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Meta Acknowledges Error Sent To Some Facebook Pages Which Asked Them To Confirm That Their Page I...
Tech giant Meta has just confirmed that an alert was sent out to all pages on Facebook that their page was not aimed at kids under 13. Facebook’s parent firm acknowledged that this was an error in the form of a bug and now it has been fixed. The matter was concerning for many page managers who reviewed the alert and became worried. We saw a user Wocky-Slush-Jo-Mama on Reddit be one of the first few who shared the picture of the alert which was visible on a page. Image: u/Wocky-Slush-Jo-M...
Researchers Uncover YouTube’s True Scale as Google Withholds Platform Insights
If you're an avid fan of the YouTube app, you're well aware of how transparent and very public-facing it's proven to be over the years. Users get the chance to see content galore and research anything and everything under the sun. However, there are times when one wonders why the video-sharing app doesn't like to detail too many statistics about its success. For instance, why does the app go quiet when asking simple queries like how much content viewers see. Interestingly, other things are so...
Musk’s New AI Knows More Than Ever but What Happens If It Knows Too Much
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, has rolled out Grok 3, the latest version of its AI model, alongside updates for its iOS and web applications. The launch follows months of development, with the model initially planned for a 2024 release but delayed beyond that timeframe. Grok, which powers features on Musk’s social platform X, is designed to compete with OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini.To develop this model, xAI relied on a vast computing network, tapping into a Memphis-bas...
X Is Still A Force To Reckon With, As 2024 Saw 128% Rise in Mobile Revenue And It’s Not Slowing D...
While January is far behind us, we thought it would be interesting to see where Elon Musk’s X app stands as we speak. Thanks to App Intelligence, we’ve got plenty of reasons to claim that the platform is doing great. On average, mobile revenue grew 128% in 2024 in terms of yearly figures. As far as monthly revenue for January is concerned, it continued to reach new heights, providing the competition is not slowing down anytime soon. The future of Twitter is not very clear after the takeover b...
LinkedIn Surpasses X, Instagram, and Facebook, Securing the Highest Revenue Among Social Media Pl...
When you think about the social media landscape, most of Meta’s apps and TikTok come to mind. However, you’ll be amazed at how the underdog LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft) is actually the highest revenue-making app in social media today. Yes, the professional networking platform is beating out TikTok, X, Instagram, Facebook, and even Snapchat to hail the top position. So right before you call it anything other than social media, you might want to think again. The app is definitely doing somethi...
New Survey Shows that Most Americans are Frustrated with their Smart Home Tech Devices
New survey from Secure Data Recovery shows that 89% of Americans own smart home technology but some of them are starting to question its value. The survey wanted to understand the frustrations of Americans from each state about smart home devices. The results of the survey showed that the most smart home fatigue is being experienced by people in Virginia, with 81% reporting that they are facing compatibility issues with the devices. Virginia is followed by California with 98% of respondents s...
Overtrust in AI Alters Decision-Making, Raising Concerns for Military Applications
According to a recent research published in Scientific Reports, most of the AI users are overly influenced by it, even though AI admits its limitations to them. For the study, 558 participants were asked to do two experiments and the results showed that people are blindly trusting AI especially in uncertain situations. One of the researchers, Colin Holbrook, said that it is a concerning situation and society should know the risks if they are overly dependent on AI, especially when the AI tech...
The Demand for Premium Segment Smartphones is Increasing, with Apple Dominating the Market Share
According to new data from Counterpoint Research, 25% of the smartphones which were shipped in 2024 had average wholesale price of $600 or more and this shows that the smartphone market is doing well right now. People are also willing to buy expensive smartphones, no matter their price, with the market share of premium smartphones rising from 15% in 2020 to 25% in 2024. The smartphones which are leading the premium segment devices are of Apples, with the market share of 67%. The second highes...
New Study Shows LLMs are Good At Generalizing on their Own Without Human Input
According to a new study by Hong Kong University and University of California, large language models can generalize things and find better solutions if they are left alone to solve them. This study challenges that belief that large language models require proper training examples to start generalizing things on their own. Many large language models are being trained on supervised fine-tuning (SFT) in which a model gets trained on a large set of handcrafted examples after being trained on raw ...
New Data Shows There Has Been an Increase in YouTube Videos Being Cited on AI Overviews
According to new data from BrightEdge, citations from YouTube on Google AI Overviews have grown by 25.21% since the start of 2025. Most of the YouTube citations on Google AI Overviews are from the healthcare industry, with 41.97% of the citations of AIO. Google says that less than 1% of views on YouTube videos come from search but Google is still favoring YouTube videos to perform well. Most of the videos that are being cited are step-by-step tutorials, visual demonstrations and comparisons a...
New Study Shows AI Cannot Be Trusted for News as It Lacks Accuracy
According to a new study by British Broadcasting Corporation, AI assistants often provide inaccurate news and misleading news to users which can have drastic effects. The journalists at BBC asked AI chatbots like CoPilot, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini 100 questions about current news and asked them to cite BBC articles as their sources. The results showed that 51% of the responses from AI had significant issues, while 91% had slight issues. 19% of the sources which cited BBC content had inco...
AI Adoption Surges: 60% of Americans Use AI Weekly, ChatGPT Leads With 77.97% Usage
According to a study by an AI company called Listening, most Americans say that AI tools are making their lives easier, with three in five respondents saying that their quality of life has improved a lot after using AI. One in six respondents also said that they are dependent on AI in some way and cannot live without it now. The study didn't tell the total number of participants that took part in the survey but the basic purpose of the study was to find out in which US states do most AI users...
As ChatGPT Evolves, Researchers Uncover Unforeseen Political Leanings in AI Models
According to a new study by China’s Peking University, ChatGPT has started to become biased in its political views and is showing a right-wing shift now. AI models are supposed to be unbiased in all of their opinions, including political opinions but this new research shows that ChatGPT has most of its viewpoints in the right wing in newer models. Previous researchers showed that ChatGPT had a liberal bias and even though it is still giving some of its viewpoints in the left wing, new models ...
Experts Expose Google’s Silent Privacy Rollback, Calling Fingerprinting a Gateway to Mass Surveil...
Google’s latest decision on online tracking has sparked backlash from privacy advocates, who argue that the move undermines user protection. The update, set to take effect on Sunday, enables advertisers to gather detailed information through a technique called fingerprinting. This method compiles signals from devices and browsers, such as network details and hardware specifics, allowing advertisers to build distinctive user profiles. Critics believe this change significantly reduces individua...