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☆ Adobe releases Acrobat AI assistant starting at $4.99 a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 20, 2024. Adobe on Monday released its artificial intelligence assistant, which helps users understand the contents of digital documents. Monthly subscriptions start at $4.99. As part of the release, Adobe is also launching a free mobile version of the tool in beta that can respond to voice commands, and is bringing the service to extensions on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. Adobe said subscription pricing for the feature is an "early access" rate and will change in the future.

Persons: Shantanu Narayen Organizations: CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Adobe, Microsoft Edge, Google

☆ YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A YouTube spokesperson said that using ad blockers could lead to a "suboptimal viewing" experience. Users may be unable to watch videos unless they disable their ad blockers or buy YouTube Premium. "Users who have ad blockers installed may experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using." More recently, X users began complaining and sharing screenshots of YouTube pop-ups warning them to not use ad blockers. They also said that YouTube wouldn't play a video until the ad blocker was disabled or the user purchased a YouTube Premium subscription, which starts at $13.99 a month.

Persons: —, we've, hasn't Organizations: YouTube, Google, Service, Android Authority, Mozilla, Microsoft

☆ It seems Microsoft realized asking why you want to close down OneDrive wasn't a great idea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Microsoft software update forced some users to answer a survey before they closed OneDrive. It told The Verge in a statement: "Between Nov. 1 and 8, a small subset of consumer OneDrive users were presented with a dialog box when closing the OneDrive sync client, asking for feedback on the reason they chose to close the application. Perhaps Microsoft hoped the poll would reveal why some users don't like a system that offers only an all-or-nothing approach to storing files. AdvertisementAdvertisementPart of the problem has been Microsoft's insistence on pushing the clunky and unpopular OneDrive cloud storage system on users. X users were also not umimpressed with the change, with one pointing out that using Microsoft was "quickly becoming an abusive relationship."

Persons: —, Microsoft's OneDrive, I'm, they're, clingy, It's, We're, Clippy Organizations: Microsoft, Service

☆ How Microsoft’s AI is making a mess of the news
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan | Allison Gordon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But the apparent role of AI in Microsoft’s recent amplification of bogus stories raises questions about the company’s public adoption of the nascent technology and for the journalism industry as a whole. The poll prompted criticism from Microsoft’s readers, “This has to be the most pathetic, disgusting poll I’ve ever seen,” one person wrote. “We had a really tight knit, super talented editorial team and we had all worked together for a long time,” Pfeuffer told CNN. “I don’t think people realize how many people use [MSN],” she told CNN. “It felt like I was standing in line at the grocery store reading a National Enquirer front page,” Kawar told CNN.

Persons: Joe Biden, Britain’s, Lilie James, James ’, Anna Bateson, “, ” Bateson, Brad Smith, Bateson, ”, Brandon Hunter, “ Brandon Hunter, Dean Preston, Elon Musk, Pfeuffer, ” Pfeuffer, Biden, Joe Biden ”, Ferris, ” Kawar, he’s Organizations: CNN, Democratic Party, NBA, Microsoft, Guardian, MSN, Guardian Media Group, San Francisco, Microsoft Edge, Enquirer, Microsoft Microsoft, Google Locations: OpenAI, Sydney, Australia, Santa Monica , California

☆ AI Scams, Spam, Hacking, Are Ruining the Internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

A report from Europol expects a mind-blowing 90% of internet content to be AI-generated in a few years. A report from Europol, the European Union's law-enforcement agency, expects a mind-blowing 90% of internet content to be AI-generated in a few years. And while AI bots have telltale signs now, experts indicate that they will soon get better at mimicking humans and evading the detection systems developed by Menczer and social networks. While misinformation has long been a problem with the internet, AI is going to blow our old problems out of the water. But security researchers have discovered that the AI bots in your apps and devices might steal sensitive information for the hackers.

