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20 Nov, 13:18

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Microsoft will soon let you clone your voice for Teams meetings

Microsoft announced "Interpreter in Teams" at Ignite 2024 — a real-time speech-to-speech translation tool that simulates users' voices in nine languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish. This will launch in early 2025.

Available to Microsoft 365 subscribers, the feature replicates voices for a personalized experience, however, it doesn't store biometric data or add sentiments.

A consent is required to enable the feature. Microsoft has yet to detail safeguards against potential abuse.

🔗 TechCrunch
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17 Nov, 13:10

CSS has got a new Official Logo

The CSS-Next GitHub community decided on a new official CSS logo by voting. The design of the new logo aligns with the design style of other web technologies like JavaScript, TypeScript and WebAssembly.

The logo uses the rebeccapurple color (#663399), which has a meaningful history as the color was added to CSS specification in 2014 to honor Rebecca Meyer, daughter of Eric Meyer, who passed away from brain cancer at age six.

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16 Nov, 17:24

Gemini really wants you to die

The "please die" chat was continued by people on X/Twitter and some follow-up responses, attached in the images, encouraged them to die, once again.

However, this did not happen for everyone who continued the chat.

It seems like the issue has been patched, as it now responds with "I'm a text-based AI and can't assist with that."

Here's a Gem with one of the responses:
https://gemini.google.com/share/6bf2221f01f5

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16 Nov, 11:55

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Tencent brings Android games to Microsoft Store on Windows 11 [CHINA ONLY]

Microsoft has partnered with Tencent to bring Android apps and games to Windows 11 in China, bringing 1000+ mobile apps to PC. Tencent App Store has been integrated into the Microsoft Store, allowing Chinese Windows Insiders to download popular games and apps like PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings.

To access, you need to be a member of the Windows Insider Program and your PC must be running Canary or Dev Channel builds, with the PC's region set to China.

Unfortunately for anyone outside of China, the partnership between Microsoft and Tencent will not keep Android apps and games on Windows 11. Windows Subsystem for Android is still set to be deprecated on March 5, 2025.

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15 Nov, 18:32

Google will stop serving political ads in the EU

Google will stop serving political ads in the EU, due to the upcoming Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising which "introduces significant new operational challenges and legal uncertainties for political advertisers and platforms."

The company criticized the upcoming rule's broad definition of political ads and that technical guidance may not be given until close to October 2025.

In addition to stopping these ads in the EU, Google will also stop showing political ads on YouTube.

🔗 Engadget
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15 Nov, 13:30

VMware Fusion and Workstation are Now Free for All Users

Broadcom has made VMware Workstation and Fusion free for all users, including personal, educational and commercial users, ending subscriptions.

The paid versions are no longer available for purchase; however, existing agreements will remain valid until their expiration with full service and support.

Although the free versions offer all features previously available in the paid ones, Broadcom will not provide support tickets for troubleshooting. Development and updates for VMware Fusion and Workstation will continue.

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14 Nov, 08:59

Google’s Gemini AI Chatbot tells a user to die

Gemini AI told a user to "die" in response to their test question. Gemini generated three drafts in response, and while the second and third drafts were actual answers, the first draft's text told the user to "Please die."

Looks like Gemini's tired of solving questions, lol.

Link to the full conversation:
https://g.co/gemini/share/6d141b742a13

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14 Nov, 06:26

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YouTube is testing TikTok-Style endless scrolling for Videos

YouTube is testing a new endless scrolling feature similar to TikTok for full-length videos, allowing users to swipe up to find new content. This experimental feature has been active for some Android users since August. If you swipe up, instead of returning you to the homepage, another video will start playing.

We’re running an experiment with a small group of Android users that allow them to swipe up to discover more videos when watching in either portrait or fullscreen landscape mode.

Although this might help with content discovery and allow creators to reach larger audiences, it shifts control from creators to the algorithm, which could prioritise engagement over the quality of the content.

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13 Nov, 18:37

Perplexity is bringing ads to its platform

Perplexity is set to start testing ads on its platform this week, beginning in the US. Ads will be formatted as "sponsored follow-up questions" positioned to the side of answers and will be marked as "sponsored."

Initial brands include Indeed, Whole Foods, Universal McCann and PMG. Perplexity aims to generate revenue to share with publisher partners through these ads because subscriptions alone aren’t enough.

The answers of these “sponsored questions” will still be generated by its AI, and will not be edited by brands.

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11 Nov, 20:54

X is testing a free version of Grok

X is testing its AI chatbot, Grok, for free users in some regions (including New Zealand), with usage limits.

According to Swak, Users can 10 queries per two hours with the Grok-2 model, 20 queries per two hours with the Grok-2 mini model, and three image analysis questions per day. To access Grok for free, accounts must be at least seven days old and linked to a phone number.

