The United States has added six subsidiaries of Inspur Group, China’s leading cloud computing and big data service provider, and dozens of other Chinese entities to its export restriction list. The Commerce Department stated that the Inspur units were listed for contributing to the development of supercomputers for the Chinese military. Five of the subsidiaries are based in China and one in Taiwan. Inspur Group itself was placed on the list in 2023. The Inspur units are among approximately 80 companies and institutes added to the export control list on Tuesday. Over 50 are based in China, while others are…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
WhatsApp is developing a new feature that will allow users to share motion photos in chats, groups, and channels, set for release in a future update. According to WABetaInfo, this new feature has been introduced in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.25.8.12 update, available on the Google Play Store. Motion photos are a media format that captures a brief moment of movement before and after a photo is taken. Unlike traditional images, motion photos include a few seconds of video and audio, offering an immersive way to capture memories. This feature is particularly popular on certain mobile devices, as…
Google has recently announced a significant update to its “Results about you” tool, making it considerably easier for users to remove their personal information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses, from search results. This move addresses growing privacy concerns, as individuals increasingly seek to control their online presence. Previously, the “Results about you” feature was hidden within Google’s settings, making it difficult for many users to find and utilize, as reported by ZDNet. Now, the search engine giant has streamlined the process through a tutorial video, allowing users to initiate removal requests directly from Google Search. How to…
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has unveiled a significant upgrade to its V3 large language model, escalating competition with US tech leaders such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The new model, DeepSeek-V3-0324, has been released through the AI development platform Hugging Face, marking the company’s latest effort to establish a strong presence in the rapidly evolving AI market. This latest model showcases notable enhancements in areas like reasoning and coding capabilities compared to its predecessor, with benchmark tests indicating improved performance across multiple technical metrics published on Hugging Face. DeepSeek has quickly emerged as a significant player in the global AI…
Signal President Meredith Whittaker has defended the messaging app’s security following reports that senior Trump administration officials mistakenly included a journalist in an encrypted group chat discussing US military operations in Yemen, as reported by Reuters. While Whittaker did not directly comment on the specific incident, she reaffirmed Signal’s standing as the “gold standard in private comms.” In an X post, she emphasized the app’s open-source, non-profit structure and its rigorous application of end-to-end encryption to protect user data, contrasting it with Meta’s WhatsApp. Signal has seen a surge in popularity across the US and Europe, largely attributed to its…
Tesla announced on its website that it will begin sales in Saudi Arabia next month, signaling that CEO Elon Musk and the kingdom have reconciled following a rift stemming from Musk’s brief 2018 attempt to take the company private. While Tesla operates in other Middle Eastern countries, it has not yet entered Saudi Arabia, the Gulf region’s largest market. The dispute originated from Musk’s 2018 tweet claiming “funding secured” to privatize Tesla after meetings with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF). The failed privatization attempt led to investor lawsuits, during which tense text exchanges between Musk…
A report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) stated that religious freedom continued to decline as attacks and discrimination against minorities increased in India during 2024. The report mentioned that prior to the national elections in June, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, propagated hateful rhetoric and disinformation against Muslims and other religious minorities to gather political support. “Such rhetoric fuelled attacks on religious minorities that continued after the election, including vigilante violence, targeted and arbitrary killings, and demolition of property and places of worship,” the USCIRF report said. According to…
Alarming levels of coral bleaching have been recorded off Australia’s western coast, scientists said Wednesday, turning huge chunks of a celebrated reef system a sickly dull white. A months-long marine heatwave had “cooked” the sprawling Ningaloo Reef, ocean scientist Kate Quigley said, part of a world heritage-listed marine park renowned for vibrant corals and migrating whale sharks. Although environment officials were still verifying the scale of damage, Quigley said it was on track to be the region’s worst mass-bleaching event in years. “Warm oceans have just cooked the corals this year,” Quigley told AFP. “It wouldn’t be amiss to throw…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a truce with Russia covering the Black Sea and energy strikes was effective immediately on Tuesday but claimed that Moscow was already manipulating and distorting the accords. He said he would ask United States President Donald Trump to supply weapons and sanction Russia if Moscow broke the deals. The US said earlier it had made separate agreements with Kyiv and Moscow to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on attacks on energy facilities in the two countries. “The US side considers that our agreements come into force after their…
Indian stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra faces police scrutiny for a performance seen to have criticised a key politician and ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fanning concerns about the limits of free speech in the world’s largest democracy. The ensuing violence triggered comment on social media and prime time shows, even as Kamra refused to apologise over an accusation that his use of the term “traitor” referenced Eknath Shinde, the deputy chief minister of India’s richest state. “I don’t fear this mob and I will not be hiding under my bed, waiting for this to die down,” Kamra, a known…
