Tag: technology
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WhatsApp introduces screen sharing with audio for better experience
In addition, the user experience will be greatly improved with the addition of the Speaker Spotlight feature, making it easier to identify who is speaking during a call, with the speaker automatically highlighted and appearing first on the screen. These updates are a significant step towards enhancing the overall quality of calls on WhatsApp, with…
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16 top AI companies make new security commitments at Seoul summit
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, US Vice President Kamala Harris, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Founder and Scientific Director of MILA at the Quebec AI Institute Yoshua Bengio, Vice President and CEO of Microsoft Chairman Brad Smith, Executive Director of the White House Office…
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China launches first probe to collect samples from far side of Moon
Chang'e-6 is the first of three high-wire uncrewed missions to the Moon planned by China this decade. Its successor, Chang'e-7, will search the Moon's south pole for water, while Chang'e-8 will attempt to establish the technical feasibility of building a planned base, known as the International Lunar Research Station , Beijing has said that the…
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AI reads ancient scrolls buried by Vesuvius eruption
As an alternative, the Vesuvius Challenge took high-resolution CT scans of four scrolls and offered one million dollars, among several prizes to encourage research on them. The prize-winning trio included Joseph Nader, a PhD student in Berlin, Luke Ferriter, a student and SpaceX trainee from Nebraska, and Swiss robotics student Julian Schilliger. The group used…
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Grameenphone unveils state-of-the-art data center in Sylhet for ‘Smart Bangladesh’ – inaugurated by CEO Yasir Azman
“This achievement lays another foundation stone for a digitally advanced Smart Bangladesh. This facility not only reaffirms our pledge to be a leader in technological innovations, but also reflects our commitment to putting our customers first in every aspect of our work, leveraging technological advancements and reliability to deliver superior customer experiences. “Guarantees the future…
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Technology and drug addiction: What is the way out?
Technology and drug addiction: What is the way out?
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South Korea’s Yun promises to increase tax benefits for chip investment
“The tax cut for semiconductor investment is set to expire this year, but we will extend the impact of the law to continue the investment tax cut,” Yoon said. Refuting claims that such tax credits favor larger conglomerates, Yoon said increased investment in chips would create more jobs and more state tax income in the…
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Big Tech takes over as ChatGPT celebrates one-year anniversary
This tension between AI saving or ruining the world has marked the year since ChatGPIT’s launch. For example, Elon Musk signed a letter calling for a pause on AI innovations and just a few months later started his own company, XAI, joining an increasingly crowded market. Google, Meta, and Amazon have all made AI promises…
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TECNO unveils universal tone imaging technology
In synergy, these engines optimize techno’s universal tone. The Multi-Skin Tone Restoration Engine calibrates skin tones, the Local-Tuning Engine recalibrates facial tones and analyzes the environment, and the AI-powered Computational Portrait Engine applies a personalized algorithm aligned with regional preferences. Associate Professor Kaida Xiao of the University of Leeds emphasizes the data-based approach in developing…
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World’s first total eye transplant: US surgeons perform groundbreaking surgery in New York
“This is a huge deal,” Kia Washington, a professor of surgery at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who has been working in the field for 15 years, told AFP, praising her colleagues. Daniel Pelaez of the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, who is working toward the same goal, told AFP: “The…
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Replace Western technology with domestic alternatives in China
huawei awarded Chinese tech group Huawei has emerged as the leading firm in this replacement cycle, according to three people familiar with China’s enterprise tech industry, who spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the issue. In 2022, Huawei’s enterprise business, which includes software and cloud computing operations, recorded sales of 133 billion…
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Lack of transparency in AI models: Research
Google’s PaLM 2 ranked fifth with 40 percent, above Amazon-backed firm Anthropic’s Cloud 2 at 36 percent. Rishi Bommasani, a researcher at Stanford’s Center for Research on Foundational Models, said companies should strive for a score between 80 and 100 percent. The researchers said that “low transparency makes it difficult for policymakers to design meaningful…
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New technology paves the way for new types of quantum communications: study
“In cryptography, it is important not only that the numbers are random, but that you are the only one who knows about them. With QRNG, we can certify that a large amount of generated bits are private and thus completely secure. And if the laws of quantum physics are true, it should be impossible to…
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Technology plays important role in ensuring fair elections in Bangladesh
Thirdly, it has been seen in most of the cases that after the counting is over at a center and the data is announced, when the tabulation is done at other levels, the data does not match. To solve this problem, if the votes of each center can be recorded on the central website, then…
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Biden leads US tech push in Vietnam, bolsters allies against China
President Joe Biden and senior executives from top US tech companies including Google and Intel met with Vietnamese business leaders on Monday, after which the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation as Washington seeks to counter China’s growing clout. Biden and the head of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party – the country’s paramount leader – signed…