All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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WhatsApp Finally Got Added to Apple’s App Store for Mac
WhatsApp has recently been added to Apple’s App Store for Mac. I know it seems weird that it wasn’t there this whole time. You’ve not gone crazy, I swear. Back in August, WhatsApp released an entirely new app for Macs. Prior to this release, you could use WhatsApp only as a web app in a…
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Hiker Rescued After Following Google Maps On a ‘Dangerous,’ Non-Existent Trail
A hiker was rescued from a cliff edge on Saturday after allegedly following a Google Maps trail that didn’t actually exist, making him one of several hikers who followed the same trail to get stranded. A search and rescue team responded to reports of a hiker stranded on Mount Fromme in Vancouver, Canada, who attempted…
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Microsoft Calls on Oracle for Backup in AI Fray
It takes a whole lot of power and data to both train and run the AI models that have big tech so enamoured. To support its AI ambitions on Bing Search, Microsoft leaped into the welcoming arms of cloud computing giant Oracle, all the better to help feed the ever-hungry multi-headed hydra that is AI.…
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Researchers Warn We Could Run Out of Data to Train AI by 2026. What Then?
As artificial intelligence (AI) reaches the peak of its popularity, researchers have warned the industry might be running out of training data – the fuel that runs powerful AI systems. This could slow down the growth of AI models, especially large language models, and may even alter the trajectory of the AI revolution. But why…