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Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted that Twitter's legal team accused him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by revealing that the sample size for the social media platform's checks on automated users was 100."Twitter legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by revealing the bot check sample size is 100!" tweeted Musk, chief executive of electric car maker Tesla.Twitter legal just called to complain that I violated their NDA by revealing the bot check sample size is 100!This actually happened.— Elon Musk…

Obi-Wan Kenobi — the upcoming Star Wars live action series from Disney and Lucasfilm — is set to reveal a new trailer on Wednesday, ahead of the May 27 release date. Disney posted a teaser for the upcoming trailer, which is expected to be revealed later today. The trailer will be released in time for May the Fourth — also known as Star Wars Day. The first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi will be available on May 27, on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.Disney took to Twitter earlier today to share a ten-second teaser for the…

Elon Musk has slammed Apple for its App Store commission that it charges from developers, in response to an article posted on Twitter about the European Union's fresh antitrust complaint against the iPhone maker. Musk said that it is "definitely not ok" and likened the commission to a 30 percent tax on the Internet. Last year, the Tesla CEO publicly favoured Fortnite maker Epic Games in the lawsuit filed by it against Apple for allegedly abusing its dominance in the mobile apps market.In a series of tweets posted in…

The Dutch consumer watchdog on Wednesday said it had launched a preliminary investigation into Google over its Play store for apps, months after targeting fellow tech giant Apple.The Match Group, which owns dating site Tinder, lodged a complaint saying that Google only allowed its own payment system to be used when purchasing apps, the Authority for Consumers and Markets said.Google Play is used to buy applications to be used on smartphones and tablets using Google's Android system, which together with Apple dominates the…

Meta Platforms is slowing the growth of its workforce as the Facebook parent looks to rein in costs, the company said on Wednesday. "We regularly re-evaluate our talent pipeline according to our business needs and in light of the expense guidance given for this earnings period, we are slowing its growth accordingly," a Meta spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement.Business Insider, citing an internal note to employees, reported that the company was lowering hiring targets and had temporarily stopped hiring for the…

Uber shares skidded Wednesday after the company said it was hit with a big loss in the first three months of this year despite a rebound in its ride-share business.Quarterly revenue at Uber's rides unit nearly tripled year on year to $2.5 billion (roughly Rs. 19,066 crore), topping the sum taken in from its food-delivery service for the first time since the pandemic prompted a boom in people ordering meals in. But despite overall revenue more than doubling compared to the same period last year, Uber logged a net loss of…

TikTok on Wednesday announced an ad revenue-sharing programme with the social media platform's most prominent creators, moving closer to a model already used by its competitors.The short-video format app has become wildly popular in recent years with more than a billion active users globally, but has been criticised for not providing a way for creators to effectively monetise content.Under the new TikTok Pulse programme, companies can place their ads next to user content in specific categories, including health, fashion,…

WhatsApp Reactions will start rolling out today, finally seeing the instant messaging platform catch up with rivals such as Telegram and iMessage, besides productivity apps such as Slack, and even sister company Instagram. The feature will allow users to quickly react to messages with an emoji, and in the initial stage, there will be six - like, love, laugh, surprise, sad, and thanks - though in the future all emojis will be available, testing has tipped.The Meta-owned brand made the announcement via a Instagram story by…

Digital financial services firm One97 Communication Limited, which owns the Paytm brand, has tokenised 28 million cards across Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, and expects to purge saved card data by June 30, the company said on Thursday. The tokenised cards account for 80 percent of monthly active cards on the Paytm app, it added."Paytm is committed to safe and secure online payments, and in that direction, RBI's tokenisation effort is a key milestone for the industry. We recognised the need for tokenised cards and…

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 is underway in India, and there are great deals, offers as well as discounts on laptops. Customers can avail no-cost EMI options, exchange discounts, and apply bank discounts in order to get the best price of the laptops that they want to purchase. Amazon is offering up to Rs. 40,000 discount on a range of laptops that includes gaming laptops, Apple MacBooks, thin and light notebooks as well as machines for daily regular use.Here is a list that includes the best deals on laptops that you can…