WhatsApp’s new features and updates which have rolled out over the past few months have made the messaging experience much better. Now, WhatsApp users can even create polls in personal and group chats to see what their friends and contacts think. Both iOS and Android users can use this feature.…
Disrupted sleep, lower life satisfaction and poor self-esteem are just a few of the negative mental health consequences that researchers have linked to social media. Somehow the same platforms that can help people feel more connected and knowledgeable also contribute to loneliness and disinformation. What succeeds and fails, scientists say,…
Protests break out at an iPhone factory in China, U.S. senate to hold a hearing to discuss the lack of competition in the ticketing industry, and HP plans to lay off a significant portion of employees. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending.…
Software engineers, cybersecurity staff and other tech specialists are being sought after by Jaguar Land Rover in Ireland. Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover is recruiting 85 people in Ireland, with a particular focus on digital and tech skills. The company confirmed that it had Irish workers in its sights as…
Author profile Pradipta Mukherjee is a business reporter and has worked for Bloomberg News and Business Standard in India. An MBA and a post-graduate in Economics, Mukherjee focuses on financial markets and corporates. She is a Mary Morgan Hewitt award recipient for Women in Journalism. She has also won the…
More than 3,000 swimmers were rescued off the UK coast by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeguards in 2021 – but there were also more than 100 accidental deaths. So could there be a way to reach those who need help more quickly? BBC Click’s LJ Rich reports. See more…
Electric vehicle (EV) charging operator QuickCharge.sg announced today (November 23) that it has launched a mobile app, which supports functions such as search for nearest charging station, charging activation, payment and transaction records. With the mobile app, users can locate EV charging stations and make payment. Payment can also be…
In the Indian megacity of Mumbai there’s an urban forest four times the size of New York’s Central Park. It’s home to a community of indigenous people who live alongside leopards. The land is prime real estate and over recent decades chunks have been converted. Now the government is going…
Earlier this year, Canadian artist Justin Bieber purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT for 500 $ETH, which was about $1.3 million USD (roughly $1.74 million CAD) at the time. Since then, risk assets around the world have experienced a significant drawdown in value. NFTs are likely the farthest down…
Enlarge / An AI-generated illustration of robots making science. Ars Technica On Tuesday, Meta AI unveiled a demo of Galactica, a large language model designed to “store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge.” While intended to accelerate writing scientific literature, adversarial users running tests found it could also generate realistic…