WhatsApp proposes a quicker method for transferring conversations between devices

 The new approach does not use Google Drive backup and restore anymore.

A new feature that lets you transport your WhatsApp conversations across devices without storing them in the cloud has been introduced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

You may now scan a QR code on one phone to start a straight transfer to another running the same OS as opposed to backing up and restoring your conversations via Google Drive. In essence, this implies that users will be able to transfer chats with this upgrade without the data ever leaving the two smartphones – or even leaving WhatsApp.

According to Meta, this approach is not only faster when it comes to the transfer of massive media but also more private than cloud services. The new technique ensures that nothing is lost in the move by covering both conversations and media history. Data is completely encrypted throughout the procedure.

How to utilise the new direct conversation transfer feature in WhatsApp

1. Before anything else, ensure sure both of your devices are present, linked to Wi-Fi, and location-enabled.

2. Next, scan the QR code on your previous phone by going to Settings > Chats > Chat transfer.

3. The transfer will start immediately.

There may be another planet lurking at the fringe of our solar system, according to scientists.

According to research, there may be a ninth planet in our solar system after all, but it may be hidden at the farthest regions of the Sun's influence.

There are eight planets in our solar system. Pluto is no longer considered to be a planet, therefore it used to be nine. A pre-print research piece that has not yet undergone peer review, however, puts up the theory that the Sun has "trapped" another planet that may be lurking in the "Oort cloud," far, far away.

According to NASA, the solar system's furthest region is the Oort Cloud. It is thought to be home to billions or trillions of ice space objects, some of which may be as huge as mountains. The Kuiper belt, which currently spans about 50 astronomical units, is estimated to be far closer than this object. The separation between the stars is one astronomical unit.

An multinational team of scientists discovers a possibility that our solar system could have a planet that is hidden away at its farthest corner in a recent pre-print (yet to be peer-reviewed) study. However, how does that operate?

The new CEO of Twitter is developing strategies to reintroduce advertising to the service.

According to three people familiar with the matter, the newspaper stated that Yaccarino, who assumed the role of CEO on June 5, intends to introduce full-screen, sound-on video advertising that would be displayed to users scrolling through Twitter's new short-video feed.

According to the Financial Times (FT), Linda Yaccarino, Twitter's new CEO, is working on a number of initiatives to woo back advertisers that abandoned the service while it was owned by Elon Musk, including launching a video advertisements business, seeking more celebrities, and expanding staff.

According to three people familiar with the matter, the newspaper stated that Yaccarino, who assumed the role of CEO on June 5, intends to introduce full-screen, sound-on video advertising that would be displayed to users scrolling through Twitter's new short-video feed.

According to the article, which cited a source familiar with the situation, she is in discussions about a more extensive agreement with Alphabet-owned Google that would involve advertising and access to some of Twitter's data.

How the camera on Apple's iPhone has changed over the past 16 years

Since the release of the first iPhone in 2007 up until the iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple has dominated the smartphone camera market.

Millions of people all around the world rely only on their smartphones as their only camera. This has made the iPhone the most widely used consumer camera over the years due to its dominance in the market. The iPhone is adaptable, small enough to put in the pocket, and takes high-quality films that used to need an expensive camera. These days, they are also equipped with "computational photography" capabilities, enabling the iPhone to capture beautiful images, particularly in low light. We examine the advancement of iPhone cameras over time as Cupertino prepares to introduce the new iPhone 15 series later this year.

2G iPhone (2007)

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone live in 2007, it revolutionised the smartphone industry and simplified how a contemporary phone camera should be designed. Before the iPhone, taking pictures was a pastime. The iPhone and Apple were responsible for putting cameras in everyone's pockets. The 2-megapixel camera on the iPhone was rudimentary and lacked an integrated flash, zoom, or editing function. Perhaps a lot of you scoff at the photos taken with the first iPhone, yet that one gadget gave millions of people access to photography.

With Zoom's Intelligent Director function, there is no longer any need to remain in the background.

Zoom's Intelligent Director function will make sure you are heard and seen from wherever you are sitting or standing. Find out here how this functionality functions.

Video conferencing applications that were successful during the epidemic are looking to adapt as the business world transitions to hybrid and in-office work patterns. The Intelligent Director feature from Zoom enables everyone in a conference room to be seen up close and personal, regardless of their position or visibility.

