OpenAI boss Sam Altman says the world «doesn't need another copy of Google» because it's «boring»
Instead, developers should focus on creating new ways for people to search and analyze information.
AMD adds Zen 5 support to GCC Linux compiler
AMD has added support for its upcoming Zen 5 microarchitecture-based processors to the GCC compiler. Znver5 is now a target in the GCC Git repository until the stable release of GCC 14.1. This move ensures that developers will have the necessary compiler support for Ryzen and EPYC processors based on Zen 5 before their release later this year.
Nvidia launches platform with generative AI to create humanoid robots
Generative AI will help robots perform actions based on input — a combination of text and speech, video, «human demonstrations» and previous experience.
Microsoft stops supporting 1024-bit RSA keys in Windows
Microsoft has announced that RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits will soon be deprecated in Windows Transport Layer Security (TLS) to provide increased security.
Roblox launches AI-based tools to improve 3D content creation
Roblox has introduced two new AI-based tools aimed at facilitating the creation of 3D content on its platform. At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the company demonstrated Avatar Auto Setup and Texture Generator, which promise to significantly speed up the process of creating avatars and texturing objects.
YouTube adds a tool for labeling content created by artificial intelligence
YouTube has announced that authors can independently label videos that contain artificial or artificially generated content.
OpenAI to launch prepaid billing API on March 25
Instead of monthly billing, the company will provide a certain number of credits for using its API or Playground.
PSSR technology is designed to provide 4K 120 fps and 8K 60 fps output on PlayStation consoles
The next version of the PlayStation 5 Pro game console will support the new PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) technology. It is designed to enable the console to display games at 4K 120 fps and 8K 60 fps. This is a kind of analog of DLSS.
Modern sites have become so «bloated» that they cannot be pulled by budget smartphones capable of running PUBG
Simply loading the page can crash budget phones that can easily «pull» the mobile version of PUBG at 40 frames per second, according to report Danluu.com.
Steam sets a new record with over 36 million simultaneous players
Steam continues to set records for the number of simultaneous users for the third week in a row. Since the beginning of spring, user activity has been increasing every weekend, and this week it has set a new record.
Elon Musk «declassified» the source code of his chatbot Grok — without training data yet
From now on, developers and researchers will be able to use the architecture on which Grok operates in their own projects.
GPT-4 artificial intelligence is able to play Doom and does not hesitate when shooting at virtual objects in the form of people
Microsoft scientist and York University researcher Adrian de Winter recently decided to test GPT-4 by running Doom without prior training. The results of this experiment concluded that GPT-4 can play Doom with a certain degree of efficiency without prior training. Although this requires the GPT-4V interface to see the AI and the addition of…
EU takes on AliExpress — the site is accused of distributing porn and other illegal content
The European Commission has launched an official investigation into AliExpress, the international e-commerce website run by Chinese tech giant Alibaba.
Proton email app is out of beta and available for Windows and macOS
The Proton desktop email application has left beta and is now available to all paid users on Windows and macOS. At the same time, Proton is also releasing a beta version of the app for Linux.
TikTok CEO calls on users in the US to «defend their constitutional rights»
Shortly after that, US House of Representatives bans TikTokCEO Shou Chu urged users «to protect their constitutional rights». Chu also hinted that TikTok would file a legal action if the bill is finally passed.
The popular VLC media player will be released on Apple Vision Pro. But not very soon, because the developers have no motivation
Apple’s Vision Pro headset still lacks many of the applications familiar to iOS and macOS users. Some major developers have already stated that they are not interested in porting their apps to Vision Pro. However, the developers of the VLC media player have a different view.
US House of Representatives bans TikTok, bill sent to Senate
On Wednesday, March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives supported a bill to ban TikTok in the United States. The bill requires the video service to be separated from the Chinese parent company ByteDance within 6 months, and if this does not happen, TikTok will be banned in the country.
Google DeepMind has created SIMA, an AI model that plays games. They don't know why — yet.
