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Spotify has been gaining rapid popularity post its launch in Pakistan. The music app not only has a large variety of songs from various genres but also offers different personalised feature s that make the experience more fun. If you are new to the app or have not downloaded it yet, here are some feature s that might excite you more; 1. Let Spotify complete your playlist If you are planning to make a new playlist but have run out of songs to add, then this tip is for you. Open your playlist and scroll down to the bottom to see Spotify’s recommendations. If you want to add the song, Click the Add button. If you want Spotify to give more or change the recommendations, click Refresh . These recommendations are based on your playlist and hence Spotify helps you make a playlist for your next road trip. 2. Make use of the Sleep Timer feature If you want a song to be played for the next few minutes or next few hours till you sleep or just do any other task, then this feature is f...

What do you get when you cross cryptocurrencies with artificial intelligence? A seemingly sentient bitcoin that codes itself in the style of Japanese haikus? Alas not, though you do get billions of dollars of trading in a new class of crypto tokens. The machine mania sweeping the tech world amid the launches of bots like ChatGPT and Bard has reached the cryptoverse, with interest in tokens tied to AI blockchain projects surging. Average daily volumes for the biggest coins including SingularityNET, Fetch.AI and Render topped $1 billion in early February, hitting a two-year high, according to data firm Kaiko. AI-linked blockchain products cover a gamut of services including payments, trading models, machine-generated non-fungible tokens and blockchain-based marketplaces for AI applications where users pay developers in Cryptocurrency . "This is exciting, it's one of the first times machine-learning applications are being brought on-chain in a big way," said Eric Chen,...

The US Space Force said on Monday that Elon Musk's SpaceX was granted approval to lease a second rocket launch complex at a military base in California, setting the space company up for its fifth launch site in the United States. Under the lease, SpaceX will launch its workhorse Falcon rocket s from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, a Military launch site north of Los Angeles where the space company operates another launch pad. It has two others in Florida and its private Starbase site in south Texas. A Monday night Space Force statement said a letter of support for the decision was signed on Friday by Space Launch Delta 30 commander Col. Rob Long. The statement did not mention a duration of SpaceX's lease. The new launch site, vacated last year by the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture United Launch Alliance, gives SpaceX more room to handle an increasingly busy launch schedule for commercial, government and internal satellite launch es. Vandenber...

NEW YORK: Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday. Retention of users on the text-based app was better than executives had expected, though it was "not perfect," said Zuckerberg, speaking at an internal company town hall, the audio of which was heard by Reuters. "Obviously, if you have more than 100 million people sign up, ideally it would be awesome if all of them or even half of them stuck around. We're not there yet," he said. Zuckerberg said he considered the drop-off "normal" and expected retention to grow as the company adds more features to the app, including a desktop version and search functionality. Meta is looking at adding more " retention -driving hooks" to entice users to return to the app, like "making sure people ...

Stargazers are in for a treat next month as two supermoon s grace the night sky in a rare astronomical event. The second supermoon of the year will occur next week when August’s Sturgeon Moon reaches its peak on Wednesday morning. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: July’s supermoon illuminates the night sky. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The Sturgeon Moon was named after the fish of the same name found in the Great Lakes in North America this time of year. Australians can turn their eyes to the sky and catch the moon’s peak illumination about 4.32am AEST Wednesday, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/how-to-watch-the-august-sturgeon-moon-supermoon-and-blue-moon-in-australia-2023-TheFOXposts-31297.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

Canadian pop- artist , Grimes, has asked AI artist s to use her voice without copyright consent issues to create new music . “I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI-generated song that uses my voice . Same deal as I would with any artist I collab with,” she tweeted. The tweet comes right after streaming platforms removed an AI-generated song that used the voice s of Drake and The Weeknd. 'Heart on My Sleeve' garnered over 15 million listens on TikTok and 600,000 on Spotify, but Universal Music Group (UMG) called for a purge of the song due to copyrights issue. Read  DANGERS OF AI CONCENTRATION: CAN WE SAFEGUARD AGAINST A DIGITAL DICTATORSHIP? Grimes however, says she has no label or legal bindings. “I think it’s cool to be fused [with] a machine and I like the idea of open-sourcing all art and killing copyright,” she says. I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same ...

In an attempt to ensure multi-device functionality, WhatsApp will allow users to access their accounts from multiple devices. Once the feature is available, the users will see an option “link to existing account” option when installing the app on a smartphone. Upon opting for it, users will see a QR code that must be scanned by a primary WhatsApp phone via the “link a device” option in settings. Once verified by the primary phone , users can receive the messages on other devices without the need to turn on the primary phone . The feature will be helpful for people running a small Business or those who use multiple phones on a regular basis. The feature will be available for both iOS and Android users. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/whatsapp-to-allow-users-access-from-multiple-phones-TheFOXposts-20026.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada's top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also been adopted by cybercriminals. In an interview this week, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Head Sami Khoury said that his agency had seen AI being used "in phishing emails, or crafting emails in a more focused way, in malicious code (and) in misinformation and disinformation." Khoury did not provide details or evidence, but his assertion that cybercriminals were already using AI adds an urgent note to the chorus of concern over the use of the emerging Technology by rogue actors. In recent months several cyber watchdog groups have published reports warning about the hypothetical risks of AI - especially the fast-advancing language processing programs known as large languag...

WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features - the ability to edit messages . "For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp," the Meta Platforms Inc-owned (META.O) messaging app said in a blog post on Monday. With the feature rolling out globally in the coming weeks, senders will be able to modify their messages within 15 minutes of hitting send. Also read:  WhatsApp faces first fine in Russia for failure to delete 'banned' content The function can be accessed by long-pressing the message and choosing "edit" in the drop-down menu. The modified message will carry the label "edited", without showing edit history. Com Pet ing apps such as Telegram and Signal already allow users to edit messages , while microblogging site Twitter rolled out the ability to edit tweets to select users last year. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/whatsapp-allow...

ISLAMABAD: TikTok – a popular online video sharing social networking service – has removed around 11.7 million videos uploaded from Pakistan for violating its community guidelines in the first quarter of 2023. The online short video service has released its latest community guidelines enforcement report for Q1 2023 (January-March 2023) as part of its strategy to stop misinformation on the platform and create a safe environment for its users. In its report, TikTok said it had removed over 91 million videos globally during this period. They make up roughly around 0.6% of the total videos uploaded to the platform from across the world. In comparison, the number of video s removed globally was more than 85.68 million in the fourth quarter of 2022. Around 53.49 million video s were automatically removed worldwide while 6.20 million deleted after reviewing them. In Pakistan, 11,707,020 videos were deleted for violating community guidelines during this period. This figur...

The task of tracking down the source of a mystery object found beach ed in Western Australia continues for state and federal authorities, with the large metallic cylinder set to be moved to a secret location. The item was discovered near Green Head, 250km north of Perth on the state’s Mid West Coast, on Saturday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mystery object that washed up on WA beach set to be moved. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> Authorities are in talks with the Shire of Coorow over the planned relocation and storage of the object, but it could be weeks before it is formally identified and its origin revealed. The Australian Space Agency (ASA) said the device, which appears to be partly made of a woven material, could be part of a space vehicle and is contacting other international agencies in a bid to identify it. The find — which was dubbed an “unidentified floating object ” — is understood to have been at sea for months before washing up in WA, given it...

Microsoft has announced the launch of an AI-powered Bing Chatbot for enterprises at its annual Inspire Conference. The new chatbot offers an advanced level of data protection for Business es with privacy and security concerns about the new generative AI tools. As of now, Bing Chat Enterprise is available in preview for selected users in their Microsoft 365 plan. The move to introduce a separate version for enterprises comes after the rising concerns among different organizations related to the sharing of confidential information on generative AI platforms. Bing Chat Enterprise does not save the chat or use it to train the AI models. As of now, the chatbot responds back with text, graphs, charts, and images. It will soon be able to respond to questions that have images in them. Once Bing Chat Enterprise is available for all, it will be enabled automatically when any employee logs into Bing with their office account. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/microsoft-launches-bing-cha...

Spotify has improved its Group Session feature by launching shared volume control that would let listeners in group s adjust the volume of a song when sharing a compatible speaker with the host. The Group Session feature is only available for Premium subscribers, allowing multiple users to control what music is playing in real-time and add songs to a collaborative playlist. The volume addition is only enabled when fewer than four members are in one group session, but hosts can enable the feature manually when they are more members. Read: Microsoft in talks to extend deal contract with Activision The volume feature is slowly being rolled out to Android and iOS users globally, available on Chromecast, Amazon Cast, and most WiFi-enabled speakers. Apple AirPlay and Bluetooth devices will not currently support volume control, the company said. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/spotify-adds-shared-volume-control-for-group-listening-TheFOXposts-30331.html?utm_source=blogger_sou...

