You have to give Microsoft credit, the company knows how to drop dollars. A set of new commercials for Internet Explorer 9, the company’s current browser, is making the rounds, and instead of going for one big name, Microsoft hired an entire cast of pitchman to hawk its software. I feel a bit stodgy, but I honestly only recognized 40% of these new spokespeople for IE. Perhaps you will do better....
OpenAI has once again made the headlines, this time with Copilot, an AI-powered programming tool jointly built with GitHub. Built on top ofGPT-3, OpenAI’s famous language model, Copilot is an autocomplete tool that provides relevant (and sometimes lengthy) suggestions as you write code. Copilot is currently available to select applicants as an extension in Visual Studio Code, the flagship programming tool of Microsoft, GitHub’s parent company. While the AI-powered code generator is still a work in progress, it provides some interesting hints about thebusiness of large language modelsand the future directions of the software industry....
When I started to write this post, it was going to be about one thing but then turned into quite another. I wanted to cover the launch ofOneTrueFan’srealtime fan analytics platform, an impressive addition to the site that provides realtime insights for fans of blogs. As I went to try it out though, I have to admit I was a little scared by what I saw. The site lets you access analytics platforms for different blogs that they’ve released ahead of launch....
Here’s a gutsy move, but one that could pay off extremely well in the long run. According toTechCrunch, Angel investorYuri MilnerandSV Angelhave just laid down an offer that will be exceedingly difficult to refuse: $150,000 to every startup in the currentY Combinator, plus every group to come. While it’s great news for the 40-some hackers who are hoping to claw their way to victory right now, it just might do more harm than good in the grand scheme....
Apple may be teaming up with a ‘major OEM’ manufacturer of televisions in order to get a product ready to launch later this year, claimsDaily Tech. This new rumor, reported by9to5Mac, is supported by a source that Daily Tech says is a ‘former Apple executive’. The source says that Apple plans to enter the TV business later this year to “blow Netflix and all those other guys away” by packing an Apple TV and iTunes inside a TV that would be produced by another company but branded with the Apple name....
