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Meta to Test Limiting Viewing, Sharing News Content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada

Meta Platforms on Thursday said it will begin tests on its social media websites Facebook and Instagram that will limit some users and publishers from viewing or sharing some news content in Canada.The testing period will run for several weeks, the social media giant said, adding that a minor percentage of Canadian users enrolled in testing will be notified if they attempt to share news content.The test comes in response to Canada's proposed "Online News Act". Introduced in April last year, the legislation would force…

Mahindra Blames Persisting Chip Shortage for Limiting SUV Production

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: May 28, 2023, 12:27 ISTMahindra & Mahindra (Photo: IANS)Chip shortages prevented the company from meeting its monthly SUV production target of 39,000 units, said Rajesh Jejurikar, Chief Executive at MahindraIndian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd on Friday warned that chip shortages were still limiting its efforts to ramp up production of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) after reporting a 22% rise in quarterly profit.The maker of the Scorpio, Thar and XUV range of SUVs

Tesla is again being sued for limiting its cars’ battery capacity through software update

Tesla is again facing a class action lawsuit for limiting the battery capacity inside its vehicles through a software update. Back in 2019, Electrek reported on several reports from Tesla owners about seeing significant drops in range from 12 to 30 miles following a software update. The charging speed was also greatly affected. Model S vehicles with 85 kWh battery packs, which were discontinued in 2016, seem to be the ones affected at that point. For most owners, the range drop happened…

ACLU sues to block Biden policy limiting asylum at border

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Northern California on Thursday aiming to block a Biden administration policy set to limit asylum for those who cross the border without authorization. The policy, which is set to take effect late Thursday, limits asylum from migrants who cross through a third country on the way to the U.S. and do not seek protections on the way to the southern border. The ACLU, along with the UC Hastings Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, and the National…

Activision settles with Justice Department for limiting esports players’ salaries

The complaint details what the two leagues called a Competitive Balance Tax. Under the tax, if one of the franchised teams paid its players over a limit imposed by Activision Blizzard, the teams would be fined and have the fee distributed to the other non-offending teams. In theory, the Competitive Balance Tax was to prevent richer, better resourced teams from gobbling up the best talent with high salaries (i.e., what I’d call the “2023 Boston Uprising rule”). But it seems that, in practice, this was used to deflate…

India’s poor road infrastructure is limiting supercar sales: Lamborghini CEO Stephen Winkelmann

It’s no secret that India’s infrastructure falls short of those of the world’s developed nations, despite daily improvements. The general perception of India is that there is still more infrastructure development to be done. Recently, Stephan Winkelmann, Global CEO & Chairman, Automobili Lamborghini, expressed the same idea and claimed that India’s inadequate infrastructure and high tax rates are the main obstacles to the expansion of super luxury automobile sales in the country. In spite of the nation having the…

WhatsApp may limit polls to only 1 choice on the Android beta

Image Source : PIXABAY whatsApp WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Meta, is planning to limit polls on the Android beta to just one option. According to WABetaInfo, the business intends to add a new option to the poll composer that would let the sender restrict the poll to a single option. The new function will be beneficial since it will benefit all…

TikTok is limiting teens to an hour of memes (but it can be turned off)

The hugely popular short-form video app TikTok says that it is turning on new features that are designed to help teens spend less time in its app. Or, at least, be more aware of how much time they spend watching memes.TikTok is one of the apps that some people have raised concerns about in recent years, with the app often proving too addictive for teens to turn down. Now it says it's going to limit teens to just 60 minutes of watching videos each day, although there are caveats to be considered.The main caveat is that…

Why Artificial Intelligence is Used and is it Limiting Human Application?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Artificial Intelligence? Will it truly benefit humanity? With all the buzz around Artificial Intelligence – robots, self-driving cars, etc – it’s tempting to believe that AI has little impact on our daily lives. In reality, most of us come into contact with AI in some way or the another virtually every day. AI has fast infiltrated into our daily lives, from the moment you wake up to check your smartphone to viewing another Netflix-recommended movie. According to Statista, the…

Microsoft’s Bing AI ChatGPT Bot is Limiting its Chat Session

Microsoft’s Bing AI ChatGPT bot is limiting its chat session to five replies per chat Only days after the Bing AI ChatGPT chatbot lost its bearings many times for users, Microsoft announces that it is putting certain dialogue constraints. Once the search engine was exposed for abusing users, lying to them, and using people’s emotions against them, 50 questions per day and five per session will now be the limit for Bing conversations. The majority of individuals obtain the answers they’re seeking within five turns,…