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The AI age has come upon us more quickly than anyone imagined. In just a year and a half, OpenAI’s generative AI tool ChatGPT and its offspring Microsoft Copilot went from a fad to must-have business tools in which the companies are investing billions. Now the genAI frontrunner, Microsoft is building Copilot into its full… Continuar leyendo Copilot for Microsoft 365 deep dive: Productivity at a steep price

So far this year, companies have laid off just under 100,000 employees, according to layoffs.fyi, which emphasizes losses at tech companies. Job cuts totaled more than 260,000 in 2023, so, while the trend appears to be down a little for 2024, layoffs continue. (For another up-to-date list of tech-specific layoffs, see TechCrunch.) What’s changed since February, when I… Continuar leyendo ‘Quiet firing’ layoffs risk fomenting a toxic environment

When you hang around Android long enough, you start to sense a persistent three-step pattern: A promising new system-level feature comes along with a splashy on-stage demo and availability announcement (ooh, exciting!) A handful of apps start to support the feature (ooh, intriguing!) Everyone forgets about the feature entirely and moves on (new shiny thing… Continuar leyendo 10 forgotten Android text selection shortcuts

Microsoft has ordered its staff in China to use iPhones for their work starting in September. The decision effectively bars the use of Android smartphones by the tech giant’s Chinese staffers, Bloomberg reports. The decision has more to do with standardising use of the Microsoft Authenticator and Identity Pass app among all personnel rather than security… Continuar leyendo Microsoft mandates Chinese staff to use iPhones, not Android

Facebook-parent Meta has been working on developing a new small language model (SLM) compatible with mobile devices with the aim of running on-device applications while mitigating energy consumption during model inferencing tasks, a paper published by company researchers showed.   To set the context, large language models (LLMs) have a lot more parameters. For instance,… Continuar leyendo Small is big: Meta bets on AI models for mobile devices

In a step that perhaps symbolizes the steady erosion of bridges between nations, Microsoft is ordering its staff in China to abandon Android phones to exclusively use iPhones.  The ban begins in September, when staff will be required to use iPhones for work — specifically for identity verification when logging into devices. Microsoft wants all… Continuar leyendo Microsoft employees must use Apple iPhones in China