Tag: Tech
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Microsoft won’t bundle Teams with Office after facing antitrust scrutiny – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Staff The Associated Press Posted April 1, 2024 4:28 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. The tech giant said Monday that customers buying Office subscriptions starting this week won’t…
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AI ramping up risk of promotional ploys on April Fools’ Day, experts warn – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Rebranding as “Voltswagen.” Shutting down Trader Joe’s. Emailing confirmation of a $750 food delivery. The range of April Fools’ Day marketing pranks gone awry is as varied as their reception. Met with everything from smiles and social media shares to confusion, derision or even fury and falling stocks, the puckish promotional tactic represents a…
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OpenAI’s voice assistant is revealed, but it won’t be going public yet. Here’s why – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Staff The Associated Press Posted March 29, 2024 6:52 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person’s voice, but says it won’t yet release it publicly due to safety concerns.…
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Ban TikTok, half of Canadians say in new poll as U.S. fears spread – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] A new poll indicates 51 per cent of Canadians support banning the social media app TikTok, after a U.S. bill aiming to do just that passed in the House of Representatives. Canada has ordered its own national security review of TikTok, something the Liberal government revealed following passage of the U.S. bill earlier this…
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Season 2 of ‘Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock’ shot in Calgary | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The second season of the rebooted Fraggle Rock franchise premiers March 29 on AppleTV+. Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock season 2 was filmed inside the Calgary Film Centre. During Global News Calgary’s exclusive tour on set, we got to see the world of fraggles, gorgs and doozers come to life in real time.…
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These B2B software companies are hiring in Canada
[ad_1] Visier, ShyftLabs, Autodesk are all looking to beef up their Canadian teams. The global software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is expected to reach $436 billion by 2025. This large cluster of companies span a broad range of products and services and cater to a wide variety of industries, but they share a common goal: to…
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‘Psychopathic’ Manitoba AI Easter Bunny ‘maybe just dealing with a lot,’ says creator | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] A Canadian history podcaster used AI to generate an Easter Bunny for every province and territory — an idea seemingly as sweet as a basket of chocolate Easter treats. British Columbia’s plaid-clad bunny in hipster glasses against a picturesque mountain backdrop, Quebec’s impeccably-dressed bunny sipping coffee on a trendy patio and Nunavut’s Easter Bunny…
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Instagram back online after hours-long outage: Downdetector – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Meta Platforms’s Instagram appeared to be back online for most users after an outage disrupted services for the photo-sharing platform for more than three hours on Thursday, according to Downdetector.com. The number of outages have come down to around 400 after more than 5,000 users reported…
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Tech platforms face ‘whack-a-mole’ situation in fighting health misinformation – National | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] When Dr. Garth Graham thinks about health misinformation on social media platforms, he envisions a garden. No matter how bountiful or verdant that garden is, even the head of YouTube’s global health division admits it’s often in need of tending. “How do you weed and pull out the bad information?” he questioned. “But also…how…