Category: Technology

  • It’s happening: Some companies begin replacing human employees with ChatGPT

    Microsoft-owned ChatGPT has began replacing people at workplaces as some companies have applied the AI chatbot to carry out the work being achieved earlier by employees, saving 1000’s of {dollars}.

    Companies that use ChatGPT mentioned they saved cash utilizing the AI device, with 48 per cent saved over $50,000 and 11 per cent saved over $100,000, in response to a report in Fortune.

    Job recommendation platform Resumebuilder.com surveyed 1,000 enterprise leaders who both use or plan to make use of ChatGPT.

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    It discovered that about half of their companies have applied chatbots. And almost half of this group say that “ChatGPT has already transformed employees at their companies”.

    “As this new know-how is rising within the office proper now, employees undoubtedly want to consider the way it might have an effect on their present job duties,” Stacey Haller, chief profession advisor at Resume Builder was quoted as saying within the report.

    Companies are utilizing ChatGPT to put in writing codes, copywriting and content material creation, buyer help and making ready assembly summaries.

    About 77 per cent of companies utilizing ChatGPT mentioned they use it to assist write job descriptions and 66 per cent mentioned the AI chatbot is drafting interview solicitations.

    In a survey, Resume Builder discovered that job seekers are additionally utilising AI chatbot ChatGPT for resumes and canopy letters.

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    Almost 1 in 2 present and up to date job seekers have used ChatGPT to put in writing their resumes and/or cowl letters.

    Of the 1,000 respondents who admitted to utilizing ChatGPT for his or her software supplies, 72 per cent mentioned they used the device to put in writing cowl letters, and 51 per cent say they used it to put in writing resumes.

    Most respondents had been happy with the outcomes from ChatGPT, as 76 per cent of respondents mentioned the standard of software supplies written by ChatGPT is ‘excessive’ or ‘very excessive’.

    Additionally, 28 per cent mentioned they solely needed to do ‘a bit of bit’ or ‘no’ modifying to resumes and/or cowl letters written by ChatGPT.

    Microsoft just lately launched AI-powered Bing search engine, Edge internet browser, and built-in Chat.

    The firm is testing it with a choose set of individuals in over 169 nations to get real-world suggestions to be taught and enhance.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Hackers deface over 32 Russian websites with Kremlin on fire video

    Hackers have defaced a number of Russian websites with a video exhibiting the Kremlin on fire on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.

    At least 32 Russian websites have been hacked. However, it was unclear what number of websites have been defaced, or how the hackers have been capable of deface them, experiences TechCrunch.

    A hacker group referred to as “CH01” took the accountability of defacing a sequence of Russian websites.

    “Hacker group CH01 in solidarity with all the civilised world, as a way to restore justice and the triumph of the forces of sunshine and goodness, on the anniversary of the terrorist invasion of dictatorial Russia into a robust and unbiased Ukraine, we declare cyber conflict on dictatorship and totalitarianism and the idiocy of Putin’s prison regime,” learn the message in Russian language the hackers posted on a Telegram channel.

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    “Let the prophecy come true,” the message mentioned. The hackers changed the websites‘ content material with the video exhibiting the Kremlin on fire, alongside with a tune by a Russian rock band named Kino.

    Kino was one of the standard rock bands in Russia within the Eighties, and their lyrics typically included themes of freedom.

    As the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine marked a 12 months, President of the war-torn nation Volodymyr Zelensky in a defiant assertion mentioned that “it is a 12 months of our invincibility, this would be the 12 months of our victory”.

    Meanwhile, UN (*32*)-General Antonio Guterres referred to as for stopping additional escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and giving peace “an opportunity”.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • After Apple and Samsung, MediaTek to bring satellite connectivity to phones

    Chipmaker MediaTek mentioned on Friday that it will likely be demonstrating its modern 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) know-how that brings two-way satellite communications to smartphones on the Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is able to happen from February 27 to March 2 in Barcelona, Spain.

    NTN is a communications know-how that makes use of satellites and different non-terrestrial autos to bring connectivity to areas that had been beforehand unreachable by terrestrial networks, whether or not over mountains, throughout deserts or in the course of the ocean.

    The chipmaker can even launch the primary smartphones with MediaTek’s satellite connectivity, with extra gadgets to be unveiled within the coming months.

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    “Two-way satellite communications on smartphones and different gadgets will usher us into a brand new period of connectivity and open up new potentialities throughout many various verticals,” J.C. Hsu, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of MediaTek’s wi-fi communications enterprise unit, mentioned in an announcement.

    Moreover, the corporate will workforce up with Bullitt (UK-based cell phone producer) to bring the world’s first commercially obtainable gadgets with 3GPP NTN know-how, utilising the MT6825 chipset to join to the Bullitt Satellite Connect platform.

