Here are 10 standout features to look forward to:

1. Personalised Contact Posters: Customise your calling experience by choosing a photo or Memoji as your visual identifier when making calls.

2. Live Voicemail Transcriptions: Enjoy real-time transcriptions of voicemail messages, allowing you to read them instead of listening to the entire recording.

3. Check-In Safety Feature: Automatically notify your loved ones when you arrive safely at your destination, and receive proactive alerts if your travel stops unexpectedly.

4. Transcripted Audio Messages: Audio messages sent through iMessage will be automatically transcribed, giving you the option to read or listen to them.

5. New Messaging Experience: Elevate your conversations with vibrant Live Stickers, emoji stickers, and Memoji stickers that sync seamlessly across Apple devices.

6. FaceTime Voicemails: Leave video or audio messages on FaceTime to connect with your contacts even when they're unavailable to answer your call.

7. Enhanced Privacy Settings: Gain greater control over your privacy with advanced settings that cover browsing, photo sharing, and more. Blur photos and videos for added privacy and activate Lockdown Mode for heightened security against cyber threats.

8. Updated AirDrop Settings: Share contact information effortlessly with NameDrop, and enjoy improved wireless connections with the ability to send files to recipients who are not in close proximity.

9. All-New Journal App: Chronicle your life experiences with ease using the Journal app, capturing moments through written entries enriched with photos, locations, and recordings.

10. Upgraded Autocorrect: Experience smarter autocorrect with improved spelling corrections, ensuring error-free texts and messages.

With iOS 17, Apple continues to push boundaries, enhancing the iPhone user experience across various aspects of daily life. Stay ahead of the curve and embrace the exciting features that iOS 17 has in store for you.

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Previously, the feature was being tested on the beta versions of the Android and iOS apps, as well as the Web interface. Now, it has been rolled out globally, providing users with the convenience of correcting mistakes without having to delete the entire message.

Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Meta, announced the introduction of the new feature on WhatsApp through a Facebook post. By allowing message editing, WhatsApp aims to save users' time by eliminating the need to rewrite the entire text. To edit a sent message, users need to long-press and hold the message, select the "edit" option from the menu, and make the necessary modifications.

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It's important to note that edited messages will be labeled with an "edited" tag next to the timestamp, indicating that changes have been made. However, recipients won't have access to the editing history of the text. WhatsApp already provides the option to delete sent messages, but the ability to edit messages offers a more efficient solution for users.

In a blog post, the company stated that the update will be rolled out to all global users and can be used for correcting misspellings or adding additional context to a message. Furthermore, it reassured users that all edits made using the feature will be protected by end-to-end encryption, ensuring the privacy and security of their conversations.

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Blumenthal, a Democrat, stated, "Artificial intelligence technologies are more than just research experiments. They are no longer fantasies of science fiction; they are real and present."

Unlike the tense questioning of Facebook and TikTok executives during their visits to Washington, Altman's testimony aimed to educate lawmakers about the potential risks associated with AI. Altman urged Congress to impose new regulations on big tech, despite the political divisions that have hindered internet regulation legislation for years.

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Altman has emerged as a prominent figure in the AI field, promoting his company's technology to Microsoft and numerous other companies, while also warning about the potentially negative impacts on society.

"OpenAI was founded on the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives, but also that it creates serious risks," Altman stated during the hearing.

He stressed the importance of regulatory intervention by governments to mitigate the risks associated with increasingly powerful AI models, considering concerns such as disinformation and job security.

Altman proposed that the US government implement licensing and testing requirements for powerful AI models, with the authority to revoke permits if rules were violated. He also recommended labeling AI systems and fostering global coordination in establishing regulations. Additionally, he suggested creating a dedicated US agency to handle artificial intelligence.

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While Altman advocated for US leadership in AI regulation, he acknowledged the need for global cooperation. Senator Blumenthal highlighted Europe's progress with its AI Act, which is scheduled for a vote in the European Parliament next month. The EU measure could potentially include bans on biometric surveillance, emotion recognition, and certain policing AI systems.

In relation to OpenAI's generative AI systems, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, US lawmakers emphasized the importance of transparency. They proposed categorizing these AI systems in a specific group that requires additional transparency measures, such as notifying users that the output was generated by a machine.

Despite the advancements, experts cautioned that AI technology is still in its early stages. Gary Marcus, a panelist and professor emeritus at New York University, stated, "There are more genies yet to come for more bottles. We don't have machines that can really improve themselves. We don't have machines that have self-awareness, and we might not ever want to go there."

