Top Tech News Today: Next iPhone May Come With MicroLED Display, Netflix Under I-T Scanner, Twitter Gets New CEO And More

Elon Musk has said that he would transition to the role of Chief Technology Officer of the social media platform.

Apple is said to adopt microLED panels for its entire product line soon.

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Next Apple iPhone May Come With MicroLED Display

In a bid to gradually shift its dependency from OLED display-making partners Samsung, BOE and LG, Apple is said to adopt microLED panels for its entire product line soon. The tech giant is likely to move from organic light-emitting diode to micro light-emitting diode display technology. The Cupertino-based company also mulls releasing an iPhone with a microLED display in the future, says a report by supply chain publication DigiTimes. The microLED display technology would allow for higher brightness, decreased power consumption, improved contrast ratio and other benefits as compared to the current iPhone lineup that uses OLED displays.

Oppo Is Shutting Its Chip Design Unit

Handset maker Oppo is pulling the plug on its chipset design subsidiary amid falling shipments and an uncertain semiconductor market, the media has reported. Oppo's chip design unit, called Zeku is being shut down amid the company's efforts to cut down costs and resize, says a report by TechCrunch. Oppo's smartphone shipments dropped 8 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, according to market research firm Canalys. Other than Apple, all five of the top phone makers saw a decline in shipments. Also, the global semiconductor revenue is projected to decline 11.2 per cent to reach $532 billion in 2023, and the short-term outlook for the semiconductor market has deteriorated further.

Elon Musk Finds New CEO For Twitter

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said that he has hired a new person for the top post. He also informed that he would transition to the role of Chief Technology Officer of the social media platform. However, Musk did not name the person but he announced that she will take charge in six weeks. According to Wall Street Journal, Comcast (CMCSA.O) NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino was in talks for the top position. “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops,” Elon Musk said in a tweet. Last year in December, Musk said that he would step aside as CEO once he found “someone foolish enough to take the job." 

Google Identifies Bug That Showed WhatsApp Was Accessing Mic

Google has identified the security bug in Android that led to “incorrect privacy indicators and notifications in the privacy dashboard” and gave way to WhatsApp "accessing the microphone of the device" even when the messaging platform was not in use, media reports say. Google has said it is working towards fixing the vulnerability, according to a report by Gadgets Now. It should be noted that Meta-owned WhatsApp had blamed Google after a claim made by Foad Dabiri, an engineering director at Twitter, who accused WhatsApp of accessing his microphone while he was sleeping. According to Dabiri, "WhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background while I was asleep and since I woke up at 6 AM."

Netflix Under I-T Scanner In India

Seems like Netlfix is under the radar of the Income Tax department as India seeking to tax the streaming giant's income earned from services in the country, news agency Reuters reported on Friday quoting Economic Times. In a draft order, the tax authorities attributed an income of about Rs 550 million or $6.73 million to Netflix's Indian permanent establishment (PE) in the assessment year 2021-22, the report added. If Netflix is taxed in India, it would be the first-ever instance where the government would tax an overseas digital firm for providing electronic commerce services in the country, the report added.

Bard Vs ChatGPT: We Asked Both Chatbots Who Is Better

Google at its recent I/O 2023 developer’s conference opened access to its generative AI chatbot, Bard AI, to 180 countries, including India. Ever since Microsoft-backed OpenAI released the prototype for ChatGPT in November last year, the world has been smitten by how human-like responses ChatGPT comes up with when it is asked to solve user queries — ranging from generating complex programming codes to solving maths problems for school students. Instead of us trying to figure that out, we decided to put the chatbots to task by asking both of them the same question. And their responses — or rather the difference in their style of replies — say a lot about what makes the two chatbots different from each other.