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WhatsApp upgrades chat menu with new icons

WhatsApp upgrades chat menu with new icons

WhatsApp is reportedly all set to introduce an AI chatbot to its instant messaging platform, and the latest beta version of the app includes a special button for convenient access to the feature. As noted in the WABetaInfo report, the Chat tab now has a button above the icon to start a new chat. This button facilitates quick opening of AI-powered chats, increasing speed and convenience for users. The AI ​​chatbot powered by Meta AI was unveiled by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of WhatsApp's parent company Meta, in September. He revealed that the company is testing AI-powered chatbots for a specific…
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Earthquake in Nepal: Quake of 6.4 Magnitude Strikes Nepal and neighbouring cities of India

Earthquake in Nepal: Quake of 6.4 Magnitude Strikes Nepal and neighbouring cities of India

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal on the night November 3(Friday), strong tremors were felt in the states of neighbouring country India. The Indian cities that witnessed the tremors of earthquake were Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Bihar. As per the reports of National Centre for Seismology the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km.  The impact of the earthquake in Nepal has been severe, more than hundred of houses have collapsed and according to government counting 375 people had been injured and still the number is increasing. Jajarkot hospital is all packed with wounded people to get their treatment…
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India sends humanitarian aid to battered Gaza Strip as Israel-Hamas war rages

India sends humanitarian aid to battered Gaza Strip as Israel-Hamas war rages

The war between Israel and Hamas has entered to its 16th day leading to the destruction of the live of people. The death toll of Gaza rose to 4,651. The catastrophic attack on Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza has led to the death of hundreds of Palestinian. However, Israel has denied its hand behind bombing, while the Palestinians have held it responsible. On Sunday, India has sent an IAF flight C-17 to El-Arish airport in Egypt, carrying around 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for Palestine.  As per the statement of Ministry of External…
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Elon Musk starts charging new users to create account on X

Elon Musk starts charging new users to create account on X

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has begun testing $1-per-year subscription fees for new accounts on the web that want to post or interact with other users, saying this measure can reduce spam, automated bot accounts, and manipulation of its services. The test, called "Not a Bot," has been launched in New Zealand and the Philippines, X said in a blog post on Tuesday. New users who do not pay a fee cannot take certain actions, including writing, liking, replying or bookmarking posts on the site. "This will evaluate a potentially robust measure to help us combat bots…
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Former Miss World Uruguay Sherika De Armas dies at 26

Former Miss World Uruguay Sherika De Armas dies at 26

Former Miss World contestant Sherica de Armas, who represented Uruguay in the Miss World pageant in 2015, died on October 13 at the age of 26 after a battle with cervical cancer, the New York Post reported. Mrs. De Armas underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments. Her death sent shock waves through Uruguay and around the world."Fly high, little sister. Always and forever," her brother Mayk De Armas said on social media. Carla Romero, Miss Universe Uruguay 2022, lamented that Ms De Armas was "too evolved for this world. One of the most beautiful women I've ever seen in my life."…
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Narges Mohammadi: Iranian woman jailed for rights work wins Nobel Peace prize

Narges Mohammadi: Iranian woman jailed for rights work wins Nobel Peace prize

Narges Mohammadi, a 51 year old Iran's leading human rights activists who at present is behind bars serving multiple sentences in Tehran's notorious Evin prison has received  2023 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting human rights and freedom for all as well as the courageous activities she held against the oppression of women in Iran and relentless fight for social reform. In the past she had also campaigned for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty in Iran. After winning the award she gave her statement to The New York Times in which she asserted that she would never…
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Nasa capsule returns to Earth with largest asteroid sample ever collected

Nasa capsule returns to Earth with largest asteroid sample ever collected

The largest sample collected from an asteroid in space, and the first for NASA, landed in the Utah desert on Sunday after a fiery final descent through Earth's atmosphere, seven years after the mission's launch."Touchdown of the Osiris-Rex sample return capsule. The one-billion-mile journey to asteroid Bennu and back is complete," a commentator said on NASA's live video webcast of the landing. The sample collected from Bennu in 2020 is estimated by the US space agency to contain about 250 grams (nine ounces) of the material, much more than the previous two asteroid samples brought back by the Japanese mission.
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Google parent Alphabet lays off hundreds of employees

Google parent Alphabet lays off hundreds of employees

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday laid off hundreds of employees from its global hiring team. This comes as an attempt by the tech giant to slow down the hiring process. Notably, Alphabet Inc. was the first "tech giant" to lay off employees this quarter, while others, such as Meta Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Inc., aggressively laid off in early 2023. It cut staff by about 6 percent in January, amounting to 12,000 jobs. The move in January marked Google's first "major" layoff in the company's history. The NY Times reported that as of June 30, the company had…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 safely returns to Earth after 186 days

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 safely returns to Earth after 186 days

Four astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft that splashed off the coast of Florida on Monday morning have successfully returned to Earth after completing their Crew-6 mission from the International Space Station. US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoberg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedayev landed safely aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, at 12:17 am EDT after 186 days in space, the space agency informed. According to NASA, crew students have contributed to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations,…
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