Christina Montgomery, Chief Privacy and Trust Officer at IBM, urged lawmakers to consider the specific impacts of different AI systems when setting up regulations, highlighting the difference between a chatbot providing restaurant recommendations versus a system involved in credit, housing, or employment decisions.

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Indian cuisine offers a vibrant tapestry of flavors, colors, and textures, providing an unparalleled culinary experience. As globalization brings people from different countries closer together, an increasing number of individuals are discovering their love for Indian dishes. Recently, Elon Musk added himself to the list of Indian food lovers.

On Tuesday, a Twitter user named Daniel shared an enticing image of butter chicken, naan, and rice, along with the comment, "I love basic b***h Indian food; it's so insanely good." Musk wholeheartedly agreed, responding with a simple yet resounding, "True."

I love basic bitch Indian food it’s so insanely good pic.twitter.com/FJmjgL2H3e

— Daniel (@growing_daniel) May 16, 2023

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As expected, the Tesla CEO's single-word affirmation delighted Indians and fellow fans of desi cuisine. Many expressed their gratitude for his praise of Indian food on an international platform, while some extended invitations for him to visit India and savor authentic regional delicacies. Within a mere three hours of posting, Musk's reply garnered over 1.7 million views, 21,400 likes, and 1,206 retweets.

One user eagerly suggested, "Try it yourself; there are thousands of varieties to explore. You should try different dishes every day. Please plan a visit to India for the real taste of India." Another user chimed in, "When will you visit India and try authentic foods from the 28 states and 8 union territories? Each state has its own culture, cuisine, language, and people."

Even actor Ranvir Shorey joined the conversation, stating, "Not to brag, but Indian cuisine is the most diverse and evolved in the world."

In a separate incident, Eric Garcetti, the US ambassador to India, recently visited Maharashtra Bhawan in Delhi, where he indulged in a delectable array of dishes. A video capturing the ambassador relishing Kokum ka sherbet, vada pav, sago, bharli vangi, and saoji mutton, among other delicacies, quickly went viral, further highlighting the widespread appreciation for Indian cuisine.

Elon Musk's endorsement of Indian food on social media has sparked excitement and further amplified the global recognition of India's diverse and tantalizing culinary offerings.

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Here are five key points to know about this new feature:

Enhanced Privacy and Protection: According to Meta, Chat Lock allows users to safeguard their most private conversations by setting up a password and storing them in a separate folder. When a chat is locked, the sender's name and message content will be concealed, providing an added layer of privacy.

Organised and Discreet Chats: Once a WhatsApp chat is locked, it is removed from the user's regular inbox and placed within its dedicated folder. This ensures that the contents of the locked chat are also hidden from notifications, ensuring discreet communication.

Easy Activation: Users can activate the chat lock feature by selecting the desired chat, whether it's a one-to-one or group conversation, and choosing the lock option. This functionality will be available to users after updating their WhatsApp application on both Android and iOS devices.

Access Control: To access a locked chat, users can utilise their device password or employ biometric authentication methods such as fingerprint recognition. Meta emphasises that chat locking will be particularly beneficial for individuals who occasionally share their phones with family members.

Future Development: Meta plans to introduce additional options and enhancements to Chat Lock in the upcoming months. These include the ability to lock chats on companion devices and the introduction of custom passwords for individual conversations, allowing users to utilise passwords distinct from their device's unlock code.

With the introduction of 'Chat Lock,' WhatsApp aims to empower users with greater control over their privacy, ensuring that their most personal conversations remain secure and confidential.

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This comes after Musk, who has served as CEO since his $44 billion buyout of Twitter last October, announced Yaccarino's appointment on Friday. It was the first time Yaccarino spoke publicly since the news broke on Thursday that she was in talks to become the next CEO of Twitter.

Thank you @elonmusk!
 
I’ve long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future. I’m excited to help bring this vision to Twitter and transform this business together! https://t.co/BcvySu7K76

— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) May 13, 2023

As advertising chief for Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal, Yaccarino spent several years modernizing its ad business. She said she is committed to Twitter's future and user feedback is vital to building "Twitter 2.0." Yaccarino will take over a social media platform that has been trying to reverse a plunge in ad revenue and is beset with challenges, along with a heavy debt load.

Since Musk acquired Twitter, advertisers have fled the platform, worried that their ads could appear next to inappropriate content after the company lost nearly 80% of staff. Musk earlier this year acknowledged that Twitter had suffered a massive decline in ad revenue. 

