WhatsApp, owned by Meta, is finally introducing a highly anticipated feature that allows users to edit their messages even after they’ve been sent, as reported by WaBetaInfo.
The feature, known as ‘edit messages’ is currently available to some beta testers and will be gradually rolled out to more users in the coming days.
Mark Zuckerberg announced the feature through Meta’s official channel on Instagram. It provides users with the ability to quickly fix any typos or make changes to their messages, even after sending them.
The feature is accessible through the Microsoft Store and can be found in the message menu within 15 minutes of sending a message. To check if you have access to this feature, simply try editing a sent message.
However, it’s important to note that messages sent from a different device cannot be edited. The WhatsApp watcher stated, “This may be a wider rollout, so some users on certain previous updates may also gain access to the same feature starting today.”
We often find ourselves making typos or sharing incorrect information when conversing with someone. Thankfully, this much-needed and impressive feature now allows us to rectify those mistakes.
According to WaBetaInfo, WhatsApp has plans to further enhance the message editing feature in order to provide users with an even better experience while using the application.
On Thursday night, unidentified persons attacked the residence of former Governor of Punjab, Latif Khosa, in the Defense area of Lahore.
According to sources of Dunya news, Latif Khosa is safe while his driver got injured.
The attacker managed to run away from the spot after firing but police have said that attackers will be in the custody of police very soon.
Police further added that attackers can be identified through CCTV footage.
Latif Khosa told the media that the attack on his residence was very intense, adding that the bullets pierced the main gate and hit the cars parked inside the house. On the other hand, Owais Shafique, SP Cantt reached the residence of the former Governor with the police.
Google has recently introduced a new shopping feature with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is currently only available to customers from the United States. With the help of images from real models that range in sizes from XXS to 3XL, the feature will allow customers to check sizes of clothes from all kinds of brands such as H&M, Anthrpologie and more.
Through this feature, users can scroll through different body sizes, hair, ethnicities and skin tones, to find the one that resembles their own appearance and save it as their default virtual representation, thus making shopping much more easier.
Verge reports that Google designed the feature to help shoppers who were disappointed with their online shopping experience, referencing to data that shared that 59 per cent users who used online shopping were disappointed with their clothing purchase because it looked quite different on their bodies as compared to what they expected it to be, while 42 per cent customers revealed that they did not find clothes fit to their taste.
Google further added that although currently there is a selection of brands that allow this virtual try-on experience, soon it will expand to include men’s clothes and other apparel as well by later this year.
Verge also adds that new filters will be added to Google Shopping like machine learning or visual matching algorithms which will allow customers to purchase cheaper alternatives similar to the clothes they are looking for across various clothes platforms.
In its 2023 Keynote, Google announced its CE marked Class 1 Medical Device DermAssist. It is a guided skin search app that helps users find personalized information about skin concerns through a fast and simple process.
After receiving billions of skin-related searches each other, Google used its expertise in organizing information, artificial intelligence, and collaboration with partners to build DermAssist.
How does it work?
The process is simple: you upload up to three photos of your skin, hair or nail condition from different angles. Then you answer a few short questions about your symptoms, and DermAssist does the rest.
Trained using millions of skin images, DermAssist can identify 288 skin, hair, and nail conditions and can identify more than 90% of the most commonly searched-for skin conditions. Furthermore, Google assures that DermAssist is being developed to work accurately across all skin tones, skin types, and more.
Google’s research demonstrates that the underlying technology can help clinicians better identify skin conditions across all populations.
DermAssist is the culmination of years of machine learning research, dermatologist-reviewed content, user testing, and product development.
Would you keep going to a dermatologist once DermAssist is available on your Google browser?
Honda Atlas Cars Limited (HACL) has not sold a single Civic in the last three months, Autojournal.pk has reported.
It is proving to be a difficult year for HACL in production and sales. Due to supply network issues, the company’s productivity had wanted, with increased prices making the car untenable for consumers.
