Technology

The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users’ passwords without protection or encryption. The inquiry was opened five years ago after Meta notified Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it had stored some passwords in ‘plaintext’. Meta publicly acknowledged the

New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. W. W. Norton & Company Richard Powers’ Playground is a novel of contrasts: the vast unknown of Earth’s oceans, a place of constant discovery and marvelous creatures that seem always to be at play, versus technological advancement and the rise of AI; the unlikely

Redmi Buds 6 were launched in China on Thursday alongside the Redmi Note 14 5G and Note 14 Pro series handsets. The TWS earphones come with 12.4mm dynamic drivers and support up to 49dB active noise cancellation (ANC). They are claimed to offer a playback time of up to 42 hours with the charging case.

OpenAI is reportedly telling investors that it plans on charging $22 a month to use ChatGPT by the end of the year. The company also plans to aggressively increase the monthly price over the next five years up to $44. The documents obtained by shows that OpenAI took in $300 million in revenue this August,

is continuing the wonderful tradition of messing with people who feel the need to cheat in multiplayer games. In the latest update to Deadlock, the company’s , Valve added the game’s first anti-cheat system. When the system detects a cheater, Deadlock will . They can have the rulebreaker banned immediately and end the match right

LinkedIn is reportedly removing artificial intelligence (AI) prompts it was previously displaying on its platform. These AI prompts would appear on the feed of Premium users, nudging them to use the service’s AI features. However, several users have stated that these prompts have not been visible on the service for a while. The company has

As extreme weather events become ever more common, climate risks are playing a role in many people’s long-term decision-making. And few things are more long-term than buying real estate. In response, Zillow has a new partnership to bring climate risk information to its for-sale listings. Property listing pages in the US will include data about

Sony MDR-M1 closed-back headphones have been launched in India. They sport an over-ear design with soft, thick earpads and come with support for 6.3mm and 3.5mm detachable cables. The headphones offer users a 360-degree spatial sound experience, according to the company. They are said to offer a high-fidelity audio output and are aimed at professionals like

Researchers have spotted an apparent downside of smarter chatbots. Although AI models predictably become more accurate as they advance, they’re also more likely to (wrongly) answer questions beyond their capabilities rather than saying, “I don’t know.” And the humans prompting them are more likely to take their confident hallucinations at face value, creating a trickle-down

Apple Vision Pro was launched earlier this year as the company’s first mixed reality (MR) headset, with a $3,499 (roughly Rs. 2,92,900) price tag. While it is a premium device that is available in a handful of countries, the iPhone maker has been working on developing a cheaper Vision headset that could be unveiled in

The biggest reveal at Meta’s Connect event was its long-promised AR glasses, Orion. As expected, the prototype, each of which reportedly costs around $10,000, won’t be ready for the public any time soon. In the meantime, Meta offered a glimpse of its new holographic avatars, which will allow people to talk with lifelike holograms in

Samsung Galaxy M15 5G Prime Edition was launched in India on Wednesday. The features and specifications of the handset are similar to that of the Galaxy M15 5G, which was unveiled in the country in April this year. The smartphone is backed by a MediaTek Dimensity 6100+ SoC paired with up to 8GB of RAM and a

Meta just revealed the budget-friendly Quest 3S VR headset at its annual Connect keynote event, but it also made a sad announcement about some of its previous headsets. The company will stop selling both the Quest 2 and the Quest Pro by the end of the year. “With Quest 3S on the shelf, we’re officially

Ghost of Tsushima, the action-adventure phenomenon from Sucker Punch, is finally getting a sequel. At Sony’s State of Play broadcast Tuesday, the developer took the covers off Ghost of Yotei, introducing a new protagonist and a fresh setting. The sequel will feature a female hero, Atsu, and will trace her journey through the lands surrounding

Jan-Bart van Beek, Guerilla Games’ art and animation director, has officially announced that a remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn is arriving on October 31. The game will feature over 10 hours of re-recorded audio, mocap, as well as improved character models, animation, lighting and textures that he said will bring it “to the same

WhatsApp for Android is now testing a feature that lets users mark all chats as read at once. In recent months, this feature was said to be in development but remained inaccessible to beta testers. However, the instant messaging platform’s latest beta update for Android changes things and makes it available to several beta testers.

Yesterday, the US government announced the first-ever . It’s a result of the work of the . The website is called . Honestly, we’re kind of surprised that data on rising sea levels hasn’t been easily accessible to the public until now. The website lets you check how much sea levels have risen in a

Audio-Technica ATH-TWX7 was launched in India on Tuesday as the latest truly wireless stereo (TWS) headset from the company. It was previously unveiled in global markets in January. The wireless headset is equipped with noise-cancellation features, as well as hear-through and talk-through modes. The TWS earphones support multipoint connectivity and have MEMS microphones with beamforming technology. Together