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Italy's data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March. Garante is among the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities which oversee Europe's data privacy regime known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The agency was the first to ban AI chatbot company Replika , to impose fines on facial recognition software maker Clearview AI , and to restrict TikTok in Europe. In March, it temporarily banned Microsoft -backed OpenAI 's bot ChatGPT and launched a probe over the application's suspected breach of privacy rules. "We plan to kick off a wide-scope review of generative and machine learning AI applications which are available online because we want to understand if these new tools are addressing issues linked to data protection and privacy laws complian

India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio added 30.5 lakh mobile subscribers in March, accelerating its momentum of February, while Vodafone Idea lost 12.12 lakh wireless users during the month, according to data released by telecom regulator TRAI . Sunil Mittal-led telecom company Bharti Airtel onborded 10.37 lakh mobile subscribers in March, raising its subscriber base to 37.09 crores in March against 36.98 crores in February. Reliance Jio added 30.5 lakh subscribers in March, as its subscriber count exceeded 43 crore, compared to 42.71 crore in February. It is pertinent to mention that in February too, Reliance Jio had added the maximum number of mobile subscribers (at about 10 lakh) among telcos, while Airtel had gained 9.82 lakh mobile users during February. A look at March data released by TRAI showed that Vodafone Idea — which trails Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel in the mobile market subscriber tally — lost 12.12 lakh mobile users in March. Vodafone Idea's mob

WhatsApp is rolling out the feature to let users edit their sent text messages for up to 15 minutes after the delivery. Earlier last week, WhatsApp was reportedly testing the feature on the beta version of Android and iOS app, as well as the Web interface. However, the feature has now rolled out to global users. The messaging app already provides the ability to delete sent messages. However, the feature to edit a sent message will save time for rewriting the entire text. In a Facebook post , Meta head Mark Zuckerberg announced the new feature on WhatsApp, making it easier for users to correct their mistakes without deleting the entire text. For now, the ability to modify a message is valid up to 15 minutes after sending a text.  The feature is available in the latest updates on Android and iOS app. It can also be used on Web interface of the WhatsApp. In order to edit any sent text, the user will need to long press and hold on the message. From the menu, choose the 'edit'

Huawei announced the Watch 4 and Watch 4 Pro last week in China. The new pair of wearables with HarmonyOS 2 support over 100 workout modes and feature a 1.5-inch AMOLED display with sapphire glass coating. Besides this, the Huawei Watch 4 and Watch 4 Pro also come with an innovative blood sugar assessment feature that helps people with diabetes to monitor their glucose levels. Huawei says the smartwatch will detect the level and risk of high blood sugar or hyperglycemia and alert the wearer accordingly. Apple and Samsung are yet to bring this innovation to their wearables. The new Huawei Watch 4 and Huawei Watch 4 Pro come with a blood sugar risk assessment function. Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer unit, posted a video  on Weibo showcasing how the new feature works. He claimed that Huawei Watch 4 series is the industry's first smartwatch that supports high blood sugar risk assessment research. As per the video, when a wearer has high blood sugar, the smartwatch will

WhatsApp has been spotted working on a new feature that will allow users to quickly share an image on their smartphone as a sticker in the popular chat application. A feature tracker has discovered the existence of a feature that is still in development, that could eliminate the need for third-party sticker maker apps. WhatsApp Web users already have an inbuilt sticker maker tool, and the functionality could soon make its way to the iOS and Android versions of the app. WhatsApp has also begun to prompt iOS and Android users to enter their encrypted chat backups passwords occasionally to prevent them from losing access at a later date.  A new sticker maker tool has been spotted on version 23.10.0.74 of WhatsApp beta for iOS, by feature tracker WABetaInfo. The Meta-owned messaging service is still developing the feature, which means that even users on the beta channel cannot currently try out the feature and see how it works. WhatsApp first introduced stickers on its messaging platfor

As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies and businesses operate. The European Union is at the forefront of drafting new AI rules that could set the global benchmark to address privacy and safety concerns that have arisen with the rapid advances in the generative AI technology behind OpenAI's ChatGPT. But it will take several years for the legislation to be enforced. "In absence of regulations, the only thing governments can do is to apply existing rules," said Massimiliano Cimnaghi, a European data governance expert at consultancy BIP. "If it's about protecting personal data, they apply data protection laws, if it's a threat to safety of people, there are regulations that have not been specifically defined for AI, but they are still applicable." In April, Europe's national privacy watchdog

Tata Consultancy Services on Monday said a consortium, led by the IT giant, received an advance purchase order valued over Rs. 15,000 crore from the state-run BSNL for the deployment of a fourth-generation mobile ( 4G ) network across India. This comes at a time when Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are ramping up their infrastructure of 5G technology across the country. State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) on April 22 launched 4G services in pilot mode in parts of Punjab in a run-up to a formal rollout of 4G services. The company has started live testing of its 4G services with 135 tower sites using an indigenous telecom stack. According to a statement from Tata Group's Tejas Networks Limited released on April 3, it received an order worth Rs. 696 crore from BSNL for the upgradation of its all-India IP-MPLS based Access and Aggregation Network (MAAN). Tejas Networks, part of the Tata Group, designs and manufactures wireless networking products for telecommunications serv

Android smartphones from various manufacturers have reportedly been found to be infected with malware out-of-the-box, affecting users from multiple countries including India, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand, Russia, and the US. The software can compromise the affected user's privacy and lead to a poor user experience due to excessive battery usage. The Guerrilla malware can also update itself and implant additional software on the victim's phone to collect personal data and inject ads into regular apps, according to security researchers. Security firm Trend Micro recently reported that around 8.9 million Android phones were infected with the Guerrilla malware , adding that handsets from over 50 manufacturers were affected. The research was presented at the recently concluded Black Hat Asia 2023 security conference. The malware operator behind the Guerrilla malware reportedly has similarities with the Triada malware that was detected on phones in 2016. The malware, which is prei