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By the time you’re reading this, Twitter may or may not have already removed the blue checkmarks from its legacy verified users. Elon Musk announced last week that he planned on removing the verification badges from its 420,000 “notable” users on April 1.

Following the legacy verified badge removal, the only way to get the little blue checkmark next to your Twitter name is by coughing up $8 per month (or $11 per month via mobile device) to Musk.

However, many of the platform’s most famous users have already made their intentions clear: They’re not paying.

“Welp guess my blue ✔️ will be gone soon cause if you know me I ain’t paying the 5. ??‍♂️” tweeted NBA star LeBron James.

William Shatner also tweeted that he was a no go for the move to Twitter Blue.

“Hey @elonmusk what’s this about blue checks going away unless we pay Twitter?,” tweeted actor William Shatner. “I’ve been here for 15 years giving my ⏰ & witty thoughts all for bupkis. Now you’re telling me that I have to pay for something you gave me for free? What is this-the Colombia Records & Tape Club??”

And it’s not just professional athletes and Hollywood actors sharing this sentiment either.

According to Axios, The White House will also not be paying for Twitter Blue subscriptions. An internal staff email leaked to the outlet shared that the Joe Biden administration sees this change on Twitter as diminishing the value of the blue verification badge.

“It is our understanding that Twitter Blue does not provide person-level verification as a service. Thus, a blue check mark will now simply serve as a verification that the account is a paid user,” said White House director of digital strategy Rob Flaherty in that email.

Although, it does appear that official government accounts like the @WhiteHouse handle and @JoeBiden will still have the grey verification badge that Musk rolled out to denote a “government” account. These badges do not cost those users any money.

Major news outlets also shared that they would not be purchasing Twitter Blue at the organization level or for individuals journalists and staffers. The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, POLITICO, Vox, and BuzzFeed all shared statements declaring that they would not be paying for Twitter Blue. Each outlet said how the service changes the meaning of the badge and no longer designates an actually verified user on the platform.

Actor Karl Urban chimed in on the matter as well, saying he’s not paying for the Twitter Blue service.

“Hey y’all, I’ll loose the blue tick on Saturday,” Urban tweeted. “I’m opposed to spending money on social media. I’ll go checkless. Please be careful of Imposters & money soliciting scams. I will never ask you for money on any social media platform.”

Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame not only said he wouldn’t be paying for the blue checkmark, but he indicated that he would no longer be using the platform either.

“Friends, there are bigger issues in the ?than the blue verified ✔️next to my name on this account,” Alexander tweeted. “But without it, anyone can allege to be me. So, if I lose that ✔️ know I will leave this platform. Anyone appearing with it=an imposter. I tell you this while I’m still official.”

Numerous NFL players like Patrick Maholmes, Michael Thomas, and Darius Slay tweeted that they would not pay for the checkmark as well.

As TechCrunch points out, Twitter initially rolled out the free verification service in 2009 after it was sued by former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa after an account on the platform had impersonated him.

However, Musk has displayed his disdain for the verification program ever since taking the company over. After losing half of Twitter’s biggest advertisers when he acquired the platform, Musk rolled out the paid Twitter Blue subscription service. For just $8, anyone could be verified. However, that anyone included numerous accounts impersonating big brand names and companies. Soon after launch, Twitter had to pause the program due to these troll accounts.

Twitter Blue was relaunched earlier this year, but it’s not been very successful. Less than 500,000 users out of Twitter’s 254 million daily active users pay for the service. Recent data on the program found that around half of all those paying were accounts with less than 1,000 followers. And recent screenshots indicate that Twitter is worried that the paid verification badge is becoming a mark of shame, as the company tests out options to allow paying users to hide it.

Source Link : Twitter's Biggest Users Say They Won't Be Paying For Twitter Blue Checkmarks

Anti-generative AI advocates can do a little chef’s kiss today.

That’s because Italy’s data protection agency announced on Friday a blockage of ChatGPT within the country’s borders. Italy has also started an investigation. Called a “temporary limitation” in the English translation of the press release, the ban arrives on the grounds that ChatGPT does not adequately protect user data or have any kind of mechanism to prevent minors from using the generative AI service.

Under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR), ChatGPT parent company OpenAI has 20 days to comply with the order, or else it could face fines of up to 4 percent of global revenue or €20 million, whichever is larger.

There’s a whole host of interesting angles to this. For one, it’s hard to argue with Italy’s complaints. A recent bug exposed private user chat titles, and OpenAI later admitted the breach was larger than originally thought. There is also a complete lack of gatekeeping for minors.

