WhatsApp banned 6.2 mn Indian accounts in August, reversed 1% of appeals
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter·8d ago
Access the report here. WhatsApp banned 6,202,400 accounts linked to India in August 1-31, 2026, according to its monthly compliance report published on October 1.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu gets Bombay HC relief against AI deepfakes
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal·8d ago
The Bombay High Court (HC) on October 1 granted actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu interim protection against AI-generated deepfakes, pornographic content, chatbots impersonating her and unauthorised...
How Mark Chapman helped co-star Kelly Cates feel 'attractive' again
Mail Onlineby Will Pickworth·8d ago
Match of the Day may have been running since 1964, but news broke of a first on the show on Sunday when it was reported that co-hosts Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman have started dating.
UPI in September: Transactions decline to 24.07 billion, average transaction size falls to Rs 1,012 - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Amit Singh·8d ago
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) recorded 24.07 billion transactions worth Rs 29.37 lakh crore in September.
He Makes $3,000 a Year Every Time He Gives a Restaurant a Free Chalkboard (And He’s Done it 200+ Times) - Side Hustle Nation
Side Hustle Nationby Nick Loper·8d ago
What if you could earn $3,000 a year from a whiteboard you give away for free? John Schierman of MegansDailyDish.com places free chalkboards and whiteboards in restaurants and other busy venues.
GST council may allow NATGRID access to taxpayer data
MediaNamaby Azdhan·8d ago
The GST Council is likely to consider a proposal at its upcoming meeting that would let central intelligence and investigative agencies, and State and Union Territory police officials, use NATGRID...
Press Review - "Mum if you see this it's for my future"
France 24by Antonia KERRIGAN·8d ago
"Mum if you see this it's for my future" To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.
AI is supercharging political ad wars. But viral doesn’t mean victorious
FOX Newsby Paul Steinhauser·8d ago
Artificial intelligence is dramatically lowering the cost of political advertising, allowing campaigns to churn out attack ads, memes and other targeted messages at a pace that would have been...
21 Years Ago, a Brilliant Sci-Fi Series Changed TV Forever With One Last-Minute Change
Polygon.comby Corey Plante·8d ago
Every mystery box has the same inherent problem: Eventually, you have to open it. The questions that keep an audience obsessing over a TV show from week to week can lose their power the moment we...
Dutch optician drops Ray-Ban Meta glasses; India's privacy law still has no answer for the person being filmed - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·8d ago
Hans Anders, one of the largest optical chains in the Netherlands, has indefinitely stopped selling Ray-Ban Meta glasses in its stores and online in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Social media 'is responsible for 2.8 million years spent depressed'
Mail Onlineby Zoe Hardy·8d ago
Our phone scrolling habits are costing the globe nearly 2.8 million years of mental illness, scientists have warned.
The politics of hypocrisy: How scandal is treated with selective outrage
FOX Newsby Howard Kurtz·8d ago
Erick Erickson, the longtime, ultraconservative Atlanta radio host, just unloaded a screed that whacked both Democrats and Republicans.
Arunachal media bodies flag social media curbs on Siang hypropower reports
Hindustan Timesby PTI·8d ago
Arunachal media bodies flag social media curbs on Siang hypropower reports Itanagar, Two media bodies in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday said several journalists in the state have reported that videos...
Apple to add stricter consent for apps seeking full Mac access after Meta's Muse privacy dispute - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Aakriti Bansal·8d ago
Apple said it will introduce additional controls in macOS to ensure users who “genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action.” The...
The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week
Euronewsby Amber Louise Bryce·8d ago
Jeremy Strong plays Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Reckoning', Stephen King's 'Carrie' is adapted for the small screen, and Tate Britain revives the rebellious creativity of the 90s.
How using the right verb can transform writing
The Hinduby Aruna Sankaranarayanan·8d ago
In the age of AI, you may think honing your writing is redundant. If you can get a bot to edit your work, why bother with sharpening your writing skills?
Samoa PM apologises for Nazi gesture and Hitler comment
PerthNowby Charlotte Graham-McLay·8d ago
Samoa PM apologises for Nazi gesture and Hitler comment Samoan Prime Minister La'auli Leuatea Schmidt has apologised for a video from 19 years earlier in which he said "Heil Hitler" and made a Nazi...
BBC morale dented by gradual ‘bloodletting’ after weeks of job cuts
World news | The Guardianby Michael Savage Media editor·8d ago
Morale at the BBC has been severely dented by a gradual “bloodletting” that has seen plans to shed as many as 2,000 staff slowly announced over several weeks, members of the corporation’s staff...
Are social media firms fronting up to public scrutiny? Not always
TheJournal.ieby Noel Baker·8d ago
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NYT Strands hints, answers for October 5, 2026
Mashableby Mashable Team·8d ago
Today's NYT Strands hints will be easy if you're a Debbie Downer. Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search.
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