Google’s DeepMind lab has unveiled SIMA — a learning artificial intelligence model that will play games for you. It’s customized to play more like a human than a superhuman artificial intelligence. SIMA, which stands for Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent, is currently just a research experiment.
Midjourney is testing a function that will allow «to save» the image of a given character to generate future images
From now on, users can provide the neural network with a reference image of a person and set up the generation so that the next image looks the same.
The Ministry of Defense and DeepStateUA signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to improve information exchange on the situation at the front
Press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said on signing a Memorandum of Cooperation with the DeepStateUA project. This cooperation is expected to improve the processing of data on the course of hostilities.
Google, Apple, and Mozilla release Speedometer 3.0 — a benchmark for browsers
Speedometer has long been Google’s favorite benchmark because it «best reflects the real world» compares JavaScript performance. Now available in Speedometer 3.0.
Epic Games will charge $1850 per year for developers who use Unreal Engine for other purposes than gaming
Epic Games has announced a new pricing scheme for developers creating non-gaming products using the Unreal Engine. The company will charge an annual subscription «per seat» of $1850. The term «per» seat actually means «person using» software. These changes will take effect with the release of Unreal Engine 5.4 at the end of April.
Apple to allow distribution of iOS apps in the EU on developer sites
A few days after Apple allowed iOS users in the EU to use third-party app stores, the company announced additional changes related to how developers can distribute their apps. Now, those developers who meet certain criteria will be able to allow users to download apps from their websites.
Virus spreads on X due to an ad for actress Sydney Sweeney's nudes
The topic «Sidney Sweeney Leak» has become especially popular on Elon Musk’s social media, but in the end, it leads users not to exclusive nude images of the actress, but to malware.
«The Ukrainian interface was actually knocked out» — ex-director of Google Ukraine on localization of services
Dmytro Sholomko, who headed Google’s representative office in Ukraine for 17 years (and resigned last October), gave an interview to the DOU publication and, among other things, touched upon the topic of Ukrainian localization of the company’s services.
Microsoft releases Work Graphs API that enables advanced GPU-based rendering
Microsoft has released a new Agility Software Development Kit that provides new features. Agility SDK 1.613 includes Shader Model 6.8 and support for Work Graphs API. The latter is an important feature that will facilitate the use of rendering on GPU drivers, offloading the CPU. GPUs will be able to generate work for themselves «on the fly». This…
Midjourney bans Stability AI employees after data theft attempt
At the beginning of the month, the service faced a 24-hour outage — allegedly due to «botnet activity» two accounts associated with a competitor company, Stability AI.
NKEC amends MNP: prohibits restrictions and introduces an audible alarm instead of a voice warning
The National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and Postal Services (NCCS) proposes to introduce some changes to the Procedure for the provision of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) services.
Telegram has 900 million users, earns hundreds of millions of dollars and is valued at over $30 billion - Pavel Durov
In a recent interview, Pavel Durov spoke about the achievements of the Telegram messenger. According to him, Telegram has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. It earns «hundreds of millions of dollars» in revenue after the introduction of advertising and premium subscription services.
*Ukrzaliznytsia launches online ticket sales to Austria and Hungary
«Ukrzaliznytsia» has announced the possibility of ordering tickets online for trains to Austria and Hungary. Online ticket sales for these destinations will start on March 18. At the first stage, online tickets will be available for the route Ukraine — Austria and vice versa.
Hackers exploit Popup Builder WordPress plugin vulnerability to infect 3300 websites
Hackers have been hacking WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability in outdated versions of the Popup Builder plugin, infecting more than 3,300 sites with malicious code.
YouTube stopped showing recommendations after logging out of Google account and in incognito mode
Instead, users are shown a homepage without videos and viewing tips.
Apple will add «hearing aid mode» to AirPods Pro with iOS 18, — Mark Gurman
AirPods already offer several features related to hearing health and accessibility, but in a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (via 9to5mac) says that Apple plans to expand the capabilities of its headphones with a new «hearing aid mode».