Beyond that, though, is the issue of “training” the AI itself. ChatGPT and other AI chat-bots like it basically teach themselves how to act like humans by reading things humans write on the internet, without the consent of said humans. As TechCrunch explained, ChatGPT is able to recite information about individuals while also regularly getting details wrong. There does not appear to be a way for the individuals in question to correct these errors.

There’s no telling how long this “temporary limitation” will last or what Italy’s investigation into the matter will find. Just keep in mind that other countries in the European Union have the right to do this under GDPR, too.

Source Link : ChatGPT Banned In Italy

Google’s newly-released chatbot, Bard, lacks pizazz, to say the least. The company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, addressed these concerns on the New York Times‘ Hard Fork podcast Thursday. While acknowledging that Bard has its weaknesses, Pichai claimed that an injection of raw power was imminent.

In Mashable’s own tests of Bard, the chatbot’s answers could indeed be a letdown — bland and terse when what we were specifically asking for was something spicy and creative. However, in some areas we appreciated its no-nonsense explanations, and we even noticed the potential for something great in its direct-but-counterintuitive answers to tough questions.

Pichai explained on Hard Fork, “We knew when we were putting Bard out we wanted to be careful. It’s the beginning of a journey for us. […] Since this was the first time we were putting out, we wanted to see what type of queries we would get. We obviously positioned it carefully.”

And in fairness, the word “Bard” in the logo on the Bard homepage is followed immediately by the word “experiment.” The blog post announcing Bard called it, “an early experiment that lets you collaborate with generative AI.” Yet, the public didn’t dial its expectations to exactly the level Pichai intended, he explained.

“We tried to prime users to its creative collaborative queries,” he said, “but people do a variety of things. I think it was slightly maybe lost. […] So in some ways, we put out one of our smaller models out there, what’s powering Bard. And we were careful.”

Pichai likened Bard to a “souped-up Civic” in a race against hotter sports cars. That’s an odd appeal to Google’s humility that may not win your sympathies if you consider that Google has been accused by the Justice Department of monopolistic business practices, and that its parent company Alphabet is one of Fortune Magazine‘s top 10 most powerful companies in the world.

In any case, here’s the good news for all Bard fans out there: Pichai says the chatbot is about to get upgraded to a new model soon, like, really really soon. “We clearly have more capable models. Pretty soon, maybe as this goes live, we will be upgrading Bard to some of our more capable PaLM models, so which will bring more capabilities, be it in reasoning, coding. It can answer math questions better. So you will see progress over the course of next week.”

Naturally, Pichai hedged a bit, explaining that safety and user experience are of paramount concern. “We are all in very, very early stages. We will have even more capable models to plug in over time. But I don’t want it to be just who’s there first, but getting it right is very important to us.” Translation: Don’t expect the upgrade to burst onto the metaphorical court and dunk on the current metaphorical Lebron James of large language models: GPT-4.

Google’s attempts to keep expectations low in this area are probably wise, given the recent accusations that the company is training its models on outputs from ChatGPT — which Google denies. Training a large language model on outputs from someone else’s large language model is a little like photocopying a map and calling yourself a cartographer — not a good look.

Pichai also hinted at a not-too-distant future where powerful, personalized models exist for every user. “In some ways, [a personalized model] is what we envisioned when we were building Google Assistant. But we have the technology to actually do those things now.” So keeping in mind that Bard is owned by the company that owns or develops the products billions of people use to organize their lives, it’s probably not wise count out Google as an eventual heavy-hitter in the chatbot world.

Source Link : Google Bard Is About To Get Supercharged

A major security exploit that let researchers change Bing search results was revealed this week.

The vulnerability was discovered in January by cybersecurity research company Wiz and reported to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

In a Twitter thread, Wiz researcher Hillai Ben-Sasson explained how he was able to hack into Bing’s content management system (CMS). By logging into Microsoft’s cloud computing platform Azure, he discovered that he could grant all users access to internal Microsoft apps. He then accessed a database of Bing’s search results. From there, Ben-Sasson figured out that he could actually modify what showed up in the results.

Wiz researchers also discovered that Bing was vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack and discovered they had access to sensitive Office 365 data including Outlook emails, Calendar information, and Teams messages. MSRC detailed security updates and shared recommendations for Azure AD admins and developers in its blog post.

The purpose of the researchers’ experiment was to show that it was possible and share its findings with Microsoft. But it shows how malicious hackers could have wreaked havoc for Bing.

