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Microsoft's Phi-3 Mini AI Is Small Enough to Fit on Your iPhone: Microsoft releases a new AI model, Phi-3, that was trained by another AI.
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European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits: Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval
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Governments issue alerts after 'sophisticated' state-backed actor found exploiting flaws in Cisco security boxes
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Microsoft and Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog over recent AI deals
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Quick Glance: UK Watchdog Scrutinizes AI Partnerships Involving Tech Giants
- Britain's competition watchdog is reviewing AI partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic.
- Third-party opinions are being sought on Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI employees and related arrangements.
- The CMA is already investigating Microsoft's partnership with Open AI and is awaiting requested information from the companies.
- Views are invited until May 9 before formal investigations begin on the partnerships.
Microsoft really does not want Windows 11 running on ancient PCs: Even tighter requirements, so it's time to put old hardware out to pasture.. ...
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Microsoft-backed Rubrik prices US IPO above range at $32/shr: Rubrik , the cybersecurity software startup that counts Microsoft among its investors ...
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UK competition watchdog steps up scrutiny of big tech’s role in AI startups: Microsoft and Amazon asked to comment on tie-ups, a move that paves way for formal ...
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UK regulator examines Microsoft and Amazon’s AI dealmaking: Request for comments into Big Tech’s alliances with artificial intelligence start-ups follows CMA ...
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UniFi Dream Machine Pro Max introduced for larger and more powerful setups: It almost sounds like Apple's product names, because after the Dream Machine Pro and ...
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Apple announces event on May 7 amid reports of new iPad model launches: Apple will hold an event on May 7, the company said on Tuesday, amid reports that it ...
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Quick Glance: Apple announces event on May 7
- Apple will host an event on May 7, where the long-awaited revamped versions of the iPad Pro and iPad Air are expected to be revealed.
- These new models would signify Apple's first major overhaul of this product line since 2018, as iPad sales have decreased, prompting the company to introduce new products to stimulate demand.
- In the first quarter, iPad sales dropped by 25% to $7.02 billion, alongside a slowdown in iPhone sales.
- The event is scheduled to commence at 7 a.m. PT, corresponding to 2 p.m. GMT, and Apple is also preparing for its Worldwide Developers Conference from June 10 to June 14.
Microsoft dramatically shrinks sizes of Windows 10 monthly updates, down like in Windows 11
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Stock market today: US stocks mixed ahead of GDP data, fresh earnings: Meta Platforms will report earnings after the closing bell, with Microsoft and Alphabet on ...
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Exclusive deal: Get 60% off MagSafe Power Bank and charging stand: SwitchEasy's Portal power bank pops right out of the sleek stand for mobile use with iPhone ...
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Shouldn't Teams, Zoom, Slack all interoperate securely for the Feds? Wyden is asking
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Cloud and Data Security Startup Rubrik’s IPO Is Oversubscribed: Rubrik Inc., a cloud and data security startup backed by Microsoft Corp., has drawn about 20 ...
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Apple's (AAPL) IPhone Sales in China Falls to Worst Level Since 2020: Apple Inc.’s iPhone sales in China fell 19% during the March quarter ...
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Apple will host a pre-WWDC virtual event on May 7: Apple isn't waiting until WWDC to make some announcements. The company will hold a virtual event on May 7 and ...
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Windows 10 22H2 updates will now have a much smaller download size: Starting with this week's non-security preview release, updates for Windows 10 22H2 ...
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Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments as demand slows: Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is cutting back shipments as Vision Pro demand drops among consumers by hundreds ...
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Stock Market's ‘Humbling’ Cycle Forces Morgan Stanley's Wilson to Stay Nimble
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Huawei sales are soaring in China as Apple sinks: Huawei is not only making a roaring comeback in China, it is also on the verge of overtaking Apple in the ...
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A former Microsoft employee thinks Windows 11 is "ridiculously bad" - here's why: In a post, a former Microsoft employee criticizes Windows 11, saying the ...
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Microsoft introduces smaller AI model: Microsoft on Tuesday announced a cost-effective, small language artificial intelligence model that can perform tasks such ...
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Quick Glance: New Compact AI Model by Microsoft
- Microsoft has introduced a cost-effective AI model called Phi-3-mini, capable of tasks like content creation and social media posting using smaller amounts of data.
- Phi-3-mini outperforms models twice its size across various benchmarks evaluating language, coding, and math capabilities.