    This will embrace the Motorola defy 2 and CAT S75 smartphones; and the Motorola defy satellite hyperlink, a compact and light-weight Bluetooth accent that permits Android and iOS gadgets to join to the Bullitt Satellite Connect platform, in accordance to the corporate.

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    The Bullitt Satellite Connect service will present customers with entry to two-way satellite messaging, location sharing, and emergency SOS in additional locations all over the world.

    In the approaching years, MediaTek’s satellite communications portfolio will concentrate on each IoT-NTN and NR-NTN know-how primarily based on the 3GPP 5G Release 17 specification (R17).

    IoT-NTN is good for messaging since it’s designed for low information price connections, whereas NR-NTN permits for larger information charges that may help video calls and different purposes, mentioned the corporate.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Google One members can now use AI-powered ‘Magic Eraser’ tool

    Tech large Google has introduced that it’s rolling out its synthetic intelligence (AI)-powered “Magic Eraser” tool in Google Photos for Google One subscribers – each Android and iOS – and all Pixel customers.

    Introduced in October 2021, this tool was earlier restricted to solely Pixel 6 smartphones.

    However, now, Google One members and all Pixel customers “will have the ability to take pleasure in Magic Eraser, a brand new HDR video impact and unique collage types,” the corporate stated in a blogpost on Thursday.

    “It’s irritating whenever you suppose you’ve the right shot, solely to find distractions within the background.”

    The Magic Eraser tool detects distractions within the footage, akin to photo-bombers or energy traces, in order that customers can simply take away them.

    Google One members can now use AI-powered 'Magic Eraser' tool.

    Google One members can now use AI-powered ‘Magic Eraser’ tool.IANS

    Users can additionally circle or brush different issues they wish to erase and the tool will make them disappear.

    “Plus, Camouflage in Magic Eraser can change the color of objects in your picture to assist them mix in naturally with the remainder of the photo– placing the concentrate on what issues,” it added.

    Moreover, with the brand new HDR video impact, customers can now improve the brightness and distinction throughout their movies.

    Earlier, customers have been solely capable of steadiness darkish foregrounds and shiny backgrounds (or vice versa).

    The tech large can also be including new “Styles” to the collage editor of Google Photos for Google One members and Pixel customers.

    Also, Google One members will now get free delivery on orders from the print retailer within the US, Canada, the European Union and the UK, the corporate stated.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Google ‘blatantly’ ignoring CCI orders, charging app developers 11-26%, alleges ADIF

    The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) on Thursday claimed that Google is blatantly disobeying the Competition Commission of India (CCI) orders in India, charging app developers an exorbitant 11-26 per cent fee.

    Google lately modified its billing requirement for app developers whereby it has talked about that if a consumer pays via an alternate billing system, the Google Play’s service payment might be decreased by 4 per cent.

    While another billing system might be permitted by Google, it can proceed charging service charges from the developers which might be 4 per cent lower than the traditional service which it will cost if the consumer had availed of Google Play’s Billing System (GPBS) possibility – that means the fee charge beneath consumer alternative could be 11 per cent or 26 per cent, because the case could also be, mentioned the ADIF.

    “Therefore, regardless of not utilizing any service from Google, app developers might be pressured to pay commissions to Google,” it mentioned in an announcement. The change claimed by Google is in response to regulatory developments in India, which refers back to the CCI orders.

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    The Google emblem is displayed exterior the corporate workplaces in New York, US, June 4, 2019.Reuters

    “This is nothing however one other blatant try by Google to evade its obligation beneath the regulation and whereas Google claims that these modifications are ostensibly in response to the regulatory growth, the mentioned change is in gross violation of the treatments talked about within the CCI Order,” mentioned the ADIF.

    The CCI in October final 12 months imposed a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for abusing its dominant place with respect to its Play Store insurance policies, aside from issuing a cease-and-desist order. The Commission additionally directed Google to change its conduct inside an outlined timeline.

    According to the ADIF, regardless of not utilizing any service of Google, app developers might be pressured to pay commissions to Google.

    “This is a transparent violation of a particular course of the CCI that Google shall not impose any situation (together with value associated situation) on app developers, which is unfair, unreasonable, discriminatory, or disproportionate to the companies offered to the app developers,” mentioned the ADIF, the coverage think-tank specializing in Indian digital startups.

    Google Play to hide app permissions, makes developers responsible for data collection

    “Further, there’s completely no transparency as to why Google will cost 11-26 per cent even when the consumer avails of a third-party processing service,” it added.

