Pranav Dixit
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Silicon Valley, CA, United States
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Apple has an AirPod repair problem
California’s new Right to Repair Act can’t magically make Apple’s popular earbuds good for the environment. → Read More
A Sci-Fi Magazine Was Flooded By AI-Written Submissions
“We were being buried,” Clarkesworld editor and publisher Neil Clarke said. → Read More
Google's New ChatGPT Rival Is Called Bard
Google is developing a brand-new “conversational AI” service called Bard, a rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT, the company announced on Monday. Unlike Google Search, which presents you with a list of links when you search for something, Bard will be able to directly answer more complex questions. For example, it will be able to make comparisons between two movies or help you plan lunch based on what you… → Read More
OpenAI's Tool To Detect AI-Generated Text Kind Of Sucks
“It appears that the problem of distinguishing human writing from software-generated text remains unsolved.” → Read More
AI Image Generators Keep Messing Up Hands. Here's Why.
It all comes down to the images AI is learning from. → Read More
Your iPhone And iPad Have An Awesome New Security Feature. Here's Why You Need To Turn It On Now.
Just do it. → Read More
Apple Finally Will Let You Encrypt iCloud Backups. Here’s Why That’s Important.
Opting in will keep your iCloud backups safe from hackers, law enforcement, and Apple itself. → Read More
Mass Layoffs Are Happening At Amazon
About 10,000 people could lose their jobs. → Read More
Meta Has Cut More Than 11,000 Workers In Its First Mass Layoffs In 18 Years
Facebook's parent company is letting go of about 13% of its staff, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced. → Read More
An FCC Commissioner Wants TikTok Removed From App Stores After BuzzFeed News Found American User Data Was Repeatedly Accessed In China
Nine Republican senators have also written to the company's CEO demanding answers. → Read More
WhatsApp Is Suing The Indian Government To Protect The User Privacy
The company is fighting back against new rules that go into effect today in India. → Read More
India’s Alternative To Twitter Is Filled With Anti-Muslim Hate Speech
Embraced by India's right-wing government, Koo has given a platform to anti-Muslim hostility. → Read More
“The Tweets Must Continue To Flow,” Twitter Says Amid Standoff With India
The government has reportedly ordered the company to take down access to an additional 1,200 accounts. → Read More
India’s Modi Government Threatens Twitter Employees With Jail
The social media company is refusing an order to take down accounts the government wants gone. → Read More
Google Has Threatened To Pull Search From Australia If It Is Forced To Pay News Publishers For Content
The move could have ripple effects around the world, including in the United States. → Read More
Trump Has Pardoned Former Google And Uber Engineer Anthony Levandowski
A judge had allowed Anthony Levandowski to serve out his 18-month prison sentence after the pandemic. → Read More
This "Super Granny" Worked Her Entire Life — Until COVID-19 Killed Her
Sushma Mane kept her family going, until she couldn't go any longer. → Read More
Protests About Indian Farming Reforms Have Reached Facebook
Sikhs are rallying in Silicon Valley in support of protesting Indian farmers. → Read More
Apple Launched New MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, And Mac Mini With Faster M1 Chips
Apple finally put chips it designed itself into the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro, and the Mac Mini. → Read More
Paytm, MakeMyTrip, GOQii And Other Indian Startups Want To Build An Indian App Store To Bypass The Google Play Store
To avoid paying a 30 percent cut, Indian tech companies look for new ways to get apps in the hands of consumers. → Read More