
Technology is often accused of causing loneliness. The US Surgeon General recently warned that tech can deepen isolation, increase fear of missing out, and reduce social interaction. Surveys frequently show that isolation among young people surges when their so

This new LLM technique has started improving the results of models without additional training. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/04/how-do-mixture-of-experts-layers-affect-transformer-models/

Marley Stevens posted a video on TikTok last semester that she described as a public service announcement to any college student. Her message: Don’t use grammar-checking software if your professor might run your paper through an AI-detection system.
Stevens is a junior at the University of North Georgia, and she has been unusually public about what she calls a “debacle,” in which she was accus

If you’re a brand on social media (and which brand isn’t?), you need to tread carefully when it comes to using AI across your social channels. That’s according to a new survey from social media analytics company Sprout Social, which reveals that consumers are more favorable to some types of AI use over others.
First the positive
Sprout Social’s survey found that a majority of consu

Stock rewards have obvious appeal to shoppers: Why not own a piece of the company where you’re spending money? It’s possible that those programs may become more common in the near future, as the company powering stock rewards programs recently won patent approval and is hoping to see them expand.
Apex Fintech Solutions, a self-described “fintech for fintechs,” which powers much of the behind-the-scenes technology and workflows for several popular companies in the space,

Are you frustrated with your employer’s lack of commitment to sustainability? Maybe “climate quitting” is for you. Climate quitting means leaving your job due to concerns about your employer’s impact on the climate or because you want to work directly on addressing

Last month, Finnish startup Polar Night Energy announced that it is building a giant sand battery capable of heating a town of 5,000 people for up to a month. That’s on a single charge. Polar Night is constructing the sand batt

It’s tough to think of two words that seem more at odds with each other than “beautiful” and “presentation.” I mean, have you seen a PowerPoint slide deck lately?
That disconnect is something Mitch Grasso’s been grappling with for years. In fact, it wouldn’t be a stretch to describe it as motivating his life mission at this point—to achieve the impossible-seeming feat of turning mundane digital presentations into something both bea

Discover the difference between zero impressions and low search volume keywords on Google. Learn how to prepare and optimize your ad groups.
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Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk

Europe’s linguistic diversity has received a boost into the AI era with the launch of new LLMs for Nordic languages. Fittingly named Viking, the model family is the brainchild of Finnish startup Silo AI. The company claims to host Europe’s largest private AI la

Get ready for 2024 with a solid SEM plan. Learn how to overcome challenges and optimize your search marketing efforts for optimal results.
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New research on the Perplexity AI search engine offers significant insights for ecommerce sites and SEO
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Health tech has a rocky history. For every story of the Apple Watch saving someone’s life, there’s a Theranos out there ruining it for everyone. Yet the sector marches on. We all want to be healthy and know more about our bodies —

Tokamak KSTAR v jihokorejském Tedžonu nedávno překonal svůj „osobní“ rekord. Vytvořil plazma o teplotě nitra Slunce a udržel ho po dobu 48 sekund. Je to významný úspěch, byť ve stínu čínského tokamaku EAST. Konečným cílem tokamaku KSTAR je udržet takové plazma 5 minut. http://www.osel.cz/13420-jihokorejsky-tokamak-kstar-udrzel-100-milionu-c-plazma-48-sekund.html

Time marches quickly for just about anyone. But in the technology world, it can positively gallop.
Apple has declared the iPhone 6 Plus to be “obsolete” technology, meaning it will no longer repair or service the device—and service providers are no longer able to order parts for the products.
The declaration for older technology comes roughly seven years after the company has stopped offering it at retail. The iPhone 6

Back in early 2015, I hit a personal Twitter verbosity record by tweeting an average of 25 times a day. Last month, on the service now known as X, I posted a mere 49 times in total. No wonder I’m less engaged: Of the six people I tweeted with most often in 2016, only one shows up more than very occasionally nowadays—mostly to promote his projects elsewhere,

Facing antitrust concerns, Microsoft announced plans to sell its chat app Microsoft Teams separately from Microsoft Office, a victory for rival chat app Slack, which has complained that selling the two programs together constitutes an “illegal” practice by the company, Reuters reported Monday.
Teams was a

