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YouTube is changing the way the service’s home page works. Now, for users who have disabled their viewing history, a blank screen will be displayed instead of a list of recommended videos. This change is part of the “new viewing experience”. If you have disabled your YouTube watch history and “do not have a significant […]
After Bing Chat became available in Chrome and Safari, Microsoft’s AI tool is now heading to browsers for mobile operating systems. Bing Chat was first launched in February, but it was limited to the Microsoft Edge browser. Now the tool is starting to spread among smartphone and tablet owners, perhaps the largest audience. This is […]
Google’s search engine has recently introduced a grammar checker feature – the functionality has been available since at least last month, but only now has 9to5Google noticed it, and Google itself warns that “grammar checker accuracy is not guaranteed, especially for incomplete sentences.” And yes, “artificial intelligence systems” are responsible for this function (which ones […]
The Iraqi Ministry of Communications has blocked the Telegram messenger, allegedly for national security reasons and to preserve the integrity of users’ personal data. The country’s authorities believe that the app is processing data incorrectly, Reuters reports. Telegram is widely used in Iraq for messaging, as a source of news and for file sharing. Some […]
YouTube has announced that it is expanding the list of features for its Premium subscribers, raising the monthly subscription price to $13.99 and providing access to 1080p video quality on computers around the world. Paul Pennington, a representative of the platform, told journalists about the innovation. The 1080p feature was officially launched in April on […]
Google is launching a new feature to notify you when your personal contact information, such as your phone number, address, or email address, appears on the Internet. Previously, contact information had to be entered manually in the “results about you” dashboard, and then Google would display sites with matches and offer to send a removal […]
Meta has released AudioCraft, an open-source AI tool that allows generating music and sounds based on text prompts. AudioCraft consists of three AI models, each of which solves different sound generation tasks: MusicGen creates music. It was trained on 20,000 hours of music owned by Meta or licensed specifically for this purpose; AudioGen generates sounds […]
In the Monobank app, you can now buy eSIMs not only from lifecell, but also from Vodafone. Monobank users can order eSIMs from Vodafone with the Joice Pro tariff for UAH 200. The tariff includes 25 GB and 120 minutes for calls to all networks in Ukraine. New customers can choose a room to their […]
The YouTube team continues to experiment with new AI-powered features, most recently the ability to create short video annotations on the platform, which is currently being tested with a small number of users in a limited number of English-language videos. The administration announced the start of testing on a special page of the support website. […]
Meta may launch AI-based “personas” on its services, including Facebook and Instagram, as early as next month. Chatbots will provide users with a new way to search, get recommendations, and interact with the company’s products. According to sources, “persons” can have distinct individual traits. For example, one will offer travel recommendations “surfer-style,” while the other […]