to completely transform combat, much like gunpowder and the atomic bomb did and it might make conflicts between people unthinkably different and considerably deadlier, as per experts. There were rumours that US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping would agree to outlaw lethal autonomous weapons before their next conference. Although there didn’t seem to be any agreement from the summit, experts believe it’s an important issue that is already changing armed conflict and intensifying the race for global domination. Analysts claim Beijing is…

The prominent messaging platform WhatsApp is set to stop rendering “unlimited storage” for chat backups in the near future. Google, along with the meta-owned app, will notify its users in advance of their decision to remove the unlimited quota option for WhatsApp backups. For now, the storage-limiting feature available on the WhatsApp Business beta for Android 2.23.24.21 update, but the two companies intend to roll out this change to beta testers soon, followed by everyone else next year, WaBetaInfo reported. When implemented, this change will bring WhatsApp’s backup feature at par with that of iOS…

Microsoft made its intentions for the New Outlook for Windows app public a few days ago, a feature that seems to have slipped under the radar despite being in preview for some time is its ability to sync user mail data even when the user is not using a Microsoft Account (MSA), such as Gmail or Yahoo. This was noted by d3rf3l, a Neowin forum user, who started a topic about it. It was during the testing of the New Outlook that German outlet Heise discovered a warning concerning.  Their…

After announcing the enhanced search option for the web client, Meta-owned messenger WhatsApp is now releasing the new text formatting tool to improve the messaging capabilities for its desktop users, WABetaInfo reported. The new set of tools will enable the users to format the text and customise the appearance and layout of their messages. As per the WhatsApp news tracker, the update will be available to some beta testers prior to being rolled out to more users. “Following successful testing with a select group of beta testers over the past…

In order to enable its users to create and share polls in channels, WhatsApp, the Meta-owned social messaging platform, on Sunday announced that it is rolling out a new update for its Android version, WABetaInfo reported. According to the app-tracking website, WhatsApp is working on a feature to share polls in channels, and it will be available in a future update of the app. Currently, the feature is under development, so it’s not ready for beta testers. The new feature will make users enable to create and share polls in channels in…

Two new premium X (previously Twitter) subscription levels have been confirmed by Elon Musk, one of them will be less expensive than the current $8/month X Premium subscription while the other will cost more and allow users to opt out of seeing ads on the social media platform. The billionaire has said that he hasn’t yet disclosed the costs of these two subscription plans. In a post on X confirming the new subscription plans, Musk wrote, “Two new tiers of X Premium subscriptions launching soon. One is lower cost with…

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has incurred a fine of A$610,500 (approximately $386,000) from the Australian e-Safety Commission for its failure to cooperate with an investigation into its practices related to preventing child abuse. This financial penalty is a significant blow to the platform, which has been grappling with declining revenue and facing criticism for its content moderation policies. The e-Safety Commission imposed this fine on X, which was formerly known as Twitter before Musk’s rebranding, due to its refusal to respond to inquiries regarding how it handles reports…