TECHNOLOGY
Google launches Nearby Share Beta for Windows
The Nearby Share Beta for Windows app is currently available as a direct download from android.com for Windows 10 and newer with "ARM devices not supported," reports 9To5Google. On the users' PC, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi must be turned on, with the company specifying a 16-foot (5-meter) transfer range between devices.
Sundar Pichai promises more capable Bard AI chatbot soon
Bard was released for the public on March 21 but failed to garner the attention won by OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing chatbot. We clearly have more capable models. Pretty soon, we will be upgrading Bard to some of our more capable Pathways Language Model (PaLM) models, which will bring more capabilities; be it in reasoning.
Twitter makes most of its recommendation algorithms open source
According to Twitter CEO Elon Musk, many embarrassing issues will be discovered, but we "will fix them fast". Acid test is that independent third parties should be able to determine, with reasonable accuracy, what will probably be shown to users," Musk posted on Saturday. Musk said that most of the recommendation algorithms will.
IBM spinoff Kyndryl to layoff employees for 'profitable growth'
According to a report in CRN, Kyndryl which was spun out of IBM in late 2021 has about 90,000 employees. We are eliminating some roles globally - a small percentage - to become more efficient and competitive. This is in addition to the ongoing transformation work we have undertaken to streamline and simplify our processes and systems.
Tech spending in India poised to grow by 9.6% this year
The Indian economy is poised for a 0.8 per cent growth in the 2023 fiscal year, according to Forrester's 'India Tech Market Outlook for 2023 and 2024'. Nevertheless, it still faces challenges from a falling rupee and increasing current account deficit due to geopolitical events such as the Ukraine war. According to the report, tech.
Samsung to launch Galaxy S23 FE with Exynos chip: Report
As reported by SamMobile, the upcoming Galaxy S23 FE will be powered by Exynos 2200 chip in all markets, including the US. The Exynos 2200 was the tech giant's first chip with an AMD graphics processing unit (GPU), and also powered the Galaxy S22 series in Europe. The S23 FE smartphone is expected to feature a 50MP rear.
Google AI-based tiny syringe to inject gene therapy, tumour-killing drugs
Using the Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool AlphaFold the team including from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University engineered a tiny syringe-like injection structure, naturally produced by Photorhabdus bacteria which primarily infects insects.
WhatsApp rolling out new text editor on Android beta
Users will also be able to easily switch between different fonts by tapping one of the font options displayed above the keyboard. The text alignment can also be changed to the left, centre or right, providing users with more control over formatting text within images, videos and GIFs.
Google introduces 'About this result' feature in 9 Indian languages to fight misinformation
"Now, whether you're searching in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu or Punjabi, you'll see the three dots next to most results on Google Search. Tapping those three dots gives you a way to learn more about where the information you're seeing is coming from and how our systems determined that it might be useful for your query," Google said in a blogpost.
Google rolling out new video editing features in Photos app on Chromebook
"Google Photos integrates with Chromebook's Gallery and Files apps, so you can seamlessly use images and videos from your Chromebook and edit in Google Photos," the tech giant said in a support page on Thursday. The revamped movie creation tools allow users to create their own movies from scratch or from suggested themes.
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