    Earlier this month, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea by Google in search of modification of the court docket’s January 19 order, and requested the tech big to lift its objections earlier than the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).

    In January, the apex court docket had declined to entertain a plea by Google difficult an NCLAT order, which refused to remain operation of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order imposing Rs 1,337.76 crore positive on the tech big.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • This malware steals social media credentials under ChatGPT app disguise

    A workforce of researchers have recognized a brand new and ongoing malware marketing campaign that capitalises on the rising reputation of the ChatGPT AI chatbot, a brand new report mentioned on Thursday.

    According to cybersecurity agency Kaspersky, cybercriminals are distributing the malware by way of Facebook communities, providing a pretend desktop model of ChatGPT.

    “This marketing campaign concentrating on ChatGPT is a primary instance of how attackers are leveraging social engineering methods to take advantage of the belief that customers place on common manufacturers and companies. It is necessary for customers to grasp that, simply because a service seems to be legit, it does not imply that it’s,” mentioned Darya Ivanova, a safety knowledgeable at Kaspersky.

    Other than the bot, customers are contaminated with the Fobo Trojan, which steals delicate information reminiscent of Facebook, TikTok, and Google account credentials, in addition to private and company monetary data.

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    When customers click on on the hyperlink within the put up, they’re directed to a well-designed web site that appears virtually equivalent to the official ChatGPT web site, mentioned the report.

    The web site then directs customers to obtain a purported ChatGPT model for Windows, which is definitely an archive containing an executable file.

    The set up course of then begins however abruptly ends with an error message stating that the programme couldn’t be put in.

    In reality, the set up of this system proceeds with out the customers’ information and a brand new stealer Trojan, Trojan-PSW.Win64.Fobo, is put in on the consumer’s laptop, in response to the report.

    This Trojan is meant to steal details about saved accounts from browsers reminiscent of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Brave.

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    As a part of the assault, the Trojan steals login credentials in addition to makes an attempt to acquire further data, reminiscent of the quantity of promoting cash and the present stability of the enterprise accounts.

    The attackers are going after the worldwide market. Users in Africa, Asia, Europe, and America have been focused by the fraudulent “desktop shopper” for ChatGPT, the report talked about.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • ‘Over 1.6 lakh air travellers have taken benefit of Digi Yatra’

    More air travellers have began utilizing the Digi Yatra app as over 1.6 lakh passengers have taken benefit of the cell utility for seamless airport entry, an official mentioned on Thursday.

    Digi Yatra is being carried out throughout airports in a phased method. In the primary section, it was launched by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on December 1, 2022 at Delhi, Bengaluru, and Varanasi airports, a press release famous.

    The implementation of Digi Yatra beneath section I can be deliberate at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada, and Hyderabad airports by March 2023.

    According to the officers of the Civil Aviation Ministry, the overall quantity of passengers who have used the Digi Yatra course of on the airports from December 1, 2022 to February 14, 2023 is 1.6 lakh+.

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    The complete app consumer base of Digi Yatra on the Android Play Store and iOS Apple App Store is over 4 lakh.

    Officials mentioned that Digi Yatra is a biometric boarding system utilizing Facial Recognition Technology to offer a seamless and hassle-free expertise for passengers at airports.

    It enhances passenger expertise by eliminating the necessity for verification of tickets and IDs at a number of touchpoints and gives higher throughput by means of current infrastructure utilizing a Digital Framework.

    Digi Yatra is a voluntary facility.

    In the Digi Yatra course of, there isn’t any central storage of passengers’ Personally Identifiable Information information.

    All the passenger’s information is encrypted and saved within the pockets of the passenger’s smartphone and shared just for a restricted time period with the airport of journey origin the place the passenger’s Digi Yatra ID must be validated.

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    The information is purged from the system inside 24 hours of the flight.

    To give broad publicity to Digi Yatra, airport operators and airline operators are doing in-flight bulletins, publicity by means of boarding passes, offering assist desk help and displaying banners and movies and so on., on the airports.

    Publicity can be being accomplished by means of social media.

    Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded the work for the implementation of the Biometric Boarding System at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Varanasi airports.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Amazon closes $3.9 bn acquisition of healthcare provider One Medical

    Amazon has closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of main healthcare organisation One Medical, because the e-commerce big steps up efforts to reinvent healthcare within the digital and digital period.

    The acquisition was initially introduced in July final 12 months.

    One Medical combines in-person care in inviting workplaces throughout the nation with digital well being and digital care providers, making it simpler for sufferers to schedule appointments, renew prescriptions, entry up-to-date well being data, and advance well being outcomes.

