Twitter made one of its worst product decisions in a long time last week when it announced that the service would default to showing the algorithmically served Home feed, with the reverse-chronological Latest feed accessible in a different tab. The modification made it more difficult to view tweets in chronological order. It was first available on iOS and was set to arrive “soon” on Android and the web. Following widespread criticism, Twitter said on Monday that it would return to its previous state. “We heard you — some of you…
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Microsoft is reportedly testing ads in Windows 11 File Explorer
Microsoft is reportedly testing advertisements in the Windows 11 File Explorer, which might be one of Windows users’ worst nightmares. This was identified in the most recent Windows 11 “Insider” release, which is available for everyone to test. On Twitter, a user noticed a promotion for Editor, a closed-source grammar-checking application developed by Microsoft. It is available in both free and paid versions, making its inclusion in the File Explorer even more aggravating. The advertisement notification appears directly below the address bar, above the files and folders list. The advertisement…
Read MoreZerodha founders, BoAt’s Aman Gupta and others invest $150 million in Licious
Licious, an online retailer of meat and seafood, revealed on Tuesday that it had raised $150 million. Amansa Capital, based in Singapore, led the Series F2 round, which also included Kotak PE and Axis Growth Avenues AIF – I. Nithin and Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha, Aman Gupta of BoAt, and Haresh Chawla of True North were among those who took part in the round. For the deal, Avendus served as Licious’s only financial advisor. Despite the fact that the company has not disclosed its worth, it claims to be India’s…
Read MoreZuckerberg-Backed Village Global Invests In Actor Rana Daggubati’s Metaverse Startup Ikonz
Ikonz, an Indian metaverse startup, has received undisclosed seed funding from Village Global, an early-stage venture capital firm, and Woodstock, a technology investment firm. The money raised would be used to hire top tech talent and ramp up artistic talent from around the world, as well as drop non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from its IP partners. Village Global is backed by Bill Gates of Microsoft, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Eric Schmidt of Google, Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn, Bob Iger of Disney, Mike Bloomberg of Bloomberg, and Diane…
Read MoreUkraine harnesses Clearview AI to uncover assailants and identify the fallen
Ukraine is using facial recognition software from Clearview AI to track down Russian assailants and identify Ukrainians who have perished in the conflict. Hoan Ton-That, the company’s CEO, told Reuters that Ukraine’s defence ministry started using the software on Saturday. Clearview The facial recognition system developed by AI is divisive, but undeniably powerful, as it uses billions of images scraped from the internet to identify just about anyone. Clearview, according to Ton-That, has over two billion iumages from Russian social media service VKontakte alone. According to Reuters, Ton-That wrote to…
Read MoreIndian Govt Launches Startup Challenge To Empower 100 Startups In Water Sector
Hardeep Singh Puri, the Union Minister for Water Resources, has launched a startup challenge with the goal of empowering 100 water-related startups. The initiative is called the ‘India WaterPitch-Pilot-Scale Startup Challenge,’ and it was created by the Ministry Of Housing And Urban Affairs. The selected startups will receive a grant of INR 20 lakhs as part of the programme. In addition, the Ministry will provide the selected startups with funding and mentorship. ‘The initiative aims to empower startups in the water sector to grow through innovation and design, which will…
Read MorePerfios to acquire fintech platform Karza for Rs 600 crore
Karza Technologies, a banking and financial intelligence solution provider, will be purchased for around Rs 600 crore by Perfios Software Solutions, a Bengaluru-based fintech software firm backed by Warburg Pincus and Bessemer. Perfios raised around Rs 520 crore from Warburg Pincus and Bessemer Venture Partners, as well as some existing investors, earlier this month. The funds will be used to partially fund the acquisition of Karza Tech. Through its superior data engineering and deep tech applications, Karza provides solutions that enable onboarding automation, systemic fraud prevention, and business intelligence. According…
Read MoreIISc-backed ARTPARK to launch $100 million venture fund to invest in AI, robotics startups
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) – Bengaluru’s AI & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) has announced the launch of a $100 million venture fund. The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given ARTPARK permission to launch the fund. According to Umakant Soni, the CEO of ARTPARK, the venture fund will be formally launched by the end of this month, pending SEBI approval, and fund deployment will likely begin in May or June. Soni said the venture fund size of investments will be in the range of $1 million to…
Read MoreYouTube’s Android app now has video transcriptions
YouTube has added a very useful feature to its videos that will greatly simplify working with quotes and scripts. The platform hosts videos ranging in length from a few seconds to several hours, including podcasts, video essays, and more. And if you needed to find a specific quote or section from these lengthy videos, you’d have to sit through the majority of them until you found what you needed. This problem is now solved by the new transcription feature, which allows users to search for specific parts of a video….
Read MoreAICRA hosts 3rd edition of GAISA to boost AI adoption in India
In a bid to accelerate AI adoption in India, The All-India Council for robotics and automation will host the third edition of the Global Artificial intelligence summit and awards(GAISA) from the 14th and 15th of September 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The summit is a Global AI event that comprises insightful and innovative presentations, panels and round-table discussions, keynote sessions by experts, and an exhibition of new products and services related to artificial intelligence. The event also sets the platform for honouring exemplary work of the institutions, organizations, and…
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