While Musk said Yaccarino would help build an "everything app" that could offer a variety of services such as peer-to-peer payments, his selection of an advertising veteran signaled that digital ads would continue to be a core focus of the business.

Musk, who is also the CEO of electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc, on Friday said that bringing Yaccarino on as Twitter's new chief will help him devote more time to Tesla. Musk has long said he intended to find a new leader for Twitter.

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In the week that followed the company's unveiling of a revamped search engine, the two added more than $18 billion to their combined wealth. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Page's net worth increased by $9.4 billion to $106.9 billion, while Brin's rose by $8.9 billion to $102.1 billion. This marks their biggest weekly gain since February 2021.

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Google announced that it will begin experimenting with a more conversational search engine and has made its AI-powered chatbot available more broadly at its annual developer conference. This move is helping the company to assert dominance in an increasingly competitive field. The parent company, Alphabet Inc., saw shares rise almost 1 per cent in New York on Friday after surging 8.6 per cent in the two days through Thursday.

Page and Brin, who have been more involved in the company than they have been in years, are among the biggest gainers of 2023, adding more than $22 billion each to their wealth. They rank as the eighth- and ninth-richest people in the world, respectively.

Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO, is also benefiting from the AI boom. He has invested in many startups in the field and has rejected public calls to slow down the speed of research, citing concerns over China's advances in tech. Most of his $23.6 billion fortune remains tied to Alphabet, where he is the third-largest individual shareholder. His net worth has gained $1.8 billion this week.

In summary, Google's co-founders and former CEO are seeing significant gains in their net worth due to the company's AI push, with Page and Brin adding more than $18 billion to their combined wealth in a single week. This underscores the growing importance of AI in the tech industry and the lucrative opportunities it presents for those involved.

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However, none disclose that they are populated using AI chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, which can generate detailed text based on simple user prompts. The majority of the websites are content farms that produce low-quality content to bring in advertising. The websites are based all over the world and are published in several languages, including English, Portuguese, Tagalog, and Thai, NewsGuard said in its report.

Several instances documented by NewsGuard showed that the chatbots generated falsehoods for published pieces. For example, in April alone, CelebritiesDeaths.com published an article titled "Biden dead. Harris acting President, address 9 a.m."

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Another site called TNewsNetwork published an unverified story about the deaths of thousands of soldiers in the Russia-Ukraine war, based on a YouTube video. The concerns are particularly challenging for Google, whose AI chatbot Bard may have been utilised by the sites, and whose advertising technology generates revenue for half.

The report suggests that companies like OpenAI and Google should take care to train their models not to fabricate news. "Using AI models known for making up facts to produce what only look like news websites is fraud masquerading as journalism," said NewsGuard co-Chief Executive Officer Gordon Crovitz. OpenAI didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, but has previously stated that it uses a mix of human reviewers and automated systems to identify and enforce against the misuse of its model, including issuing warnings or, in severe cases, banning users.

The actors pushing this brand of fraud "are going to keep experimenting to find what's effective," according to Noah Giansiracusa, an associate professor of data science and mathematics at Bentley University. "As more newsrooms start leaning into AI and automating more, and the content mills are automating more, the top and the bottom are going to meet in the middle" to create an online information ecosystem with vastly lower quality.

NewsGuard researchers used keyword searches for phrases commonly produced by AI chatbots, such as "as an AI large language model" and "my cutoff date in September 2021," to find the sites. The researchers ran the searches on tools like the Facebook-owned social media analysis platform CrowdTangle and the media monitoring platform Meltwater. They also evaluated the articles using the AI text classifier GPTZero, which determines whether certain passages are likely to be written entirely by AI.

Google said that the presence of AI-generated content is not inherently a violation of its ad policies but that it evaluates content against their existing publisher policies. The company regularly monitors abuse trends within its ads ecosystem and adjusts its policies and enforcement systems accordingly.

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Chief Minister, Chief Minister Bommai tweeted, "Apple phones to be built in the state soon. Apart from creating about 1 lakh jobs, it will create a whole lot of opportunities for Karnataka. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, we will do our share to make India a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025.”

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Chief Minister also a post from Rajeev Chandrashekar, the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology.

Quoting a media report, Rajiv Chandrashekar said, "Apple phones to be built in India in a new 300 acre factory in Karnataka. Double engine Sarkar of PM Narendra Modi Ji and CM Basavaraj Bommai working to create investments and jobs and a 1 trillion dollar economy for Karnataka."

On the outskirts of Bengaluru, Foxconn has been provided land. It is one of the leading manufacturer of iPhones. The 300-acre campus is said to be one of the largest manufacturing units for Apple phones.

