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Rapper Plies Brought To Tears With Elementary Students’ Heartwarming Homage
- Rapper Plies was brought to tears by a heartwarming homage from elementary students in Fort Myers, Florida.
- The students dressed up like Plies, celebrated his career, and recited facts about his music and background.
- Plies expressed his appreciation and encouraged the students in a heartfelt response.
- Plies, known for his commentary on important issues, has used his platform to support causes and speak out against injustice.
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Unified Messaging Platforms Meet AI: A Smarter Way to Connect
- Unified messaging platforms are becoming popular in the quest for quick and personalized communication.
- By unifying messaging platforms, businesses can respond quickly and have a clearer record of interactions.
- AI-driven chatbots can assist in managing overwhelming message volumes and quickly answer common questions.
- Combining unified messaging with AI technology enhances operational efficiency and fosters lasting customer relationships.
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Revealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35m using fake celebrity ads
- An organised network from Georgia scammed savers from UK, Europe, and Canada out of $35m using fake celebrity ads on Facebook and Google.
- Deepfake videos of celebrities like Martin Lewis were used to promote fraudulent schemes, with UK citizens being hardest hit.
- The scam was exposed through leaked call center data shared with international reporting partners.
- Cases of authorised push payment fraud have increased, indicating ongoing challenges in combating scams.
- The scammers operated from Tbilisi and targeted vulnerable individuals, tricking them into transferring millions from their savings accounts.
- Around 6,000 people globally were duped, with a significant number targeted in the UK.
- Digital banks like Revolut, Kroo, and Chase were used for processing payments in these fraudulent activities.
- Victims included retired individuals who endured long calls and were coerced into sharing substantial sums of money.
- The effectiveness of laws like the Online Safety Act in combating fraudulent advertising and protecting the public is under scrutiny.
- Authorities emphasize the need for social media companies to prevent fraudulent material from being promoted on their platforms.
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Building multimodal AI for Ray-Ban Meta glasses
- Multimodal AI is being used to enhance user experiences in wearable devices like Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
- Ray-Ban Meta glasses utilize multimodal AI to provide information and answer questions about what the wearer is looking at.
- Shane, a research scientist at Meta, discusses the challenges of integrating AI into wearable devices, including the unique features of AI glasses.
- This episode of the Meta Tech Podcast explores the work being done to develop foundational models for Ray-Ban Meta glasses and push the boundaries of AI-driven wearable technology.
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A case for QLC SSDs in the data center
- QLC technology provides a middle ground between HDDs and TLC SSDs, offering higher density, improved power efficiency, and cost efficiency.
- HDDs are commonly used in data centers due to their lower cost and power footprint, but they lack performance growth, leading to I/O performance challenges.
- Adoption of QLC flash has been slow due to historical limitations in drive capacity points, high cost, and limited write endurance.
- QLC flash bridges the performance spectrum between HDDs and SSDs, catering to workloads that require performance levels around 10 MB/s/TB.
- Expected advancements in QLC SSD density compared to TLC SSDs will lower acquisition and power costs at both drive and server levels.
- Integration of QLC storage by Meta's storage teams with partners like Pure Storage and other NAND vendors is underway for improved reliability.
- QLC drives offer higher byte density and power efficiency, requiring server enhancements like more performant CPUs, faster memory, and network subsystems.
- Challenges in adapting Meta's storage software for QLC include scaling high throughput across CPU cores and sockets and optimizing read and write throughput differentials.
- Investments in QLC flash production are expected to drive cost improvements, making QLC increasingly attractive for a wider range of data center workloads.
- Meta aims to drive innovation and collaboration in the storage space to optimize cost, performance, and power for data center operations.
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Cohere’s first vision model Aya Vision is here with broad, multilingual understanding and open weights — but there’s a catch
- Canadian AI startup Cohere, targeted at enterprises, releases its first vision model Aya Vision, supporting inputs in 23 languages and integrating language and vision capabilities.
- Aya Vision enhances AI's image interpretation, text generation, and multilingual translation, aiding organizations operating globally with diverse language preferences.
- Available under CC BY-NC 4.0 license, Aya Vision is accessible on Cohere's website, Hugging Face, Kaggle, and WhatsApp.
- Aya Vision enables image caption generation, visual question answering, and multilingual text-based tasks across a range of languages from English and Spanish to Arabic and Chinese.
- Despite its non-commercial licensing, Aya Vision excels in performance efficiency compared to larger models, achieving high win rates in multilingual image understanding tasks.
- Innovations like synthetic annotations, multilingual data scaling, and multimodal model merging contribute to Aya Vision's superior processing accuracy and multilingual capabilities.
- Usage of Aya Vision is suitable for AI researchers, data scientists, and enterprises for internal research, prototyping, benchmarking, and exploring AI capabilities before deployment.
- Cohere's Aya Vision represents a progressive move towards inclusive and accessible multilingual AI research, challenging larger closed-source models in the field.
- Released as part of the wider Aya initiative by Cohere, Aya Vision aims to support multilingual AI advancements with open weights available for global researchers and developers.
- Cohere's commitment to open science extends to the AyaVisionBenchmark, an evaluation set for multilingual vision, emphasizing the importance of rigorous assessment in multimodal AI development.
