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Meta is taking the world along with it by taking control of Facebook and Instagram. It will roll out new subscription plans for Instagram and Facebook users soon.

As per the reports, Meta announced a newly paid verification service for its Facebook and Instagram users called Meta Verified, as said by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

According to the survey, users on Instagram and Facebook can submit their government ID and get a blue verification badge, all for $14.99 a month on iOS and $11.99 a month on the web. This service is expected to get released this week…

Digitalization in every sector of life has made us habituated to use applications for satisfying our souls to their specific purposes. Over the time people have demanded all-in-one app called Super app, which would fulfil any kind of need through an app. From making payments to ordering food online anywhere.

By the collaboration of technology partners and entrepreneurs launched solutions that is Super-Apps. According to the reports, the Super-apps was first introduced in Southeast Asia and other countries then-after.

As per the research, Super app is a…

In a 2022 survey of 1000 accommodation professionals, European hoteliers have come out on top as the leading digital transformation topic on social media marketing in Europe. Every 3 in 5 European accommodations felt prepared for their digital transformation readiness.

By keeping track of the latest changes in technology and business methods. It allows to keep the system up to date and improve efficiency. Digital transformation also helps organizations identify new opportunities to enhance their business processes. It is all about we do business by…

In Europe, every household is having faster internet speeds. It is known now as the most connected regions worldwide. The reason behind this achievement of Europe is penetration rate of mobile and household broadband across the continent.

According to the reports, in 2021, the home broadband rate in Europe was closed to penetration rate of 90.2 percent. It has jumped up from just above 70.6 percent in 2012. Also, the rapid growth of mobile broadband was also seen. The penetration rate for home broadband in the Europe was 70.6 percent in 2012. Now, the…

In the global auto industry, autonomous driving comes first, following the acronym of ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Electrification, Shared). Still, it is supposed to trail behind other megatrends when it comes to market adoption.

The Indian company Tata Technology has worked on an autonomous car project for the global technology company and expects it to become mainstream by 2023. But it did not happen as of yet. Warren Harris, CEO and MD of Tata Technologies, says, "Even if Cruise and Waymo have autonomous taxis in San Francisco, we are an awful long…

Meta is currently investing much money in the virtual reality in comparison to other companies in the world. Mark Zuckerberg is already trying to pursue his vision of revolutionizing the world of entertainment industry and work with the Metaverse. According to the data, in 2022 more than $25 billion got into Meta’s research and development department.

The reports reveal that Meta has generated an amount of $5.2 billion dollars with the hardware with an impressive market share of 75 percent. The market dominance of Oculus Quest 2 has been reflected…

The internet shutdown happened for the next year in a row, and the global number rose again in the second year, 2023. According to the newly released reports, the total number of shutdowns in 2022 is 187. Out of this, 84 shutdowns happened in India.

According to the reports, in 2020, the number of internet shutdowns dipped. The reasons behind the fall in internet shutdowns are the governments use internet shutdowns connecting with the curbing protests and dissent. The pandemic caused these events to happen less as stay-at-home orders and limits on mass…

The most expensive internet blockage of 2022 is caused by Russia, by blocking and controlling the access to social media and outlets of news. The economic cost of the internet service puts the country at $21.6 billion. The large number of people are affected by the price tags since the blockages are country-wide.

The restriction over the internet moves Russia to the second rank in the list ahead of Iran. According to the reports, 72 million people got affected by the shutdown of internet at an economic cost of $773 million. Kazakhstan is at third rank…

North Korea launched its most missiles in a single day record in November 2022. It also included the one landing 60km off the South Korean coast. At the beginning of 2022, North Korea fired a missile over Japan which traveled 4,500km and finally fell into the Pacific Ocean.