There is a 17-member of delegation of Foxconn management led by chairman Young Liu visited the campus on Friday. "Bengaluru was the preferred destination for global companies and had been a forerunner in attracting investment,” Foxconn chairman Young Liu said.

The delegation would fly to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the evening, officials said.  Foxconn, which stands second globally in manufacturing Apple phones, posted an income of 206 billion dollars in 2021. The company has manufacturing units in several countries including China, India, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Czech Republic and the US.

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Now, according to reports, that’s about to change. WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature that will allow users to edit sent messages within 15 minutes of sending them. 

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The new feature, which is being tested on the beta version of the app, will give users the chance to fix typos or add more information to their messages.

 After 15 minutes, users will no longer be able to edit their messages. The new feature is likely to be welcomed by WhatsApp users, as it will allow them to quickly fix any mistakes they may have made in their messages. It also means that users won’t have to delete messages and re-send them with corrections. 

However, it’s important to note that the feature is still in the testing phase and may not be available to all users. WhatsApp is yet to officially announce the feature and it’s unclear when it will be released to the public. 

Regardless, it looks like WhatsApp users will soon have the ability to quickly fix any errors they make in their messages. It’s a feature that has been long overdue and it will be welcomed by users who want to ensure that their messages are accurate and up-to-date.

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- IANS (@IANS) 25 Jan 2022

Shenzhen (China): Popular Chinese tech giant OnePlus will launch OnePlus 10 Pro in January next year.

As per GSM Arena, the vanilla 10 model is also expected to be announced alongside. The CEO and co-founder of OnePlus, Pete Lau, revealed the launch date of the brand's upcoming flagship on Tuesday. The news was confirmed via a post made by the executive on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo.

The OnePlus 10 Pro will arrive with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset. According to previous leaks and rumours, the OnePlus 10 Pro will have an improved 32MP selfie camera. There's also word of a 6.7-inch LPTO QHD AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate with the selfie camera punch-hole cut out in the same upper corner. Also read | Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi resigns from Congress, joins BJP The 10 Pro will feature 12GB of LPDDR5 Ram and either 128GB or 256GB of storage. The triple camera system is said to consist of a similar setup as the 9 Pro with a 48MP main camera, 50MP ultrawide, and an 8MP 3.3X telephoto camera. Rumours point to a 5,000 mAh battery, supposedly supporting 80W fast wired charging and 50W fast wireless charging. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Social media[/caption] The OnePlus 10 Pro will launch in China next month, but there's not yet any word on when the new flagship would arrive in global markets - that was rumoured to be April. OnePlus will announce the pricing and availability details of the OnePlus 10 Pro at the time of launch. However, going by its specifications, it could cost around CNY 5,500 (roughly Rs 65,000). Also read | India's Omicron tally reaches 200; most cases in Maharashtra, Delhi [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Social media[/caption] -PTC News

Popular streaming giant Netflix has officially brought its new gaming service to all iOS users.

As per information, the Netflix gaming service uses Apple's in-app payment system, even though the main app does not. The gaming service was brought to all subscribers on Android recently, but earlier due to some clashes with Apple, it was not made available to the iOS users. But now an official tweet by Netlfix itself announced the news, also informing that the service gives users access to a limited selection of mobile games without ads or in-app purchases. Also read | Punjab: Bathinda Rural AAP MLA Rupinder Kaur Ruby quits party Five launch games are already available as individual downloads from the App Store. These launch games include 'Stranger Things: 1984', 'Stranger Things 3: The Game', 'Shooting Hoops', 'Teeter (Up)', and 'Card Blast'. The recently announced game titled 'Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story' that will cost $10 (US) on Switch and PC, will be available for free to Netflix subscribers. Other cloud gaming platforms such as Microsoft xCloud, Nvidia Geforce Now, Google Stadia, and Facebook Gaming, have struggled to find footing on iOS due to Apple's demanding App Store restrictions. However, Netflix was given the chance unlike other platforms that have attempted to sidestep Apple's policies by launching as web apps, but this obviously doesn't provide the best gaming experience. Also read | ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul moves to fifth spot, Kohli drops to eighth The users who will launch the Netflix Games apps individually without an account are prompted to sign up for Netflix using Apple's in-app system. After the user does that, then Apple receives a 30 per cent cut of their payments for the first year, then 15 per cent of each payment after that. Netflix has still not enabled the option to send new customers through Apple's payment system in its main app, but this odd arrangement sounds enough to get Netflix Games on iOS. -PTC News