Apps Business Internet News [Updated] Twitter-rival Threads takes off, clocks millions of sign-ups barely hours after launch [Update]: Instagram head Adam Mosseri teased the arrival of several “basic” features… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 6, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News Meta’s Twitter competitor, Instagram ‘Threads’ goes live on iOS, Android Instagram ‘Threads’, the Twitter competitor from Facebook-parent Meta, that is aiming to… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJuly 5, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News OpenAI discontinues “Browse with Bing” feature due to bypassing of paywalls ChatGPT, ever since it was rolled out, has been used for a… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 5, 20232 minute read
Apps Global Internet News Instagram’s Threads to debut on July 6 amid Twitter chaos With all that is going on at Twitter, the sight of a… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 4, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter puts a cap on number of tweets users can read daily Following the latest widespread outage suffered by Twitter in recent months, Twitter… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 3, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Google to remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover, in response to Online News Act The recent enactment of Canada’s Bill C-18 (the Online News Act) continues… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp introduces a new QR code based data transfer that doesn’t rely on cloud backups It is perhaps the digital world’s most stated and still unanswered problem… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 30, 20232 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Meta introduces new parental controls for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger Meta is building on to its more recent child-safety measures across its… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 27, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube will require fan accounts to make their distinction from official artist channels ‘obvious’ Fan channels and accounts dedicated to actors, singers, celebrities, and inspirational personalities… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube suffers outage, down for thousands of users After Reddit, YouTube and YouTube TV have become the latest names to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20232 minute read
Futurism Global Internet News China’s Ant Group ventures into Large-Language Models with Zhenyi The fallout of ChatGPT and the increasing investments into artificial intelligence just… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 22, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp to let users silence unknown calls, rolls out new Privacy Checkup Indian users are (unfortunately) intimately familiar with spam calls, and the increasing… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 21, 20232 minute read
Business Internet News Musk meets Modi, talk about possible Tesla and Starlink India debut Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced his intentions to invest in… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 21, 20233 minute read
Global Internet News Security Reddit faces ransom demands: Hackers threaten to leak stolen data amidst API pricing controversy As if thousands of subreddits going dark or finding alternative means of… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 20, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Subreddits get creative: Innovative protests emerge amidst Reddit’s API rule changes The ripples of the new changes to Reddit’s API rules continue to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 19, 20233 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Meta rolls our Instagram broadcast channels to users globally Meta has decided to bring Instagram’s broadcast channels to more countries. In… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 15, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google has reportedly warned its own staff about AI chatbots, including ‘Bard’ Tech titan Google may be one of the biggest proponents of AI… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 15, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Google’s ad unit faces potential breakup as European Commission alleges abuse of dominant position in ad market The European Commission – the executive arm of the EU – has… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 15, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube significantly lowers content monetization eligibility criteria In a move that is sure to increase competition among creators, while… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 14, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter Twitter refuses to pay Google Cloud bills, putting its Trust and Safety operations in jeopardy: Report Elon Musk’s Twitter, once again, finds itself embroiled in a contract standoff.… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 12, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News India will “regulate AI in same way as other emerging tech”, says Union IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar In a press conference today that highlighted India’s progress in terms of… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 9, 20232 minute read
