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Google for India: Five things announced by the tech giant for India 2023

1.5 Flash excels at summarization, chat applications, image and video captioning, data extraction from long documents and tables, and more. (Representative Image: Lauren Edvalson via Unsplash)

The ninth annual Google for India event was held in New Delhi. Storyboard18 has listed down the five highlights or the actions the tech giant will be initiating.

X to charge $1 a year for posting content. ‘Death of Twitter,’ say users

The authority will give a formal decision on the matter by the end of the year if X fails to make the required changes to address the EU’s preliminary findings. (Representative Image: Rubaitul Azad via Unsplash)

X (formerly Twitter) will start charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines a subscription fee of $1 for posting tweets or interacting with other posts.

YouTube says it has not detected child abuse content after MeitY notice

The program will roll-out starting with Flipkart and Myntra.

YouTube has submitted its formal response to the IT ministry after it issued notices to various platforms on October 6, directing them to remove CSAM content from their respective platforms.

Can AI-powered voice payments for UPI transactions impact India’s digital payments?

As tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Apple produce AI-enhanced gadgets with a conversational voice interface, consumers' interest in voice assistants grows across all markets. (Representative Image: BENCE BOROS via Unsplash)

Voice-based payments are new but could change how we shop. Users can now begin payments in chat or message conversations, turning regular interactions into fast cash transfers.

Digital adoption in Indian industry will gather momentum: Siemens

The German engineering major sees decarbonisation as a major theme globally. In India, it sees more opportunities in the digitisation of small and medium enterprises. (Representative Image: NordWood Themes via Unsplash)

Peter Körte, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Siemens AG, and Sunil Mathur, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Ltd, spoke to Moneycontrol at the Siemens India Innovation Day 2023.

Elon Musk plans to turn X Corp into an everything app; experiments with a new game video stream feature

This development follows a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Musk

Sharing similarities with Twitch, this service is currently accessible only to the premium subscribers of X.

Lawsuit filed against Elon Musk’s X by agency ‘X Social Media’ over trademark infringement

What has made the situation worse is that Google results of 'X Social Media' rank lower in search results as opposed to the microblogging platform that ranks at the top. (Image via Unsplash)

The complaint by Florida based social media ad agency mentioned that since Twitter was rebranded as X, it led to confusion amongst the consumers as they misunderstood that the agency was somehow in association with Musk’s X.

Upcoming Digital India Bill may reinforce TRAI’s net neutrality regulations

The terrestrially transmitted channels can be carried to multiple DPO networks simultaneously for re-transmission. Considering these developments, it is essential to establish an enabling framework to ensure that service providers can fully leverage technological advancements.

The bill may make it mandatory for intermediaries to comply with the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services, a piece of regulation that was brought in by TRAI to uphold net neutrality principles in India.

Google is 25 and searching for the next big thing!

1.5 Flash excels at summarization, chat applications, image and video captioning, data extraction from long documents and tables, and more. (Representative Image: Lauren Edvalson via Unsplash)

As Google completes 25 years of innovation and growth, Storyboard18 looks at some of the milestones achieved by Google by flipping its history pages.

Digital India Bill may bring in guardrails against AI algorithms, offer opt-out rights

48 percent of Gen Z prioritise mental and emotional well-being. (Representative Image: Steve Johnson via Unsplash)

The bill may make it mandatory for bodies to explain to citizens the rationale behind a decision taken by an algorithm, and how it arrived at the decision by processing of which particular user data.