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• Why are OpenAI, Microsoft and others looking to make their own chips?

  10-10-2023 19:40
  
  As demand for generative AI technology grows, chip shortages are not the main reason behind developing custom silicon, experts say.
  
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• PC shipments remain in decline, but generative AI could reverse the trend: IDC

  10-10-2023 18:25
  
  PC shipments continued to decline during the third quarter of 2023, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker.In its latest report, the tech market research firm said that global shipments declined 7.6% year over year, with 68.2 million PCs shipped, and that downward pressure on pricing continues to be an issue within the consumer and business sectors. The tracker gathers detailed market data in over 90 countries and includes historical and forecast tre
  
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• Microsoft targets skills gap with new AI-powered Skills in Viva

  10-10-2023 17:00
  
  Microsoft has unveiled new AI-powered capabilities for its employee experience platform, Viva, designed to help identify skills gaps within an organization’s existing workforce and upskill employees.Called Skills in Viva, the new service pulls information from Microsoft Graph, which provides employee activity signals from across Microsoft 365 applications and services, and combines it with the LinkedIn Skills Graph, which maps the global skills landscape and includes a taxonomy of 39,000
  
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• When will Apple open its first African retail store?

  10-10-2023 16:26
  
  Apple takes emerging markets seriously. As the tech giant seeks to build foundations from which to achieve future growth, it is taking position in those markets.Just look at the rollout.Since 2019 — even during COVID — Apple has continued to expand the number of stores it has in place across more established markets, while opening for business in global markets including India, Vietnam, South Korea, UAE, Türkiye, Thailand, and Mexico.To read this article in full, please click h
  
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• Leading Federal Health IT Executive Appointed to Strategic Advisory Role at DLH - Yahoo Finance

  10-10-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  Leading Federal Health IT Executive Appointed to Strategic Advisory Role at DLH  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Leading Federal Health IT Executive Appointed to Strategic Advisory ... - GlobeNewswire

  10-10-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Leading Federal Health IT Executive Appointed to Strategic Advisory ...  GlobeNewswire
  
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• You're never too old to start a business

  10-10-2023 13:30
  
  I'm not getting any younger, but my tiny little business, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates, is still going strong after over 30 years, even though I'm well past retirement age. My retirement plan, as I like to tell people, is to fall over, gracefully, into my keyboard. No, seriously — it's what writers do.But that led me to wonder if people my age start businesses. The answer is yes, yes, they do, and in surprisingly large numbers.According to an Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation report, T
  
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• The future of augmented reality is AI

  10-10-2023 12:00
  
  OpenAI recently announced powerful new ChatGPT capabilities, including the ability to use pictures in addition to text prompts for conversations with the AI chatbot.The company offered examples:“Snap a picture of a landmark while traveling and have a live conversation about what’s interesting about it. When you’re home, snap pictures of your fridge and pantry to figure out what’s for dinner (and ask follow-up questions for a step-by-step recipe). After dinner, help your
  
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• Got a Google Pixel? Check out these awesome Android 14 gems

  10-10-2023 12:00
  
  If you've got one of Google's Pixel phones, good news: You'll be seeing a snazzy-sounding update to Android 14 any day now — if you haven't already.Now, the slightly less exciting news: Odds are, once you have that update on your device, your initial reaction will fall somewhere between a "huuuuh?!" and an "uhh, all riiiiiight...." (There may or may not be a quizzical expression of some sort involved, along with the possibility of a perplexed "harumph.")That's because on the surface, Andr
  
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