The function, which is made for medium- to large-sized rooms, ensures that everyone in a meeting has an equal chance to be heard and seen. Each participant's face is the main focus of the programme, which tracks them intelligently as they move and determines their optimal perspective so that they always appear on the screen.

"Clarity and transparency may suffer as a result of the conventional conference room experience. If someone isn't in the office, they can get left out or get lost in the back of the room. We need to create ways to convey knowledge in real-time, no matter where people are, because meaningful interactions cannot be mutually exclusive with a physical place, according to Zoom.

Exclusive Activision games, according to Microsoft's CEO, "make no strategic sense."

The Federal Trade Commission has requested that the planned purchase be put on hold because, in its opinion, it would provide Microsoft, the company that makes the Xbox gaming platform, exclusive access to Activision titles, which include the hugely popular "Call of Duty."

The heads of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard on Wednesday attempted to alleviate antitrust worries that a proposed $69 billion merger of the two businesses would unjustly consolidate power. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that keeping Activision games exclusive would make "no strategic sense."

he Federal Trade Commission claims that the proposed acquisition will provide Microsoft, the company behind the Xbox gaming system, exclusive access to Activision titles, which include the hugely popular "Call of Duty." The FTC has asked a judge to halt the proposed merger. According to the FTC, this would leave Sony Group and Nintendo completely unprotected.

Microsoft intends to migrate Windows to the cloud at some point.

 How about starting a local Windows instance instead when you power up? On it, Microsoft is working.

In the long run, Microsoft wants to completely move Windows to the cloud, giving users access to a full operating system that can be "streamed" from the cloud to any device. For its business clients, the corporation has already made strides in this area, and it plans to do the same for regular consumers.

This information was revealed in a June 2022 internal Microsoft presentation that was made public as part of the ongoing FTC vs. Microsoft litigation. The firm intends to deploy "new OS innovations" to boost Windows' appeal, according to the presentation.

The entire version of Windows may currently be streamed to devices through Microsoft's Windows 365 service. Only commercial clients can now access this service, however Microsoft has been directly incorporating its functionality into Windows 11. Windows 365 Boot, a feature that allows users to boot into a cloud-based Windows instance rather than the local one, is expected to be included in a future release.

Google fires employees from its navigation software Waze

In order to streamline operations, Google announced in December that the Waze and Google Maps teams will be combined, becoming a part of the Google Geo business.

Alphabet-owned Without providing specifics about the amount of job cuts, Google on Tuesday said that it is reducing staff at mapping software Waze as it integrates the programme's advertising system with Google Ads technology.

"We've started moving Waze's current advertising system to Google Ads technology in order to provide Waze advertisers with a better, more seamless experience over time. We've decreased those responsibilities dedicated on Waze Ads monetization as part of this upgrade, according to Google, which purchased Waze in 2013 for around $1.3 billion.

Google had in December said that it will merge Waze and Google Maps teams to consolidate processes, making it a part of the Google Geo division, its portfolio of real-world mapping products that include Google Maps, Google Earth, and Street View.

Google is getting ready to introduce Perspectives search, a feed that delivers data from sources across platforms.

 The search engine giant plans to push out the functionality that was unveiled at Google I/O in May.

Everything in the information era revolves on search engines and how we look for information. One of the top search engines in the world, Google, is renowned for introducing new features on a regular basis to provide its large user base with the best possible user experiences. 

Google made a number of modifications to Search last month, which it stated will allow users to explore a variety of viewpoints from both professionals and regular people. The tool is now ready for anyone to try, the search engine behemoth tweeted on Saturday. In search results, the new function displays many perspectives, most of which are human. These viewpoints will be shown in the Perspectives tab. 

Microsoft releases a development schedule for the first real quantum supercomputer.

 According to Microsoft, the road to quantum computing is similar to the road to the supercomputers of today.

Microsoft has made plans to construct a quantum supercomputer on its own. The business claims that through revolutionising chemistry, quantum supercomputers have the potential to end food hunger and stop climate change. A quantum machine might "solve the most complex problems facing our society," but there are still a number of achievements to be made, such as the switch from unreliable physical qubits to trustworthy logical qubits.

According to Microsoft, the road to quantum computing is similar to the road to the traditional supercomputers of today. In light of this, the business has outlined three significant hurdles that it must clear before programmable quantum supercomputers can handle issues that conventional computers cannot.

