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Musk tells Sachin Agarwal why Twitter's 'For You' algorithm is working fine
Agarwal, who earlier worked as a product manager at Twitter, said that this was something "we discussed every day while I worked at Twitter: how do we show you great content without you having to find and follow accounts? This simple solution works. "Musk replied: "Nice work by the recommendations algorithm team! As always, changes will be open source."
Microsoft introduces Xbox Game Pass' new Friend Referral programme
The company said that the invited friends must be new to Game Pass to redeem the free trial. "The free trial comes with all the benefits of PC Game Pass, including new titles from Xbox Game Studios on day one, an EA Play membership, and you can check out the biggest PC and mobile games on PC from Riot Games," Microsoft said in a blogpost on Tuesday.
Baidu's new AI tool can boost Covid mRNA vax antibody response by 128x
The algorithm, named LinearDesign, represents a major leap in both stability and efficacy for vaccine sequences, achieving a 128-fold increase in the Covid-19 vaccine's antibody response. LinearDesign takes a mere 11 minutes to generate the most stable mRNA sequence that encodes Spike protein
Chrome world's most popular desktop browser, Safari ranks 2nd
According to the data provided by the web analytics service StatCounter, Chrome is now used on 66.13 per cent of desktop computers worldwide, while Safari is used on 11.87 per cent of desktop computers in the last 12 months. Microsoft Edge browser stands in third spot with 11 per cent, and Mozilla's Firefox stands in fourth with 5.65 per cent. Opera browser is in the fifth spot with a 3.09 per cent share, and Internet Explorer stands in the sixth spot with a 0.55 per cent share.
Samsung blocks ChatGPT use on company-owned devices
According to TechCrunch, the decision has apparently been taken after sensitive data from Samsung was accidentally leaked to ChatGPT last month. According to earlier reports, soon after Samsung's semiconductor division started allowing engineers to use ChatGPT, workers leaked secret info to it on at least three occasions.
Twitter lets emergency, transport agencies to access its API for free
Twitter in February announced to stop offering free access to its API and instead launch a paid version for developers worldwide.After the controversial decision, Several emergency and transportation accounts encountered issues posting alerts to the platform.
Apple, Google launch initiative to curb unwanted tracking
The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible with unauthorised tracking detection and alerts across iOS and Android platforms. Samsung, Tile, Chipolo, eufy Security, and Pebblebee have expressed support for the draft specification, which offers best practices and instructions for manufacturers.
New ChatGPT, Bard like AI tool to turn peoples' thoughts into text
The system, developed by a team at the University of Texas at Austin relies in part on a transformer model, similar to the ones that power Open AI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard. It might help people who are mentally conscious yet unable to physically speak, such as those debilitated by strokes, to communicate intelligibly again, according to the team who published the study in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Meta purges over 43 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in March in India
These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc, said Meta in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Microsoft launches Teams Payments app for small businesses
For instance, a lawyer or financial advisor can collect payments for consultative appointments, a real estate instructor can do the same for license-renewal sessions, or a teacher for tutoring classes. Moreover, the company said that it has partnered with some of the largest players in the payments space to combine the core collaboration capabilities in Teams with powerful commerce features.
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