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SpaceX has taken steps to limit Ukraine's use of its satellite internet service Starlink for military purposes. The tech giant has provided thousands of Starlink dishes to Ukraine to help connect people to the internet after Russia closed down local services. However, reports indicate that Kyiv has been using the technology to control drones and target Russian positions, which goes against SpaceX's policies.
Microsoft is set to release technology that allows companies, schools, and governments to create their own chatbots similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The move is part of Microsoft's plan to capitalize on the recent popularity of ChatGPT, which has quickly become a hit with over 100 million monthly active users.
On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, Zoom announced it had laid off 15% of its workforce, affecting around 1,300 employees. The move comes as the world transitions to a post-pandemic reality.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday a revamp of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The update comes weeks after Microsoft confirmed plans to invest billions in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new program called Solaris that aims to explore the feasibility of launching solar structures into orbit, harnessing the sun's energy and transmitting it to the ground. If this concept comes to fruition, Solaris could provide always-on space-based solar power and make up 10 to 15 percent of Europe's energy use by the 2030s.
Google has launched its own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, in response to the wildly successful ChatGPT. The new chatbot service will be called Bard and will be made available to "trusted users" before a public release in the coming weeks, according to Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company.
According to Reuters, Dell Technologies is cutting 5% of its global workforce, or about 6,650 jobs, as it faces a decline in the PC market and prepares for a potential recession.
China's spy balloon was shot down off the east coast of the United States in the Myrtle Beach area, reported multiple news outlets today.
Autodesk, Okta and other tech companies announced layoffs today. Despite that, five-hundred thousand new jobs were added in the US job market. Unemployment in the US is down to a 53 year low at just 3.4%.
Twitter announced in a tweet that all API usage will require a paid account starting February 9th, 2023.
This post on pocket walks through the SR-71 blackbird cockpit, one of the most fascinating aircraft of all time.
According to Facebook, they want to use their AI to help Wikipedia articles be more trustworthy and accurate.
Chat GPT is having significant outages. Let's go over some ideas on how to deal with these outages.
A U.S.-based Apple supplier, Jabil, has started producing components for AirPods in India, marking a significant step in Apple's push to expand production in the country. According to Bloomberg, this move makes the AirPods the second Apple product after iPhones to be made in India. The reason for this expansion is to reduce Apple's reliance on China for production, where lockdown disruptions and US trade restrictions have made manufacturing more risky.
Last week Ancestry announced layoffs of about 7% of staff, multiple people posted on LinkedIn.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Impossible Foods is laying off 20% of its staff, which could affect over 100 employees out of its current 700 workers. The company made a similar cut in its workforce last October. Impossible Foods did not respond to a request for comment on the layoffs.
Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI have asked a San Francisco federal court to dismiss a proposed class action complaint that accuses the companies of scraping licensed code to build GitHub’s AI-powered Copilot tool. Launched in 2021, Copilot uses OpenAI’s technology to suggest lines of code directly within a programmer’s code editor. It was trained on publicly available code from GitHub, leading to concerns over its potential violation of copyright laws.
Tens of thousands of tech workers have lost their jobs in the first month of the year, but the auto industry has yet to announce major layoffs. Ford and GM are among the automakers that have avoided widespread job cuts, despite some localized cuts, such as the 3,200 job cuts planned by Ford in Europe.
The Apple Watch is a popular choice among iPhone users but the Series 7, although it's an older model, is still a good option, especially when it's on sale. Right now, you can get the 45mm, LTE-enabled version of the Series 7 at Walmart for $329, which is $200 cheaper than the Series 8.
According to CyberSeek, there were about 750000 cyber-security job openings as of January 27, 2023.
Cryptocurrency has become one of the most talked-about financial topics of the past decade. It has been hailed as the future of money and a revolutionary new way of making payments. But what does the future of cryptocurrency really look like? Let's dive in!
CNET reported that an AI used to write news articles was posting wildly inaccurate data as of Thursday, January 26, 2023.
