Technology

Threads, an online social media and social networking service operated by Meta Platforms, has been struggling to maintain its initial user engagement.  SimilarWeb Ltd., a data aggregation company specializing in web traffic and performance, has reported a significant setback in user engagement. According to recent data by SimilarWeb, Threads by Instagram witnessed a 79 per cent drop in traffic within …

In a race with India to the moon’s south pole, Russia is set to launch its first lunar landing spacecraft in 47 years on August 11. The launch will happen four weeks after Indian space agency ISRO sent up its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, due to touchdown at the pole on August 23. The Luna-25 spacecraft would take five days to …

If medieval advances in the plough didn’t improve the livelihoods of Europe’s peasants and lift them out of poverty, it was largely because their rulers used the wealth generated by the new gains in output to build cathedrals instead. Taking lessons from history, economists say something similar could repeat with artificial intelligence if it becomes a part of the current …

Apple has withdrawn many generative AI apps from its China App Store before China’s new generative AI regulations, which are scheduled to go into force on August 15. The action was taken due to notifications sent to Chinese app developers citing “content that is illegal in China” as the justification for app removal. The rules, which were made public in …

Through her business, FarmWorks, Li Yi, a young Chinese businesswoman in her 30s, has made significant progress in improving agriculture in far-off Africa. Li set out on a mission to offer comprehensive solutions beyond the conventional strategy of giving loans because she recognised the unrealised potential and difficulties in African agriculture. Local small-scale farmers have benefited from FarmWorks’ focus on …

Nick Clegg, the President of Global Affairs of Meta, recently talked about the subject of artificial intelligence (AI). He discussed the widespread impact of AI with an Indian English-language news magazine India Today.  According to Meta’s Nick Clegg, every tech firm will soon become an AI company. He also urged India, the European Union and the United States to align …

Twitter owner Elon Musk is set to replace Twitter’s iconic bird logo with ‘X’ logo. The blue bird on Twitter’s desktop version has been replaced by a new white ‘X’ logo on a black background, however, this change has not been implemented on the mobile application yet.  Early on Sunday, Elon Musk revealed his plans to rebrand Twitter. He said …

With multiple Chinese businesses actively testing their self-driving cars in California, the largest autonomous vehicle test bed in the world, China has recently emerged as a global leader in autonomous vehicle technology. However, Chinese AV firms may encounter limitations on their activities in the American market as concerns over espionage and monitoring among US politicians intensify. Recently, US Transportation Secretary …

Tesla Inc, an American multinational automotive and clean energy company owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, aims to become a player in supercomputing.  The world’s richest person has said that his electric carmaker company plans to invest over $1 billion on its ‘Project Dojo’ by the end of next year. He revealed that Tesla had been designing an in-house supercomputer …

China made history in 2018 when it unveiled the first artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor. Since then, AI-generated journalism has constantly improved, and several nations have adopted AI newsreaders to transform their media environments. As a vital tool for newsrooms today, AI presents new opportunities and problems for the media sector. Asia’s AI News Anchors Other Asian nations have adopted …