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New Delhi, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Saturday told Meta-owned WhatsApp to immediately fix an incorrect map of India in its New Year celebration live-streaming link. The minister reiterated that all social media platforms that do business in India must use correct maps. "Dear @WhatsApp Rqst that u pls fix the India map error asap. All platforms that do business in India and/or want to continue to do business in India, must use correct maps," said Chandrasekhar. Earlier this…

The Minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday cautioned video calling company Zoom’s founder and chief executive officer Eric Yuan to “make sure” that he used the correct map of the countries the company does business in or wants to do business in. “you may want to make sure u use correct maps of the countries u do/want to do business in @ericsyuan,” Chandrasekhar said in a tweet, quoting a tweet sent out by Yuan. you may want to make sure u use correct maps of the…

Google Calendar users have reportedly experienced a bug that is causing the application to create random events based on emails received in the user's Gmail inbox. Several users seem to have reported the issue on the Google Calendar app for Android and iOS mobile devices. The bug has been reported by various users on Twitter as well, who took to the social media platform to share screenshots of their Calendar apps filled with random events.According to a report by 9to5Google, Google Calendar has…

After recently making transphobic remarks, Twitter CEO Elon Musk got booed by the crowd when he appeared onstage with comedian Dave Chappelle who has been repeatedly criticized for his own transphobic remarks.Musk appeared in Chappelle's show on Sunday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco, reports The Verge.During Chappelle's set, the controversial comedian presented the controversial billionaire who entered the stage to confused applause and boos.Videos of Musk's appearance immediately appeared on Twitter.The…

The Nothing Phone(1) was able to enjoy some time in the spotlight before Samsung came and stole it with its latest Unpacked event. Now that the phone is out, some people are noticing that the screen doesn’t get as bright as advertised. According to NotebookCheck, Nothing has to back-peddle on the peak brightness of the Nothing Phone(1).This phone from Carl Pei’s Nothing was one of the most anticipated phones of the year, and it was able to gather some pretty decent reviews. While people were using the phone, they noticed…

A spokesperson for Taylor Swift has denied that the US pop star is responsible for “most or all” of the trips taken on her private jet after she was alleged to be the highest-use celebrity by sustainability marketing firm Yard, calling the claim “blatantly incorrect”.Yard’s survey found that Swift’s plane has taken 170 flights between 1 January and 29 July 2022, clocking up 15.9 days in the air with an average flight time of 80 minutes and 139.36 miles per flight. The total flight emissions for 2022 were calculated at…

Facebook has been inconsistently enforcing its rule against buying or selling tobacco, marijuana, as well as medical and non-medical drugs in relation to abortion pills. Motherboard recently reported that the website has been flagging posts saying "abortion can be mailed" and has even been temporarily restricting some accounts. Engadget was able to independently verify the information. As social media companies start dealing with content related to the outcome of the Roe v. Wade ruling last week, Meta has admitted to the…

Photo: Getty Images (Getty Images)Facebook users writing about mailing abortion pills had their posts removed this week, and in some cases, their accounts temporarily suspended, for violating the company’s terms of service rules against buying, selling, or exchanging drugs. However, testing conducted by Gizmodo and previous reporting from Vice suggests Facebook is only flagging certain, less active accounts and leaving little room for distinctions between actively selling drugs online and posts attempting to spread…

Google I/O 2022 — the company's annual developer conference — is underway, hours after the keynote event was held on Wednesday. During the event, Google announced a wide range of updates and improvements to its products and services, including Google Maps, Android, Google Workspace, Google Meet, YouTube, and the Google Assistant. During the keynote event, the company also announced that Google Translate was adding support for 24 new languages, supported by machine learning. However, users have pointed out that the…