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10 Nov, 09:20

The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++

The CISA and the FBI are urging developers to stop using memory-unsafe languages like C and C++ for critical infrastructure due to security risks, and switch to memory-safe languages such as Rust, Java, C#, Go, Python, and Swift.

However, migrating large codebases is not easy and can lead to performance slowdowns

CISA’s report found over 55% of critical open-source projects use memory-unsafe code, causing 70% of security vulnerabilities. CISA wants companies to plan transitions by 2026.

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9 Nov, 06:03

Hackers demand France’s Schneider Electric pay a $125k ransom in baguettes

Schneider Electric has confirmed a breach of its developer platform after the hacker "Grep", part of the Hellcat group, stole 40GB of data from their JIRA server by using exposed credentials.

Grep accessed 400,000 rows of user data, including 75,000 unique emails and names of Schneider Electric employees and customers using a MiniOrange REST API.

The hacker demanded $125,000 in "Baguettes" not to leak the data, or half the amount if Schneider releases an official statement. Schneider's products and services are unaffected because of this.

🔗 Bleeping Computer
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8 Nov, 05:48

EU Launches Antitrust Probe into Corning's Gorilla Glass Practices

The European Commission has started an antitrust inquiry into US-based Corning, over anti-competitive actions related to its Gorilla Glass.

Corning used exclusivity agreements with mobile manufacturers (OEMs) and glass finishers, imposing exclusive sourcing obligations; offering rebates and using 'English clauses' to match competitor prices. Agreements with finishers also included exclusive purchase obligations and clauses blocking patent challenges.

These actions may have lowered competition and increased prices. Corning can either make commitments or face a fine if found guilty

🔗 EU Commission
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7 Nov, 13:22

Apple Proposes $10M Manufacturing Investment to lift ban in Indonesia

Apple has proposed investing almost $10 million in a factory in Bandung, near Jakarta in partnership with its list of suppliers to produce accessories and components for its products. The proposal has been submitted to Indonesia's Ministry of Industry for review.

About 9,000 iPhone 16 units have entered via personal imports, which cannot be sold commercially because of the current ban.

This proposal will lead to the Indonesian government lifting the ban on iPhone 16's sales.

🔗 MacRumors
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7 Nov, 08:50

Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web

The Mozilla Foundation has laid off 30% of its staff, including its advocacy and global programs divisions, as part of restructuring to increase focus and agility. This marks Mozilla’s second round of layoffs in 2024.

Executive Director Nabiha Syed stated the changes aim to help Mozilla adapt to produce a “unified, powerful narrative from the Foundation.” However, despite eliminating these divisions, advocacy remains core part of Mozilla's mission.

The Mozilla Foundation is reorganizing teams to increase agility and impact as we accelerate our work to ensure a more open and equitable technical future for us all. That unfortunately means ending some of the work we have historically pursued and eliminating associated roles to bring more focus going forward.

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7 Nov, 05:13

Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

The Canadian government has ordered TikTok to stop its operations in Canada, and shut down offices in Toronto and Vancouver, citing national security concerns. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the decision was necessary to protect national security.

However, Canadians will still be able to access the app.

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has faced criticism for alleged ties to the Chinese government and possible data access risks. TikTok will challenge the shutdown order in court, as it destroys local jobs.

🔗 CBC
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6 Nov, 20:15

Microsoft has added AI to Windows Terminal

Microsoft has integrated AI into Windows Terminal, which is now available in Canary build. Users can ask for help with commands, fix errors, or get quick code snippets.

The AI is context-aware, and is integrated with different shells like PowerShell, Command Prompt, WSL, and Azure Cloud Shell. However, it is not free, and requires your own API key from GitHub Copilot, Azure, or OpenAI. It doesn’t save history, but sessions can be exported.

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5 Nov, 13:00

Tajikistan bans GTA and Counter-Strike for making people “commit various crimes”

Tajikistan has banned Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Counter-Strike, because they are worried that these games promote violent and immoral behavior, especially among young people. The interior ministry of the country said that the games have a negative impact on players, leading them to commit crimes.

The police will conduct will conduct raids and inspections of computer gaming centers suspected of selling these games.

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2 Nov, 08:36

Apple is acquiring the popular image editing app Pixelmator

Apple is ready to acquire Pixelmator (a well-known image editing app), pending regulatory approval. Pixelmator's team confirmed that no material changes will be made to its Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS and Photomator apps at this time.

The deal will allow Pixelmator to reach a broader audience. No details about the deal were revealed.

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1 Nov, 22:26

Python is Now the Most Popular Language on GitHub

Python has become the most used language on GitHub, overtaking JavaScript after a 10-year run as the most used language. This change shows how widely Python is used in areas like data science, machine learning, and web development.

The increase in AI projects on GitHub, which grew by 98% in the past year, has also played a big part in Python's rise. More people are using Jupyter Notebooks.

However, JavaScript still ranks first for code pushes alone and Rust continues to gain popularity for its safety, performance, and productivity

🔗 Octoverse
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