    “For a restricted time, One Medical is providing annual memberships on the discounted value of $144 for the primary 12 months (recurrently $199 per 12 months), the equal of $12 per thirty days, to new prospects,” Amazon mentioned in a weblog publish.

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    One Medical went public in 2020 and was backed by Google and others as a startup.

    “One Medical has set the bar for what a top quality, handy, and reasonably priced main care expertise ought to be like. We’re impressed by their human-centred, technology-forward strategy and excited to assist them proceed to develop and serve extra sufferers,” mentioned Neil Lindsay, senior vp of Amazon Health Services.

    Amazon acquired One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly $3.9 billion, together with One Medical’s web debt.

    “We now set our sights on delivering even additional optimistic impacts for shoppers, employers, care groups, and well being networks, as we be part of Amazon with its long-term orientation, historical past of invention, and fervour for reimagining a greater future,” mentioned Amir Dan Rubin, CEO of One Medical.

    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy mentioned that prospects need and deserve higher, and that is what One Medical has been working and innovating on for greater than a decade.

    “Together, we imagine we will make the health care expertise simpler, sooner, extra private, and extra handy for everybody,” he mentioned.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • Microsoft signs binding, 10-year CoD deal with Nintendo ahead of EU hearing

    Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday introduced that the tech large has signed a binding, 10-year contract with Japanese gaming large Nintendo to carry Xbox video games together with Call of Duty (CoD) to Nintendo’s players.

    The announcement got here ahead of a hearing within the European Union (EU) the place Microsoft will argue its case with regulators to present its $69 billion acquisition of Call of Duty writer Activision Blizzard a inexperienced sign.

    “We’ve now signed a binding 10-year contract to carry Xbox video games to Nintendo’s players. This is simply half of our dedication to carry Xbox video games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to extra gamers on extra platforms,” Smith tweeted.

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    The Call of Duty recreation shall be obtainable to Nintendo gamers the identical day as Xbox, with full function and content material parity, “to allow them to expertise Call of Duty simply as Xbox and PlayStation players get pleasure from Call of Duty”.

    Microsoft mentioned it’s dedicated to offering long-term equal entry to Call of Duty to different gaming platforms, “bringing extra option to extra gamers and extra competitors to the gaming market”.

    The EU hearing this week is predicted to be attended by representatives from Microsoft together with Brad Smith and Xbox head Phil Spencer, in addition to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, and Sony’s Jim Ryan.

    Earlier this month, Microsoft formally obtained an antitrust warning from the European Union over its bid to amass Activision Blizzard.

    According to a report in Politico citing sources, the discover talked about that EU officers “laid out the the reason why the deal may threaten truthful competitors on the online game market”.

    A Microsoft spokesperson mentioned that they’re dedicated to options and discovering a path ahead for this deal. “We are listening fastidiously to the European Commission’s considerations and are assured we are able to tackle them,” the corporate spokesperson had mentioned.

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    The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has additionally sued tech large Microsoft from buying main online game developer Activision Blizzard.

    (With inputs from IANS)

  • 5G expansion in India witnesses robust growth in tablet shipments

    The Indian marketplace for 5G tablets has grown quickly in 2022 with shipments withnessing 170 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise and Lenovo led the market with a 29 per cent market share in the yr.

    The total India tablet market registered a 6 per cent YoY growth, stated a report on Tuesday.

    “Driven by a powerful shopper urge for food to future-proof themselves, and with 5G networks rolling out, the shipments of 5G tablets continued to realize power by means of 2022,” stated Menka Kumari, analyst-Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CMR.

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    Lenovo launches 2nd Gen tablet designed for portability and mobility in India.IANS

    Lenovo, Apple (23 per cent market share) and Samsung (22 per cent) captured the highest three spots in the tablet market.

    Shipment of tablets with above 10-inch show constituted 63 per cent of the general shipments in the Indian market, in line with the report.

    Premium tablets (Rs 20,000 and above) grew 24 per cent throughout 2022. Lenovo Tab M8 (HD) (Wi-Fi+4G) and Lenovo Tab M8 (HD) (WiFi) sequence had a 21 per cent and 12 per cent market share, respectively.

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    Apple iPad shipments recorded 17 per cent YoY growth in 2022. Apple iPad 9 (Wi-Fi) and Apple iPad Air 2022 (Wi-Fi) had a forty five per cent and 17 per cent market share, respectively.

    Samsung shipments recorded 29 per cent YoY owing to the launch of A8 sequence, S8 sequence and S6 sequence with aggressive options.

    “With provide chain constraints easing out, and customers spending extra time on-the-go, tablets will proceed to search out favour. Enterprise tablet demand will proceed to carry, particularly in healthcare, training and manufacturing,” stated Kumari.

    (With inuts from IANS)