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Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has recently issued advisories for Android, Chrome for desktop, and Mozilla Firefox users. The severity of the risks is high, and the threat can affect users nationwide, compromising sensitive data. 

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has released new updates for linking RuPay cards to UPI services. The changes are in effect from March 31, 2024 onwards. 

Tech giant, Google has faced a $5 billion lawsuit for collecting and storing incognito mode search data of its users. While the company has agreed to delete the data, it raises concerns over the state of data privacy and anonymity on the internet. 

YouTube removed over 2.2 million videos from the platform in India due to violation of community guidelines. A total of 30 countries were on the removal list of YouTube, with India ranking first, followed by Singapore and the USA. 

From scanning products at the grocery store to making mobile payments, you come across certain codes to complete various tasks. Today, let's learn about the major differences between QR codes and barcodes in this article.  

Mustafa Suleyman is the co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI. He co-founded DeepMind’s AI Lab in 2010, which was later acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported 400 million pounds. He was recently appointed as the CEO of Microsoft AI.

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In a viral incident from Karnataka's Kodagu district, locals took matters into their own hands to prevent travelers from getting lost due to inaccuracies on Google Maps. The signboard erected by residents boldly proclaims, "Google is wrong," cautioning visitors that a particular road does not lead to Club Mahindra resort as indicated by the app.
 

Guru Upadhyay born to Arvind Upadhyay and Priya Upadhyay showed remarkable talent at the tender age of just 17 months. He is also affectionately known as ‘Google Guru.’ He has comprehensive knowledge about all the countries in the world, including their capitals, geographical locations, languages, and histories.

Google is limiting its AI chatbot Gemini from responding to upcoming elections-related questions. The company has already been involved in many controversies because of its AI. Experts express concerns about interference and misuse of AI in elections. 

Google recently came forward and apologised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the unstable response from its AI called Gemini. CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai also apologised publically and swore to fix the error. Google has been facing tons of criticism with allegations calling its AI racially biased and unreliable. The government has issued an advisory for the tech companies to launch in India. 

Flipkart has developed its own payment interface for both online and offline payments made through the company's app and outside of it. With Flipkart UPI, users may pay bills, local vendors, friends, and family, and make online payments. 
 

The Indian government has announced that the AI tech companies need to seek government approval before launching in India. The companies need to label their AI as unreliable and should have a "consent popup" if the technology is in an under-trail phase. The advisory was released amidst the Google Gemini and PM Modi controversy. 

After a protracted period of unpaid services by the developers, Google is about to remove ten well-known apps from the Play Store for breaking rules.
 

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is an 8-lane wide expressway which is expandable to 12 lanes. Travelling from Delhi to Surat via this expressway spans 800 kilometres as compared to the normal route of 1150 kilometres.

India is leading the world when it comes to secure e-pay. According to Mastercard, India has the safest online transactions due to the tokenisation which replaces the card details with unique tokens. People are still susceptible to scams and frauds but tokenisation is the right step towards the digitally secure India.