Google-led App Defense Alliance joins Linux Foundation, with Meta and Microsoft joining too
The App Defense Alliance (ADA) an initiative set up by Google back in 2019 to combat malicious Android apps infiltrating the Play app store,...
Spotify brings 15 hours of monthly audiobook listening to Premium subscribers in the U.S.
Roughly a month after Spotify announced that a selection of audiobooks would become a part of its Premium subscription, the company is today...
Meta taps Hugging Face for startup accelerator to spur adoption of open source AI...
Facebook parent Meta is teaming up with Hugging Face and European cloud infrastructure company Scaleway to launch a new AI-focused startup program at...
Samsung unveils ChatGPT alternative Samsung Gauss that can generate text, code and images
Just a few days after OpenAI’s developer event, Samsung unveiled its own generative AI model, Samsung Gauss, at the Samsung AI Forum 2023.
Samsung...
Meta will start requiring disclosures for political ads manipulated with AI
In 2024, Meta will begin requiring advertisers running political or issue ads on its platforms to disclose when their ads are “digitally created...
Vanguard slashes Ola valuation by 60%-plus; NB reduces Pharmeasy’s by over 90%
The U.S. index fund pioneer Vanguard has cut the worth of its holding in the Indian ride-hailing startup Ola by nearly two thirds...
Gogoro’s Smartscooters can now be unlocked via Apple Wallet
Gogoro, the Taiwanese two-wheeler battery swapping giant, says that its smart electric scooters can now be unlocked and turned on via a key...
More consolidation in grocery delivery: Getir acquires FreshDirect to beef up in the US
Getir, the Turkish instant grocery delivery startup, has made an acquisition to expand its presence in the U.S. and to further its strategy...
Instagram is finally testing a feature to let you turn off read receipts for...
Instagram is finally testing a feature that will let users turn off read receipts for Instagram DMs. This way, even if you have...
NASA’s Mars helicopter did something it’s never done before
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has surpassed the mission team’s expectations for the diminutive drone-like machine.
Ever since its maiden flight over the martian surface...