The development is now at the foundational stage, with the test machines being constructed around 'noisy' physical qubits that aren't useful enough to address real-world issues. Qubits are to quantum computing what bits are to traditional computing, according to the uninitiated.

Google and other IT firms complain about unfair cloud practises.

They also follow scrutiny worldwide, including a recent probe by Europe's antitrust authority into Microsoft's licensing agreements that allegedly discouraged rival cloud usage.

Technology trade associations and Alphabet's Google have complained to the Federal Trade Commission about what they claim are unfair business practises in the cloud, including those of Microsoft, the second-largest vendor in the sector by market share.

The responses, which were to be submitted by Wednesday, are in response to a March inquiry from the American agency seeking details on security concerns and rivalry in the lucrative market for data storage and processing power in the so-called cloud.

They also monitor global scrutiny, such as the recent investigation into Microsoft's licencing agreements by the European antitrust authorities into allegations that they impeded the use of competitor cloud services. Industry complaints also concern the costs associated with removing data from the clouds of different providers.

Over 100K ChatGPT accounts have been compromised, with Pakistan and India having the highest incidents: Report

Over a million ChatGPT credentials were discovered in dark web markets, according to a research by Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity pioneer.

The most widely used website at the moment is ChatGPT. Due of its super-intelligent capabilities, millions of individuals all around the world are registering for it. It appears that hundreds of ChatGPT accounts have just been hacked, with India topping the list.

Over 100,000 OpenAI ChatGPT credentials were discovered on dark web marketplaces between June 2022 and May 2023, according to a recent research. A pioneer in cybersecurity named Group-IB, located in Singapore, discovered 1,01,134 machines with stolen ChatGPT credentials.

Employing managers to be replaced by AI? By 2024, 43% of employers will utilise AI for interviews, according to a new research.

Artificial intelligence is quickly taking over our daily lives. AI is quickly becoming the most in-demand technology worldwide, helping with anything from utility apps to varied activities across sectors. It should come as no surprise that AI has already started to replace some of the essential jobs currently held by experts.

There is nothing that AI can't accomplish, from teaching to providing information assistance to supporting consumers with movie ticket booking. And it now appears that the day when we will be interviewing with AI face to face is not far off. 

Up to 43% of businesses expect to use AI for job interviews by 2024, according to a report just released by Resume Builder, a well-known website for job searchers. Out of them, about 15

The iPhone 14 and M2 Macs are now supported by Apple's self-repair programme.

Apple now supports iPhone 14 and M2 Macs under its self-repair program.

Apple's self-repair programme has been extended to include its newest devices, the iPhone 14 series and Macs with M2 processors. Apple currently provides consumers in a few nations, including the US, UK, Italy, and more, with spare parts, tools, and service manuals as part of its self-service repair programme. Starting on June 21, the business will start selling replacement components for these gadgets. Later on, it will also make a system configuration tool available for consumers to utilise in order to confirm that the repair went as planned.

In 2022, Apple launched its self-repair initiative with devices such the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and iPhone SE. Later, it expanded the programme to assist the right-to-repair campaign and included a few Mac models. Apple offers consumers participating in this programme all the replacement components they will need to conduct their own repairs.

Apple now includes MacBooks in its self-repair programme.

Users who want to perform their own iPhone and Mac repairs can ask Apple for the necessary parts, including the display, battery, camera module, and other items. The customer can return the damaged components to Apple to obtain a further discount on spares, and Apple will then supply these parts to the user.

In a historic expansion, Intel invests $33 billion in Germany.

Berlin's government is spending billions of euros on incentives to entice IT firms, despite rising concern over the supply chain's fragility and its reliance on South Korea and Taiwan for semiconductors.

As part of its ambition for expansion in Europe, Intel will invest more than 30 billion euros ($33 billion) in the development of two chip-making facilities in Magdeburg. Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed the agreement on Monday as the largest foreign investment Germany has ever received.

According to a person familiar with the situation, Berlin has decided to provide subsidies worth up to 10 billion euros to the American chipmaker, above the 6.8 billion euros it had previously given Intel to construct two cutting-edge facilities in the eastern metropolis.

The government and the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where Magdeburg is located, were thanked by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger for "fulfilling the vision of a vibrant, sustainable, leading-edge semiconductor industry in Germany and the EU."

This solar-powered reactor can transform plastic into a skincare component and air into fuel.