Persons: HBO Max, haven't, ChatGPT, Christian Selig, Reddit, Martijn Pieters, He'd, NewsGuard, Gordon Crovitz, NewsGuard's, Filippo Menczer, NewsGuard's Crovitz, Christopher Cowell, Cowell, John Licato, Bing, Florian Tramèr, Toby Walsh, Walsh, Shubham Agarwal Organizations: HBO, Europol, Market, Indiana University's Observatory, Social Media, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, University of South, ETH Zürich, University of New, University of Oxford, Wired, Company Locations: Cambridge, Europol, Portland , Oregon, Etsy, University of South Florida, University of New South Wales, Ahmedabad, India

New York Fed President John Williams in an interview with the Financial Times said the central bank is not done raising rates. Amazon.com (AMZN.O) outpaced megacap peers, up 0.8%, going into the "Prime Day" 48-hour shopping event, which falls on July 11-12. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) was up 150.60 points, or 0.44%, at 34,095.00, the S&P 500 (.SPX) was up 9.33 points, or 0.21%, at 4,418.86, and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) was up 2.20 points, or 0.02%, at 13,683.19. Eight of the top 11 S&P 500 sectors advanced, with energy (.SPNY) leading gains by 1.9%. The S&P index recorded 40 new 52-week highs and one new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 71 new highs and 25 new lows.

Persons: Dow, Phil Blancato, Ladenburg, John Williams, Jefferies, Johann M Cherian, Shinjini Ganguli, Arun Koyyur, Maju Samuel Organizations: JPMorgan, Jefferies, Dow, Nasdaq, Fed, Asset Management, New York Fed, Financial Times, Dow Jones, Activision, Microsoft, Salesforce, Bank of America Global Research, JPMorgan Chase, NYSE, Thomson Locations: U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Wall Street futures rise as economic data fuels hopes of Fed policy shift
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies Futures up: Dow 0.01%, S&P 0.06%, Nasdaq 0.09%June 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched up on Friday as signs of easing price pressures and slowing economic growth raised hopes the Federal Reserve could end its monetary tightening campaign soon. ET, is expected to show the index rose to 60 in June from 59.2 in May. Meanwhile, a simultaneous expiration of stock options, stock index futures and index options contracts on Friday, known as triple witching, could cause a spike in market volatility. ET, Dow e-minis were up 5 points, or 0.01%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 2.75 points, or 0.06%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 14.5 points, or 0.09%. Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru Editing by Vinay DwivediOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sruthi Shankar, Vinay Dwivedi Organizations: Dow, Nasdaq, Microsoft, Nvidia, University, Dow e, Adobe Inc, iRobot, Amazon.com, Thomson Locations: U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Restaurant bookings, movie searches, and other tasks that Microsoft's Bing will be able to do, following an upgrade
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft said it's allowing third-party developers to build on top of Bing Chat, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, to help people complete tasks. The company also plans to beef up Bing Chat's "memory," something that caused issues for Microsoft after the search engine launched. After Bing's chat feature launched, some users found they could provoke the chatbot into engaging in inappropriate and creepy conversations during long sessions. Bing users have engaged in over half a billion chats since its launch, the blogpost said. In March, just over a month after the company launched the AI version of its search engine, Bing exceeded 100 million daily active users.

☆ Microsoft Bing now uses OpenAI's DALL-E A.I. to turn text into images
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI displayed on screen with Microsoft Bing double photo exposure on mobile, seen in this photo illustration. The feature, called "Bing Image Creator," will be available to Bing and Microsoft Edge users in preview. On Microsoft Edge, the image generator will become available in the browser's search bar. Microsoft says it's taken steps to curb the misuse of Bing Image Creator by working with OpenAI to develop safety measures for the public. Microsoft's tiered approach to Bing Image Creator's rollout is also inspired by the iterative approach the company attempted with past releases.

Clearing your iPhone's app cache can also free up extra storage space. How to clear the cache, history, and cookies in Firefox on iPhoneFirefox has its own cache, which you can quickly clear in the browser's Settings page. Tap Clear Private Data and then confirm you want to do this by tapping OK.To free up the most space, select all the options in the Clear Private Data section and then tap Clear Private Data. Make sure that all the options you want to clear are selected and then tap Clear now. To free up the most space on your iPhone, select all the options and then tap Clear now.

You can eke some extra performance out of your own Windows computer by following NASA's lead. But of course, the best way to speed up any Windows computer is by upgrading the hardware. Here are 17 ways to speed up Windows 10 and Windows 11. To do this, open the Settings app on your computer and click Apps, and then Apps & features. Modern Windows users are lucky, because both Windows 10 and Windows 11 come pre-installed with Windows Defender.