Honda, one of the biggest car companies of Pakistan, sold just 87 cars last month.
According to a recent notification, Honda will restart production very soon despite the fact that there are no dates mentioned related to production resumption.
The government has drafted a bill to increase the travel allowance of parliamentarians from Rs10 per kilometer to Rs30 per kilometer.
The bill has been drafted on the request of parliamentarians who requested to increase travel allowance which has not been increased since 1980. Based on their request, if the parliamentarian owns a civic or corolla or a smaller car, their petrol will be free.
Here is how:
Lets see how much it would cost if a Parliamentarian is traveling from Lahore to Islamabad.
How much is the distance between Lahore to Islamabad?
The distance from Lahore to Islamabad is approximately 380 kilometers.
If we go by previous allowance the parliamentarians would get Rs. 3,800 to travel between Lahore and Islamabad.
If the allowance is increased to Rs30 per kilometer they will get Rs. 11,400 for the same route.
If a person is using a civic, corolla or a smaller car to travel from Lahore to Islamabad they will consume around 47 liters of petrol which will cost around Rs. 12,000.
At its annual CEO Summit, Yale School of Management conducted a survey amongst 119 CEOs from a varying range of sectors. 42% of candidates believe Artificial Intelligence (AI) could destroy humanity in the next 5-10 years.
The survey breakdown is as follows: 34% of CEOs said AI could potentially destroy humanity in ten years, 8% said it could happen in five, and 58% said it could never happen and that they are ‘not worried’.
In an interview with CNN business, Yale professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld expressed the findings as “pretty dark and alarming.”
The survey comes shortly after monumental announcements from big players in the field. The ‘Godfather of AI’, Geoffrey Hinton, who oversaw the development of technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT for 50 years, left his job at Google to “blow the whistle”, warning people of the serious harm that could potentially be caused by AI.
In a television interview, Hinton explains how he suddenly realized AI is smarter than humans and warns that, since it knows how to program, it could bypass restrictions set by humans. Moreover, he expressed fears that AI could manipulate humans to do its bidding.
When questioned about solutions and regulations, Hinton countered, “It’s not clear to me that we can solve the problem. You can’t stop the progress.” However, he stressed that it is of utmost importance for governments and scientists to prioritise discovering a solution.
Hinton is joined by the likes of Sam Altman, who was one of the hundreds of signatories of a joint statement calling for society to take the necessary steps to guard against the dangers of AI. Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the site that introduced AI-powered tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E.
Top executives from Google and Microsoft also signed the statement.
The CEOs present at the Yale Summit indicated that AI will have the most transformative impact in three key industries: healthcare, professional services/IT, and media/digital. More immediate impacts of AI would pertain to risks of misinformation and the loss of jobs.
British newspaper Guardian released an article on some of the best films of 2023 so far, ranging from horror to thrillers and animated comedy films like ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”.
On the 15th place is Pakistani writer and director Saim Sadiq’s debut film ‘Joyland’ which starred Ali Juenjo and transgender model Alina Khan.
Discussion the significance of the film, the article described it as “a movie about people who find their inner lives and sense of themselves don’t match up to what is expected of them. Their feeling of wrongness is part of what they have to suppress, from day to day.”
The film, which was banned in Punjab last year just 24 hours after it got a certificate of approval from CBFC, had aired in India in March, receiving positive remarks from watchers who described their experience as ‘magical’:
One user wrote:
“Still can’t get over the experience of watching Joyland on big screen. I’ve never seen the crowd get this hyped, laugh and cry together for a movie before, magical experience.”
still can’t get over the experience of watching Joyland on big screen. I’ve never seen the crowd get this hyped, laugh and cry together for a movie before, magical experience pic.twitter.com/rEnltdZca1
“Joyland is fantastic, heartbreaking and beautifully made – the experience of watching it amongst an engaged enthusiastic audience last night at the Habitat center film festival was exhilarating. Also what about this poster by Salman toor!”
