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Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition

Officials say Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission

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New U.S. rule on foreign chip equipment exports to China to exempt some allies

The Biden administration plans to bring in a new rule expanding U.S. powers to stop export of semiconductor manufacturing equipment from foreign countries to China

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OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8T, OnePlus 9, and OnePlus 9R users in India can get free screen upgrade: Report

OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8T, OnePlus 9, and OnePlus 9R users who are based in India can get a display upgrade for their device that is free of cost

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Meta’s AI video model Segment Anything Model 2 AI lets you add special effects to objects in a video

Meta introduced a new AI model – its Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2) – that has potential applications for both social media users as well as scientists and researchers

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‘Trump shooting didn’t happen’: Meta’s AI assistant says; company blames hallucinations for incorrect response 

Meta’s AI assistant is blaming AI hallucinations for inaccurate responses from its chatbot that said that the recent attempted assassination of Donald Trump didn’t happen 

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Vivo plans to double production, increase exports with a larger manufacturing facility

Vivo’s ‘Made in India’ phones go to countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Bhutan and Saudi Arabia

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AWS’ GenAI Loft for startups launched in Bengaluru

Participants will be given access to Amazon Bedrock, their platform which has a range of AI models from companies like Meta, Anthropic, Cohere and Mistral AI to build custom GenAI applications

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Xiaomi, followed by Vivo and Samsung, lead in smartphone shipments: Q2 2024

In terms of value, Samsung leads the market with a 24.5% share, followed by Vivo with 16.8% and Apple at 16.3%.

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Intel plans to cut thousands of jobs to finance recovery: Report

In October 2022, Intel announced a cost-reduction plan that included “people actions”, aimed at slashing annual costs by $3 billion in 2023.

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