Sundar Pichai issues ‘Code Red’ at Google over ChatGPT
Byju’s decides not to sell courses to families earning less than Rs 25,000 a month
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Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change and Thrive in Work and Life
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India could sell 175 million smartphones in 2023
India presently has more than 600 million smartphone users, and as more feature phone users switch to smartphones, the number is projected to rise over time.
In 2023 and beyond, the market will be driven by these users’ replacement requirements. Shipments of smartphones are expected to decline 5% YoY in 2022.
Tata Punch EV is expected to debut in Q3 2023
The Punch EV will be Tata Motors’ fourth all-electric car. It is anticipated to be positioned between the Tigor EV and the Nexon EV. The Punch EV is expected to receive EV-specific external trim and colour options.
Inside, it might have amenities like a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, automated climate control, and a semi-digital instrument cluster.
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Byju’s decides not to sell courses to families earning less than Rs 25,000 a month
NCPCR chairperson said Byju’s “will start taking an affordability test. The test will help them filter out parents with family incomes less than Rs 25,000 a month. They will not sell courses to such parents.”
The assurance comes one week after Byju’s was summoned by NCPCR. The company also claimed that 98.5% of refund requests were handled in less than 48 hours.
SBF, Caroline Ellison, other FTX execs hide billions of Dollars of loans from FTX investors
Secret loans totaling billions of dollars from the crypto mogul’s Alameda Research were given to Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives. Caroline Ellison testified before a US District Judge that she agreed with Bankman-Fried to conceal from FTX’s investors, lenders, and clients the fact that Alameda Research could borrow an infinite amount of money from the exchange.
Apple scraps plan for new GPU in iPhone 14 Pro after discovering engineering flaw
Apple tried to make a generational upgrade to the graphics capabilities of the iPhone 14 Pro, but “unprecedented” errors were found in the development process, forcing Apple to abandon plans for the new GPU. Apple had to make a hasty switch to revert substantially to the GPU from the A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 range since it learned about the GPU fault.
TikTok admits spying on journalists as part of leak investigation
Members of Bytedance’s internal audit team used journalists’ IP addresses to determine their physical locations. The Financial Times and Forbes writers were targeted. TikTok General Counsel Erich Andersen wrote in a leaked email, “it is standard practice for companies to have an internal audit group authorized to investigate code of conduct violations.”
Google Calendar bug adds random events based on Gmail
For the past day or two, Google Calendar has been displaying all-day events that were generated at random from Gmail messages and don’t necessarily correspond to any particular event. Turning off the checkbox for “Automatically add events from Gmail to my calendar” in Google Calendar’s settings under Settings > Events from Gmail should stop these events from being created.
Amazon rescinds Indian man’s job offer after he reaches Canada
Indian engineer Arush Nagpal said, “I decided to move to Vancouver to join Amazon, but my offer has been rescinded, after a long immigration process, just before my joining date post landing in Canada.” Nagpal claimed that even though he spoke with his manager the day before relocating to Vancouver, he did not inform him of the sudden change.
Meta agrees to $725 million settlement for Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit
The settlement follows nearly four months after news first emerged that Meta had proposed a settlement in the Northern District of California.
Sundar Pichai issues ‘Code Red’ at Google over ChatGPT
Numerous departments inside the company have been instructed by Sundar Pichai to refocus their efforts on tackling the threat that ChatGPT poses to their search engine business.
Teams from Google’s research, Trust and Safety, and other divisions have been specifically instructed to switch gears to support the development and introduction of new AI prototypes and products.