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Reçu — 24 septembre 2024 ⏭

A tech wizard brings ChatGPT's AI brilliance and internet access to the classic TI-84 graphing calculator — "I made the ultimate cheating device"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
24 septembre 2024 à 10:18
An avid tech YouTuber well-known as ChromaLock recently posted a video highlighting how he tinkered with a "dated" Texas Instruments TI-84 graphing calculator to connect to the internet and access OpenAI's ChatGPT.

TI-84 graphing calculator running ChatGPT

Reçu — 17 septembre 2024 ⏭

Bill Gates says he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI and Google: "Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that’s just] a few sketch ideas"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
17 septembre 2024 à 06:03
In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm if he got another crack at the corporate world.

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a keynote speech on the closing day of the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Microsoft cut Windows 7 support on Edge, but Mozilla says "enough" Firefox users are using it to extend support to March 2025: "Backporting security fixes is already getting increasingly painful due to the divergence"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
17 septembre 2024 à 04:20
Mozilla is extending Firefox 115's support on unsupported devices, including Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 to 10.14, and will continue pushing important updates until April 1, 2025. Firefox 115.21 will also continue receiving updates until March 4, 2025.

Mozilla Firefox on Windows

Reçu — 16 septembre 2024 ⏭

Microsoft leverages robotics and AI to disassemble and recycle defective hard disks to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
16 septembre 2024 à 16:04
Microsoft leverages robots by Dobot Robotics to disassemble defective hard disk drives and recycle valuable components to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025.

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Bill Gates' AI agent dream comes to pass at Microsoft's special Copilot event with Copilot agents

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
16 septembre 2024 à 11:00
Microsoft shipped Copilot agents in general availability "to automate and execute business processes, working with or for humans."

Microsoft Copilot logo

Reçu — 9 septembre 2024 ⏭

Google's lucrative ad business could be on the DOJ's chopping block for anti-competitive business practices: "No one is forced to use our advertising technologies, they use them because they're effective"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
9 septembre 2024 à 06:41
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), along with 17 states, has filed an antitrust case against Google, citing its dominance in digital advertising, which has left competitors with the shorter end of the stick.

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Reçu — 6 septembre 2024 ⏭

Leaked employee discussions demonstrate Amazon Q's lack of feature parity and potential loss of clientele to Microsoft's Copilot AI:"Q is fit for demos and very tightly controlled simple use cases"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
6 septembre 2024 à 11:00
In leaked Slack messages, Amazon staffers discussed Q's performance since its rollout to general availability, indicating its lack of feature parity and incompatibility with other software compared to its competitors, like Microsoft Copilot.

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Former OpenAI co-founder raises $1 billion for safety-focused firm while the ChatGPT maker prioritizes shiny products and is on the cusp of bankruptcy

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
6 septembre 2024 à 04:10
Former OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever recently raised $1 billion through investors for his new AI firm, Safe Superintelligence Inc., to further its safety-focused advances.

Sam Altman (C), US entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and founder and CEO of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, and the company's co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever (R), speak together at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023.

Reçu — 3 septembre 2024 ⏭

Incase will unearth Microsoft-branded accessories from the Microsoft Graveyard in Q4 2024: "The products will be the same, but instead of saying Microsoft they’ll say Incase, designed by Microsoft"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
3 septembre 2024 à 05:05
Incase had initially indicated that the Incase Designed by Microsoft accessories would ship in Q2 of 2024 but has since pushed the launch to Q4

Microsoft Ergonomic Mouse

"Is this even legal?" A leaked pitch reveals marketing agency uses 'Active Listening' software to eavesdrop on calls and push curated Facebook and Google ads

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
2 septembre 2024 à 12:22
A marketing agency admitted it listens to user voice data using its “Active Listening” software via smartphone microphones and uses the data to channel the "right" Facebook and Google ads to target customers.

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Google rubbishes Amazon's AI guidelines: "We're flattered they're worried about us, but fiction doesn't become fact just because it's in talking points"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
2 septembre 2024 à 05:56
Amazon is reportedly using its internal sales guidelines to tout its vast experience in building custom silicon processors and AI chips as an advantage compared to its rivals in the lucrative space.

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Reçu — 30 août 2024 ⏭

Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA will reportedly bail out OpenAI from the shackles of bankruptcy, pushing the ChatGPT maker’s market valuation to over $100 billion

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
30 août 2024 à 04:20
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise funding which could push its market valuation to over $100 billion, with Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Apple as the top investors.

ChatGPT privacy settings

Reçu — 20 août 2024 ⏭

AI for Mayor? A Wyoming mayoral candidate wants to use a ChatGPT-powered bot to run the city, but OpenAI blocked his account

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
20 août 2024 à 11:55
Wyoming mayoral candidate Victor Miller plans to use an AI-powered bot to run the local government if he gets into office. The bot will generate insights and solutions, while Miller will implement them "legally and practically."

ChatGPT privacy settings

Even Microsoft doesn't think AI is 'designed or intended' to substitute professionals and should only be treated as a guide

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
20 août 2024 à 06:35
Microsoft recently released an updated Service Agreement indicating that artificial intelligence should be considered more of a guide than a replacement for professional advice.

Microsoft HQ

Microsoft seals a TPM 2.0 loophole, once again preventing users from installing Windows 11 on unsupported devices

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
20 août 2024 à 06:28
Microsoft might have hit pause on its fullscreen multi-page popup ads in Windows 10 but recently patched the TPM 2.0 trick. It allowed users to bypass the hardware requirement verification process when activating Windows 11 on unsupported devices.

TPM 2.0

Reçu — 19 août 2024 ⏭

Do you hate the new Outlook for Windows? An annoying bug causes the classic version to crash at launch, but Microsoft has issued a workaround

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
19 août 2024 à 12:18
Microsoft 365 users have flagged an issue affecting classic Outlook, which is crashing. The issue is caused by corrupted server-based rules for the M365 email account, but the company has offered a temporary workaround.

Outlook vs Windows Mail

Reçu — 7 août 2024 ⏭

Microsoft is reportedly using deception as fair game to get Windows 11 users to switch to Bing

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
7 août 2024 à 12:59
Reports indicate Microsoft is using the Bing Wallpaper app to get Windows 11 users to switch to Bing as the "recommended browser settings" for fast and secure search results.

Bing search

Reçu — 6 août 2024 ⏭

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says "Security is our No. 1 priority" but will need teamwork to make the dream work

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
6 août 2024 à 05:47
Microsoft is doubling down on its cybersecurity efforts. As highlighted In an internal memo, "Everyone at Microsoft will have security as a Core Priority."

Hacker deploying an attack

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