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Walmart has broadened the shopping experience for its customers in the metaverse as it merges purchases in the physical and virtual worlds. American multinational retail corporation Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) plans to expand its metaverse strategy by allowing its customers to buy physical versions of items available for virtual home purchases. Users can now purchase the items for their physical homes as they would for their virtual homes in House Flip, a game where players can renovate and...

The lawmakers explained that companies that fail to comply with the Online Safety Bill could face penalties of up to £18 million ($22.3 million) or 10% of their annual global turnover, providing a strong incentive for adherence to these safety standards. The UK’s Parliament has approved the long-awaited Online Safety Bill, marking a significant milestone in making the internet safer for everyone, especially children. The legislation, which has evolved significantly over the years, is set...

Traffic on Google Maps has dropped by 40% over the last two years with the introduction of the Apple Switch as the likely reason behind this. Two years following Apple Inc‘s decision to replace Google Maps with its own app as the default service on iPhones, Google managed to recover only 40 percent of its previous mobile traffic on its mapping service. A Google executive disclosed these details during the antitrust trial involving Alphabet Inc. Michael Roszak, Google’s Vice President for...

The step into the world of generative AI seems to be part of LimeWire’s rebranding strategy. Peer-to-peer file-sharing platform LimeWire has announced its acquisition of the popular AI image generation platform BlueWillowAI. The Wednesday announcement comes after the August launch of LimeWire AI Studio, a move into the world of generative AI by a company that was widely known for its popularity in the music piracy scene before being shut down in 2011. BlueWillow was launched in January and...

In addition to Flows, WhatsApp is taking steps to empower businesses with payment solutions.  B2B customers in India can now make payments to companies within the chat using their preferred payment methods.  In an eagerly awaited announcement, WhatsApp, a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) has unveiled its latest feature, “Flows”. This innovation promises to reshape the way businesses communicate with their customers and clients, offering a seamless and dynamic messaging...

With the new Google’s Bard extensions, users have control on deciding whom to give access to their data. These extensions can also work together and collaboratively. In the latest update, Google’s AI platform Bard has introduced a double-check feature along with the ability to connect the Bard chatbot with Google apps and services. This includes Google Docs, Gmail, Drive, YouTube, Maps, Google Flights, and hotels. Google will make these services available through new Bard extensions and...

Starting this week, TikTok plans to begin testing the “AI-generated” labels, which will automatically mark content identified as having been edited or created using AI. In response to the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in content creation, TikTok has unveiled a new feature to enhance users’ transparency on the platform. On September 19, the social media giant announced its plans to introduce new tools and technologies that allow content creators to label AI-generated...

Aside from the popular Apple and Samsung brands, Huawei is probably one of the few other companies that has designed its smartphone processor. Another threat may just have added to the number of issues that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: APPL) currently faces in China. Despite the pertinent geopolitical and economic threats to its existence in the region, the giant tech firm now faces an additional challenge from a resurgent Huawei. That is because China’s biggest semiconductor manufacturer SMIC has...

The amount to be charged has not been revealed. Currently, the X platform has 550 million monthly users who generate 100 to 200 million posts every day. On Monday, tech billionaire Elon Musk had a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The discussion was mostly about the theoretical risks of artificial intelligence technology and AI regulation. During the talks, Elon Musk also shared his plans for the upcoming future and revealed that the X platform (formerly Twitter)...

According to the CMA, the AI principles will help to promote competition in the UK, while also protecting consumers from exploitation. The United Kingdom’s (UK) antitrust agency has set principles that should form the framework for guiding artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a press release on Monday and included a report following a review of AI systems referred to as foundation models (FMs). In the press release, the CMA...