Month: March 2023

Google accuses Microsoft of ‘anti-competitive’ practices in the cloud

Google criticized Microsoft ‘s agreementswith various European providers for its cloud service, accusing it of being ‘monopolistic’. Google accused Microsoft of “anti-competitive” practices to favor its cloud service and asked European regulators to follow the case closely. Google Cloud, the company’s division for cloud services, criticized Microsoft ‘s impending deals with several European providers, noting concerns about the behavior of the competition. …

WhatsApp: the newsletters are about to reach the mobile app and this is how they will look

With this new function, WhatsApp users   will be able to share information with a limited number of contacts through newsletters. WhatsApp  does not stop developing new functions to improve the proposal of its platform and, above all, to adapt to the needs of its users today. Because the instant messaging application owned by Meta seeks to be the favorite of people …

Meta hires a lunchtime DJ to encourage employees to come back to the office

Mark Zuckerberg has been against teleworking. Aside from laying off tens of thousands of employees, Meta wants the others to return to face-to-face work. For this, Mark Zuckerberg ‘s company is taking extravagant measures. One is to hire a DJ to play during lunchtime at one of the cafes on Meta ‘s campus in Melo Park, California. A Meta employee told The Information about the unusual …

ChatGPT has passed the Turing test, created especially to distinguish humans from robots

The Turing test determined whether the participant was a human or an artificial intelligence . ChatGPT is the second chatbot to pass the challenge, only after Google’s LaMDA. The progress of ChatGPT as an artificial intelligence model  is exponential and is becoming more and more surprising. Now, the creation of OpenAI has overcome a key challenge: the Turing test. This exam was the main differentiator between a …

The first earthquake in Türkiye could have given the final push to the second

The first quake could have given a final push to the second fault zone, which had accumulated stress over decades and was already critically loaded. The first of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 could give the ‘final push’ for the second, turning this event into an earthquake doublet . Just nine hours apart and of similar magnitude these …

Scientist is inspired by butterflies to create the lightest painting in the world

With this, it would only take less than 1.4 kilos to paint a Boeing 747 . A researcher from the University of Central Florida has presented an alternative to traditional paint , which he claims is the “lightest in the world,” as well as being more environmentally friendly. UCF Today explains that Debashis Chanda, a professor at the institution of higher learning, was …

Elon Musk becomes the most followed person on Twitter

The CEO of Twitter is already the most followed person on his social network, thus surpassing Barack Obama . Elon Musk has reached an impressive 133,068,709 followers on Twitter , thus becoming the most followed person on the social network. The CEO of the platform has managed to surpass the former first position, Barack Obama, who currently maintains 133,042,819 followers. Elon Musk …

WONDER MAN, DEMETRIUS GROSSE WILL BE THE GRIM REAPER

After last month’s rumors, now there is confirmation from TV Line :  Demetrius Grosse will play Eric Williams in Wonder Man , Marvel Studios series for Disney+ with Yahya Abdul Mateen II in the eponymous role. Created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema in The Avengers #52 (1968), Eric is the older brother of protagonist Simon Williams . In the comics, Eric is neglected by his parents – war industry tycoons – in favor of Simon , and joins the Maggia crime syndicate . When Simon , desperate for …