Meta’s new short messaging platform Threads is aiming to take on Twitter. It saw 10 million sign ups within just seven hours of launch today.
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US government clears first ever flying car prototype for testing
Fact is blending with fiction when it comes to automobile technology as the first formal steps to legalise flying cars have been taken.
Amazon, Google announce plans for USD 15 billion and USD 10 billion investments in India
Global E-commerce giant Amazon and internet search engine Google announced plans to invest USD 15 billion and USD 10 billion more respectively in India, their CEOs stated after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent US visit.
US market regulator charges Amazon with duping customers into subscribing to Prime
The United States’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a lawsuit against Jeff Bezos’ Amazon for allegedly enrolling customers in its Prime subscription service “without their consent while knowingly making it difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions to Prime”.
14-year-old hired by SpaceX says LinkedIn deleted his account due to age restrictions
14-year-old prodigy Kairan Quazi may be smart enough to be hired by SpaceX, but he’s too young for LinkedIn, according to the job search platform’s policy.
Indian minister lashes out at ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s claims of ‘government pressure’
The Indian government today emphatically refuted Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s allegations of receiving “many requests” from India to censor accounts critical of the government and those reporting on farmers’ protests, as well as threats of shutting down the platform.
Woman creates the man of her dreams using AI-Companion app
For Rosanna Ramos, a 36-year-old mother of two who lives in the Bronx, New York, the perfect partner was created using the AI chatbot software Replika.
Top experts issue warning about AI technology, sign ‘Statement on AI Risk’
Top AI scientists, researchers and others have issued a new warning about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink gets USFDA green light for clinical human trials — time to move things with your mind?
Neuralink announced on social media that recruitment for human trials would begin soon. The company has been perfecting the implant surgery using robotics.
Meta layoffs: Singapore jobs at risk as Facebook’s parent company begins third round of cuts
Meta eliminated some 11,000 jobs globally in November 2022; of them, an estimated 50 were from Singapore. The second round of layoffs came in April 2023.