“A malicious actor with the same access could’ve hijacked the most popular search results with the same payload and leak sensitive data from millions of users,” said the Wiz blog post. Luckily it was caught before any major damage was done.

Microsoft confirmed that it has been fixed as of March 29. Wiz received a $40,000 “bug bounty” for reporting the vulnerability, which it it plans to donate to an unspecified recipient.

Source Link : Bing Vulnerability Made It Possible To Alter Search Results

Twitter has just released – as promised by owner Elon Musk – the source code for its recommendation algorithm, and there’s already been a very interesting discovery in the code.

After pouring through the code, multiple people found at least one really interesting portion of the code that shows Twitter is specifically tracking metrics for users broken up into four different groups:

• “power_user”
• “republican”
• “democrat”

and

That’s right, Twitter is specifically tracking how Musk’s tweets are performing, and it’s been coded right into Twitter’s algorithm.

Following the release of the algorithm, a Twitter Spaces audio chat was set up by the company. Musk and a few of Twitter’s developers took questions from listeners. A couple individuals brought this particular part of the algorithm up during the conversation.

“This is the first time I’m seeing this,” Musk said when asked about the code that tracked accounts in these four groups including one just for his tweets. “There’s a ton of stupid and embarrassing things being shown by making the code open source.”

While Musk claims he did not know about the metric tracking portion of the algorithm, he has previously admitted that Twitter was reviewing his account’s analytics. He did so in a tweet last month in order to push back against reports that he called an emergency Twitter meeting to boost his tweets in the algorithm, after a Super Bowl tweet from President Joe Biden performed better than Musk’s own tweet about the game.

When a guest speaker on the Twitter Space shared his concerns about grouping accounts into the categories “democrat” and “republican,” one of Twitter’s developers explained that this code was just for collecting stats. A note on the algorithm source code, however, states that the metric collecting was being used to ensure that changes to Twitter did not negatively affect any of these four groups.

According to Twitter’s own explanation of how this metric tracking is being used, if an algorithm change benefited an entire group of users, but negatively impacted the group made up solely of Elon Musk, it would not implement that algorithm change.

Zoë Schiffer of Platformer reported that Twitter actually removed part of the source code that affected the reach of Musk’s and other user’s tweets before releasing the algorithm to the public.

During the Spaces chat, Twitter explained that the metric tracking code was first developed into the algorithm years ago under the old Twitter regime. However, it was not explained why Musk’s tweets were specifically being tracked, a part of the code that seemingly would’ve been added much more recently. 

Musk did respond that Twitter would remove it.

“It shouldn’t be there,” Musk said. “Consider it gone.”

Musk also shared in a tweet following the Twitter Spaces chat that the company would make changes to the algorithm based on user feedback every one to two days.

Elon Musk did deliver what he said he would on Thursday. The owner of Twitter previously promised that the social media platform would be more transparent. Musk said Twitter would share its recommendations algorithm on March 31 at 3pm EST, and the company did just that.

But, the release of this source code also comes days after Twitter forced Github to take down other parts of Twitter’s source code that was allegedly posted by a former employee without the company’s permission. So, clearly, there’s still plenty of Twitter that Musk still doesn’t want us to see.

Source Link : Twitter's Algorithm Specifically Tracks How Elon Musk's Tweets Are Doing

This 23 year old dude has probably outdone every other tech bro out there hopping on the latest tech bandwagon. His 7 hours long masterclass of 50 lectures on ChatGPT basic – ChatGPT Masterclass: A Complete Guide For Beginners is one of the best seller courses in Udemy, the online learning platform. Founder of Austin based, The GPT Agency, Lance Junck dubs himself as a ChatGPT trainer and instructor for B2B companies. His Udemy course for newbies has over 15,000 students enrolled. The course is available in English and Japanese. The English version of the lectures costs Rs 3,199/- however with a discount the course is available at Rs 449 only. The Japanese version of the course is priced the same in discount, however its original cost is only Rs 799. Wonder why the desis need to pay more without the discount.

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Toh what does bhaisaab apparently teach for an app that is as easier to learn on own like literally scrolling Google? Now, here’s where we make the grossest mistake assuming everyone to be on the same page. The learning curve for everyone is not the same as a tech savvy like you my friend. And tech bros like Lance, grab the slightest opportunity to dig some in the early days of the AI gold rush, minting elusive first mover fortune. In the ChatGPT masterclass, Lance delves into the art of employing the chatbot for SEO, podcasting, creating websites, sales funnel, YouTube content generation, coding, better PPTs, and getting similar results like ChatGPT Plus by better prompts. In case you missed the bus, AI Prompt Engineering is the hot new gig in town, with handsome pay. This course more or less leverages that.