Haley Odlozil, a US mother who documented her fight with Stage IIIC ovarian cancer on TikTok, has died aged 30. Haley’s husband, Taylor, announced her death on Instagram and Tiktok on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Queensland mum diagnosed with Stage 3 bowel cancer at 22 weeks pregnant. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> “It is with unbelievable sadness that I tell all of you my sweet Haley has passed away,” he wrote on Instagram under a picture of the couple with their four-year-old son, Weston. “I cannot begin to describe the amount of heartache & grief myself and our entire family is experiencing. “I never knew my heart could physically hurt.” Source: https://thefoxposts.com/us-influencer-haley-odlozil-dies-aged-30-after-eight-year-battle-with-ovarian-cancer-TheFOXposts-30211.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

Millions of Telstra customers will now be paying up to $72 more per year for their mobile phone plan after the provider increased its prices. As of July 4, Telstra customers will see the price of their mobile plan increase in line with the annual consumer price index (CPI), which rose seven per cent for the year to March. For customers on Telstra’s cheapest mobile post-paid plan, this will mean an increase of $3 a month, or an extra $36 a year for 2GB of data. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The telco’s “basic” plan will jump from $58 a month to $62 a month, while those on its “essential” plan will now pay $72 a month instead of $68. Increases to Telstra’s “premium” plan — its most expensive — will result in customers forking out an extra $72 a year. Telstra Group executive for consumer and small Business Brad Whitcomb said the hike was a response to current conditions. “Like most Business es in Australia, we are also responding to increasin...

WASHINGTON:  The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked an appeals court to temporarily stop Microsoft from closing its $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard, just hours after a federal judge rejected a similar request. The San Francisco federal court had ruled in favor of Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the FTC had failed to show the deal would be illegal under antitrust law. The FTC appealed that loss late on Wednesday, and Microsoft said it would fight that appeal. On Thursday evening, the FTC filed an emergency motion to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals asking for a "temporary pause " on Microsoft's closing of its planned deal to buy Activision. Any outstanding regulatory hurdle makes it more likely the agreement between Microsoft and Activision will expire on July 18 without the deal having been completed. After July 18, either company will be free to walk away unless they negotiate an ex...

 Twitter has threatened to sue Meta Platforms over its new Threads platform in a letter sent to the Facebook parent's CEO Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter's lawyer Alex Spiro. Meta, which launched Threads on Wednesday and has logged more than 30 million sign ups, looks to take on Elon Musk's Twitter by leveraging Instagram's billions of users. Spiro, in his letter, accused Meta of hiring former Twitter employees who "had and continue to have access to Twitter's trade secrets and other highly confidential information," News website Semafor first reported. "Twitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, and demands that Meta take immediate steps to stop using any Twitter trade secrets or other highly confidential information," Spiro wrote in the letter. A Reuters source with knowledge of the letter confirmed its contents on Thursday. Spiro did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. ...

GENEVA:  Nadine, a social robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) with human-like gestures and expressions, could have an important future role to play in tending to the sick and elderly, according to a professor who helped invent it. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, a robot expert from the University of Geneva, who served as the model for Nadine's dark brown eyes and auburn hair, said Nadine and robots like it could prove more effective than human carers. "She (Nadine) has time 24 hours a day. The others have no time," Thalmann said. She was speaking on the sidelines of a conference organised by the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva to make the case for AI and robots helping to reach global goals, such as health. Global com Pet ition for nurses and carers is heating up, especially after Covid19 and some countries are experiencing a staffing crisis in care homes which some think humanoid robot s could one day ease. [1/4] Advan...

A discontinued iPhone is up for auction, estimated to reach up to $US100,000 or $A150,000 when bids close next week. Apple’s first generation 4GB model changed the face of the tech industry when it was released in 2007, complete with a two-megapixel camera and “revolutionary” web browser. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: First generation iPhone debuts in 2007 sparking multi-day campouts. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> It retailed for $US499 but, for an extra $US100, an 8GB model was also available at the time. With most consumers opting for extra storage, sales lagged for the 4GB model which was discontinued just over two months after its release. “The original 4GB model is considered a ‘Holy Grail’ among iPhone collectors,” according to LCG Auctions, where the highest bid is currently sitting at $US23,581. “Its extreme scarcity is directly related to its limited production.” Source: https://thefoxposts.com/check-your-drawers-for-this-discontinued-i...

Wondering what information about you is stored online? You can easily find out everything Google knows about you, from your interests to the routes you regularly travel, through some simple searches. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Google Maps timeline shows woman’s travel history. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Track your travel history Google knows everywhere you have been. If you have location history enabled on your Google account, the tech giant knows all the countries, cities and sites you have visited. To take a walk through your Travel History , check out your Google Maps timeline. Google users can track their Travel History through Google Maps timeline function. Credit: TikTok / @megsclausing You can see exactly where you have Travel led and even filter by specific days to find a specific cafe or bar you visited at any given time. The timeline function can also be accessed via the Google Maps app, by clicking the three lines in the left cor...

Reddit is forcing moderators to remove NSFW labels or else they will be remove d from the position of a moderator . As a move to register their protest against Reddit’s new API pricing, many communities have used the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) designation/label. Reddit's new API pricing has caused chaos on the platform as many apps like Apollo and Rif which are fun for Reddit went for a shutdown. As per The Verge, subreddits such as r/ Military and r/PICS that have made the switch to NSFW labels have received messages from the platform to “immediately correct” their NSFW labelling. Read  Suspended Twitter account tracking Elon Musk's jet moves to Threads If the moderators fail to correct the labelling, any moderators involved in that decision will be removed. They might also be losing the ability to join future moderator teams. Following the message from Reddit, r/PICS, r/ Military had dropped the NSFW designation. Reddit is demanding immediate...

