Hashtag Trending Sep.29-Meta announces new chatbot with “personality”; Reddit to force users to see personalized ads; X disables feature to report electoral misinformation
Meta announces new chatbot with personality, Reddit starts forcing users to see personalized ads, X scraps feature to report electoral misinformation and Google asks its chatbot to take a deep breath to do better at Math. These stories and a lot more as we bring you the top tech
Read moreWhich Backend Technology to Choose in 2023: Node vs Python?
This article compares Node.js and Python for backend development, discussing their key differences, advantages, and real-world use cases. Continue reading Which Backend Technology to Choose in 2023: Node vs Python? on SitePoint.
Read moreChampagne squeezed to produce proposed amendments on privacy, AI bills
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s attempt to get parliamentary committee hearings on privacy and AI legislation off to a good start has backfired, with the opposition passing a committee motion Thursday demanding he produce proposed amendments next week. The House of Commons industry and technology committee was poised Thursday to hear
Read moreSpaceX’s defense-focused Starshield satellite internet business lands first contract
SpaceX won its first contract for Starshield, the defense-focused version of its Starlink satellite internet service, from the U.S. Space Force. The one-year contract has a maximum value of $70 million, a U.S. Air Force representative told Bloomberg. The contract “provides for Starshield end-to-end service via the Starlink constellation, user
Read moreCross-platform way to enter Unicode characters
The previous post describes the hoops I jumped through to enter Unicode characters on a Mac. Here’s a script to run from the command line that will copy Unicode characters to the system clipboard. It runs anywhere the Python module pyperclip runs. #!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys import pyperclip cp =
Read moreUsing Unicode on MacOS
Setting up Unicode on my MacBook took some research, so I’m leaving myself a note here if I need to do it again. Maybe it’ll help someone else too. From the System Settings dialog, go to Keyboard and click the Edit button next to Input Sources. Click on the +
Read moreOn TikTok, videos promoting steroids are exploding — and at times targeting teens
In a new report, a social media watchdog group details how steroid content is exploding in some TikTok communities, promoting potentially dangerous and often illegal substances while propagating unattainable body image ideals to boys and young men. Researchers with the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found that videos tagged
Read moreJudge upholds $18 minimum pay for NYC delivery workers
In a blow to Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub, a New York judge on Thursday ruled to allow the implementation of the minimum pay rate of $18 per hour for New York City’s food delivery workers. The delivery apps sued the city in July, when the city’s 65,000 delivery workers would
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