Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has announced the Windows 11 Moment 5 optional update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 users. Features announced for this update are available through system and app updates. Key highlights include new Copilot functionality, Generative Erase, improved window snapping, and more. Windows 12 is still quite some time away, as Microsoft continues
Read MoreAn analysis of Indeed jobs suggests more than 15pc of Irish job postings at the start of 2024 offered remote or hybrid options, beating countries such as Germany and France. Read more: Ireland among remote working leaders in Europe, report claims
Read MoreVittoria Elliott / Wired: In a hearing, a federal judge sounded skeptical of X’s claims in its lawsuit against CCDH; an expert says it is “a SLAPP suit disguised as a contractual suit” — X alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate cost it millions by showing that hate speech was spreading on the
Read MoreAirHelp’s Tim Boisvert discusses the challenges of updating legacy tech in the travel industry and the benefits of being ‘cautious ahead of time’ with security. Read more: How this CTO is navigating security in travel-tech
Read MoreThe Microsoft Office apps are the gold standard for professionals and students, but you might have a vague notion that it’s another monthly subscription that your budget doesn’t need. This is your chance to swerve those recurring costs, with a flash Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 deal dropping the price of the suite to a
Read MoreI recently participated in a documentary called “Clouded II: Does Cloud Cost the Earth?” Please watch it. It looks at the issues surrounding cloud computing, its consumption of power, and thus its potential impact on the planet. The documentary did an excellent job of balancing perspectives. I don’t think anyone is arguing that data centers
Read MoreJavaScript is a wildly popular interpreted scripting language that was the most in-demand language of 2023, with 29% of job offers requiring programming experience with JavaScript or TypeScript. There are various reasons for JavaScript’s success, starting from the fact that it’s an open standard, not controlled by any single vendor, with numerous implementations and a
Read MoreGitHub has begun rolling out push protection for all of its users, a secrets scanning feature that gives users the option to remove secrets from commits or bypass a block. The policy, announced February 29, affects supported secrets. It might take one to two weeks for this change to apply to an account; developers can
Read MoreCandace Cheung / Courthouse News Service: Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of betraying an agreement from OpenAI’s founding to develop AI toward the “benefit of humanity” over profits — OpenAI is not so open now, Musk claims, following the closed source release of the company’s artificial general intelligence technology under Microsoft.
Read MoreCredit: GNW Labs A Korean firm has released customized Samsung phones to help users learn English. These phones can only be unlocked when you say the English words displayed on the lock screen. There are a few ways to learn a new language, such as online tutors, various apps, and old-fashioned teachers. But what if
Read MoreFigure AI has raised $675m at a $2.6bn valuation and has entered into partnerships with OpenAI and Microsoft to roll out its humanoid robots. Read more: OpenAI and Microsoft focus on robotics with Figure AI deal
Read MoreNaman Ramachandran / Variety: BBC Studios buys British broadcaster ITV’s 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255M, as ITV focuses on its ad-funded streaming service ITVX — The streamer was founded in 2017 as a joint venture between BBC Studios, which is the commercial arm of the British broadcaster, and ITV.
Read MoreNic Fildes / Financial Times: Australia’s PM threatens action against Meta after it said it would stop paying media companies; News Corp says it threatens the viability of small media groups — Prime minister pledges to respond to move that News Corp says threatens viability of some media groups
Read MoreUsers who have rooted their phone, have their bootloader unlocked or are using some custom ROMs report that their RCS messages are not being sent, even though RCS shows them as connected. The Google Messages app does not show any error messages when blocking RCS messages of these users and does not send the messages
Read MoreIn a series of tests using fake data, a U.S. government watchdog was able to steal more than 1GB of seemingly sensitive personal data from the cloud systems of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The experiment is detailed in a new report by the Department of the Interior’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG),
Read MoreNoSQL document-oriented database provider Couchbase on Thursday said that it was working to add support for vector capabilities to its database offerings, including its Capella managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS). The vector capabilities will include similarity search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), the company said, adding that the addition of these capabilities will also enhance the performance of the database as all
Read MoreWikipedia has downgraded tech website CNET’s reliability rating following extensive discussions among its editors regarding the impact of AI-generated content on the site’s trustworthiness. “The decision reflects concerns over the reliability of articles found on the tech news outlet after it began publishing AI-generated stories in 2022,” adds Ars Technica. Futurism first reported the news.
Read MoreA deadly tower block blaze in Spain has focused attention on notorious flammable building materials—but around the world, there’s little momentum to stop using them.
Read MoreClimate Policy Radar’s tools scan global environmental laws to see what works and what doesn’t. What its AI is discovering today will help shape the regulations of tomorrow.
Read MoreMacworld Streaming your favorite binge TV show or classic movies is always entertaining, but if you’re looking for more depth in your content, consider Curiosity Stream. Created by Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks, Curiosity Stream is tailored to knowledge-hungry viewers bored with the mindlessness of typical streaming platforms and seeking one-of-a-kind, engaging, and educational content. Now, lifetime
Read MoreFacebook will also stop paying publishers for news in any new deals as it continues to invest in products and services that ‘drive user engagement’ on its platform. Read more: Meta to stop showing Facebook News tab in US and Australia
Read MoreMicrosoft said its latest Copilot offering will help finance teams focus more on strategic work and quickly get insights from data sets. Read more: Microsoft unveils new Copilot AI for finance teams
Read MoreApple already has a dedicated app available for Windows users to manage their iPhones, iPads, or iPods. The Apple Devices app for Windows can do a variety of things for you; it can keep your Windows PC and Apple devices in sync, transfer files, backup and restore devices, and more. Recently, while using the Apple
Read MoreCredit: Weibo/Motorola The Moto X50 Ultra has been teased by Motorola in China. The device is branded as an “AI phone” and seemingly has a pleather back. Motorola’s flagship phones have seen significant improvements over the last couple of generations. In fact, we called the Motorola Edge Plus 2023 the company’s best flagship in years.
Read MoreWith the proliferation of digital fabrication tools, many feel the future of manufacturing is distributed. It would certainly be welcome after the pandemic-induced supply chain kerfuffles from toilet paper to Raspberry Pis. The Internet of Production Alliance (IoP) is designing standards to smooth this transition. [via Solarpunk Presents] IoP was founded in 2016 to build
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