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Developing AI that thinks exactly like humans: New research

Creating human-like AI requires more than just replicating human behavior; technology must also be able to analyses information, or “think” like humans, if it is to be completely trusted. The University of Glasgow’s School of Psychology and Neuroscience led new research published in the journal Patterns that uses 3D modelling to analyses the way Deep Neural Networks—part of the broader family of machine learning—process information, to visualize how their data processing fits that of humans. This new effort is intended to pave the path for the development of more trustworthy…

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Windows 11 users can now chat personally from Microsoft teams

Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 users will be able to use chat in Microsoft Teams. The feature is described as a simple experience that would allow Teams personal account users to easily make a video conference or chat with friends and family. Microsoft Teams chat will now be pinned to the Taskbar when Windows 11 boots. According to Microsoft, the ‘Team’s experience’ on Windows 11 and Chat has been built for personal Microsoft accounts and will be available to anyone who use such accounts. Microsoft Teams on Windows 11…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Indian Space Association

Prime Minister Narendra Modi established the Indian Space Association (ISpA) on Monday, an industry group seeking to be the voice of the country’s space sector, and emphasized his administration’s commitment to reforms, saying the country has never had a more determined government. He stated that space sector reforms are based on four pillars: freedom of innovation for the private sector, the government’s role as an enabler, preparing the youth for the future, and viewing the space sector as a tool for common man development. PM Modi went on to say…

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Instagram adds new security features for teen users

Instagram is developing new methods to make the site more secure for young users. The photo-sharing app will now launch a new feature that will advise teens to stay away from harmful news feed contents and encourage them to “take a break” from Instagram. Facebook vice president of global affairs Nick Clegg announced the features shortly after the platform got accused of harming young users through Instagram. Clegg says, “We’re going to introduce something which I think will make a considerable difference, which is where our systems see that a…

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Airtel to receive huge funds from high quality investors

Airtel, the world’s largest telecommunications company, has announced that it has received interest from high-quality investors. It did not, however, confirm whether Google is one of them. The exchanges sought clarification from Airtel following rumors of Google investing in the telecom provider and negotiations reaching an advanced stage. “Being a significant player in the telecom and digital industry, the company receives interests from high-quality investors and companies for its various businesses,” Airtel said in a regulatory filing. It further added as a clarification to the previous reports and speculations noting that, “We…

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Instagram is down globally

Instagram is suffering an outage in several parts of the world due to unclear issues. According to Downdetector, the platform that keeps track of internet outages, the Instagram services went down about an hour ago, while the reports about the outage peaked at around 12.15 pm. India seems to be the worst hit by the outage, with swaths of consumers reporting they are not able to access Instagram in cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai. Facebook has not taken note of the outage yet, but it is likely…

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A group of researchers develop ‘brain-inspired computing architecture’

A multinational team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Limerick in Ireland, has identified a novel molecule that might help computers make even faster decisions. The energy-saving discovery, which resulted in the development of a new sort of computing architecture, might have far-reaching implications in fields ranging from financial decision-making to bioinformatics. The Bernal Institute at UL revealed that a small molecule made up of only 77 atoms provides a new fundamental electronic circuit element in which complex logic is encoded in nanoscale material characteristics. By optimizing the…

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Amazon is going on another hiring spree

Amazon said on Wednesday that it plans to hire 55,000 employees globally, with around 40,000 of those positions based in the United States. Amazon said that all available opportunities are for tech and corporate positions. Separately, the firm has hired hundreds of warehouse employees to pack and transport online orders. During the epidemic, other companies lay off workers, while Amazon’s headcount grew as more people stayed at home and purchased toilet paper and food from the shopping site. It employed 500,000 workers in last year. Amazon presently employs over 1.3…

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Twitter tests new feature to block abusive internet trolls

Twitter announced on Wednesday that it is testing a new tool that automatically bans abusive posts, as the US social media platform faces increased pressure to shield its users from online abuse. Users who use the new Safety Mode will have their “mentions” filtered for seven days, preventing them from seeing messages marked as likely to contain hate speech or insults. According to Twitter, the functionality will be tested first by a small number of English-speaking users, with priority given to “marginalized populations and female journalists,” who are frequent targets…

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Indian users can register for covid 19 vaccination through google search

Google Search, Google Maps, and the Google Voice Assistants will now provide Covid-19 vaccine-related information to Indian users. Google announced that Covid-19 vaccination-related information, including vaccine availability, pricing, and more, would be displayed on Google Search and Google Maps. Users can locate the nearest vaccination centre and reserve a time slot. Covid-19 is still causing havoc in some regions of the world, and the only way to limit the virus’s spread is to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Google said that from this week, it would display information on the availability…

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