After the launch of Meta's version of Twitter, Threads, the company has announced the current privacy policy for it. As per the supplemental privacy policy, users who want to delete Threads will have to delete their entire Instagram account . However, users can deactivate their Threads profile anytime they want to. To do that, go to the profile tab, tap the two lines icon for settings, tap "Account," tap "Deactivate profile ," and then the "Deactivate Threads profile " button. The Twitter rival, Threads, gained immediate popularity after it rolled out in 100 countries and received 10 million sign-ups in just seven hours. Although the deleting policy is in effect for now, the Instagram team is working on making it better. Instagram's head clarifies the controversy surrounding the deletion of Thread account s: pic.twitter.com/EeyxsayDwB — ㆅ (@howfxr) July 6, 2023   Source: https://thefoxposts.com/thread-profile-can-only...

OTTAWA: The Canadian government will stop buying ads on Facebook and Instagram amid a dispute over a new law on paying online news publishers that the Meta-owned platforms have opposed, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said on Wednesday. The Online News Act, or Bill C-18, was passed into law last month, triggering Meta and Alphabet's Google to say they would end news access on their platforms in Canada. The government is finalizing rules that require the platforms to share some advertising revenue when the law is implemented by the end of this year. "Canada is going to continue to stand firm and ensure that if social media platforms and internet giants want to use media, that they actually ensure that they're paying their fair share for it," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Montérégie, Quebec. The government still sees a path forward to resolving the quarrel and is open to discussions with the platforms, Rodriguez, who introdu...

India will break ground next month on its first semiconductor assembly plant and begin producing its first domestically manufactured microchips by the end of 2024, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. India's information Technology minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said Micron Technology  would start construction in August on a $2.75 billion chip assembly and test facility in Gujarat, the newspaper reported. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/india-aims-to-make-domestic-microchips-by-end-of-2024-TheFOXposts-28910.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Technology Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

Twitter users will soon need to be verified in order to use TweetDeck, the social media company said in a tweet on Monday. The change will take effect in 30 days, the company said. Twitter made the announcement in a tweet detailing an improved version of TweetDeck with new features. It was unclear if Twitter will charge users for both the new and old version of TweetDeck. Twitter did not immediately respond to request for comment. Charging for TweetDeck, which was previously free and is widely used by Business es and news organizations to easily monitor content, could bring a revenue boost to Twitter, which has struggled to retain advertising revenue under billionaire Elon Musk's ownership. The move comes just days after Musk said that both verified and unverified users would have a limited number of posts they could read per day "to address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation." His announcement sparked a fierce backlash from users ...

Elon Musk's move to temporarily cap how many posts Twitter users can read on the social media site could undermine efforts by the company's new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino to attract advertisers, marketing industry professionals said. Musk announced Saturday that Twitter would limit how many tweets per day various accounts can read, to discourage "extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation. Users posted screenshots in reply, showing they were unable to see any tweets, including tweets on the pages of corporate advertisers, after hitting the limit. Ad industry veterans said the move creates an obstacle for Yaccarino, the former NBCUniversal advertising chief who started last month as Twitter's chief executive officer. Yaccarino has sought to repair relationships with advertisers who pulled away from the site after Musk bought it last year, the Financial Times reported last week. The limits are "r...

Twitter is limiting how many tweets per day various accounts can read, to discourage "extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation, Executive Chair Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday. Verified accounts were initially limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that unverified accounts will be limited to 600 posts a day with new unverified accounts limited to 300. The temporary reading limitation was later increased to 10,000 posts per day for verified users , 1,000 posts per day for unverified and 500 posts per day for new unverified users , Musk said in a separate post without providing further details. Previously, Twitter had announced it will require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets , a move that Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure." Musk had said that hundreds of organizations or more were scraping Twitter data "ext...

Technology experts are warning iPhone users over a ChatGPT app which poses a security risk to users. The artificial intelligence that is ChatGPT has soared in popularity in recent months, and the masterminds behind the technology, OpenAI, have launched the technology in a new iPhone app. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Warning over scam MyGov text messages. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Since its release, it has become one of the most popular free apps on the App Store. However, computing staff writer at Techradar, Muskaan Saxena, says sharing too many personal details with the mobile-friendly bot could put your privacy at risk. The free iOS app does, however, come with a warning about sharing personal information because “anonymised chats may be reviewed by our AI trainer to improve our systems”. But many users may not be aware of all the security risks. The app has become one of the most popular free apps available. But it could come at a cost. ...