☆ Exclusive: How operating system startup OpenFin landed an investment from the CIA's VC firm and expanded from serving Goldman Sachs to the government sector
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenFin offers an operating system where users can easily interact with apps all on one screen. The startup received $10 million from ING Ventures and an undisclosed investment from In-Q-Tel. OpenFin, a startup that offers a user-friendly operating system, has announced a $10 million investment from corporate VC firm ING Ventures and an undisclosed investment from In-Q-Tel, a VC firm serving the CIA and broader US intelligence community. OpenFin also allows users to easily reorganize their screen to ensure they have access to the most relevant information at any time. In addition to using third party apps on OpenFin, users can also build their own apps on the platform and integrate them with other tools.

To connect a Roku to Wi-Fi without a remote, you can use the Roku mobile app or browser extension. You can use the Roku mobile app or the desktop browser extension as a virtual remote to switch Wi-Fi networks. How to connect Roku to Wi-Fi without a remote using the Roku appFirst, you'll need to set up the Roku app on your phone. You'll also need the free Roku app for iPhone and Roku app for Android to use as a virtual remote. Once you're done, hit Connect, and your Roku device will connect to the Wi-Fi network.

☆ INVENTO este în căutarea unei Companii tech (Termen extins)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-19 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +13 min

TERMEN EXTINSAsociația Obștească INVENTO este o organizație neguvernamentală, non-profit și apolitică, înființată în anul 2011 în scopul promovării dezvoltării socio-economice și justiției sociale. Organizația contribuie la capacitarea umană prin elaborarea și implementarea unor programe în domeniul: justiției, economiei sociale, educației și bunei guvernări. În acest sens, INVENTO desfășoară proiecte ce au drept scop eficientizarea serviciilor din justiție și îmbunătățirea accesului la justiție a populației, în special din grupurile vulnerabile și marginalizate. Din martie, 2020, INVENTO este partener de implementare al Programului Națiunilor Unite pentru Dezvoltare (PNUD Moldova) în cadrul proiectului Consolidarea eficienței și a accesului la justiție în Moldova (în continuare – Proiect), realizat cu finanțarea Suediei. Obligatorie Posibilitatea de generare a rapoartelor parametrizate (ex.

Persons: Garanția, Prestatorul, Ion Sandu Organizations: INVENTO, Națiunilor Unite, PNUD, Android, Microsoft Edge, Google, Mozilla Locations: INVENTO, PNUD Moldova, Moldova, Suediei, Invento, Lucrările, Republicii Moldova

☆ Microsoft a anunțat că va renunța la Internet Explorer la 27 de ani după lansare
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Microsoft a anunțat că va renunța la Internet Explorer la 27 de ani după lansareMicrosoft a anunțat că va renunța la Internet Explorer la 27 de ani după lansarea faimosului browser. „Aplicația de desktop Internet Explorer 11 va fi retrasă și nu va mai primi asistență tehnică pentru anumite versiuni ale Windows 10 de la 15 iunie 2022”, a anunțat compania fondată de Bill Gates. Microsoft Edge are o cotă de doar 3 % din piață în timp ce Internet Explorer deține o fracțiune minusculă a unei piețe pe care odată a dominat-o. Internet Explorer a fost lansat în 1995 fiind integrat în Windows 95 și a devenit un succes instant. În perioada de glorie a IE browserul Microsoft era folosit de către 95 % din utilizatori.

Persons: Bill Gates Organizations: Microsoft, Internet, Windows, Netscape

Pentru astfel de situații, în urmă cu vreo cinci ani, dacă nu mai mult, Apple a introdus un mecanism de previzualizare a conținutului din spatele linkurilor. Acum, ideea de a „pândi” ajunge în Chrome pe Android, dar prin intermediul unei implementări un pic diferite. Partea interesantă este că actualizarea, deși observată după lansarea Chrome 89, de fapt, a fost activată de către Google pe partea de server. Nu are neapărat legătură cu versiunea respectivă a browserului ieșit din Mountain View. Diferența majoră constă în absența necesității pentru o confirmare suplimentară pe Edge și Safari, în timp ce în Chrome ești nevoit să-ți confirmi intențiile.

