Microsoft’s Satya Nadella denounces Google’s default search deal with Apple in U.S. antitrust case
In a three and a half hour testimony yesterday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella assailed Google’s alleged monopolistic practices, which he said hurt Bing unfairly. Nadella argued that Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, has been unable to compete fairly in the search engine market, mainly because of the deal Google has struck
Read moreForrester reports cloud trends for 2023
A recent Forrester Research report has revealed the top 10 trends shaping the cloud industry this year. Not only are companies trying to keep up with the constantly evolving artificial intelligence (AI) advancements, a focus on digital sovereignty, subscription models, multi-cloud networking and security ecosystems are also highlighted in this
Read moreSpotify to include a selection of 150K audiobooks with its Premium subscription
Spotify today unveiled what’s next for the future of its audiobooks service. At an event hosted in its New York offices on Tuesday afternoon, the company announced a new business model where it will now provide Spotify Premium subscribers with access to a subset of its audiobooks catalog — a
Read moreHow an AI deepfake ad of MrBeast ended up on TikTok
AI deepfakes are getting so good that a fraudulent MrBeast ad slipped past TikTok’s ad moderation technology to end up on the platform. In the ad, the massively influential creator appeared to be offering 10,000 viewers an iPhone 15 Pro for just $2. In most cases, this would be a
Read moreBetter Way To Manage Your Node.js Secrets, Technically
Building software projects involves managing various services and environment-specific variables, often necessitating secure storage of sensitive data such as databases and cloud service credentialsPhoto by Maria Cappelli on UnsplashOne common mistake developers make is storing these credentials directly in the source code, a practice that can lead to severe consequences if
Read moreCreating a Spaceflight News Blog With HTMX and JSON API
Building a dynamic website with HTMX and JSON API with Spaceflight News blog exampleContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreUnveiling the Data Modeling Principles of SwiftData
While analyzing code, learning Swift’s new featuresPhoto by Steven Coffey on UnsplashIn the improvements of SwiftData, the ability to declare data models purely in code undoubtedly left a deep impression on Core Data developers. This article will delve into how SwiftData creates data models through code, its new language features, and demonstrate
Read moreBuild Secure, Scalable, and Accelerated Machine Learning Pipelines
Use Intel® SGX Virtual Machines in Azure Kubernetes* Services (AKS) DeploymentsFigure 1. Diagram of the XGBoost pipeline on Kubernetes architectureWhen deploying machine learning models into production, it is critical to ensure the application's security, scalability, and availability. Using the Kubernetes* service on the Microsoft Azure* confidential computing platform is one
Read moreU.S. lawmakers ask TikTok about its ByteDance ties after recent exec transfers between the companies
U.S. lawmakers have written a letter to TikTok questioning its independence from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, in the wake of a recent report from The Wall St. Journal which noted that several high-level executives had been transferred from ByteDance to TikTok where they took on top roles across the
Read moreSam Altman backs teens’ AI startup automating browser-native workflows
Sam Altman, Peak XV, and Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s AI grant are among backers of an AI startup, founded by two teenagers, that’s aiming to assist businesses in automating numerous workflows in previously unexplored ways. Induced AI, founded this year, enables businesses to input their workflows in plain English,
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