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At RightsCon in Taipei, activists reckon with a US retreat from promoting digital rights
- RightsCon in Taipei brought together over 3,200 digital rights activists, policymakers, and tech representatives to address the challenges faced by civil society organizations promoting human rights in technology decisions.
- The event felt urgent due to the significant cuts to funding for digital rights work by USAID, leading to concerns about the erosion of multistakeholderism and support for a free and safe Internet.
- The withdrawal of funding from the US government has global implications, with oppressive regimes using justifications from the US administration to target critics and clamp down on civil society organizations.
- The Trump administration's policies are being weaponized in other countries, such as Brazil and Serbia, impacting human rights defenders and creating false narratives for crackdowns on civil society.
- Trump and Musk's actions have inspired similar trends in countries like Brazil and Uganda, leading to challenges in content moderation, hate speech, and online attacks, further exacerbated by the inadequacies of AI-based moderation systems.
- The United States' retreat from supporting digital rights defenders and journalists under attack is creating a moral vacuum, leaving a void in international support for these groups.
- Participants at RightsCon emphasized the need to rethink power dynamics, challenge Big Tech platforms, and build localized solutions to create a safer internet environment.
- The solidarity and community spirit at the event, held in Taiwan, highlighted the shared commitment to addressing the challenges faced by digital rights advocates globally.
- Efforts to counter unresponsive Big Tech platforms and repressive governments were discussed, with a focus on building context-specific language models and supporting smaller platforms that align with values.
- The impact of Doge on digital rights globally is significant, with implications for funding, content moderation, and the support network for civil society organizations and journalists advocating for human rights in the digital sphere.
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Kolkata hosted Bengal’s first Startup meet & pitch fest 2025 to to spark entrepreneurial growth – “Platform: Kolkata Chapter”
- Bengal’s first Startup Meet and Pitch Fest 2025, titled Platform – Kolkata Chapter, was held in Kolkata.
- The event brought together innovative startups, industry leaders, and investors to celebrate entrepreneurship and foster business growth.
- The Pitch Fest featured around 20 business pitches from various startup fields and were presented to a panel of esteemed judges.
- The event honored several businesses for their contributions to the startup ecosystem and recognized the most promising startups across different categories.
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I Tested MeWe as a Privacy Focused Alternative for Facebook
- MeWe is a privacy-focused social network founded in 2016 as an alternative to Facebook.
- MeWe has over 20 million users worldwide and more than 700,000 interest-based groups.
- Unlike Facebook, MeWe has no ads, no algorithmic targeting, and no newsfeed manipulation.
- Many users are considering MeWe as a privacy-focused alternative to Facebook due to concerns about changes in policies and privacy.
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Flashes, an Instagram rival built atop Bluesky, released widely
- Bluesky's Instagram rival, Flashes, is now available on the App Store.
- Flashes is built atop the AT Protocol, offering decentralized social networking.
- The app allows sharing up to 4 pictures or 1-minute videos, with customizable profiles and feeds.
- Flashes provides a feed system without algorithmic recommendation, offering a more focused content experience.
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Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly
- Flashes, a Bluesky-based Instagram alternative, has publicly launched its photo-sharing app on the App Store.
- Within the first 24 hours, the app gained nearly 30,000 downloads.
- Flashes provides a classic Instagram-like experience, allowing users to upload up to four photos and videos of up to a minute in length.
- As Flashes is based on Bluesky, all posts made on the app are compatible with Bluesky, expanding their reach to a wider audience beyond Flashes users.
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A Reminder For Those On Instagram
- In 2023, the author's Instagram account with 500+ followers was hacked.
- The hackers posted fraudulent pictures and statements related to bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
- The author was devastated that the hackers gained access to personal and private photos, including a picture of their deceased grandpa.
- As a lesson learned, the author now keeps their Instagram account private and advises readers to be cautious with sharing personal information online.
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How to Change WhatsApp Chat Themes
- WhatsApp has introduced Chat themes, allowing users to customize the appearance of chat panels.
- Users can choose from 30 new wallpapers and customize chat bubbles.
- To change the Chat theme, users need to update the WhatsApp app and follow simple steps in the settings.
- Specific chat themes can also be changed by accessing the chat and selecting the desired theme.
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Meta Announces Dedicated AI Chatbot App Amidst Growing AI Competition
- Meta Platforms plans to launch a dedicated AI chatbot app in Q2 2025, competing with services like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.
- Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's CEO, anticipates reaching 1 billion users with Meta AI, expanding beyond current integrations.
- Meta has allocated $60-65 billion for capital expenditures to enhance AI capabilities and infrastructure.
- The upcoming standalone app will expand accessibility, and Meta also plans to introduce a paid subscription service.
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Meta Fires Employees Amid Crackdown on Internal Leaks
- Meta Platforms terminates approximately 20 employees for leaking confidential information.
- The leaks revealed unannounced product plans and internal meeting details led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
- Leaked information undermines team morale and wastes time better spent on product development.
- Meta intensifies efforts to identify and address the sources of leaks, emphasizing commitment to confidentiality.
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