Building on shifting sands must be how writing a report on the state of AI feels: When you press “publish,” the entire industry has already transformed beneath your feet. In spite of this, Stanford’s 386-page attempt to describe this complicated and rapidly evolving field nonetheless contains significant trends and takeaways. …
Read More »Dozer comes out of hiding to help programmers create real-time data apps “in minutes”
From video-recommendation engines and online banking to the developing AI revolution, data has become one of the world’s most valuable assets. Yet, consolidating data from disparate sources (e.g., databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and so on) into a format usable in real-time scenarios can be a monumental task in today’s …
Read More »There has been a recent supply chain attack that targets 12 million users of a phone system
A number of security companies have warned about an ongoing supply chain attack that targets downstream clients by employing a trojanized version of 3CX’s popular audio and video calling client. More than 600,000 businesses utilize a software-based phone system created by 3CX, including American Express, BMW, McDonald’s, and the National …
Read More »Twitter’s newly announced API has just three tiers: free, basic, and enterprise
Twitter’s new API pricing mechanisms were introduced on Wednesday after the company dragged its feet for weeks. The free tier is designed primarily for automated content posting, whereas the basic tier costs $100 per month and the enterprise tier costs significantly more. The Advertising API is included at no extra …
Read More »GitHub eliminates its Indian engineering team
As part of Microsoft’s cost-cutting measures in response to weakening global market conditions, the popular developer platform GitHub has laid off nearly its entire engineering team in India. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the developer company has laid off more than a hundred workers in the …
Read More »Twitter is dying
It’s been five months since Elon Musk overpaid for Twitter, a comparatively obscure microblogging service. Due to its unmatched capacity to disseminate real-time information and make knowledge accessible, the platform had outperformed itself in terms of sheer user numbers. It might seem like the only place online that truly matters …
Read More »Alternative to the TikTok ban? Lemon8, an Instagram rival owned by ByteDance, makes the Top 10 of the US App Store
The parent firm of TikTok, ByteDance, is pushing one of its social platforms into the Top Charts of the U.S. App Store as U.S. politicians advance with their plans for a ban or forced sale of the app. The Instagram competitor Lemon8, which is owned by ByteDance and bills itself …
Read More »Elon Musk says Twitter will only show verified accounts on its algorithmic timeline
In the latest chapter in the saga of Elon Musk and his strange Twitter decisions, the social network’s CEO has declared that Twitter will only show verified accounts on the algorithmic “For You” timeline starting April 15. In a tweet, Musk justified the move by saying this was the “only …
Read More »Reddit is getting rid of its copy of Clubhouse. Reddit Talk
When Clubhouse became very popular, every platform rushed to make a copy of it. But in the last year or so, the format has become less popular, and companies are rethinking what they should focus on. Reddit announced on Wednesday that its live audio service, Reddit Talk, will end on …
Read More »The startups of today should scare you
Rporters hear from a steady stream of new startups every day about their ideas, concepts, products, and services. Startups that say they can tell when an employee might want to leave for a new job, that think they can tell if someone is depressed by listening to their voice, that …
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