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Hackers have been hacking WordPress sites by exploiting a vulnerability in outdated versions of the Popup Builder plugin, infecting more than 3,300 sites with malicious code.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.
Microsoft now «invites» even more PCs to upgrade to Windows 11
Starting in April «letters of happiness» from Microsoft will be displayed on unmanaged corporate devices running Windows 10 Pro and Pro Workstation.
Experimental AI «worm» Morris II infects users through email clients and self-repairing prompts
A team of researchers has created an AI-based artificial «worm», a malware that can steal data, spread other malware, and spam others via email. A «worm» called Morris II has been developed and successfully operates in a test environment using popular LLMs.
Mogilevich extortionists claim to have hacked Epic Games and want $15K The company found no evidence of the incident
The Mogilevich ransomware group has claimed to have hacked into Epic Games’ servers and stolen a lot of confidential information. We are talking about almost 200 GB of data, which includes information about emails, passwords, full names, payment information, source code, etc.
GitHub has enabled push notification protection by default to prevent leaks
GitHub has enabled push protection for all public repositories by default. This is done to prevent accidental disclosure of sensitive information such as access tokens and API keys when submitting new code.
HDMI Forum does not allow AMD to open source HDMI 2.1 driver code
The HDMI Forum, the licensing group that oversees the HDMI standard, has notified AMD that it does not allow open source implementations of the HDMI 2.1 (or HDMI 2.1+) specification, blocking tools such as AMD’s FreeSync from working over HDMI connections at resolution/frequency combinations such as 4K at 120Hz or 5K at 240Hz.
Facebook is removing the «News» tab in some countries because «few people are interested in news»
Facebook is planning to remove the «News» tab for social network users in the United States and Australia. This will happen by the end of April. This means that the platform will no longer be a place to view news.
Microsoft is rolling out a feature that «turns» your phone into a Windows PC webcam
Poor quality images at «zooms» seem to be a thing of the past.
Windows 11 update improves Copilot, widgets, and adds Generative Erase to Photos
Microsoft is starting to roll out the next update of Windows 11, which contains a number of improvements and new features. Some of them are focused on artificial intelligence.
Google Chrome will allow you to search even with a «poor» connection
Google announced three features for its Chrome browser that are aimed at «improving» search results. The third one is particularly interesting — it’s an attempt to improve the search engine’s performance when the Internet connection is «poor, although it’s not clear to what extent.
*Air Alert now sends additional notifications of increased danger - approaching missiles or UAVs
Developers from Ajax Systems and Stfalcon have prepared an updated version of the «Air Alert» app. Now it is able to send warnings of increased danger in certain cities and communities. Thus, version 6.0 will send notifications of an approaching missile or UAV in addition to the general alarm. Such announcements will allow people to be notified…
«Kyivstar» received a new network code 77 - its capacity is 10 million mobile numbers
The NCCIR held a meeting to consider statement operator «Kyivstar» to expand the numbering resource. The Commission agreed to grant the company a permit to use the destination network code 77 for the mobile network.
Cloudflare opens source code for Pingora Rust Framework
Cloudflare announced about opening the Pingora source code under the Apache 2.0 license. Pingora — is an asynchronous, multi-threaded Rust framework for building programmable network services and has long been used inside Cloudflare for its ability to handle large volumes of traffic, and now Pingora is becoming open source software that can help…
X/Twitter added video broadcasts to Spaces — to replace Periscope
Audio rooms in X will now have «live» video functionality — for now, it will only be available to meeting organizers.
Google has created an artificial Genie model that can create platformer games based on just one image
Google’s DeepMind division has developed the Genie artificial intelligence model that can transform images into video games. It allows creating game worlds for platformers in just a few simple steps.
Android will have a convenient selection of Spotify Connect devices — without having to open the app to change the audio source
Google is launching Spotify Connect support in Android’s Media Switcher to improve the cross-device experience. Spotify Connect devices will appear next to your phone’s paired Bluetooth headphones and speakers, as well as Cast devices.
«Diya» will now store educational documents - the Ministry of Digital Transformation invites to beta test
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine is preparing to launch a new electronic service in the «Diya» application. It will be able to store users’ educational documents. This will allow Ukrainians to register for admission to a university, apply for a job, or view information in their diploma in a few clicks.
'It's gotten worse': review site Yelp evaluated changes Google has made to comply with EU law
Google is currently testing a new search result design for flights, trains, hotels, restaurants, and groceries in the EU, which was supposed to give smaller businesses more traffic. Instead, the review site Yelp claims that the changes have had the opposite effect.
Windows 11 does not yet support Wi-Fi 7 and USB4 2.0, but Microsoft will soon fix it
Windows 11 does not currently support USB4 2.0 and Wi-Fi 7, despite the fact that the first Wi-Fi 7 certified devices are already on the market. Microsoft has already started integrating support for the technology, which the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced last month.
Lenovo at MWC 2024: a laptop with a transparent screen, a new line of laptops with a Copilot button, and software for combining different devices
At MWC 2024, Lenovo presented Project Crystal — a laptop with a transparent screen (for some reason, they are popular in sci-fi movies) and a touch panel instead of a keyboard. The manufacturer also showed a line of more traditional ThinkPad and ThinkBook computers, but with a key for calling Microsoft Copilot artificial intelligence that is…
Stability AI announces Stable Diffusion 3 – «next generation» AI image generator
Stability AI has announced Stable Diffusion 3, its «next generation» image synthesis model. It «builds on the work of its predecessors to generate detailed, multi-subject images with improved quality and accuracy from textual descriptions».
Nvidia App is a new all-in-one program that combines the GeForce Experience with the Control Panel
Nvidia has announced the release of a new program called Nvidia App. It combines the control panel, GeForce Experience, and RTX app into a single user-friendly interface.
No, Google won't «kill» Gmail in 2024 — what the abandonment of Basic HTML will really change
A message went viral on social network X claiming that Google will shut down Gmail in August this year, proving it with a screenshot of a supposedly official Google email. Of course, this is fake, and Google has «killed» the basic HTML look of Gmail, as it planned to do in January.
Microsoft boosts Windows Photos with Generative Erase — AI-powered eraser analog of Google Magic Eraser
The much-hyped «Magic Eraser» for easily erasing unwanted objects (objects, people) in photos will not remain the prerogative of Google and Samsung smartphones — soon a similar AI tool called Generative Erase will be available to Windows computer owners. Microsoft has just announced Generative erase — a new AI feature that will provide the…
Google suspends ability to create human images with Gemini after diversity bugs
It turned out that Google’s new artificial intelligence-based tool Gemini does not quite correctly depict some historical figures and groups, such as the founders of the United States or German soldiers from World War II. Users discovered that some of these people were depicted with atypical skin colors. As a result, conspiracy theories and…
A significant update to iMessage (two forms of end-to-end encryption) puts it on par with Signal
iMessage is undergoing significant changes, making it one of the two messaging apps best prepared for the upcoming advent of quantum computing, along with Signal or perhaps even more resilient.
Google is gradually replacing Assistant with Gemini on Android devices
Google continues to expand the scope of its artificial intelligence assistant called Gemini. Its presence is especially noticeable on Android smartphones.
«Action» for the military: Defense Ministry creates «Army+» application
Experts from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Ministry of Digital Transformation are currently working together to develop a specialized mobile application for the military called «Army+». It will offer documents and services for the military.
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