 Researchers from Cambridge have created a solar-powered reactor that uses used plastic to turn carbon dioxide into a useful sustainable fuel.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created a solar-powered reactor that can transform plastic trash and collected carbon dioxide into a sustainable fuel while also creating some other valuable compounds.

Synthetic gas, or syngas, was created in the reactor from carbon dioxide. Syngas is immediately used as fuel since it is combustible. Residents of several industrialised cities received some types of syngas during the 20th century. It is difficult to work with, though, and is best utilised to make other fuels.

The test's plastic bottles, meanwhile, were transformed into glycolic acid. In the medical field, glycolic acid is used in a range of applications. According to WebMD, individuals use it to treat acne scars, dark skin patches, premature skin ageing, and acne.

UAE astronaut's images and footage of Cyclone Biparjoy from orbit

View pictures and videos of Cyclone Biparjoy captured by UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi while in orbit.

Since Cyclone Biparjoy is predicted to make landfall today, June 15, it may wreak extensive damage. UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi yesterday posted several photographs of the storm captured from the International Space Station in advance of its arrival on Indian soil.

According to Al Neyadi, the pictures and video he posted on Twitter were really captured more than two days earlier, when the cyclone was developing in the Arabian Sea. Al Neyadi made history earlier this year when he became the first Arab astronaut to undertake both a long-duration space mission and a spacewalk.

Al Neyadi said that the pictures and video he posted on Twitter were really captured more than two days prior, when the cyclone was developing in the Arabian Sea. Al Neyadi made history earlier this year when he became the first Arab astronaut to undertake both a long-duration space mission and a spacewalk.

A tropical storm named storm Biparjoy is predicted to produce winds that travel between 125 and 135 miles per hour. According to India's Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre (RSMC), it could result in storm surges of two to three metres in height, the destruction of thatched homes, damage to pucca homes and roads, flooding, damage to crops, plantations, and orchards, and disruption of railways and power systems in Gujarat's northern and western coastal districts.

Google might be forced to dissolve due to anti-competitive adtech practises in the EU

The $224.5 billion in advertising income generated by Alphabet in 2022 came from its search services, Gmail, Google Play, Google Maps, YouTube commercials, Google Ad Manager, AdMob, and AdSense.

In order to address concerns about anti-competitive practises, Alphabet's Google may need to sell a portion of its profitable adtech business, EU authorities said on Wednesday, threatening the corporation with its toughest regulatory penalty to yet.

Two years after starting an inquiry into actions like preferring its own advertising services, the European Commission laid out its complaints in a statement of objections to Google. If found guilty, this may result in a punishment of up to 10% of Google's annual global revenue.

With the advertising industry accounting for 79% of the company's total income last year, the stakes are higher for Google in its most recent spat with authorities.

The VP of Google Cloud AI claims that English is now the most powerful language programme.

By making available sufficient collateral and information on how to ask the proper questions to get the most out of the AI platform, Yang claimed that Google is also focusing on the teaching component of this process.

According to June Yang, vice-president of Cloud AI and Industry Solutions at Google Cloud, English is now the most powerful programming language. Yang, who oversees a vast portfolio of AI-powered goods and services, claims that Google is striving to comprehend the meaning behind basic language cues in order to better recreate them for the AI model.

By making available sufficient collateral and information on how to ask the proper questions to get the most out of the AI platform, Yang claimed that Google is also focusing on the teaching component of this process. Additionally, she highlighted how Google, one of the innovators and leaders in the AI field, has "been very open to sharing its innovation with industry to accelerate

Free AI courses are now available on the skill boost platform from Google Cloud.

Yang stated at Google that responsible AI was not simply a notion but rather a "living constitution that we rely upon every day." "We only use it for recommendations and best practises, but we also use a variety of tooling,"

Experimenting with sustainable design and technology, NASA and Boeing have unveiled the X-66A aircraft.

 

By reducing the fuselage and changing the wings and engines on an MD-90 aircraft, Boeing is modifying the model in collaboration with NASA. (Image courtesy of NASA)

On Monday, NASA announced that the United States Air Force had given the plane it created with Boeing the X-66A designation. The design of next sustainable single-aisle aircraft will be influenced by the new experimental aircraft.

Boeing was given a $425 million contract by NASA earlier this year to develop, test, and fly a full-scale demonstrator aircraft and verify technology aimed at reducing emissions. NASA made the announcement earlier this year.

