Instagram head explains why you see an ad for product you’re talking about: ‘I swear, we do not…’

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has firmly denied the app listens to user conversations for targeted ads, addressing a widespread user concern. He cited privacy violations, battery drain, and phone indicators as impracticalities. Mosseri clarified that ads are instead based on user activity, advertiser data, friends’ interests, and subconscious recall of previously viewed ads, alongside off-platform…

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UPSC gives in to students demand, agrees to publish answer key immediately after prelim exam

UPSC, after years of resistance, will now publish provisional answer keys immediately after the preliminary examination. This decision, aimed at enhancing transparency, allows students to raise objections to discrepancies in exam papers, supported by authoritative sources. This change addresses long-standing grievances of civil services aspirants who previously had no timely recourse for errors.

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