One step closer to banning TikTok in the US: committee supports bill, Biden to sign
The US Congress Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously (50 votes to 0) supported a bill that would require the Chinese company ByteDance to either get rid of the TikTok app or face a ban in the US. The House of Representatives is to consider the draft “Protecting Americans from Apps Controlled by Foreign Adversaries Act” next week.
Russian hackers steal source code from Microsoft - attack still ongoing
Earlier this year, Microsoft revealed that Russian state hackers spied on the email accounts of some members of the senior management team. Now the company additionally reports that the attack also led to the theft of some source code. This ongoing attack is being carried out by the same group behind attack on SolarWinds.
AMD updates FreeSync specifications, FHD monitors will support 144 Hz
First introduced in 2015, AMD’s FreeSync technology has undergone several changes. The company offered its technology as an alternative to NVIDIA G-Sync and VESA VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) for tierless operation, synchronizing the monitor refresh rate with the capabilities of the GPU.
Microsoft confirms Surface and Windows AI presentation — on March 21
Microsoft has announced an online presentation of Surface, Windows, and Copilot that will take place in two weeks. The event New era of work will take place on March 21. It is aimed at Microsoft business customers and will feature new devices Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for business, as we reported earlier this week, with a focus on the…
Ukr.net stops working in Ukraine
On the morning of March 7, one of the most popular Ukrainian websites, Ukr.net, stopped working. When I tried to access it, I got a message that «No connection to the site».
Folders for chats and channels will appear in Viber
Rakuten Viber launches chat folders. The new feature allows users to organize chats and quickly find the conversations they need.
Facebook uses artificial intelligence to improve video recommendation algorithm
Facebook CEO Tom Ellison announced that Meta is changing the algorithm for video recommendations in Reels, Groups, and Facebook’s main feed, using artificial intelligence to improve the recommendation algorithm. The world’s largest social network has already migrated its short video recommendation engine Reels to the new one and plans…
Elon Musk considers abolishing likes and retweets on X/Twitter
A potential update allows authors of X posts to hide the number of their likes and retweets from prying eyes.
The share of Linux exceeded 4% for the first time. The percentage of macOS users is decreasing
According to the research company Statcounter, Linux reached 4.03% of the global operating system market in February. Statcounter obtains desktop operating system (OS) usage statistics by tracking the code installed on more than 1.5 million websites that generate more than 5 billion page views each month.
Spotify will add pricing information and payment options outside the iOS app — if Apple allows it
In this way, the company wants to test whether Apple will violate EU antitrust laws.
Apple releases iOS 17.4 — with permission for alternative marketplaces and third-party NFC payments in the EU
Transcriptions for podcasts and new emojis — among other updates.
Google will increase its opposition to SEO and commercial content on search sites — more content will be considered spam
Google announced an update to its search algorithms which should provide more useful content to the user, while more results will be labeled as spam. The company «is refining» its ranking system to better determine whether web pages are truly useful, have a poor user experience, and are not designed for search engines rather than people.
We've had our fun, and that's it: Microsoft stops supporting Android apps in Windows 11
The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allowed Android applications to run on Windows. Now we can talk about it in the past tense because Microsoft has decided to close the project and cancel access to new programs right now.
Global problems with Facebook login, and Instagram and Threads feeds are not updating
According to the service Downdetector As of today, a number of popular services and social networks are experiencing malfunctions. For example, Facebook users are complaining about authorization problems. Some also have problems with the app or website.
Musk has activated calls to X by default — now your IP address is visible to everyone. How to turn it off?
In his quest to turn the simple and functional Twitter program into an app for everything called X, Elon Musk launched audio and video calls in social networks as standard — but there is a nuance.
Pixel smartphones get a new generation call screen with Google Assistant artificial intelligence
Google has announced that some Pixel phones will have a next-generation call screen. There is a new button «Hello». When you press it, the system will launch Google Assistant, which will speak on your behalf.
Anthropic Introduces New Claude 3 AI Model: Beats ChatGPT and Gemini
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company founded by several former OpenAI employees, says its new Claude 3 family of artificial intelligence models performs as well or better than competitors from Google and OpenAI. Unlike previous versions, Claude 3 is a multimodal model capable of understanding text and image input.
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