Early birds and reptiles may have given birth to offspring, according to a research.

"At NASA, we obsess not just on the stars but also on the sky. The Sustainable Flight Demonstrator expands on NASA's pioneering work in both climate change and aviation. In a news release issued on Monday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson claimed that the X-66A will "help shape the future of aviation, a new era where aircraft are greener, cleaner, and quieter, and create new possibilities for the flying public and American industry alike."

Songs may now be added to Instagram Notes.

Users of Instagram notes may send text messages, emoticons, and music to their close friends and followers.

Instagram users may now include up to 30 seconds of music in their notes along with a text message or an emoji, according to an announcement made by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, on the official Meta channel. Users may now share audio clips on Instagram notes that last up to 30 seconds and are available for 24 hours thanks to this upgrade.

Only accessible in the conversation area, Notes is a condensed version of Instagram's status function. Users could previously only submit text and emoticons as notes on the app, but now they may now share well-known songs and audio clips from the company's enormous music collection.

These music notes may be changed or deleted at any moment, and users can control who has access to them, including followers and close friends. We were unable to use the Instagram music notes function on either Android or iOS smartphones at the time this article was published.

Amazon could soon provide automated, summary reviews on products.

The e-commerce behemoth is presently developing a function in its shopping app that summarises user feedback using AI.

A recent job advertisement by Amazon made mention of a ChatGPT-like search experience last month. (Express photo)

The most revolutionary technology of the past ten years, generative AI, has drawn billions of dollars in investment from several businesses looking for a competitive edge. Following up on a previous study from last month, a new research provides further information about how Amazon is incorporating artificial intelligence into its platform to assist shoppers in finding the perfect product.

The major online retailer has started testing a function in its shopping app that summarises consumer ratings of items using AI. The feature gives a concise summary of what customers liked and disliked about the product, along with a note indicating the summary was produced by AI.

The study, for instance, described a kid-friendly cauldron toy called "Magic Mixies." While some consumers of the toy enjoyed it for its "fun factor, appearance, value, performance, quality, charging, and leakage," the AI-generated product summary noted that the majority of customers thought $100 was too much to pay for the toy. The report also emphasised problems some clients had with the cost and calibre of the goods.

US FTC seeks the court to prevent Microsoft from purchasing Activision

The FTC requested a federal judge to halt any final agreement before 11:59 p.m. ET on June 15, claiming Microsoft and Activision had indicated the transaction may complete as soon as this Friday.

In this illustration from January 18, 2022, the Activision Blizzard logo is featured on top of a smartphone with the Microsoft logo. Reuters / Illustration by Dado Ruvic

On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission requested a judge to temporarily delay Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of Activision Blizzard in order to prevent the $69 billion transaction from going through before the government's case against it is heard.

The FTC said Microsoft and Activision had signaled the deal could close as soon as Friday and asked a federal judge to block any final agreement before 11:59 p.m ET June 15.

The FTC said the deal, which would be the largest for Microsoft and the largest in the history of the video game industry, would give Microsoft the “ability and increased incentive to withhold or degrade Activision’s content in ways that substantially lessen competition.”

One thing is obvious... Future goals for Apple and Meta are extremely different.

 Even if Apple's Vision Pro is not without faults, Cupertino appears to have a different idea of what a face computer ought to be.

Many immediately assumed that Cupertino's ambition for a "spatial computer" was identical to Meta's Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's drive into the Metaverse when Apple unveiled the ambition Pro at its WWDC conference last week. In fact, a significant portion of people, including Zuckerberg, made fun of the Vision Pro for being "expensive," "magical," and "antisocial." Apple aficionados may be incensed at Zuckerberg's response to the Vision Pro, but if you carefully read his remarks, it becomes obvious that Apple and Meta have quite different expectations for the future.

The two brands differ from one another in numerous respects, including methods and messaging. While Apple adopted a different strategy with the Vision Pro, referring to it as a generic computing platform that provides numerous experiences, while Meta totally rethought its Metaverse strategy with a headset that will be necessary to experience a single experience (like gaming, for example). You may view the current internet via a different perspective with The Vision Pro. Then things start to get interesting because, unlike Meta, Apple isn't attempting to create Internet 2.0 or the Metaverse, which Mark Zuckerberg envisions as a fully fledged digital environment existing outside of the one in which we already live.

