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• New Windows 11 update puts Bing Chat front and center

  28-02-2023 17:48
  
  As part of Microsoft's new Windows 11 feature update, users will be able to access the company’s new AI-powered Bing directly from the taskbar.In a blog post announcing the update, Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay said “the search box is one of the most widely used features on Windows” and therefore combining it with the new AI-powered Bing will empower users "to find the answers [they’re] looking for, faster than ever before.”In order to access this new
  
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• MacStadium’s VMWare virtualization replacement now available at AWS

  28-02-2023 17:33
  
  Reflecting the growing popularity of the Mac platform, Mac cloud and SaaS provider MacStadium's Orka Platform is now available to purchase at the AWS Marketplace, a move that brings Orka to Amazon EC2 Mac instances.Mac my devs up
  Orka Workspace is a Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution that delivers Mac desktops through the browser. Making this available via AWS should be a big boost to Mac teams that already use hyperscale cloud providers for non-Mac development.To read this art
  
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• Zoom sets sights on AI development as it posts fourth-quarter loss

  28-02-2023 17:12
  
  Videoconferencing company Zoom is pinning its growth plans on investment in AI, after reporting its first fourth quarter net loss since 2018.Reporting results on Monday, Zoom said it posted a net loss of $104 million for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2023, ended January 31, compared to a profit of $490 million in the year-earlier period. Online revenue was also down 10% year over year to $481.7 million.The loss was largely a result of stock-based compensation expenses. Otherwise, Zoom record
  
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• ‘Digital twin’ tech is twice as great as the metaverse

  28-02-2023 12:00
  
  Facebook went all in on the “metaverse” a year and a half ago. The company changed its name to Meta and started pumping a billion dollars a month into a Hail Maryboondoggle to achieve relevance in the post-social world to come.Now Meta finds itself entering a “metaverse winter” — a general decline in investment and excitement around the idea. Meta itself has laid off thousands in its metaverse and social businesses alike.To read this article in full, please click h
  
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• Data breaches are top executive concern - IT-Online

  28-02-2023 10:41
  
  Data breaches are top executive concern  IT-Online
  
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