As per the latest reports, Kim-Yo-Jong said the country could have turned the Pacific into a "firing range" after two missile tests were conducted on Monday's east coast. It was followed by the firing of an ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) two days earlier to warn South…

The issue of consolidation has lifted its head in the recent months because companies like Sony, Microsoft and Swedish company Embracer Group are buying up video games studios right and left. Microsoft’s planned acquisition about Activision Blizzard King, franchises like Call of Duty and Diablo are expected to pass scrutiny by European watchdogs and Federal Trade Commission.

The main cause of disagreement is the popular shooter series. According to the reports, one of the biggest video game brands in the world when tied to one of the major console…

Elon Musk’s company Tesla has recently cut prices for the electric cars in order to boost sales and compete with the rivals. Several  thousand pounds reductions depending on the market scenario and model have been applied to cars listed for the sale on the company’s website in the US, UK and other places.

Due to this reason the company follows a big markdown of 20 percent almost that the firm introduced in the January.  Tesla is facing fresh challenges as higher borrowing costs weighs on the buyers and on the other hand rivals offer more electric…

According to the reports, consumer demand for electronics has fallen by 30 percent with the growing fear of global recession. It says the semiconductor market would have a modest recovery by the second half of 2023 if the global economy does not fall more than the current expectations.

According to survey reports, the Semiconductor Industry Confidence Index Score is 56 for 2023. The last two years were tumultuous year for the semiconductor industry. But the analysts have provided an overall positive report for 2023 regarding the availability of…

The world's health is threatened by alarming air pollution, which is humankind's most significant health hazard. Only air pollution leads to over six million deaths yearly, and economic costs are over USD 8 trillion.

According to the reports, the survey found that only 13 countries out of surveyed 131 countries, regions, and territories met World Health Organization air guidelines of annual PM2.5 at or less than 5 μg/m3 in 2022. Many of these places belong to Oceania.

Metaverse is taking the world by storm. According to the reports, the metaverse is supposed to take the worldwide metaverse revenue up to USD 490 billion by 2030. Some other reports also say the global metaverse market will be worth USD 800 billion by 2024. Other surveys assume the market volume is between 750 and 1,700 billion US dollars.

Wing company, owned by Google plans to launch drone delivery-network technology to handle bulk orders in millions, within 12 months. The report says, by operating drone as a network will improve efficiency. This wing delivers up to 1,000 packages in a day when evaluated “at scale” in Logan, Australia.

Drone delivery trials already been started in the Dublin suburb of Lusk. At the same time other companies are also in talks with the department of Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority about agreeing drone regulations for deliveries in the UK.

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After the release of GPT-4, OpenAI's multimodal model is accepting image and text inputs other than chatGPT'S text -only. People on the internet are marvelling at the new engine's results in performing various tasks for creating working websites based on simple diagrams, writing codes, and outperforming humans in several standardized tests.

But there are rising concerns over what will happen with rapid advancements in AI, as per the reports. Since the AI models of  ChatGPT and GPT-4 are new with their advanced features for people to understand their…

OpenAI has launched its new multimodal language model GPT-4 in the second week of March 2023. It is released just four months after the release of the first version. According to the reports ChatGPT has taken the tech globe by storm with its ability to create everything from lyrics of a song to the answers of a medical licensing exam in the US responding to the user’s written query.

A research carried out by an organization in December 2022 was carried out just after the release of the platform to get opinions of the U.S. adults on this. The research…

Smart cities increase operational efficiency, improve the quality of government services, and manage data assets, services, and resources efficiently by taking insights from ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). Thus, the data collected is sued generally in transportation, waste management, utilities, crime detection, and power plants. The technology of smart cities allows for reduction of both costs and resource consumption.

As per the reports, the technology used by smart cities will become increasingly important, and cities are expected…

With the advancement in technology day by day, people are adapting new schemes and techniques to cope with the current on-going scenario. E-shopping or buying products online provides customers with a wide range of variety of things to choose from. Like products, the modes of payment have also been easier these days with different portals. And different portals also offering different schemes as well.

According to the reports, the millennials of the United States emerge out as the “BUY NOW,PAY LATER” group. The people born between 1980 and 1994, 56…