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Facebook users in S.Korea dip below 10 mn, young people ditch platform
Facebook had a combined 9.79 million South Korean monthly active users (MAU) on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store as of last month, down 2.6 per cent from a month ago, according to the data by Mobile Index. It is the first time that Facebook's MAU in South Korea dropped to below the 10-million threshold since Mobile Index started to compile related data in 2020, reports Yonhap news agency.
Adobe won't do mass layoffs, says its chief people officer
Unlike other Silicon Valley tech giants, Adobe will not do any mass layoffs this year, according to its Chief People Officer Gloria Chen. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, she said that "We are committed to not having company-wide layoffs."We're actually committed to continuing to grow here," Chen said, as Adobe opened its fourth office, based in San Jose.
Global cybersecurity firm Acronis hacked, company says no data exposed
A cyber-threat watcher FalconFeedsio posted on Twitter the claims by an unspecified hacker that they breached Acronis and stole data. "A user in the hacker's forum claims to have leaked data from a Switzerland cybersecurity company," posted FalconFeedsio. The leaked data includes various certificate files, command logs, system configurations, system information logs.
ChatGPT now available in Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service for preview
With ChatGPT in preview in Azure OpenAI service, developers can integrate custom artificial intelligence (AI)-powered experiences directly into their own applications, the tech giant said in a blogpost on Thursday. "Cognitive services can be combined with Azure OpenAI to create compelling use cases for enterprises." Customers can now access this ChatGPT preview at $0.002/1k tokens and billing for all ChatGPT usage will start on March 13.
Apple to release its new classical music app on March 28
The company initially intended to launch a classical music-focused application by the end of last year, after acquiring music service Primephonic in 2021, reports The Verge. Apple Music Classical makes it quick and easy to find any recording in the world's largest classical musicAcatalogueAwith fully optimised search, and listeners can enjoy the highest audio.
Discord to update its 'Clyde' bot with OpenAI tech
The new Clyde will answer questions and have extended conversations with users and their friends. "You can even have Clyde start a thread for a group of your friends to hang out," the company said in a blogpost on Thursday. Clyde can also recommend playlists, and access GIFs and emojis like any Discord user. Clyde is learning interesting and fun new things.
Russia releases trailer for first feature film shot in space
"The Challenge" was shot aboard the International Space Station (ISS) over the course of 12 days in 2021. It is about a female cardiac surgeon called Zhenya (played by Russian actress Yulia Peresild) who is part of a team of doctors sent to operate on a cosmonaut (played by cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy) who loses consciousness while on the orbital station.
Microsoft's AI-powered Bing search engine crosses 100 mn users
"We are pleased to share that after a number of years of steady progress, and with a little bit of a boost from the million plus new Bing preview users, we have crossed 100 million daily active users of Bing," said Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft.
Steering wheels falls off while driving new Tesla Model Y, probe begins
The agency said it was aware of at least two incidents in which the wheel detached from the steering column in 2023 Model Y cars.
According to a filing posted on NHTSA's website, the affected vehicles were delivered to owners without the "retaining bolt that holds the steering wheel in place". The NHTSA is assessing "the scope, frequency and manufacturing processes associated.
49% employees lose up to 5 hrs a week dealing with IT issues
According to a new report, 42 per cent of employers still do not measure productivity loss due to IT issues. Employees wish to help improve the IT experience, with 92 per cent willing to share their data if it would enable more predictive technology support, according to the report by global technology solutions company Unisys Corporation.
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