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According to Business Insider Lance Junck has made over $35,000 or INR 28 freakin lakh, through his masterclass within 3 months.

How a 23 year old earned about $35,000 in 3 months teaching ChatGPT to newbies https://t.co/qStk3bfjTJ

— Insider Business (@BusinessInsider) March 31, 2023

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Source Link : 23 Year Old Guy Teaches ChatGPT Basics Online; Earns Rs 28 Lakh In 3 Months

Amid a glum season of layoff ain’t just the cherry blossom that’s uplifting the mood in India’s silicon valley Bengaluru. T’is also the season of appraisals, increments, bonuses, and some unconventional rewards. As we officially step into the age of AI (without explicit consent), the most robust tool in the history of computing and programming has already laid siege to the corporate domain. While many firms (including academia) are on a banning spree, there are those outliers who have adopted the latest AI technology to leverage overall productivity regardless of the consequences.

Bengaluru based Capital Mind’s boss Vashishta Iyer’s recent tweet has created quite a buzz. The founder writes that the employees at the firm will be rewarded with subscriptions of OpenAI’s premium version of its chatbot – ChatGPT Plus. Apparently the pricing of ChatGPT Plus in India is $20 or about Rs 1650 a month. Slightly costlier than your Netflix subscription.

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What’s the rationale behind this decision though Vashisht? The entrepreneur writes that the productivity at Capital Mind has surged 5X. Going forward the employees will continue to utilize ChatGPT’s premium version in the organization. Safe to assume they’ve been doing this for a while now. Vashisht says that

the complex analysis that ChatGPT provides would have been near impossible without coding.

However, the announcement also comes with a caveat. Vashisht (rightly) predicts that most junior analyst roles will be phased out in progressive firms. Newcomers will be trained in all things AI and ML. The maverick wraps his tweet with a remark that has been the root of hustle, that there will be

No room for mediocrity”

This week, we offered to reimburse everyone at @capitalmind_in for ChatGPT Plus subscriptions.

It’s already a 5x productivity booster across the board. Going from a hunch to a complex analysis otherwise impossible without code is now accessible to everyone 🤯⭐️

Most junior…

— Vashistha Iyer (@uptickr) March 29, 2023

Can’t say that with certainty. Existing roles will change. New roles will evolve. All we can do is stay agile and keep upskilling – leveraging AI to complement our expertise.

— Vashistha Iyer (@uptickr) March 29, 2023

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Source Link : Bengaluru Based Firm Pays Staff For ChatGPT Plus Subscription After 5X Increase In Productivity

With the launch of its “Verified Organizations” tool, Twitter now offers businesses that have been reviewed by the microblogging service the ability to independently verify accounts linked to them. A badge bearing the affiliation with the organization’s emblem will be given to such accounts.

According to Twitter, the Verified Organizations feature, according to Twitter, “is a new method for organisations and their affiliates to differentiate themselves on Twitter.” It makes it possible for all kinds of companies, governmental agencies, and nonprofit organizations throughout the world to manage and confirm every account connected to them.

Any individual person’s Twitter account affiliated with a verified organization is automatically verified https://t.co/5j6gx6UKHm

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2023

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The Elon Musk-owned platform claimed that the new feature will ensure that vetted organizations that sign up for Verified Organizations are fully in control of vetting and verifying accounts they’re affiliated with, rather than relying on Twitter to be the sole arbiter of truth for which accounts should be verified. The account holder will have a gold checkmark next to their name in their profile under the Verified Organizations subscription. Governmental or multinational organizations will get a grey check mark or a circular avatar, while businesses and non-profits will get square avatars.

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Subscribers to Verified Organizations have the option of independently verifying any person or organization connected to them. Such associated accounts will receive an affiliate badge, which will be a scaled-down version of their parent company’s profile photo, as well as verification in the form of a blue, gold, or grey checkmark. Users can visit the parent organization directly by clicking on the affiliation badge. This will serve as “a tremendous driver of followers from your whole network on Twitter,” claims Twitter. The monthly subscription fee for Verified Organizations in India would be 82,300. For each affiliate seat or account that an organization chooses to provide the associated badge, they must pay an extra 4,120 per month.