Organizations: Apple, Google, Mountain View, Microsoft Edge

Microsoft a lansat noi actualizări de securitate ale lunii ianuarie 2021. Au fost depistate 10 vulnerabilități ca fiind criticeMicrosoft a emis o nouă serie de actualizări pentru luna ianuarie 2021 care abordează un număr de 83 de vulnerabilități de securitate ce afectează diferite versiuni ale sistemului de operare Windows și ale software-ului aferent acestuia. Din totalul de 83 de vulnerabilități de securitate fixate, 10 sunt clasificate ca fiind critice și 73 – importante, informează Serviciul Tehnologia Informației și Securitate Cibernetică. Alte vulnerabilități remediate de Microsoft includ defecte de corupere a memoriei în browser-ul Microsoft Edge, o eroare a caracteristicii de securitate de bază pentru Windows Desktop Protocol, de asemenea o eroare de creștere a privilegiilor în API-ul GDI Print/Pnt Spooler (sptwow64.exe). Toate detaliile despre actualizările de securitate din această lună, care includ detaliile tehnice privind severitatea, impactul și descrierea acestora pot fi accesate aici.

Persons: Edge Organizations: Microsoft, Windows, Microsoft Office, NET Core, Securitate Cibernetică Locations: ChakraCore

☆ Anunț privind selectarea unei companii IT pentru elaborarea paginii web a asociației obștești
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +9 min

Suplimentar, ne propunem prin intermediul paginii web să promovăm diverse articole produse de beneficiarii organizației în cadrul Laboratorului de creație. Termenul și ordinea de executare a lucrărilorActivitățile de proiectare, dezvoltare și implementare a paginii web www.fcps.md vor fi realizate în maxim 4 luni. Elaborarea conceptului paginii web (viziunea conceptuală a dezvoltatorului aferentă particularităților de realizare a paginii web), aprobat de beneficiar. Elaborarea conceptului interfeței publice a paginii web (componenta FrontEnd) și a Sistemului de Gestiune a Conținutului (componente BackEnd), aprobat de beneficiar. Elaborarea conceptului grafic de elaborare a interfeței publice a paginii web.

Persons: Fundației Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Bing Organizations: Uniunii Europene, Fundației, Facebook, Microsoft, Mozilla, Google Locations: Republica Moldova

☆ Microsoft Edge порадовал пользователей Windows 10 и Android. Добавлена синхронизация вкладок
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-18 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Это нововведение порадует тех, кто использует браузер на устройствах, работающих под управлением Android и Windows 10. Вы сможете синхронизировать последние вкладки и историю просмотров между Edge на Android и Windows 10. Эта функция входит в последнюю бета-версию Microsoft Edge 45.11.24.5118. для Android и Windows 10. В начале этого года браузер Edge получил крупное обновление, которое перевело его на платформу Chromium с открытым исходным кодом, разработанный Google. Последнее обновление поможет улучшить кроссплатформенное использование браузера, по крайней мере, для пользователей Android и Windows 10.

Organizations: Microsoft, Google

☆ Navigatorul Microsoft Edge va sincroniza filele și istoricul de navigare între Android și Windows 10
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

Microsoft Edge va activa sincronizarea filelor și a istoricului de navigare între Android și Windows 10. Anterior, Microsoft Edge pentru desktop și mobil funcționau ca aplicații separate, funcția de sincronizare fiind limitată la colecția de fișiere bookmark și la parolele memorate. Funcționalitatea va fi adăugată într-o revizie viitoare a versiunilor Microsoft Edge pentru Android și Windows 10, transmite go4it.ro. Navigatorul Edge sincronizează deja parolele și preferințele, iar cea mai recentă actualizare va ajuta la îmbunătățirea experienței multiplatformă – deocamdată, doar pentru utilizatorii care folosesc Android și Windows 10. Microsoft nu oferă un calendar precis pentru activarea funcționalității promise sau pentru suportul acordat versiunii Edge pentru MacOS.

Persons: Edge Organizations: Microsoft Edge, Windows, Microsoft

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