Category: Quantum Brief

Google Doodle for this year’s Valentine’s Day features engaging scientific quiz: ‘all about chemistry’

Social media users reprimanded Gemini as ‘absurdly woke’ and ‘unusable’ after requests to generate representative images for subjects prompted the creation of bizarrely revisionist pictures. (Representational image: Rajeshwar Bachu via Unsplash)

Google celebrated Valentine’s Day 2024 with a quirky and interactive scientific doodle and encouraged individuals to discover their own chemical element avatar.

Google cautions Android and iPhone users over privacy concerns

YouTube will begin to require creators to disclose when they’ve created realistic altered or synthetic content, and will display a label that indicates for people when they’re watching this content. (Representative Image: Mitchell Luo via Unsplash)

Google explained that conversations are stored for a period even after deleting Gemini Apps activity, emphasising the need to avoid sharing personal information.

Valentine’s Day 2024: Ad campaigns that stole hearts

While some brands used Al to create more personal experiences for customers, others employed various tactics including partnering with influencers to create user-generated content, adding relatability to the brand.

This Valentine’s Day, brands have challenged the traditional concepts of love and embraced the new and changing notions of relationships through their ad campaigns.

MIB registers 106 MSOs, cancels non-compliant registrations

The Ministry, in accordance with Regulation 15(1) of the Interconnection Regulation, 2017, mandated that every distributor of channels must conduct an annual audit of their system. (Representative Image: Piotr Cichosz via Unsplash)

While the ministry did not share the number of non compliant MSOs, in October 2023, 477 MSOs were already marked non-compliant.

Saffola Honey unveils new packaging on Sundarbans Day

The new campaign aims to generate excitement and anticipation surrounding the new Saffola Honey Active pack, which embodies the brand's promise of natural and unadulterated honey sourced from forests and pristine regions including Sundarbans.

The brand has also unveiled an immersive CGI video as part of its campaign.

Jio’s Valentine’s Day nudge at Airtel creates social media banter

Airtel responded to the post, advising users to try everything before making a decision. “Sab kuch try karo, phir sahi chuno”, the company's X handle responded, humorously adding "just saying" to its response. (Representative image by Possessed Photography via Unsplash)

The telecom company Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, pointed out the red colour in Airtel’s logo, suggesting its users to abandon Airtel and switch to JioAirFiber instead. This post has garnered a lot of reactions on social media.

RBI instructs Mastercard, Visa to stop card-based commercial transactions: Report

The flow of money towards non-KYC-ed merchants, who are not authorised to accept card payments as merchants, might have led the regulator to take the step. However, the exact reason is not known, according to the report. (Representative image by cardmapr.nl via Unsplash)

Transactions being done at other business outlets who might not be authorised to accept card payments have been temporarily halted.