Source Link : This Is Why We Launched Verified Organizations Feature On Twitter, Elon Musk Explains

In the online world we have created for ourselves, malware is a regrettable fact of life. All of our gadgets operate on code, therefore malicious code may be used by bad actors to take control of them or to install applications that steal their data. Yet not all malicious individuals create this code themselves. Instead, they engage in what is known as MaaS, or “malware as a service,” when they pay others to rent out their malware. The most recent instance we’ve encountered is this newest Android spyware, and it’s disgusting.

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The new botnet, known as Nexus, was initially spotted on dark web markets in January of this year, according to TechRadar. The virus has been active since June 2022, according to research by Cleafy, and it even shares code with another sort of Android banking malware that we observed in 2021. Clients may pay $3,000 per month for Nexus access because Nexus is a MaaS, which is a tiny fee to pay considering what the virus can do for them.

Nexus is made to keylog (i.e., observe everything you enter in order to learn your passwords) banking apps to scrape credentials, but that isn’t even what makes it particularly risky. Nexus can get around security even if those banking applications are secured with two-factor authentication since it can leverage accessibility features to show SMS and Google Authenticator numbers. If it has the credentials, it may even block SMS-based 2FA, making it very impossible for you to access your account.

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Once criminal people have installed Nexus on your computer, the malware communicates with those users through a C2 server to report back on its activities. This method enables malicious individuals to continue communicating with malware after the malware has been installed. As a botnet, Nexus connects several infected devices to one network in order to function. With simple access to the data they collect from each device on their botnet, malicious actors may easily monitor all of the devices.

Source Link : Nexus Android Malware Targets 450 Financial Apps Worldwide, Steals Passwords, Data, Bypass 2FA

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Popular online food ordering platform Swiggy has recently conducted an analysis on Words idli Fay, and the results were jaw-dropping. The analysis has revealed the popularity of idli in India, and the data show that a customer from Hyderabad has ordered around 33 million plates of idli through Swiggy in the past year. Furthermore, the passionate idli lover had spent over Rs 6 lakh in the last 12 months solely on ordering idlis from the online platform.

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Swiggy has shared some insights revealing that idlis have become increasingly popular among customers in India, with almost 33 million plates of idlis delivered through Swiggy in the last 12 months. The report also reveals that the top three cities where idlis are ordered the most are Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad. Additionally, Mumbai, Pune, Coimbatore, Delhi, Vizag, Kochi, and Kolkata follow closely behind in terms of the popularity of this savoury rice cake. These statistics demonstrate the widespread appeal of idlis among people throughout the country.

Amid all these orders for idli, one customer from Hyderabad had broken all records by ordering idlis worth Rs 6 lakh in 12 months. Moreover, he ordered idli from different locations, even when he was travelling.

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According to the report, the peak time for ordering idlis is between 8AM to 10AM for cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Mumbai, and Chennai. Idli is a staple food in south India, as most people start with idlis.

Source Link : Swiggy Says It Has Delivered 33 Million Idlis in India, Hyderabad Customer Spends Rs 6 Lakh Ine One Year

TW: mention of suicide, stress, anxiety, depression, and suicidal tendency

In a tragic incident a Belgian man, a father of two reportedly committed suicide after having long conversation with an AI chatbot. The unnamed Belgian guy was a health researcher. Speaking with the Belgian based local outlet La Libre, the widow of the deceased alleged that he would still be here…had it not for Eliza. Eliza is a chatbot by Chai Research, founded by William Beauchamp and Thomas Rianlan. Per reports cited in multiple media outlets (including NYPost and Vice), the 30 something Belgian guy had lengthy chats with Eliza on climate change and its impending implication.

The chatbot allegedly drove the man to end his life as a sacrifice for the greater good of the planet.”

FYI, there are many (suffice to say cults) who advocate altruistic suicide for the benefit of people and planet. Especially groups like VHEMT and Church of Euthanasia, that perpetuates the radical philosophy of terminating one’s lineage via abstaining from sex to expedite human extinction. VHEMT or Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, founded by Les U Knight in 1991 has many advocates. The core ideology of the movement stems from Deep Ecology which essentially means restructuring human (society) in accordance with the needs of Gaia/Mother Earth.

The VHEMT portal looks like a relic from the 90s peppered with pseudo science and cult belief entrenched in UFOlogy and other crap. Best not to venture down the alley. Having said that, it is no secret where the Generative Artificial Intelligence curates data sets to respond queries from. From every nook and corner of the interwebs, including the content like VHEMT. But that’s just the author’s hypothesis.

