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ShareChat users saying ‘Bhag Corona’
MUMBAI: While the nation is struggling to cope up with Covid19 crisis, ShareChat users have got a unique way to take revenge on the Corona Virus. The game, developed by two young college students at XLRI Jamshedpur, Akram Tariq Khan and Anushree Warade is trending on the platform from past 10 days.
The game, with visual of prime minister Narendra Modi at the bottom, shooting at Corona Virus with droplets of hand sanitisers. With 'Go corona, corona go,' chant as the theme music, the game intends to create awareness around Covid19. Every time the game ends with advice on how to fight against Coronavirus with messages like ‘Stay home’, ‘Wear masks’, ‘Wash your hands’ etc.
Since the time the game has gone live on ShareChat, it is trending on the platform and has already generated four million unique page views. The users have played the game almost a million times, with an average of 3.2 times of gameplay per user. The average score has been 5.8 per gameplay.
Considering, people are disappointed, frustrated and are anxious with this lockdown due to Corona Virus scare, Bhag Corona definitely has brought in a respite for the ShareChat users and evolved as a stress buster for them. ShareChat users have discovered a new way to take on Corona while the game subtly spread awareness on the virus.
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Meta signs multiyear AI deal with News Corp
Agreement worth up to $50 million annually covers WSJ, New York Post and UK titles.
MUMBAI: Meta just bought itself a front-row seat to the newsroom because when AI needs facts, even Zuckerberg is willing to pay the subscription fee. Meta Platforms has signed a multiyear artificial intelligence content licensing agreement with News Corp that could be worth up to $50 million (£39 million) a year, The Wall Street Journal reported on 25 February 2026. The deal, expected to run for at least three years, grants Meta access to News Corp’s US and UK content including The Wall Street Journal and New York Post for training AI models and powering real-time information retrieval in its products.
Australian mastheads such as the Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun are not included. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson revealed the arrangement during a Morgan Stanley technology conference in San Francisco, describing news organisations as a vital “input company” in the AI ecosystem. “We’re essentially an input company,” he said. “The great threat in the age of AI is going to be to what you might call output companies.”
Thomson emphasised the value of reliable journalism as foundational infrastructure for AI systems, noting regular conversations with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg via Whatsapp and ongoing talks with OpenAI’s Sam Altman. He added that News Corp is in “advanced stage” negotiations for additional deals, promising further announcements soon.
The agreement follows News Corp’s 2024 five-year partnership with OpenAI (reportedly worth more than $250 million) and reflects Meta’s broader push to secure content licences. The company has already confirmed deals with People Inc, USA Today, CNN and Fox News, though financial terms remain undisclosed.
Publishers remain divided, some pursue partnerships for revenue, while others litigate. News Corp subsidiaries have sued Perplexity over copyright infringement, The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, yet the same NYT struck a separate AI licensing deal with Amazon reportedly worth $20–25 million annually.
Thomson summed up the dual strategy as “woo or sue” seeking commercial agreements where possible, legal action when content is used without permission.
In an AI race where data is oxygen, Meta isn’t just training models, it’s buying the raw material for tomorrow’s answers, one headline at a time.