- Smaller AI models are designed to execute simpler tasks, making it easier for companies with limited resources to use them.
- The Phi-3-mini model will be immediately available on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, Hugging Face's AI model catalog, and the Ollama framework.
Microsoft's New AI Tool Can Create Realistic Deepfakes Using Just a Photo: VASA-1 might potentially be used for companionship bots in the future.
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Who Could Buy TikTok? Here’s Who’s Been Floated As A Potential Buyer As Biden Signs Ban Bill Into Law.
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Researcher extracts Microsoft DRM keys and downloads Netflix movies: Microsoft's copy protection PlayReady for VoD content has holes. A security researcher is ...
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Windows 10 22H2 non-security preview update KB5036979 adds Microsoft Account notifications
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Microsoft's lightweight Phi-3 Mini model can run on smartphones: Microsoft has unveiled its latest light AI model called the Phi-3 Mini designed to run ...
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Meta shares sink 11% on weak revenue guidance: Meta reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results.
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Quick Glance: Meta lowers revenue growth expectations for the second quarter
- Meta forecasted that second-quarter revenue is expected to fall below market expectations, suggesting that hopes for the potential of new AI tools may be tempered.
- The company also increased its forecast for expenses this year to support its investments in new AI products and the necessary computing infrastructure.
- In the first quarter, Meta increased its daily active users (DAU) by 7%, a metric that tracks unique users of their apps Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or WhatsApp in a day.
- In addition to their internal efforts, Meta benefits from regulatory pressure on TikTok, a Chinese-owned short video competitor facing the potential threat of a U.S. ban.
Watch the Mona Lisa Rap, via Microsoft's AI: It's as Freaky as You Think: Is Microsoft the real Slim Shady, after all? We're not ready for this.
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WizardLM 2: Microsoft must withdraw insecure AI - Golem.de: Microsoft researchers have inadvertently released WizardLM 2, a powerful open source AI model ...
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Apple's Q1 phone sales in China fall 19.1%, Huawei's up 70%: Apple's smartphone shipments in China tumbled 19% in the first quarter of the year ...
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Huawei wants to succeed where Microsoft failed, becoming a real threat to iOS and Android
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The iPhone 16 looks likely to ditch physical buttons after all: Clickable iPhone buttons could be on the way out
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Microsoft snatches yet another AI veteran from rival company, now hiring Meta’s former VP
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Microsoft's private preview of Content Integrity tools expands to fight election deepfakes
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Meta Quest's Horizon OS opens up to third parties - and Xbox is among the first to hop on board
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Microsoft blocks some PCs from Windows 11 24H2 — CPU must support SSE4.2 or the OS will not boot
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Quick Glance: Measures Against TikTok: Biden Sets Deadline for Sale
- President Biden has signed legislation requiring ByteDance to fully divest from TikTok within a year or potentially face a nationwide ban.
- This action poses a significant challenge to the future of the video-streaming app in the U.S. and escalates the technological conflict between America and China.
- TikTok plans to take legal action against the Biden administration, citing concerns that the law could impede the free speech of millions of Americans.
- This requirement was incorporated into a bill providing foreign aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, mandating ByteDance to sell its stake in TikTok within 12 months under the threat of closure.
Everything You Need to Know About the TikTok Ban: Your Questions Answered: President Biden signed a foreign aid bill that includes a ban on TikTok in the US ...
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Quick Glance: Implications of a TikTok Ban on China's Technology Plans and Global Digital Divide
- TikTok is at a critical juncture in America as its Chinese owner must complete the sale of the app within a year to avoid a ban in its largest market.
- The potential TikTok ban would not only greatly weaken China's technology ambitions but also deepen the divide between the digital worlds of rival economic superpowers.
- The potential enforcement of a TikTok ban could expedite a transformation that divides the world's technological landscape into two factions, one around the US and the other around technologies from China.
- Chinese companies and apps operating in the US are encountering increasing challenges as the US government implements measures to restrict the access of Chinese companies to the market.
Apple's AI Will Work Without an Internet Connection: Rumors point to the first iteration of the technology running entirely on the device's hardware.
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Quick Glance: Apple's AI to Function Independently from Internet
- The processing for the AI will happen directly on the iPhone without connecting to a cloud service.
- This ensures enhanced security and privacy for users.
- Apple is developing its own in-house LLM called "Ajax" and has acquired multiple AI companies in recent years.
- The AI technology is expected to be initially implemented in Messages, Safari, Spotlight Search, and Siri.
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