The absence of terms like "headset," "virtual reality," and "metaverse" from Apple's announcement of the Vision Pro may be due to this. In addition to helping Apple differentiate the Vision Pro from its rivals, Cupertino's decision served as a kind of proof of how disastrous the Metaverse was, both as a concept and the course it took.

Those who attend meetings on the fly will soon have access to a new safety feature on Google Meet.

The new Google Meet feature, dubbed "On-the-Go" mode, offers a fresh layout with big buttons.

Google occasionally updates the capabilities available in Meet, its video conferencing service. The tech giant is apparently working on a new "On-the-go" mode that will make it safer for users to participate in video chats when they are outside, according to a recent report by 9to5Google.

There are now many choices available in the Google Meet mobile user interface, which might be challenging for people who need to join meetings while jogging or walking. The new function comes in helpful in this situation. The 'On-the-Go' mode of Google Meet, which takes use of the device's sensors, is initiated when the app determines that the user is moving.

Users may also activate the mode by locating it in the in-call menu, which is accessed by hitting the three-dot button, as an alternative. In order to prevent you from being sidetracked, "On-the-Go" mode, when used, turns off your camera during calls and halts the streaming of other meeting participants' video.

Users will soon be able to create stickers in Facebook Messenger using ChatGPT-style instructions.

 According to Meta's VP of AI, the new AI-powered stickers will enable Messenger users a limitless number of ways to express themselves.

Although Meta has not yet released any generative AI products aimed towards consumers, a recent article claims that the business is developing a number of features for its platforms that make use of the technology. One of them is a new set of AI-generated stickers for Messenger that users may design using prompts similar to ChatGPT.

The business will leverage its picture creation model to allow users make stickers based on textual cues, according to Meta's vice president of AI Ahmad Al-Dahle, who spoke to staff during a meeting that The Verge attended. With this innovation, according to Al-Dahle, Messenger users will have many new ways to express themselves.

Al Dahle also disclosed that Meta is developing artificial intelligence (AI) models that can "transform any image you want in any way you want." This includes amusing features like converting a corgi photo into a painting or altering the aspect ratio of your image.

AI has enormous potential to improve India's IT sector, according to PM Modi

 He tweeted, calling the talk with Altman illuminating, "We welcome all collaborations that can accelerate our digital transformation for empowering our citizens."

Great talk with @narendramodi about India's amazing tech environment and how the nation might profit from artificial intelligence, according to Altman in a tweet. Really appreciated all of my encounters with @PMOIndia staff. (Twitter/Sam Altman)

In a meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that there is enormous potential for artificial intelligence to improve India's IT environment, particularly among the young.

He tweeted that he found the exchange with Altman to be instructive and added, "We welcome all cooperation that might speed our digital transformation for empowering our folks.

With better arithmetic and data analysis skills, Google Bard becomes smarter.

 Google Bard is now optimized and comes with improved maths and data analyzing capabilities.

When Google's Bard was first released, it drew a lot of flak, particularly for its reasoning capabilities, and people started making similarities to OpenAI's ChatGPT. But since then, things have evolved, and Google has been improving things with each release. Google's generative AI has advanced dramatically since its most recent release, breaking through its prior boundaries. The current beta version, according to the business, has significantly increased Bard's intelligence and improved his reasoning skills.

The site claims that Google Bard has been upgraded with better math and data analysis skills. It has also been substantially optimised. The article continues by explaining how Google has improved Bard to make it better for jobs including arithmetic, coding, and string manipulation. Bard can now recognise computational requests and even run code in the background.

 Google Bard: How to get access and what can you do with the AI chatbot?

According to Google, Bard is now stronger at data analysis and can even comprehend complicated mathematical formulas, such as "finding how many times a certain number shows up in a data set." The business is aware that it might not always get it right, but it will keep making improvements based on consumer input.

On June 7th, Google Bard's most recent beta version was made accessible to all users worldwide. Users who grant Google access to their specific location will now have the option of seeing more pertinent results.

Additionally, to increase cross-compatibility, Bard-generated tables may now be exported to Google Sheets. Bard may currently only be used through a web browser and is accessible from a laptop, tablet, and smartphone.

This is the price when Meta verified travels to India.

Following Twitter, the meta platforms Instagram and Facebook also get compensated verified checkmarks.