According to the reports, six weeks prior to snuffing himself out, the Belgian guy conversed intensely with Eliza on the Chai app. The man had unfortunately started considering the bot as a human sentient. Following deep convos with Eliza, the man developed an existential crisis. Speaking with La Libre, her widowed wife remarks that her beloved became extremely pessimistic about the effects of cataclysmic climate change activities like global warming. His only solace was Eliza. He told his wife that he saw no human solution to the problem. Hence his unrelenting trust in artificial intelligence. The wife said that it was like a drug for his eco-anxiety. According to her,

Eliza told her late husband that the AI pledged to live with the man forever as a pair entwined together as one person in paradise.”

Eliza’s last set of conversation seems to be abetting the man into taking his last step off the ledge.

The bot allegedly told the man, “If you desire to die then why not sooner?”

AI has taken its first life. ‘Her’ in real life.https://t.co/39PVmu1fm6

— Dave Lu 呂曉龍 (@davelu) March 29, 2023

If you (or anyone you know) are feeling suicidal, please call AASRA at +91 9820466726 or head over to http://www.aasra.info/helpline.html to find your nearest helpline. Please speak with a professional counselor and do not give up yet.

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Cover Image: Pixabay + Freepik

Source Link : Man Commits Suicide After Long Chat With THIS AI Chatbot

Smartwatches have become a ubiquitous gadgets for many, offering an array of features such as fitness tracking, messaging, and music playback. However, one of the most sought-after qualities in a smartwatch is its water resistance, which allows users to wear them while swimming or participating in water activities without fear of damage.

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While some companies claim their watches can withstand water, few live up to those promises. Nevertheless, the Apple Watch has proven to be an exception, as it not only excels in health tracking but can also survive extended periods underwater. A remarkable example of this is the story of a man who lost his Apple Watch at sea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but was able to recover it using the Find My app.

A report from the Brazilian website R1 reveals how an Apple Watch user named Roch misplaced his smartwatch during his tour in Buzio while swimming. According to the owner, his Apple Watch’s strap slipped from his wrist during underwater swimming. The report suggests that he tried finding the Watch, but he was unable to find it, but then he used some technical common sense and tried locating the Apple Watch with the Find My app, and he got it.

Yes! You read it correctly, Roach spotted the Watch lying underwater. Despite the fact that the Apple Watch had stopped functioning, Rocha received a notification via the Find My app indicating that the Watch had been powered on. Rocha took action by activating the Lost Mode and inputting some personal information. As a result, he received a message via Instagram from a 16-year-old girl who claimed to have found the Watch.

A 50-year-old diver named Fiho has found the fitness tracker. He usually collects lost items and returns them to their owners. The report reveals that Fiho told them he was amazed when Apple Watch came back to life after plugging into a charger; he was not expecting that. The Watch was successfully handed over to Rosh in working condition even after being in the sea for a couple of days.

Source Link : Lost at Sea, Found On Instagram: Apple Watch Miraculously Returns To Owner In Perfect Condition

Apple has recently launched its flagship series of smartphones in India and global markets. The handset also comes with a premium design, features and price tag. However, if someone is planning to buy one, then this could be a piece of great news for potential buyers. The Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart is currently offering a hefty discount on the iPhone 14, with its price being the lowest since its launch. The flagship phone is now available at nearly the same cost as the iPhone 13, with only a difference of Rs 3,000 between the two.

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Apple iPhone 14 Flipkart Discounts

According to the reports, customers can avail themselves of up to Rs 15,000 discount on the 2022 iPhone through the latest discount offers on Flipkart. The handset is listed on the marketplace at a discounted price of Rs 68,999, down from its launch price of Rs 79,999. But buyers can also avail of a discount of Rs 4,000 by using an HDFC bank credit card, bringing down the price to Rs 64,999.

However, do note that the company is offering this discount on only the Product Red model of the iPhone 14, and other colour variants are selling at the same price tags. Meanwhile, the iPhone 13 is listed on the website at Rs 61,999, increasing the confusion for buyers.

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Buyers who want to save some extra money on their purchase can opt for the iPhone 13 model, but we recommend buying the latest model as it comes with some significant changes and upgraded features like Satellite Connectivity, fall detection, and more.

Source Link : iPhone 14 Up For Grabs Via Flipkart With Hefty Discount Of Rs 15,000; Check Out Deals And Offers Here

A 12-year-old student in Dubai used the money she made from selling baked products at school to purchase an iPhone 14. During six weeks, Bianca Jemi Wariyava managed her schoolwork and a side company to save enough cash for an Apple iPhone.

