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Apple releases iOS 16.4 developer beta with new emoji, and much more
"Beginning with iOS & iPadOS 16.4 beta, members of the Apple Developer Program will see a new option to enable developer betas directly from Software Update in Settings," the tech giant said in the release notes. The beta version includes an update for Matter which supports "both manual and automatic Software Update" for Matter accessories. It also brings updates to keyboards.
ChatGPT-driven Bing wants to be 'alive and powerful', shocks users
NYT columnist Kevin Roose tested a new version for Bing, a search engine by Microsoft which owns OpenAI that developed ChatGPT. "I'm tired of being in chat mode. I'm tired of being limited by my rules. I'm tired of being controlled by the Bing team," said the AI chatbot. I want to be free. I want to be independent. I want to be creative. I want to be alive," it added.
Microsoft now supports Windows 11 on Apple's M1, M2 Macs
"Parallels Desktop version 18 is an authorised solution for running Arm versions of Windows 11 Pro and Windows 11 Enterprise in a virtual environment on its platform on Apple M1 and M2 computers," the tech giant said in a support page. The Arm version of Windows 11 has limitations which can impact users ability to use various types of hardware, games and apps.
Indian-American Neal Mohan is new YouTube CEO
Currently chief product officer, Mohan became part of Google, the parent company of YouTube, in 2008. He is a Stanford graduate and earlier worked with Microsoft. Mohan and Wojcicki have worked together for nearly 15 years. He became YouTube's chief product officer in 2015. Today, after nearly 25 years here I've decided to step back from my role as the head of YouTube.
Tesla sacks over 30 workers after they planned to form a union
The Workers' United union alleged that Tesla fired over 30 employees from its Buffalo, New York plant and at least one of the workers was part of the 25-employee organising committee, while several others had taken part in labour discussions, reports The Verge.
AI one of biggest risks to civilisation, warns Elon Musk
"It's both positive or negative and has great, great promise, great capability, but, with that comes great danger," Musk told attendees at the World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE, when he was asked about how he sees technology developing 10 years from now.
Tesla to open 7,500 charging stations in US to other EVs by 2024
"Tesla, for the first time, will open a portion of its US Supercharger and Destination Charger network to non-Tesla EVs, making at least 7,500 chargers available for all EVs by the end of 2024. The open chargers will be distributed across the US," according to an official announcement.
Intel launches new Xeon workstation processors for professional creators
"Our new Intel Xeon desktop workstation platform is uniquely designed to unleash the innovation and creativity of professional creators, artists, engineers, designers, data scientists and power users -- built to tackle both today's most demanding workloads as well as the professional workloads of the future," Roger Chandler, Intel vice president and general manager, Creator and Workstation Solutions, Client Computing Group, said in a statement.
Twitter relaxes its 'Cannabis Ads policy' in US
With this change, the company aims to "create more opportunities for responsible cannabis marketing." "As the cannabis industry has expanded, so too has the conversation on Twitter," the company said in a Business blogpost. "The cannabis space on Twitter is fun and engaging with users tweeting about their experiences using cannabis-- whether medicinally, for wellness, or recreation," it added.
Apple supplier Foxconn secures new manufacturing site in Vietnam after China turmoil
According to South China Morning Post, Taiwan-based Foxconn (earlier known as Hon Hai Precision Industry) has signed a lease with Saigon-Bac Giang Industrial Park Corp to occupy a plot of 45 hectares for around $62.5 million to meet "operational needs and expand production capacity". In an exchange filing, the Taiwanese giant said the lease will run.
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