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X officially rolls out its ads revenue sharing program for creators

Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X, is officially rolling out its ads revenue sharing program for creators. The company had given some creators payouts earlier this month, but now, users globally who meet the eligibility criteria can apply for the program from the monetization tab in settings. To...

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Data+AI world tour, Databricks, Sydney, Sep 19-20, 2023

Databricks's data+AI is organising a world tour, and the event in Sydney is at September 19-20, Hilton Sydney. The event offers insights into the latest advancements in AI, featuring real-world case studies and best practices for data and AI transformation. Attendees can choose from sessions tailored to both beginners and advanced...

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PC market shows signs of a turnaround after historic slide

Global PC shipments fell during the second quarter of 2023, according to preliminary data from two analyst firms, but recent sales offered some indication of a market turnaround following recent historic declines. Shipments of desktop and laptop devices fell 16.6% year-on-year during the April-June quarter, according to the latest figures from Gartner,...

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NVIDIA Keynote at COMPUTEX 2023

NVIDIA's founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, delivered a keynote address at the COMPUTEX 2023 event, unveiling groundbreaking platforms that empower companies to leverage the transformative power of generative AI. This wave of AI innovation is reshaping industries across the board, including advertising, manufacturing, and telecom. During the keynote, Huang introduced a...

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Top AI Video Generators that Help You Be Productive and Save Cost

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic right now, the main benefit of AI is its ability to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence and decision-making. AI systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from experience, and make predictions or decisions based on that information. We will...

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Are you an intern? You may get a pay raise.

Fair Work Commission President Adam Hatcher has announced that the minimum wage and modern award wages in Australia will rise by 5.75 percent from 1 July. This change aligns the minimum wage with the "C13 classification wage rate" applicable to most modern awards.  Approximately 20 percent of the country's workers, totaling...

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Twitter launches encrypted private messages

Twitter aims to become the most trusted platform on the internet by implementing encrypted Direct Messages. This feature ensures that even if someone forces Twitter to access messages, they would be unable to do so. Twitter generates device-specific key pairs consisting of private and public keys. The public key is registered...

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Invary Raises $1.85 Million in Pre-Seed Funding for Runtime Integrity Solution

Operating system runtime validation and security firm Invary today announced it has raised $1.85 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Flyover Capital. The Lawrence, Kansas-based startup offers a free Runtime Integrity Score (RISe) service that helps organizations check the integrity of their systems to identify known vulnerabilities and hidden...

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Meta to pull news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada

Meta plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada in response to legislation that would require internet giants to pay news publishers. The legislation, known as the Online News Act, was approved by the country’s Senate on Thursday. The law will force internet giants to negotiate compensation...

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What are the top generative AI platforms?

Generative AI platforms have been gaining popularity in recent years. Many companies use them to improve productivity. They can be used for a variety of tasks, depending on the specific platform and its capabilities. Here are a few examples of how generative AI platforms are used: Text generation - Generative AI...

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GrafanaCon Jun 12-14, 2023

GrafanaCon is an annual conference organized by Grafana Labs, the company behind the popular open-source visualization platform Grafana. The conference brings together Grafana users, developers, and enthusiasts from around the world to learn about the latest developments in the Grafana ecosystem, share best practices, and network with peers. Attendees can participate...

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Microsoft is testing file recommendations in Explorer

Microsoft is starting to test a system called File Recommendations in File Explorer, which does exactly what the name suggests — when you visit the home tab, it shows specific files that you may want to open at the top. The feature is still in the very early stages, but it...

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Spotify is going big on video podcasts

After spending more than $1 billion on podcast assets, challenging investor skepticism, laying off dozens of podcasting employees, and parting ways with its main podcasting chief, Spotify is establishing its focus for the vertical moving forward: more video, more consolidation, and more splashy names. At the company’s Stream On event in...

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C2 Montréal May 24-26, 2023

C2 is a fusion of creativity and commerce. C2 Montréal is about experiencing the unexpected, taking a step back, recharging and leaving your comfort zone behind. This three-day international event, dubbed the most innovative of its kind, focuses on exploring the relationship between commerce and creativity. It gets you think outside...

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How computers can see may surprise you

YOLO (You Only Look Once) is a real-time object detection system that can classify objects within an image and localize them with a bounding box. It is a popular algorithm used in computer vision tasks and has been implemented in various applications including self-driving cars and surveillance systems. YOLO is known...

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Rebooting the Brain

The digital health sector has an increasing number of startups are targeting the brain. One of them is Kernel, a company who is developing advanced neural interfaces to improve, evolve and extend human cognition. Check out the speech from the CEO of Kernal Bryan Johnson. Video source: youtube; Cover image source:...

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Do you really save on Airbnb than booking a hotel room?

Airbnb tries to provide you "Unique homes and experiences all over the world". People from all over the world list their their properties on the platform. Each listing allows hosts to promote properties through titles, descriptions, photos with captions. A profile about your host is included as well as previous guests...

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The Pandemic impact to Airbnb

Airbnb's IPO has now completed. Shares were originally priced from US$45-US$50 per share it went up to US$55-US$60 the day before listing. By the time of the listing, the final price was US$68. Airbnb is a holiday rental marketplace. Users can book homestys and tourism experiences or become a host by...

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Why Netflix could be your best companion in the living room

Netflix is an American entertainment company founded on August, 1997 It specializes in and provides streaming media and video-on-demand online and DVD by mail. In 2013, Netflix expanded into film and television production, as well as online distribution. By July 2017, Netflix had 100+ million subscribers worldwide. Let's have a look...

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Tesla Came Out on Top

Do you drive a Tesla? If you have not heard of Tesla, it is an American automotive and energy company based in California. It is well known of producing electric cars and solar energy. After long time of having negative news in the media, it has finally showed signs of significant...

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What are the Most Popular Smart Phone Systems?

The smartphone market has changed a lot in the last seven years. Back then, BlackBerry was one of the key players, Symbianwas used by Nokia and Samsung was building his own. Fast forward today, the dominating smart phone systems are pretty well known - the Apple's IOS and Google's Android. The...

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