Amazon has committed to investing up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an AI startup, intensifying its competition with tech giants like Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia in the rapidly growing AI sector, as Anthropic announced in a blog post yesterday. The e-commerce giant will initially contribute $1.25 billion for a minorityContinue Reading
AV-Comparatives, which is an anti-malware assessment firm, released its latest report recently comparing various popular anti-virus solutions on the market. Dubbed “Real-World Protection Test”, the evaluation was last done in February-March 2023 where Microsoft Defender had performed extremely well. It was conducted on a Windows 10 64-bit PC. The Real-WorldContinue Reading
Microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) might soon introduce a monthly fee for all its users in a bid to curtail the impact of bots, owner Elon Musk said during a conversation with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bots are accounts run by computer programs/algorithms rather than humans and are prevalentContinue Reading
In recent times, TikTok has been inundated with a deluge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways that have proliferated across the video-sharing platform. These scams predominantly masquerade as themes related to Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX. The allure of quick and easy cryptocurrency gains has made these scams a persistent and alarmingContinue Reading
Malicious Android Telegram clones found on Google Play New Kaspersky research has flagged that several Telegram lookalikes are circulating on the Google Play Store in certain territories as part of a string of attacks that may be backed by China. The apps, which promised to be faster than the original (and only) Telegram app,Continue Reading
Google released an emergency security update for its Chrome web browser that addresses a critical security issue that is exploited in the wild. Chrome users are encouraged to update the stable version of the web browser to the new version immediately to protect the browser against potential attacks. This isContinue Reading
The EU (European Union) regulations for 2024 require companies like Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft to enable interoperability with third-party messaging platforms. In line with this, Meta has taken the first step towards bringing cross-platform messaging to WhatsApp. According to new reports, a new screen titled ‘Third-party Chats’ is visible on the latestContinue Reading
When it comes to opening text documents on Windows devices, users have the choice between the plain text editor Notepad and WordPad, a text editor that supports rich text format features. Many Windows users open plain text files, those with the .txt extension, in Notepad, and formats such as .docContinue Reading
Games, interactive designs, animations, there are so many cool Doodles to discover! Rita El Khoury / Android Authority 25 years ago, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were attending the Burning Man festival and decided to add a whimsical stick figure to the second “O” in the Google logoContinue Reading
In a significant move towards curbing misinformation campaigns, Facebook, the social media giant under Meta Platforms, has taken down a staggering number of over 7,700 accounts associated with a Chinese misinformation campaign. This campaign, according to a recent report by Forbes, has been linked to individuals connected to Chinese law enforcement.Continue Reading