Joyland is fantastic, heartbreaking and beautifully made – the experience of watching it amongst an engaged enthusiastic audience last night at the Habitat center film festival was exhilarating. Also what about this poster by Salman toor! pic.twitter.com/l2lCRz7o7L
Last night’s screening of Joyland in Delhi was magical. People waiting in lines for a Pakistani film that so lyrically talks about patriarchy and the loneliness it breeds. People sitting on floors in awe, clapping and crying in unison. Through grief and borders, art finds a way. pic.twitter.com/pLfTuLOHnO
Was it a charming male lead Choi Chi Yeol (played by Jung Kyung-ho) who falls for a single mom, that drove people to watch ‘Crash Course in Romance’? Or the fact that a show went into minute details about the pressures of high school, the cut-throat competition surrounding college applications and how it damages the mental health of students? Whatever it was, the Korean rom-com ‘Crash Course In Romance’ had aired only two episodes when it lead the polls in the list of dramas that are generating the most buzz.
Aside from this show, and the critically acclaimed thriller ‘The Glory’ that was among the top ten most watched dramas around the world, this is the perfect time to get into Korean dramas, especially if you’re from Pakistan and dying to watch something other than a toxic romance going round and round like a jalebi. From the list of K-dramas set to arrive on Netflix, the shows range from a wholesome office romances to an unlikely encounter between a vampire and a human and a bored housewife taking charge of her fate and deciding to become a doctor.
2023 has only reached its middle and this lineup of dramas has us excited. Check out some amazing options.
1 See you in my 19th life
Time travelling lovers who recognise each other in their next lives? Sign us up immediately. Ban Ji Eum has an extraordinary trait: she can remember everything from her 18 past lives. But when her life is cut short tragically and Ji Eum is reborn in her 19th life, she is determined to reconnect with all the people she lost, and in the process she comes across Mono Seo Ha, a man whom she met in her previous life.
2 My Heart Is Beating
Missing your Vampire Diaries, Twilight era? K-dramas have got you covered. Remember the heartthrob villain Jang Jun-Woo from Vincenzo? The actor who played him, Ok Taec-Yeon, is now the lead in this drama, as a vampire who desperately wants to become a human being, but he misses his chance because of one day out of a 100 years. He starts living in a guest house run by Joo In-Hae (Won Ji-An), a cold-hearted nurse who does several jobs. As the two get closer, both start getting feelings for each other.
3 King The Land
If you missed witty office romances like Ankahi, or quite recently ‘Fairytale’ and need something to fill the hole in your heart left by Farjaad as you wait for Season 2, check out this one. Gu Won is the son of a chaebol family, who is caught in an inheritance war with the rest of his siblings over the control of his company. Although he is successful in his business, his work-a-holic attitude makes him bad at dating, until he meets Cheong Sa-Ra, an employee at his hotel, and immediately falls for her.
4 Doctor Cha
Cha Jeung-Suk graduated medical school with aspirations to become a doctor, but resigns to becoming a housewife to the Chief Surgeon at a university hospital. Twenty years later, Jeong-Suk decides to start her medical career despite resistance from her husband.
Bowling sensation Haris Rauf is ready to bring his bride, Munaza Masood, home.
According to sources, Haris will lead a procession (barat) to bring his wife home in July. The wedding ceremony and walima will be held in the first week of next month.
The two have already held a nikkah.
As per sources, Haris Rauf’s Barat ceremony will take place on July 6, followed by the Walima on July 7.
A video of Haris Rauf and Munaza Masood’s Nikah was shared on Instagram by Nauman Atif Photography Studio. In the video, the Qazi can be heard mentioning the dowry of 50 tolas of gold that Haris Rauf received at the time of consent.
Haris Rauf tied the knot with Munaza Masood on December 24, 2022, last year. On the day of the wedding, Munaza opted for a beautiful ivory-colored organza pashwas designed by renowned designer Hussain Rehar.
The price of Munaza’s wedding dress is listed at 690,000 Pakistani Rupees on Hussain Rehar’s website.