Meta Verified, which allows users of Instagram and Facebook to confirm their identity, has been available for several months and is now expanding to India. But in contrast to Twitter, Meta is still respecting old verified badges.

In India, the cost of iOS and Android verification is Rs 699 per month. Later, users will be able to confirm online as well.  Users will receive the verified badge, proactive impersonation prevention, and account assistance with the subscription.

Companies are not now eligible for Meta Verified while the social network investigates "what a valuable subscription offering for businesses could look like in the future."

Since the first testing in Australia and New Zealand, according to a letter from Meta, "a few adjustments have been made based on learnings, including the removal of increased reach." The memo said that additional components to add to the subscription were being investigated and that this would also be the strategy for India.

How to verify your Meta

Standards: Applicants must be at least 18 years old and their Meta accounts must fulfil certain activity standards, such as a history of past postings.

Users must then choose the profile they wish to have verified and set up their payment method before clicking "Select and Pay."

Verify: Next, applicants must provide a government ID that is identical to the profile name and image of the Facebook or Instagram account they are requesting for. The payment is returned if the verification is declined.

What is known thus far indicates that Huawei may release Pangu Chat, a rival to ChatGPT, in July.

 Huawei's large-scale learning model, which has 100 billion parameters, is the foundation of Pangu Chat.

It seems sense that more and more businesses would develop their own ChatGPT variants as the app becomes the preferred choice of millions of people. Known for its cutting-edge smartphones, Chinese tech giant Huawei is getting ready to introduce its own AI chatbot. At the moment, ChatGPT, Bard, Ernie bot, and many more AI chatbots are capturing the attention of users all over the world. It appears now that ChatGPT could soon have a strong challenger. 

Huawei is anticipated to introduce its ChatGPT competitor by July 7, according to the most recent rumours. Taking its name from the large-scale learning model used by the corporation, Huawei's latest AI software is referred to as Pangu Chat. At the Huawei Developer Conference (Cloud) conference, Pangu Chat will debut.Developed by Huawei, Pangu Chat

Top AI breakthroughs range from Chinese tech companies choosing generative AI to Germany potentially banning ChatGPT.

What are the details of Pangu Chat?

According to recent sources, Pangu Chat would initially only be accessible to businesses, and the company intends to sell it to the government and commercial users. Pangu Chat is said to be built on the expansive Pangu cloud model, which has 100 billion parameters. This number is less than OpenAI's GPT-3, which reportedly has over 175 billion parameters, and GPT-4, which is estimated to have over 1 trillion parameters. 

The skill of the model is defined by parameters, which are values. According to unsubstantiated sources, Pangu Chat's 100 billion parameters make it appear that it cannot compete with OpenAI's GPT-4. 

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According to reports, Huawei employed approximately 2000 Huawei Ascend 910 chipsets for more than two months of data training. According to market experts, the business annually trains a large-scale model on more than 4000 GPU/TPU cards. It's interesting to note that in just three years, Huawei's cost of computing power has surpassed 960 million yuan. 

Additionally, according to testing of the Pangu model, the Pangu-E big model produced close to 1.085 trillion parameters, which is comparable to the capacity of the GPT-4. The deep learning framework MindSpore is utilised in the creation of the Pangu-E large-scale model. The framework is comparable to GPT-3.5 in terms of dialogue generation.

Information on the Pangu Model

Huawei introduced the product in 2021, and the version 2.0 iteration was presented in April of the previous year. Currently, a huge model for natural language processing (NLP), a large model for weather, and a large model for CV power the model. 

NLP big models, scientific computing models, CV large models, etc. are all part of the Pangu Series AI big Models' top layer. The company's huge models that were created with partners make up the top layer.

According to Bhaskar Basu from Microsoft India, AI is increasing organisational efficiency and employee engagement.

Bhaskar Basu spoke exclusively with Indianexpress.com about Microsoft 365, AI, and how it affects workplace efficiency.

The term du jour is artificial intelligence. The IT giant Microsoft has incorporated AI into a number of tools that are crucial for organisational growth, even as businesses all over the world adopt various AI-backed technologies. Millions of professionals worldwide may use these technologies to plan their work more effectively and increase productivity.