Some big changes are happening in Amazon stores, while Amazon Web Services (AWS) has axed more employees.
Amazon is ditching its Just Walk Out program, which allowed customers in Amazon Fresh stores to do just that: exit with their items, without ever checking out.
The technology sounds ideal, but the systems, which were expensive to install, were also riddled with errors. Instead of a traditional checkout line, it relied on a host of cameras and workers watching them, as

Earlier this week, I was just about to sit down to dinner when I glanced at my wrist and noticed that my Apple Watch was going absolutely haywire. The screen was furiously flittering among apps as if controlled by some invisible person who was pressing buttons at lightning speed. Within seconds, my Series 9 had somehow changed my daily fitness goals, sent a random Slack message to all my coworkers (“Hello!”), and, to my horror, was now calling 911. Which I was helpless to stop.
“911,

It was only a matter of time before musicians joined writers, actors, and filmmakers in banding together against the threat AI poses on their art and livelihood. On Tuesday, nonp

Google's forum carousel sparks debate, raising concerns about misinformation and prompting a response from the company.
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YouTube introduces new impression insights, enabling channels to see a breakdown of new and returning viewers.
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Google's new tutorial can help you identify and resolve Interaction to Next Paint (INP) issues.
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The best remote jobs are at companies that aren’t only open-minded about where you live but also great places to work, period! These well-known tech companies each have Glassdoor reviews of at least four stars and plenty of work-from-home jobs to fill.
Nvidia: 157 jobs

CodeGen is fast, but you need to be good. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/03/developers-with-ai-assistants-need-to-follow-the-pair-programming-model/

Days before a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America, scientists in Europe have revealed another plan to block out the sun. The audacious project — called Proba-3 — will align two spacecraft to produce artificial eclipses. By creating this complicated

Amazon Bedrock, the tech giant’s platform for building generative AI applications, has added Mistral Large, the latest and most advanced Large Language Model (LLM) of Mistral AI, to its service. The Paris-based startup released the model in February, boasting

Two of the leaders in quantum technologies, Quantinuum and Microsoft, today announced a breakthrough in reducing ‘noise’ that could mean quantum advantage is closer than previously thought. When it comes to quantum computing, noise refers to int

Jigar Shah is in a race against time, his progress measured in part by a map on his office wall. Each point on the map represents a project financed by the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, where Shah is the director. The 60 active LPO-financed initiatives include a factory for EV batteries or sustainable aviation fuel, a grid upgrade, and a next-gen geothermal plant.
Shah’s obscure office is now busy reviewing

Opera now becomes the first major browser to offer built-in access to local AI models. Starting today, the Oslo-based company is introducing experimental support for 150 variants of local Large Language Models (LLMs), covering approximately 50 families. These

Learn how to become a successful SEO consultant in 10 simple (but not easy) steps.
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…aneb Kdo byl prvním vědecky popsaným tyranosauridem? http://www.osel.cz/13419-desivy-strasny-zub.html

The World Bank estimates that by 2050 the global urban population will double in size, putting ever-increasing pressure on city streets, housing markets, infrastructure, government services, and the environment. Luckily, over the last few years, advancements in t

Carpooling’s resurgence continued today as France’s BlaBlaCar reached two big new milestones. The Paris-based trip-sharing service has raised a €100mn credit line and hit profitability over the last 24 months — its first full years in the black. The company plans to us

Generative AI is coming to your web browser whether you want it or not.
Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Arc and other browsers are all trying to change how we interact with the web, using AI to boil down web articles and make browsing more efficient. As with the race to reinvent web search around AI, the hope is that you won’t have to load a dozen browser tabs and scrutinize each one t

Posts by Google's Danny Sullivan & John Mueller were removed by the r/SEO moderators for no justifiable reason
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Increase your online visibility with tips on checking your local search ranking on Google and optimizing for local relevance.
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Google's Gary Illyes aims to reduce web crawling without sacrificing quality, prioritizing URLs that "deserve" crawling.
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Experimenty s přesvědčováním mezi lidmi a mezi člověkem a generativní inteligencí nemilosrdně ukázaly, že tam kde lidé tragicky selhávají a nejsou schopni přesvědčit druhé, i když o nich mají základní demografické informace, generativní inteligence se stávají zázračnými mašinami na přesvědčování. Vymluvily by i tele z vola. http://www.osel.cz/13418-lstiva-generativni-inteligence-gpt-4-je-mnohem-presvedcivejsi-nez-lide.html

