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Researchers discover phone battery flaw (and easy solution) in most devices

02/23/202302/22/2023 Julie Campbell

The Canadian team explained a main cause of self-discharging batteries in laptops and smartphones. Canadian researchers have determined a phone battery manufacturing flaw affecting most smartphones and laptops, causing them to self-discharge. The scientists also identified a simple solution that can be used to remedy the situation. Researchers in Halifax, Canada found that a surprisingly widespread flaw in laptop and phone battery manufacturing causes them to slowly drain unnecessarily. “This is something that is totally unexpected and something that probably no one thought of,” said Dalhousie University assistant professor Michael…

Google CEO Pichai tells employees to fix Bard AI problems

02/20/202302/17/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The artificial intelligence function had a rocky launch, to say the least, with its unpredictable results. A leaked Google memo issued company-wide by the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai has requested that employees use two to four hours from their day to improve Bard AI and make the search function usable. Shortly after the botched unveiling, Google announced it knew the feature wasn’t ready for launch. Employees at Google are now all a part of the company’s plan to work out all the kinks in the Bard AI function to help…

Microsoft officially broke up with Internet Explorer on Valentine’s Day

02/15/202302/15/2023 Sam Lambert

The tech giant released a software update meant to permanently disable IE 11 on Windows 10. Valentine’s Day is usually seen as a day for relationships, but for Microsoft and Internet Explorer 11, it was the day the break-up became official. The end of the old browser hasn’t come as a surprise, as it announced the shutdown last year. Since last year, Microsoft announced that it would be releasing a software update that would permanently disable the Internet Explorer 11 app in Windows 10. Instead of issuing an update for…

Google’s Bard AI chatbot botches info accuracy in official ad

02/10/202302/08/2023 Stephanie Beck

The search giant published an online advertisement for the tech in which an inaccurate response was provided. In the hopes of drumming up hype over its much-anticipated Bard AI chatbot, Google recently published an online ad in which it used the technology, and in which the answer delivered was unfortunately inaccurate. The company posted a short GIF video on Twitter of Bard being used, showing how it works. The ad for the Bard AI chatbot was tweeted in the form of a GIF, in which the service was described as…

Bing search engine gets upgrade similar to ChatGPT

02/09/202302/08/2023 L. Green

Bing search engine - A web browser search engine

Microsoft also announced that it is equipping its Edge browser with OpenAI as well. Microsoft has announced that it is integrating technology similar to ChatGPT into its Bing search engine as well as into its Edge browser. This represents a major transformation for its service, which is currently well behind Google in popularity. This new technology could provide Microsoft’s service with an advantage against other tech companies. Microsoft is hoping that this major change to the Bing search engine could provide this technology a substantial advantage over other tech companies,…