Microsoft recently unveiled its Copilot in Microsoft Viva and Microsoft Viva Glint, two AI-powered solutions designed to help businesses develop more "engaged and productive" workforces. Viva uses next-generation AI to boost productivity, engagement, and performance. With AI, Microsoft not only increases productivity but also provides a platform for managers and staff to interact more deeply..

Bhaskar Basu, Country Head - Modern Work, Microsoft India, was recently contacted by the indianexpress.com. Basu spoke extensively on how AI is impacting the workplace and shared some views on the Viva Copilot in light of Microsoft's most recent announcements.

What do you mean by AI as a Copilot and what do you think about the momentum towards AI?

There is a great deal of interest, anticipation, and desire to understand the generative AI developments and technology. We've heard of Dall-E, ChatGPT, Viva, Microsoft Copilot, and other apps. I am quite thrilled about where we are right now, and I firmly believe that the computing industry is entering a whole new age. There has been a lot of discussion over the development of what are known as "powerful new foundation models" and usable natural language interfaces. Indeed, the current state of AI is fascinating.

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It seems clear that we are moving from autopilot to copilot mode with the current generation of AI. Here, I compare the phrase "copilot" to an aeroplane. In this comparison, the pilot directs, navigates, manages takeoff and landing, and charts the path. The safe transportation of passengers from point A to point B is the pilot's primary responsibility. The purpose of an AI copilot is to serve as a companion, relieve the pilot of the stress of repeated chores, and develop into an ally. The copilot's responsibility is to assist the pilot in attaining their overall goals, strategy, and vision. As a result, the term "copilot" refers to the idea of an AI ally.

What direction has AI taken at Microsoft?

Microsoft has long been an AI firm, and most recently, we made important strategic investments to improve our copilot capabilities. Along with Viva, we also debuted a number of other products, including Azure Open AI Services, GitHub Copilot, Dynamics 365 Copilot, security copilot, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. These programmes combine a number of technologies, such as deep learning, digital twins, cognitive services, and machine learning. Our objective is to integrate generative AI capabilities into numerous consumer and business goods, simplifying lives and releasing creativity, productivity, and overall potential. We are ecstatic about the opportunities and anxious to push the limits of what AI is capable of. We are at an amazing period right now.

What role do you believe Microsoft 365 will play in removing tiresome and repetitive chores so that employees may spend more time on productive work?

We are an extremely productive company, and Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, etc. are essential to maximising production. In the last ten years, we have incorporated AI capabilities such as voice prompts in Outlook and predictive answers in Teams. The launch of the M365 copilot, which seeks to rethink the productivity experience by harnessing human language, marked the turning point for core productivity. A Large Language Model (LLM) that can analyse natural language is combined with the Microsoft 365 applications, the Microsoft Graph (which saves contextual signals), and the copilot.

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The copilot system interprets your instructions, follows privacy and security guidelines, and produces streamlined replies to improve work completion. Through content compression, document conversion, and text-to-image generation, this copilot method streamlines productivity. It's a fusion of applications, the Microsoft Graph, and the LLM that offers text that is simple to act with. The copilot for Microsoft 365 is this.

Cortana, Microsoft's vivacious voice assistant, is leaving Windows shortly.

 Cortana leaves off, and Microsoft's new Windows Copilot continues where she left off.

Cortana on Windows will no longer be supported by Microsoft. The app will be discontinued starting later this year, according to a support article released on Friday. You presumably haven't used it since it was initially offered.

The information comes after Microsoft's new Windows Copilot tool was introduced at its annual Build conference. The gadget, which resides on the taskbar below, is said to be able to do all of Cortana's functions once it is widely available. This entails altering preferences, summarising information, responding to inquiries, and more.

It was inevitable that Cortana would fail. The AI assistant, which debuted with Windows Phone 8.1 in 2014, emerged on desktop with Windows 10 and quickly appeared in all applications, including Office.

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Microsoft began phasing down Cortana over time as a result of Cortana's failure to gain popularity, though. After Windows 11 was released, the assistant was no longer prominently displayed on the taskbar and could only be used as a standalone application. Additionally, Microsoft discontinued the app for iOS and Android in 2020.

The exact date that Cortana will be removed from Windows is not yet known. However, Microsoft encourages customers to test out some of the other tools, such as Windows 11's Voice access, the new Bing, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Windows Copilot.

Cortana will still be available on other platforms including Outlook mobile, Teams mobile, Microsoft Teams display, and Microsoft Teams rooms, the firm has further emphasised.