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And now we wait. Last week, Google did its best to refute the US Department of Justice’s case that the company has built a series of monopolies in the markets for ad serving, ad exchanges, and ad networks, and the DOJ made its rebuttal. Closing arguments will be heard Nov. 25, after both parties have presented their amended findings of fact. Judge Leonie Brinkema moved the hearing along briskly: The first phase, which had been expected to take up to two months, wrapped in just three weeks. The first two weeks were mostly devoted to the DOJ’s presentation of its case [...]
Unemployment data released today showed surprising growth overall for technology job listings and hiring, but also marked shift in the kind of workers organizations need — with AI talent no longer at the top. Employer job postings for future technologists climbed for the second consecutive month to more than 516,000 active listings, including 225,000 new listings added in September. While the overall US unemployment rate shifted little, the unemployment rate for tech jobs plummeted from 3.4% in August to 2.5% in September, according to CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the tech industry and workforce. It was the steepest month-over-month decrease in tech unemployment [...]
It is strategically essential for the US to bring home the manufacture of key components for the technology used across government, consumer, and enterprise markets, an imperative impacting IT leadership that will generate change across the coming decade. That’s why it matters that Apple’s chip manufacturing partner, TSMC, has inked a deal with Amkor to “collaborate and bring advanced packaging and test capabilities to Arizona, further expanding the region’s semiconductor ecosystem.” Both TSMC and Amkor are investing in major projects in Arizona. Apple is the biggest customer of both firms. Apple, Amkor, TSMC, ‘Neath the Arizona Skies If this news sounds familiar it’s because Apple [...]
Open AI has unveiled Canvas, a new ChatGPT interface specifically crafted for developers that is now available in beta. Canvas has been developed using GPT-4o and makes it possible, among other things, to use a separate window for code. It also provides a number of shortcuts that can be used to review code, track down bugs, add comments, and translate code to Javascript, Typescript, Python, Java, C++ and PHP. The new interface can also help make texts longer or shorter, fix grammatical errors, or add emojis at appropriate places. The first to get access to Canvas are users of ChatGPT Plus [...]
Ah, gestures. Whether we’re waltzin’ around the world or working on a touch-enabled tech toy, don’t you just love how much you can convey with a simple swish of a single finger? While our single-fingered movements in the physical world may be more, let’s say, communicative in nature, here in the land o’ Android, a gesture is a powerful action initiator. Deploying the right finger motion at the right moment can save you time and help you accomplish all sorts of interesting things on whatever device you’re using. The only problem is that by their very nature, gestures are invisible. [...]
Via the Digital Services Regulation (DSA), the European Commission has requested information from Youtube, Snapchat and Tiktok about which parameters their algorithms use to recommend social media content to users. The Commission then wants to evaluate the extent to which these algorithms can amplify risks linked to, for example, democratic elections, mental health and children’s well-being. The authority also wants to look at how the platforms work to reduce the potential impact their recommendation systems have on the spread of illegal content, such as the promotion of drugs and incitement against ethnic groups. The social media companies have until Nov. 15 to [...]
Most Apple watchers may have noticed that the company’s iPhone 16 marketing really does put Apple Intelligence front and center, even though its home-baked breed of AaI (Artificial [Apple] Intelligence) isn’t available quite yet. All the same, the system, which we explain in great depth here, is on the way. And in the run up to its arrival, we’re learning more about it, and when and how it will be introduced. As we wait on data about the extent to which Apple Intelligence boosts future iPhone sales, read on to learn when Apple Intelligence will come to your nation, what schedule the various tools [...]
Although OpenAI’s revenues are increasing significantly, the generative AI (genAI) pioneer remains dependent on financial injections, according to Reuters. The maker of ChatGPT generated revenue of $300 million in September alone, sources said — an increase of 1700% compared to the beginning of 2023. And the company expects revenue to jump to $11.6 billion next year. Nevertheless, OpenAI expects to lose around $5 billion this year despite sales of $3.7 billion. Expenses can only be partially traced Various factors are responsible for the high losses, reports The New York Times. This year one of the biggest increased operating costs has been increased energy consumption [...]
The Windows 11 2023 Update has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and even help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the builds The Windows Insider program is divided into four channels: The Canary Channel is where platform changes (such as major updates to the Windows kernel and new APIs) are previewed. These changes are not tied to a particular Windows release and may never ship at all. [...]
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