Google's John Mueller explained if it's okay to start fixing a website before the Core Algorithm Update is over
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Google discontinues Translate's Contribute feature, citing improvements in translation quality driven by advanced machine learning techniques.
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A few weeks back, Amsterdam announced it was trialling new technology that can automatically reduce ebike speed when riders enter certain parts of the city. Predictably, the initiative sparked debate. On Reddit, some expressed concerns about dat


Following the recent approval of the EU’s risk-based AI Act, the UK has now partnered up with the US to co-establish testing procedures and guidelines on AI safety. As part of the transatlantic deal, the two countries will combine their capabilities and expert

Unsure if a paid keyword research tool is right for you? Ease into it with Google Keyword Planner using our step-by-step guide.
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Go beyond linear purchase funnels. Understand what drives user behavior and how to optimize your content strategy with this insightful post.
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In a potentially transformative move for healthcare, the NHS is rolling out an “artificial pancreas” for people suffering from type 1 diabetes. Known as the Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL) system, the artificial pancreas is a device that significantly automates the m

Vulnerability discovered in the Beaver Builder WordPress page builder that can enable an attacker to inject a malicious script
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Find out which is more effective: human copywriting or AI-generated ad copy. This study reveals insights on driving clicks and conversions.
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The home team is joined by Michael Foree, Stack Overflow’s director of data science and data platform, and occasional cohost Cassidy Williams, CTO at Contenda, for a conversation about long context windows, retrieval-augmented generation, and how Databricks’ new open LLM could change the game for developers. Plus: How will FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentence of 25 years in prison reverberate in the blockchain and crypto spaces? https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/02/are-long-context-windo


OpenAI announced a free version of ChatGPT that allows users to access Chat without logging in, as simple as using a search engine
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Looking to learn the secrets to lead generation success? Want to know what critical mistakes to avoid when building your paid ad strategy? We’ve got you covered. On April 17, we’re teaming up with Redesign for a live presentation to give you the proven PPC blueprint to boost your leads. Sign up to discover Redesign’s time-tested Google Ads strategies that skyrocket leads. You’ll get an exclusive look into their launch process, keyword selection, ad copy, and bidding strategies. Key takeawa

The new horror film Late Night with the Devil hit theaters late last month amid a lot of really good buzz. It has a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and has broken box office records for its distributor, IFC Films. It seemed poised to become the indie movie success s

“Lifelike realism”—in the world of video games, at least—has long referred to audiovisual fidelity. The more pixels a game has, the faster its frame rates, the more encompassing its sound, the more “real” it is. But some of the best new games are creating experiences for players that feel lifelike in a different way: by mirroring the vastness and complexity of daily life.
Yes, the Manhattan Bridge gleams recognizably in the East River dawn in

Supermasivní černá díra chytla zvláštní škytavku. Pozoruhodné vysvětlení počítá se sežráním neopatrné hvězdy a obíháním druhé, mnohem menší černé díry, která párá akreční disk supermasivního partnera dvakrát při každém oběhu. Zřejmě jsme objevili systém dvou dramaticky různých černých děr. http://www.osel.cz/13416-zahadne-skytani-supermasivni-cerne-diry-vyvolava-obihajici-mala-cerna-dira.html

Želvušky jsou nejdrsnější živočichové, jaké známe. Vydrží věci, které by nás zabily, kdybychom na ně déle mysleli. Co kdybychom si jejich triky vypůjčili a zapracovali na vlastní odolnosti? Mezinárodní výzkumný tým to udělal a zjistil, že speciální ochranné proteiny želvušek fungují v lidských buňkách podobně a chrání je před strastmi okolního prostředí. Je to apríl? http://www.osel.cz/13417-vedci-zkrizili-cloveka-se-zelvuskou.html

Evropa konečně upouští od podpory občasných zdrojů energie a přiklání se k tradici a stabilitě. http://www.osel.cz/13415-green-deal-meni-kurs.html