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OpenAI Releases Generative Text Features With Function Calling Capability
OpenAI has released the new versions of its text-generating AI models GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4, with a capability called function calling.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
2 min read
AMD Unveils New Chip As Generative AI Accelerator
Chip maker AMD has unveiled new details of its Instinct MI300 Series accelerator family processors, including the introduction of the Instinct MI300X accelerator, an advanced accelerator for generative AI.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
1 min read
Windows 11’s Android Integration To Get File Sharing Feature, Settings Updates & More
Microsoft has released an update for 'Windows Subsystem for Android' (WSA) -- which allows users to run Android apps on Windows 11 -- to all Insider channels, which includes a new file-sharing feature, settings updates, and more.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
1 min read
Users Can Now Add 30-Sec Song Clips To Notes On Instagram
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that users can now add 30-sec song clips to Notes on Instagram.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
1 min read
Spotify Fined Over $5 Million For GDPR Violations In Sweden
Spotify has been fined about $5.4 million in Sweden for breaching the data access rights of users in the European Union (EU).
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
2 min read
Subreddits’ Blackout Will Pass: Reddit CEO
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has commented on the subreddits' protest against the company's new application programming interface (API) pricing changes, and said that like any other blowups on the platform, "this one will pass as well".
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
2 min read
YouTube Lowering Eligibility Requirements For MonetiZation Program
With the new policy, the YPP will be accessible to creators after they acquire 500 subscribers, which is half of what YouTube previously demanded.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 14, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp Rolling Out Screen-Sharing Feature For Video Calls On Windows Beta
WhatsApp is rolling out a screen-sharing feature for video calls to some beta testers on Windows beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
Food Ordering Firm Grubhub To Lay Off 15% Of Staff
US-based online food ordering company Grubhub has announced to lay off about 15 percent of its workforce, or nearly 400 employees, to maintain "competitiveness" in the market.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
Twitter May Soon Limit Number Of DMs Send By Non-Blue Users
Twitter is reportedly working to limit the number of direct messages (DMs) non-Blue users can send per day.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
Meta Releases Ai-powered Music Generator ‘MusicGen’
Meta has released its AI-powered music generator called 'MusicGen', which will turn text description and melody into audio.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
Oracle Founder Larry Ellison Now World’s 4th Richest Person
Oracle founder Larry Ellison is reaping the benefits of artificial intelligence popularity, edging past Microsoft founder Bill Gates to land the number four spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, according to Bloomberg.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
2 min read
Reddit Faces Brief Outage Amid Protest Against New API Policy
Amid subreddits' protest against the company's new application programming interface (API) pricing changes, the social discussion platform Reddit faced a brief outage.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
WhatsApp Rolling Out Message Editing Feature On Windows Beta
WhatsApp is rolling out a message editing feature on Windows beta.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
FTC Files To Block Microsoft From Buying Activision Blizzard
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking for US courts to stop Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard while the government’s bigger case to block the merger plays out.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
Netflix Streaming Its First-Ever Sporting Event
Streaming giant Netflix’s first live-streamed sporting event could be coming this fall.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2023
1 min read
Over 6k Subreddits Go Dark To Protest Reddit’s New API Pricing
Following the upcoming application programming interface (API) pricing changes at the social discussion platform Reddit, more than 6,000 subreddits have gone dark, including many of the platform's most-subscribed communities such as r/funny, r/aww, r/gaming, r/music, and r/science, meaning these communities are no longer publicly accessible,...
Bijay Pokharel,
June 12, 2023
2 min read
Google Making ‘Paginated Mode’ Default On Docs For Android
Google has announced that it is making the 'paginated mode' default on Docs for Android.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 12, 2023
1 min read
Ex-Samsung Executive Indicted For Stealing Trade Secrets To Build Chip Plant In China
A former senior executive of Samsung Electronics has been arrested and indicted for stealing the chip giant's trade secrets to build a copycat chip plant in China, prosecutors said on Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 12, 2023
2 min read
Windows 11 Gets New App Privacy Settings, Glanceable VPN Feature & More
Microsoft has introduced new security features for Windows 11, including new app privacy settings and a glanceable VPN.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 12, 2023
1 min read
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