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This week, we discuss the still-in-beta social platform the internet elite are buzzing—and skeeting—about.
Read MoreThis week, we discuss the still-in-beta social platform the internet elite are buzzing—and skeeting—about.
Read MoreDigital transformation is exciting, and it is happening all around us. It is not just a passing trend but a fundamental shift in the way we live, work, and interact with one another. There were the days we used to shop offline and rely on in-person banking for small tasks. We relied on print newspapers,
Read MoreThis week, we discuss the still-in-beta social platform the internet elite are buzzing—and skeeting—about.
Read MoreRecent unofficial renders of what the Galaxy Z Flip 5 could look like. | Image: OnLeaks / MediaPeanut Ice Universe, an anonymous Twitter account with a good track record of leaking details about unannounced smartphones, says Samsung’s upcoming Z Flip 5 will have a 3.4-inch cover screen with a resolution of 720 x 748. This
Read MoreFord CEO, Jim Farley, has said he’s sticking with Apple CarPlay despite General Motors opting to go its own way.
Read MoreRon Miller / TechCrunch: Salesforce announces SlackGPT, planning to add generative AI features to Slack to summarize meetings and more, and will incorporate EinsteinGPT into Slack — Slack has evolved from a pure communications platform to one that enables companies to link directly to enterprise applications without having …
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge Microsoft is testing new updates to its Photos app for Windows 11, including a Spot Fix tool for fixing up blemishes in photographs and a new slideshow feature. Windows 11 testers in the Canary and Dev Channels can get access to these new features immediately and they should
Read MoreA security issue in Beats Fit Pro and Powerbeats Pro has now been patched.
Read MoreJamie Beard is pouring everything into a singular vision: Tap into the awesome potential of geothermal power in Texas, and beyond. She has no time to lose.
Read MoreSteven Melendez / Fast Company: Khan Academy pilots Khanmigo, a GPT-based chatbot to help students with math problems, debugging code, debating, and other topics without enabling cheating — Sal Khan, founder and CEO of online learning nonprofit Khan Academy, wants to turn GPT into a tutor.
Read MoreJemima Kelly / Financial Times: Twitter’s Community Notes have become a surprise hit, offering fact-checking through a crowd-sourced consensus and modeling a fairer, more transparent approach — The strength of the platform’s Community Notes feature is that it works through consensus — I think I might have let out an audible groan …
Read MoreBloomberg: As US VCs flood to the Middle East in search of funding, some view their desperation poorly because the region’s investors value long-term relationships — Silicon Valley has taken investment from moneyed state-run funds in the Middle East for years. Now that the technology industry …
Read MoreThe White House will support an event at the Defcon security conference this summer that challenges experts to uncover flaws in generative AI systems.
Read MoreAngular 16, the latest iteration of Google’s popular TypeScript-based web development framework, has arrived as a production release, previewing a new reactivity model that promises significant improvements in both performance and developer experience. Published May 3, Angular 16 can be found on GitHub, with several developer previews highlighted in multiple aspects of the framework. The
Read MoreAI infrastructure company Modular has launched Mojo, a programming language for AI developers that aims to combine Python usability—and full compatibility with the Python ecosystem—with C performance. Low-level systems programming and advanced compilation features come by way of MLIR, the Multi-Level Intermediate Representation compiler framework. Unveiled May 2, Mojo is intended to bridge the gap
Read MoreAuthentication is a crucial aspect of any app or service today, as it allows the app to determine who the user is and which actions they are authorized to perform. React Native authentication refers to the process of verifying the identity of a user in a React Native app. This is typically done by asking
Read MoreForkJoinPool is a powerful Java class used for processing computationally intensive tasks. It works by breaking down tasks into smaller subtasks and then executing them in parallel. This thread pool operates using a divide-and-conquer strategy, which enables it to execute tasks concurrently, increasing throughput and reducing processing time. One of the unique features of ForkJoinPool
Read MoreGoogle announced today that it’s bringing the passkey security method to Google accounts – a feature Apple has had for a while in iOS, MacOS, and iPadOS.
Read MoreDatabricks is acquiring AI-centric data governance platform provider Okera for an undisclosed sum, the data lakehouse provider said on Wednesday. The acquisition is expected to boost Databricks’ data governance capabilities while training and managing large language models (LLMs), such as the recently released Dolly 2.0, the company said. To read this article in full, please click
Read MoreDavid McCabe / New York Times: The White House announces plans to combat AI’s risks, including $140M for new research and draft guidelines for agencies to ensure the safe use of AI — Vice President Kamala Harris also plans to meet with the chief executives of tech companies that are developing A.I. later on Thursday.
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission proposed sweeping changes to how Meta operates, accusing the company of violating a suite of child privacy protections, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In a press release, the agency alleged that Meta violated a 2020 privacy order it
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: Q&A with upcoming film BlackBerry director Matt Johnson on tech movies, why BlackBerry died, and why he disagrees with the “nerds rule the world” narrative — / ‘It’s so weird to see, now, a culture trying to recapture whatever it was that the BlackBerry was trying to do at first.’
Read MoreWhen it comes to the “build versus buy” question, “buy” almost always wins. The amount of time you have to put into building something is rarely justified, especially with a world of options available at the click of a mouse. That’s not always the case, of course. These custom-made linear actuators are a perfect example
Read MoreKate Morgan / Wall Street Journal: Some Gen Z customers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless notifications and social media — Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft is revealing a big upgrade for its Bing chatbot today that adds image and video answers, restaurant bookings, chat history, and some smarter Microsoft Edge integration. These new features also coincide with Microsoft making Bing Chat available for anyone to try, moving from private to public preview. Perhaps the biggest addition is
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