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Meta’s new prototype chatbot has reportedly said that Mark Zuckerberg exploits its users for money. Meta says the chatbot uses artificial intelligence and can chat on “nearly any topic”. Asked what the chatbot thought of the company’s CEO and founder, it replied “our country is divided and he didn’t help that at all”. Meta said […]
Disney will launch a new ad-supported streaming service in the United States in December, as it overtakes Netflix in the race for paid subscribers. The firm reported 221.1 million subscribers across its three streaming platforms at the start of July. That put it just ahead of Netflix, which has been losing customers. But Disney warned […]
Meta has announced new privacy features for WhatsApp users. Users will be able to leave group chats silently, control who can see their online status and block screenshots on View Once messages. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said this would help keep WhatsApp messaging “as private and secure as face-to-face conversations”. It will begin rolling […]
Instagram says it is pausing a rollout of new features on its app following backlash online from users, influencers and celebrities. Among the new features was an increase in recommended video content, in a similar style to rival app TikTok. The display and feeds were criticised as people felt they were not seeing photos from […]
A popular combat and survival game similar to hit video game PlayerUnknown’s Battleground (PUBG) has been blocked in India. Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) has been taken off the Google and Apple app stores. Google said it had blocked access to the game in the country after receiving a government order. Developer Krafton confirmed the news […]
A lawmaker has filed a bill seeking to declare the act of “ghosting” a form of emotional abuse. Ghosting simply means ending communication with someone without explanation. In House Bill No. 611 which was released to the media on Tuesday, Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. said ghosting causes trauma as it “develops feelings of […]
Amazon Prime deliveries, shows and movies are going to become expensive starting mid-September in the UK and Europe. On Tuesday, Prime customers awoke to an email from Amazon telling them that their Prime membership will increase by up to 43% on September 15, depending on which country they live in. The company cited “increased inflation […]
The Google search engine will be banned in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, currently under Russian occupation. Denis Pushilin, leader of the Russia-backed separatist state Donetsk People’s Republic, posted a message on Telegram accusing Google of “promot[ing] terrorism and violence against all Russians, and especially the population of Donbas,” according to The […]
Twitter spent $33 million on Elon Musk’s proposed deal to buy the firm between April and June 2022. It also said its number of monthly daily users had risen to 237 million but it reported a net loss of $270 million, which was worse than expected. Mr Musk has since changed his mind about the […]
Netflix lost almost one million subscribers between April and July, as the number of people quitting the service accelerated. But that was not as many as the streaming giant had feared. Asked what may have stopped subscriptions sliding further, the firm’s chief executive, Reed Hastings, said: “If there was a single thing, we might say […]
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit in the US over Apple Pay. The tech giant is being accused of using its market power in the mobile phone industry to fend off competition from other payment card issuers. The class-action complaint was filed in a federal court in California by Affinity Credit Union, an Iowa-based […]
Netflix is expanding its push to charge people for sharing accounts, as it looks for new ways to make money after years of massive growth. The streaming service said it would ask subscribers in five countries in central and South America to pay an extra $2.99 per month to add a “second home” to their […]