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Twitter stops writers from retweeting, liking or replying to Substack links
Twitter has restricted promotion and visibility for tweets with links to Substack posts -- a move that has not gone well with people. "We're disappointed that Twitter has chosen to restrict writers' ability to share their work. Writers deserve the freedom to share links to Substack or anywhere else," said Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie and Jairaj Seth, the founders of Substack.
Microsoft to pay $3 mn fine for selling software to sanctioned Russian firms
The majority of the apparent violations involved blocked Russian entities or persons located in the Crimea region of Ukraine, and occurred as a result of the Microsoft Entities' failure to identify and prevent the use of its products by prohibited parties, according to the US Department of the Treasury.
WhatsApp's new feature to allow users share status updates to Facebook Stories
Earlier, users could share status updates to Facebook stories, but they had to go through the extra step of manually sharing the update each time they posted something new, according to WABetaInfo. But now, due to this new feature, the process may be automatic for certain status updates users choose, when the option is enabled.
ChatGPT like an 'alien intelligence' but lacks human-like reasoning: Rosedale
In spite of the amazing potential, he pointed out that current AI models are limited by their ability to read and write to memory at the same time, resulting in "zombie AIs" that can't listen or reason like humans. Moreover, he noted that AI's ability to write software code is "shockingly good," saving programmers time, the report said.
Government's Blockchain project to explore potential of Web3
According to official sources, the project titled "Design and Development of a Unified Blockchain Framework for offering National Blockchain Service and Creation of Blockchain Ecosystem", will also enable Open Application Programming Interfaces (Open APIs) for seamless integration and offering blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) over distributed infrastructure.
Microsoft rolls out Edge's AI image generator to everyone on desktop
The company introduced the feature to the new Bing and Edge preview last month. Image Creator allows users to create an image simply by using their own words to describe the picture they want to see. This feature will help you create images that don't yet exist, right from the Microsoft Edge sidebar.
Discord introduces in-app soundboard
"We're introducing Soundboard: a new way to react in Voice channels with sounds curated by your community," Disocrd said in a blogpost.
"At launch, Soundboard can only be used or managed on desktop. However, mobile users can still hear any sounds you play so they're in the loop when a HONKHONK happens," it added.
Microsoft to add its AI-powered 365 Copilot to OneNote
"As your notetaking partner, Copilot uses your prompts to draft plans, generate ideas, create lists, organise information, and more. Copilot can transform existing text by summarising, rewriting, formatting, and adding visual context," said Greg Mace, a product manager for OneNote.
Samsung cuts memory chip output, Q1 profit to drop 96% on weak demand
The world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker earlier in the day estimated its January-March operating profit at 600 billion won ($454.9 million), sharply down from 14.12 trillion won a year ago. Samsung blamed sluggish demand for tech devices, coupled with customers' inventory adjustment, for the poor performance, reports Yonhap news agency.
US orders probe into Tesla Model X seat belt failures
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received two recent complaints reporting a failure of the front seat belt to remain connected to the seat belt anchor pretensioner while driving with seat belts worn properly in 2022 and 2023 Model Year Tesla Model X vehicles.
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