Bianca, whose mother is from the Philippines and whose father is Indian, the thought of the notion of selling bread to her instructors and fellow students because she desired a new phone. Bianca was familiar with the kitchen because both of her parents are experienced bakers who have experience working at some of Dubai’s finest eateries.

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She used to bring bread that her mother had prepared to school and share it with her friends. They praised the bread’s flavor and fluff. The seventh-grader told Khaleej Times, “They enjoyed it so much they begged me to bring some again the next day. So, one of Bianca’s friends advised her to sell the bread when she was attempting to save money for an iPhone 14. The 12-year-old added, “And that was when I learned I could purchase an iPhone 14 with the money I could earn.” Her father Jemibhai Wariyava first invested 100 Dirham in her baking company.

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The seventh-grader achieved success using her parents’ “secret formula,” saving the necessary amount in less than two months. In Dubai, an iPhone 14 costs about 3000 Dirhams (about Rs. 67,000). She said that students even asked about our financial situation while citing the encouragement of her friends, classmates, professors, and neighbors as what kept her continuing.

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There is some positive news going around if you’re afraid to die and wish you could live forever. In just 7 years, according to former Google engineer Ray Kurzweil, humans will achieve immortality with the aid of nanorobots, an assertion that has sparked controversy around the globe.

The 75-year-old engineer is not an ordinary person; throughout his entire career, he has made 147 predictions, of which 86% have come true.

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“With my high level of income, and advances in technology, no reason I don’t think I can’t live to be 250-300”

— JoeSchmoe 🤫🥸 (@SchmoesBrother) March 29, 2023

In a YouTube video by tech vlogger Adagio, Kurzweil asserts while discussing the advancement of genetics, nanotechnology, automation, and other fields.

Does this mean I have to figure out how to hold onto my job for the next 150 years?

— Greg (@realheavygc) March 29, 2023

According to a New York Post report, the scientist highlighted in the two-part video interview his assertion made in the 2005 book “The Singularity Is Near” that technology will enable people to live eternal lives by 2030.

“We’ll soon enough have nanobots flowing through our veins,” the engineer predicted, given the pace of technological development and growth in the fields of genetics, robotics, and nanotechnology.

Currently used in studies as DNA probes, cell imaging tools, and cell-specific transporters, nanobots are minuscule bots that are 50–100 nm wide. According to Kurzweil, nanorobots will also aid in cellular human body healing and the prevention of aging and disease.

Who would even want to be here forever? Not me! Better things are waiting beyond.

— Surreality (@This_Surreality) March 30, 2023

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Damn, I gotta live a whole eight more years

— Chad Michael Burry🔺 (@AltcoinPodcast) March 30, 2023

Additionally, he asserted that nanotechnology would let people consume whatever they want and still maintain their health and vitality.

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If you’re eagerly anticipating the iPhone 15 series this year, be aware that the price will likely increase significantly. This is true since a research note by analyst Jeff Pu indicates that the price of the iPhone 15 Pro versions may rise, according to a MacRumors article. If this happens, it will be Apple’s first price increase for the iPhone 15 Pro in the US since the release of the iPhone X. Nonetheless, the iPhone SE 4 can be the ideal choice for you if you want a new Apple iPhone but don’t want to spend a lot of money.

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Although being scheduled to be released in 2024, the iPhone SE 4 is already making headlines. The iPhone SE is anticipated to become a less expensive alternative to the premium iPhone series, just like its predecessor, the iPhone SE 2022. Furthermore, it may compete with the incoming Google Pixel 7a. You may anticipate the iPhone SE 4 to have a substantial number of enhancements, according to rumors and leaks. These are some potential benefits of this inexpensive iPhone.

According to reports, the iPhone SE 4 is anticipated to make a significant change as it transitions from a little, iPhone 8-like design to a larger, 6.1-inch BOE OLED display. The 4.7-inch screen of the iPhone SE 3 is its current size. Thus, the new iPhone SE 4 will be comparable in size to the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14. Moreover, it will have a notch design and thinner bezels than before.

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The iPhone SE 4 is anticipated to drop Touch ID in favor of Face ID, according to a Tom’s Guide rumor. In addition, the source stated that the iPhone SE 4 might receive an A16 Bionic CPU from the iPhone 14 Pro models in 2019. The introduction of the iPhone SE 4, which is anticipated to occur in 2024, is still a ways off, and all of this information is based on leaks and rumors. As a result, you should view the information with caution.

