Tag: technology news sites
The father of cellphone sees the dark side but also hopes in new tech
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The man credited with inventing the cellphone 50 years ago had only one concern then about the brick-sized device with a long antenna: Would it work? These days Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention’s impacts on society — from the loss of privacy to the risk of internet…
Read More
Instagram’s co-founders’ news app Artifact launches to the public
Artifact, the personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, is now open to the public, no sign-up required. Last month, Instagram’s creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, unveiled their latest venture as an invite-only experience, promising their news app will later evolve to include social elements, like being able to discuss the news with friends.…
Read More
Instagram notifications button position tweak prompts complaints from users
Instagram just can’t seem to get enough of playing around with the positions of its home screen buttons. After an update last year which brought the Reels button to the center of the bottom tab, the social platform has changed its mind about the layout again. The new post button is back in its original…
Read More
India-US Technology Initiatives Launched with Eye on China
New Delhi — A technology and defense initiative by India and the United States aims at countering China and reducing New Delhi’s dependence on Russian weapons. Analysts say it also marks a significant push in tightening the US and India’s strategic partnership. Both countries will deepen cooperation in areas like quantum computing, artificial intelligence, 5G…
Read More
The human cost of ChatGPT | TechnologyNews
PodcastsPodcasts, TheTake ChatGPT’s AI-generated text has a lot to offer, but it raises many questions. ChatGPT is taking the world by storm with AI-generated text that rivals actual literature – but there’s a price. For its parent company, OpenAI, to get this quality product, human beings are paid to help teach it to identify bad…
Read More
5 AI websites that can make your life easier
The advent of artificial intelligence has changed several aspects of our everyday life. From knowledge processing to being a super cool editing hack, AI websites are making waves across the internet. While earlier creating videos or music seemed like a tedious and painful staking task, not anymore. With the introduction of numerous AI applications, there…
Read More
Microsoft forecast suggests the gloomy tech environment will continue
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella leaves the Elysee Palace after a meeting with the French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on May 23, 2018. Aurelien Morrisard | IP3 | Getty Images Microsoft executives on Tuesday told analysts to expect a continuation of the weak pace of business that emerged in December, which hurt the software maker’s…
Read More
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable? | MIT News
The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads, aqueducts, ports, and massive buildings, whose remains have survived for two millennia. Many of these structures were built with concrete: Rome’s famed Pantheon, which has the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome and was dedicated in AD 128, is still intact, and some ancient…
Read More
What is ChatGPT, the AI chatbot everyone’s talking about
Artificial Intelligence (AI) research company OpenAI on Wednesday announced ChatGPT, a prototype dialogue-based AI chatbot capable of understanding natural language and responding in natural language. It has since taken the internet by storm and has already crossed more than a million users in less than a week. Most users are amazed at how intelligent the…
Read More
Should Canada follow US lead and make anti-impaired technology mandatory in all new cars?
One of the worst aspects of seeing your family ripped apart by a drunk driver, said Brenda Simmons, is knowing that it could have been avoided with political will and the right application of technology. “If somebody doesn’t have the disability, or they don’t have the decision-making capacity [and they] still decided to get behind…
Read More