The Future of Twitter, Resurrecting Prehistoric Fossils, and Amazon Enters the Telecoms Market

Jack Dorsey has stepped down as the CEO of Twitter. Read his letter to know more about what the future holds for Twitter and why Dorsey believes that a company should distance itself from its founder's influence. 

Everyone knows about the popularity of the React Native framework in developing mobile applications. However, with the huge number of open vacancies, and an oversaturation of applicants, how can companies assess the skills of React Native developers and filter out the ones who are truly qualified for the role?

Compared to the $9 billion spent by consumers last year, Black Friday sales this year dipped to $8.9 billion. As per Adobe Analytics, one of the chief reasons behind the dip was chip shortage as consumers were met with an increased number of out-of-stock messages.

Python and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are both changing the face of digitization. To overcome their problems, AI developers are just using Python library scripts. But why is that?

Omicron, a new variant of Covid-19, has been making the news lately. The first confirmed cases are from South Africa, though it may have spread much further. Scientists are calling it the "most heavily mutated version discovered so far." How worried do we need to be?

At AWS Re:Invent, AWS introduced AWS Private 5G, a new service that opens up the competition with telecom providers. AWS Private 5G allows businesses to set up their own private 5G network on their campus or industrial complex.

Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been a major player in the cloud computing sector. It has developed tremendously since then, and now provides a wide range of services to businesses all around the world. But there are still a lot of unanswered concerns in the tech world regarding the future of AWS. 

After having discovered two new species of fossilized armored worms in Australia — Lepidocoleus caliburnus and Lepidocoleus shurikenus — scientists used the MU X-ray Microanalysis Core facility's micro-CT imaging capabilities to develop digital 3D models of the species' individual armor plates, which are the first-of-its-kind.

GitHub Copilot is essentially an "AI pair programmer" that improves coding efficiency by suggesting code as it is typed. GPT-3, on the other hand, is a Natural Language Processing model that guesses the next word in a sentence based on the preceding words. Find out which is better for writing code.

Alexa has been updated to detect two new sounds that you can teach her to recognise. With the new version, the device can now detect sounds such as running water and beeping appliances. For example, if you want Alexa to detect the chime of your dryer, you may set up a routine for Alexa to notify you when your dryer turns off.

Uber is introducing a number of new safety features to its app, including an audio reminder for riders to buckle up, the ability for riders or drivers to record audio during rides, and the detection of unusual route alterations or stops before reaching the final destination. According to Uber, the modifications are intended to make both riders and drivers feel safer while on the road.

Following his arrest in August 2020 for a shooting in Wisconsin that left two people dead and a third critically injured, Facebook had slapped a restriction on searches for the name Kyle Rittenhouse which was removed on Wednesday. Rittenhouse was cleared of all charges by a jury in Kenosha last month.