Month: June 2024
Meta’s Messenger new feature
Meta has rolled out a new ‘Communities’ feature on Messenger, which allows users to join a community without having to be part of the Facebook group. Notably, the feature was first rolled out on WhatsApp in 2022 and is now available to all users on Messenger. The new feature is likely to be useful for
The AI chatbot for WhatsApp
Meta also recently rolled out its AI chatbot, Meta AI for WhatsApp business accounts in India amongst a number of other countries. The new feature is aimed at helping businesses better assist their customers and discover new products. The AI chatbot is also be used to help businesses create ads on Facebook and Instagram. Is
iOS 18 App locking feature
New options in iOS 18 are rumored to include the ability to lock individual apps away from prying eyes, as well as taking the existing Dark Mode setting to new levels. The feature would also build upon existing security features already present in iOS 17, such as “locked” Notes or revealing “Hidden” albums in Photos.
Aid delivery to Gaza via the repaired pier
The movement of aid through the pier brings back online one way to get desperately needed food and other emergency supplies to Palestinians trapped by the eight-month-old Israel-Hamas war. Israeli restrictions on land crossings, and fighting, have greatly limited the flow of food and other vital supplies into the territory.Early efforts to get aid from
Strike inside airfield housing Russia’s Su-57 fleet
Russia’s Su-57 fleet has been largely absent from the skies over Ukraine, and has instead been used to fire long-range missiles across the border. Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the front lines. The strike came shortly after its
Use of Drones and Gliding bombs in Ukraine
Russian troops have steadily advanced westward from the ruins of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, seizing a dozen small villages and nearing Chasiv Yar and a key highway to the south. Russia stepped up its use of glide bombs in October when it launched its offensive against Avdiivka. Powerful bombs are transformed into glide weapons by adding
Human Native AI Market place
AI systems and large language models need to be trained on massive amounts of data to be accurate but they shouldn’t train on data that they don’t have the rights to use. Human Native AI is a London-based startup building a marketplace to broker such deals between the many companies building LLM projects and those
Uber Embraces clean energy
Ride-hailing company Uber has taken its plans for clean transport international. Uber’s initiative to promote cleaner air and cheaper, efficient vehicles is not new. In fact, the company teamed up with Tesla to pledge a zero-emission platform globally by 2040. In the United States, many brands are launching eco-friendly initiatives to benefit the planet. Do
Biden Criticism of ICC
The United States and Israel are not members of the International Criminal Court, which is in The Hague. After the court’s chief prosecutor announced that he would seek the warrants on May 20, Mr. Biden sharply criticized the decision, saying “there is no equivalence none between Israel and Hamas.” Mr. Biden’s advisers said he “strongly
Rescued Israel Hostages in Gaza
Intelligence collection and analysis teams from the U.S. and the U.K. have been in Israel throughout the war, assisting Israeli intelligence in collecting and analyzing information related to the hostages, some of them citizens of both countries, according to a senior Israeli defense official familiar with the effort to locate and rescue the hostages. American