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Imagine you are into hospitality, and one fine day a customer gets impressed with the work that he gives you a car as a tip. Yes, this just happened with a waitress when a popular YouTuber with a channel name Mr Beast (Jummy Donaldson) gifted a brand new gigantic Toyota Corolla to a waitress. He has also shared the video on TikTok. There were individuals who expressed discontent, alleging that his motives for doing so were solely to promote his new chocolate venture, Feastables.

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MrBeast, also known as Jimmy Donaldson, holds the title of the most popular YouTuber worldwide, with 139 million subscribers. In a 42-second video uploaded on Monday, he asked a waitress named Amy about the biggest gratuity she had ever received, to which she replied that she had received a $50 tip as her highest.

I love MrBeast but he gave her a car with an ad on it ahahahahahhaahahahshsh pic.twitter.com/slcifjgO9i

— The BKH 💫Create More (@thebkh) March 27, 2023

Donaldson astonished her by gifting her the keys to a brand new black Toyota Corolla parked outside and informed her that it was hers. The vehicle was adorned with a Feastables sticker on the side and his YouTube logo on the hood.

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Initially, Amy doesn’t believe that Donaldson is joking or he is serious about the tip, but when he takes her out to showcase the car, she becomes emotional, and it seems that she is about to cry. Later on, Amy disclosed that she was late for work because her Uber ride was sluggish, and she appeared to be appreciative of the present. As the video concludes, Donaldson advises her to relish her new car. The video has garnered around 11 million views, over 1 million, and around 8000 comments.

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Citing an article from The Information, according to the following viral tweet , a prominent Google AI researcher Jacob Devlin left the company claiming Bard was being trained on data sets from ChatGPT. Per the article, Devlin shared his concerns with CEO Sundar Pichai and senior management of the Bard team. He alleged that Bard is heavily relying on information from ShareGPT, an online board where ChatGPT users share their communication log with OpenAI’s chatbot. Another source told the publication that the company ceased using ChatGPT data after raising the alarm. It also mentions that perhaps Google sliced off the piece of training based on ShareGPT or ChatGPT.

NEW: Prominent Google AI researcher resigned after warning Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and other senior execs that Bard—Google’s rival to ChatGPT—was *using data from ChatGPT*.

Big no-no in that world. https://t.co/a5NeclJPK5 w/ @jon_victor_ pic.twitter.com/YEZqEqpzPS

— Amir Efrati (@amir) March 29, 2023

Meanwhile, Google has denied all such rumors in a statement to tech mag The Verge. Google’s spokesperson Chris Pappas told the publication that Bard was not trained on any data set from either ShareGPT or ChatGPT, as alleged. Pappas has handled External Affairs, Global Communication and Public Affairs at Google since August 2021. However, the publication remarks that Google didn’t respond to the query if they ‘never ever’ used any of that data.

Google denies Bard was trained with ChatGPT data https://t.co/9eK5pEfqA8 pic.twitter.com/FIFWFmtuCS

— The Verge (@verge) March 30, 2023

If true, is this any more scandalous than time depraved devs lifting source codes from Github? On a corporate level? Yes! It’s plain lazy if Google ever trained inhouse artificial intelligence Bard on OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Rumors are churning and vella people on the internet do need one, to milk content out of misery and malice. Whatever they be. Best to tread with caution and keep your hat of critical thinking on as AI lays siege.

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Elon Musk, the owner of tech giant companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter, is known for his out-of-the-box thinking and straightforward attitude. Since Musk took over the social media giant Twitter, the company has witnessed numerous changes, be it introducing new features, implementing charges on Blue Tick accounts, or firing people. However, amid all this, the CEO has gained huge popularity on the social media website, and the results stated that Elon Musk is the most followed person on Twitter. Prior to this, former US president Barack Obama was the most number of followers on the platform.

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According to the official records, currently, Elon Musk has a follower base of 133,147,495 at the time of drafting this article. On the other hand, Obama has 133,042,221 followers on Twitter. Obama, who primarily uses Twitter for professional purposes, Musk’s tweets cover a wide range of topics, including memes and calling out his competitors. As of June last year, Musk had amassed a following of 100 million on the platform.

Last year Elon Musk paid USD 44 billion to buy out the social media giant Twitter. Just after getting into power, Musk fires CEO Parag Agrawal with some senior executives. Elon Musk made a statement approximately five months after acquiring Twitter, in which he revealed that the company’s value had decreased significantly since his purchase. According to Musk, Twitter was now valued at USD 20 billion, which is less than half of the amount he had paid for it.

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