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Google to pay $100 million to settle advertisers' class action

Google has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to settle a long-running lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers by failing to provide promised discounts and charged for clicks on ads outside the specified geographic areas

29 Mar 2025 9:51 am
U.S. regulator opening probe into diversity practices at Disney and ABC

The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Friday said he is opening an investigation into the diversity practices of Walt Disney and its ABC unit

29 Mar 2025 9:39 am
FBI investigating cyberattack at Oracle: Reports

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud computing company's computer systems and stole patient data, Bloomberg News reported

29 Mar 2025 9:09 am
IBM to layoff thousands of U.S. employees as hiring shifts to India: Report

IBM has also listed 173 open positions since January this year with 2,946 openings available since November last year

28 Mar 2025 3:04 pm
India criticises X for calling compliance website a censorship tool

The comments came in a rejoinder to X's new lawsuit filed on March 5 in the southern state of Karnataka seeking to quash the government's website initiative

28 Mar 2025 2:12 pm
Instagram removing content notes feature due to low adoption

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that content notes were being removed from the app due to low adoption

28 Mar 2025 1:20 pm
Nothing may introduce subscription plan for AI features in Essential Space

The plan could also be a freemium model where users can try out some features before signing up for the subscription

28 Mar 2025 12:25 pm
One Tech Tip: Dont give your email to strangers, use a decoy address instead

Who says you have to give your real email address? Next time youre asked, consider using an email mask

28 Mar 2025 10:26 am
Three Intel board members to retire in latest shakeup amid turnaround

Three Intel board members will not stand for re-election at its 2025 annual meeting, the chipmaker said in a regulatory filing on Thursday

28 Mar 2025 10:15 am
Cleo AI to pay $17 million to settle US FTC charges it deceived consumers

Cleo AI agreed to pay $17 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that the cash advance company deceived consumers about how much money they could obtain and how long it would take

28 Mar 2025 10:06 am
Nvidia-backed CoreWeave prices downsized U.S. IPO at $40 per share

The IPO size was also reduced to about 37.5 million shares, compared with the 49 million shares that CoreWeave and some existing investors had planned to sell earlier

28 Mar 2025 10:05 am
Former Meta executives raise $15 million for AI assistant startup

Two former Meta artificial intelligence executives have raised $15 million for Yutori, a startup that will develop AI personal assistants, the company said

28 Mar 2025 9:43 am
ChatGPTs viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns

Fans of Studio Ghibli were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki

28 Mar 2025 9:31 am
Databricks and Anthropic partner to help companies build AI agents

The collaboration gives customers access to Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Anthropics latest AI reasoning model via Databricks on Amazon Web Services, Azure and Google Cloud

27 Mar 2025 3:31 pm
Image generation in ChatGPT delayed for free users

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared that the rollout of Images in ChatGPT to non-paying users would be delayed due to high popularity

27 Mar 2025 2:51 pm
Elon Musk to help Trump administrations Signal chatleak probe

Musk will help with the probe on the Signal app leak that inadvertently shared details about the Yemeni Houthi attack

27 Mar 2025 12:26 pm
Newspaper copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to proceed

A federal judge has ruled that The New York Times and other newspapers can proceed with a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using their stories to train AI

27 Mar 2025 11:47 am
US robotics companies push for national strategy to compete with China

American robotics companies are pushing for a national robotics strategy, including a central government robotics office, to promote the industry

27 Mar 2025 9:56 am
Italy pursues payment from Meta, X and LinkedIn in landmark tax case

Italy has handed tax demands to Meta, X and LinkedIn in an unprecedented VAT claim against the U.S. tech giants that could have repercussions across the European Union, four sources said

27 Mar 2025 9:24 am
Microsoft pulls back from more data centre leases in US and Europe, analysts say

Microsoft has abandoned data centre projects set to use 2 gigawatts of electricity in the U.S. and Europe in the last six months due to an oversupply, per analysts

27 Mar 2025 9:02 am
Consumers urged to delete 23andMe data as bankruptcy sparks privacy fears

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged 23andMe customers to secure their data in light of rising privacy concerns after the DNA testing firm filed for bankruptcy

27 Mar 2025 8:41 am
What is Signal, the chat app used by US officials to share attack plans?

A magazine journalists account of being added to a group chat of U.S. national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised serious concerns

26 Mar 2025 2:54 pm
AI startup Synthesia to pay actors with company shares to create digital avatars: Report

A London-based AI company called Synthesia wants to create digital avatars, but has a plan to compensate the human actors with company shares

26 Mar 2025 2:06 pm
Airtel launches IPTV services across 2,000 cities in India. Check plans and benefits

Airtels IPTV service will not be available in Delhi, Rajasthan, Assam and the Northeastern states as the company said the launch in these states are expected in few weeks

26 Mar 2025 12:48 pm
Some YouTube Premium users can test curated queues, faster playback speeds, and rewards features in the video app

YouTube shared that eligible Premium members could try out new, experimental features on a temporary basis after signing into their accounts

26 Mar 2025 12:16 pm
OpenAI launches image generation within ChatGPT

OpenAI announced the rollout of image creation within ChatGPT, suggesting that the new release resulted in more realistic images with fewer textual mistakes

26 Mar 2025 10:52 am
Google releases Gemini 2.5 Pro, its most advanced AI reasoning model

The first in the group is the Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental will be available now on Google AI Studio and for Gemini Advanced users on the Gemini AI chat interface

26 Mar 2025 10:49 am
Anthropic wins early round in music publishers' AI copyright case

Anthropic convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminary bid to block it from using lyrics owned by Universal Music Group and other music publishers

26 Mar 2025 9:50 am
Google defeats part of US shareholder class action over digital ads

Google convinced a federal judge in San Francisco to dismiss part of a lawsuit that accused the tech giant of misleading investors

26 Mar 2025 9:32 am
China's DeepSeek releases AI model upgrade, intensifies rivalry with OpenAI

DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model, intensifying competition with U.S. tech leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic

26 Mar 2025 9:22 am
What is Elon Musk's DOGE, the secretive unit operating in the public eye?

U.S. President Donald Trump has regularly praised tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency for its role in cutting the size of the federal workforce

25 Mar 2025 10:32 am
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger joins religious-oriented tech firm Gloo for AI push

Gloo, a Boulder, Colorado-based firm that offers technology tools to Christian churches and other faith groups, said on Monday that Pat Gelsinger is joining the firm

25 Mar 2025 10:14 am
OpenAI COO to lead global growth push in expanded role, Sam Altman says

OpenAI's Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap will spearhead global expansion and corporate partnerships, CEO Sam Altman said on Monday

25 Mar 2025 9:10 am
X director of engineering, Haofei Wang, leaves social media company: Report

Haofei Wang was X's director of engineering but left the social media company owned by Elon Musk, tech outlet The Verge reported

25 Mar 2025 9:02 am
Why QR codes matter, and how to use them effectively

QR codes arent just for UPI transactions or digital menus at restaurants. Learn to use them effectively to promote businesses, develop your personal brand, or share information in a more compact format

25 Mar 2025 8:17 am
SoftBank, OpenAI to build AI data centre in Japan: Report

The centre is expected to start operations in 2026 and will be one of the largest in Japan, boasting a power capacity of 150 megawatts

14 Mar 2025 10:04 am