Monthly Archives: July 2023

Google’s AI-assisted note-taking app gets limited launch as NotebookLM

Google is making its “AI notebook for everyone” available to a select few, and renaming it from Project Tailwind to NotebookLM. If you struggle to make sense of the pile of information in your Google Drive, a light coating of … Continue reading

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5G IoT Roaming Connections Are About to Explode

Significant progress in IoT has resulted from the development of 5G technology. IoT devices can now function to their full potential thanks to the availability of ultra-fast, low-latency data transmission. The potential for Internet of Things roaming connections has grown … Continue reading

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Elon Musk launches his new company, xAI

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Bill Gates explains why we shouldn’t be afraid of A.I.

Gates cites how society reacted to previous advancements to make the case that humans have adapted to major changes in the past, and they will do so for AI as well.

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IBM Launches New WatsonX Foundation Models for Enterprise

With the launch of watsonx.ai and watsonx.data, the company is creating a platform approach to an AI workbench, allowing customers to deploy IBM, open-source or their own AI models.

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Istio graduates

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) today announced that Istio, the open-source service mesh originally developed by Google and IBM and built on top of Lyft’s Envoy proxy, has graduated from its status as an incubating project and moved to … Continue reading

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Google’s latest art project recruits an animated bird — and AI — to play the cello

Google might be laser focused on generative AI these days, like the majority of its Big Tech competitors. But that hasn’t stopped the search giant from patronizing pretty out-there art projects, true to its experimental roots. Enter the latest creation … Continue reading

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Tech Giants Are Slashing Jobs in the Bay Area

The technology sector has played an important role in the region’s economy for many years. However, the sector’s difficulties persist, with many businesses resorting to layoffs as a means of survival. This article will provide a comprehensive overview of the … Continue reading

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Threads Review: How Meta’s New App Stacks Up Against Twitter

One of us is a Twitter addict; the other not so much. In the end, we were both unsure how people might use Threads in the long run.

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F.T.C.’s Lina Khan Faces Fresh Questions After Microsoft Ruling

Lina Khan has said a fear of defeat should not deter the agency from suing big tech companies. But after Microsoft won a ruling this week, her critics say that strategy is flawed.

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