Month: December 2022

Text-to-image AI exploded this year as technical advances greatly enhanced the fidelity of art that AI systems could create. Controversial as systems like Stable Diffusion and OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 are, platforms including DeviantArt and Canva have adopted them to power creative tools, personalize branding and even ideate new products. But the tech at the heart
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Google is reportedly working on making Android’s root store updatable via Google Play Store on Android 14. The search giant’s current mechanism updates root certificates only as part of full system updates, which could potentially render devices running on older Android versions unable to connect to the internet when the expired root certificates not being
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Tecno recently unveiled the Tecno Phantom X2 series of premium smartphones at its ‘Beyond the Extraordinary’ event in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. It launched the standard Tecno Phantom X2 in India as well. Tecno India CEO Arijeet Talapatra has now reportedly divulged the company’s plan of expanding its product lineup in 2023. It hopes
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If you’re a parent with young children, then you’ll probably hear this a lot on Christmas Eve: “Where’s Santa right now?” With tracking tools like the NORAD Santa Tracker and Google’s Santa Tracker, everyone can know when Father Christmas will arrive. Here’s how to follow Santa’s journey this Christmas Eve. Track Santa Claus with NORAD
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Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million (roughly Rs. (Rs. 5,990 crore) to settle a class action lawsuit that accused the company of sharing users’ personal data with the political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, American technology publication The Verge reported. “The proposed Settlement of $725 million is the largest recovery ever achieved
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Remember the Apple AirPower charging mat? Announced in 2017, the device was supposed to recharge three devices simultaneously, but Apple never released it, citing engineering issues. Now, Tesla is giving it a shot with the just-announced Wireless Charging Platform. Inside the Cybertruck-inspired aluminum casing is a wireless charging platform named FreePower from a startup called
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We made it! Another year (nearly!) complete. Go team! The end of the year means many things — holidays, food, family, reflection, etc. Around these parts, it also means it’s time for the TechCrunch Favorite Things list. Each year Team TechCrunch puts together a big list of the things that, when we look back over the
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Samsung Galaxy S23 series has leaked multiple times in the past. The upcoming flagship smartphone lineup from the South Korean tech brand is believed to include the vanilla Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. Now, a new report has surfaced suggesting signature shades of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 series phones. The vanilla
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Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act provides for blocking of content
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