X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter, was down in several regions on Saturday, including India. The X website and apps on iOS and Android smartphones were displaying an error when attempting to load posts or videos on Saturday. Users also took to a popular downtime tracking website to report that X was inaccessible….
Android devices have offered a built-in screen reader feature called TalkBack for years. It helps people with vision problems to make sense of what appears on their phone’s screen and lets them control it with their voice. In 2024, Google added its Gemini AI into the mix to give users a more detailed description of…
Shorouk Express The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US TikTok users in the U.S. are complaining that the app is not working, with thousands of reports…
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok appeared to experience a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to dozens of posts on X with information about genocide in South Africa, even when the user didn’t ask anything about the subject. The strange responses largely came from the X account for Grok, which replies to users…
Shorouk Express TikTok has been given six months to bring its data processing practices in line with the EU’s privacy rules, or suspend all data transfers to the country. TikTok said it “strongly contest[s]” the Irish DPC’s findings and plans to appeal in full. “Beyond the DPC’s failure to substantively consider the extensive safeguards [already…
Gemini Advanced — the AI service that’s bundled with the Google One AI Premium plan — will be free for a year for college students in the US. Students can now claim 15 months of access to Gemini Advanced, as the company seeks to compete with rival OpenAI’s recent decision to provide two months of…
Table of Contents Table of Contents What is happening? Let them opt out, if they can Imagine a tech giant telling you that it wants your Instagram and Facebook posts to train its AI models. And that too, without any incentive. You could, however, opt out of it, as per the company. But as you…
In a nutshell: YouTube is now 20 years old, and the platform has changed significantly since its early days. A sizable minority of users is fed up with invasive advertising and actively seek ways to block ads whenever possible. It’s a classic cat-and-mouse game. Some users are once again frustrated by YouTube’s erratic behavior with…
