India issues advisory to combat deepfakes and protect users; Know all about it

After legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar flagged his deepfake video doing the rounds, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar slammed deepfakes as a threat to the safety and trust of Indian users, saying the government will soon notify tighter rules under the IT Act to ensure compliance by platforms.

NVIDIA has secured a huge AI order from the Indian data center operator Yotta, as total order valuation is expected to exceed the $ billion mark.

Myth of Empires will be officially relaunched on February 21st. Developer Angela Game and Imperium Interactive Entertainment announced the multiplayer strategic sandbox’ launch date, along with a new trailer, and a Steam playtest later this month.

At an investment summit on Wednesday, Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said that the Tata Group is close to announcing plans to develop a semiconductor fabrication plant in Gujarat. This is the second big move by Tata in the span of a few months after it became the first Indian company to manufacture iPhones after acquiring the Wistrom plant near Bengaluru for approximately $125 million.

Artificial intelligence (AI) was the buzzword of 2023, with the world's largest tech companies incorporating this technology into their suite of products. Consequently, we've not only seen the emergence of new AI tools such as AI chatbots, but also its embrace by legacy organizations such as Adobe, and Microsoft. Not just in tech, but AI is making waves in the automotive world as well. At the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas, Amazon and BMW have announced a partnership that will see AI come into the fold. Know all about it.

Microsoft has announced the return of its Xbox Developer Direct next Thursday, January 18. The presentation will provide updates on several of its most anticipated upcoming games.

Xbox is kicking off 2024 with a Developer Direct showcase, and it looks like hotly anticipated Obsidian RPG Avowed will make an appearance alongside long-awaited sequel Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2. Not only that, we'll finally see more of MachineGames' Indiana Jones game, which has been radio silent for ages. 

 With PM Narendra Modi, and other guests, expected to attend the Ram Temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22, AI-powered CCTV cameras have been deployed to ensure security., a top police official said on Saturday.

Cinema or politics, chocolates or perfume... social media influencers cover it all and are set to spread their influence further and wider in 2024 with MNCs, movie stars and even politicians using them to reach target audiences, bypassing mainstream media and traditional marketing avenues.

Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI): War zone games have been popular ever since we entered the mobile gaming era. Now, one of the most played Battle Royale games in India is BGMI which has been gaining popularity ever since the ban was lifted. Now the game is working with great force as the new players join the race of winning "chicken dinner". What makes the game more exciting is the gaming concept, new amazing rewards, themes, in-game items, and more. Recently, the game introduced Lucky Treasure Crate which comes with various exclusive in-game items and rewards to make the game more interesting. If you are someone who likes to collect new rewards then know how you can get your hands on the Lucky Treasure Crate.

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said the NYT-OpenAI-Microsoft case is important and interesting one, and represents the broader issue of the nature of a relationship between those scraping internet and monetising from it versus the copyrighted content on the internet. Last Wednesday, New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft over copyright infringement, alleging that millions of its articles were used without consent to train chatbots and AI models, which now compete with it.

On the last day of the year, a new online scam has surfaced which is trapping many innocent people. On January 16, the inauguration ceremony for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will begin, with the consecration of Ram Lalla scheduled for January 22. Ahead of the big event, some bad actors are asking people for donations by pretending to be representatives of the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, the trust constituted to look after the construction and management of the Ram Mandir. These scammers are pulling off a QR code scam where they share a fake QR code to transfer the money to their own accounts.