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Refilled wants to save 100 million plastic bottles from the landfill

The Australian government recently set new packaging regulations after an official review found just 18% of plastic packaging is recycled, falling far short of a 70% target by 2025. Refilled, a Sydney-based startup, wants to help with its smart drink … Continue reading

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Intel Patches Widespread Processor Vulnerability

The strange vulnerability could have allowed for escalation of privilege, denial of service or information disclosure attacks.

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Microsoft Ignite: New Solutions Offer More Security and Productivity from Windows in the Cloud

Cloud PCs give you access to Windows AI tools on any device, and Windows 365 now has AI-powered tools to help IT give users the right cloud PC for their needs.

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Microsoft launches a deepfakes creator at Ignite 2023 event

One of the more unexpected products to launch out of the Microsoft Ignite 2023 event is a tool that can create a photorealistic avatar of a person and animate that avatar saying things that the person didn’t necessarily say. Called Azure … Continue reading

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Microsoft renames Bing Chat to Copilot as it competes with ChatGPT

Everything’s coming up Copilot — including Bing. Today at Microsoft Ignite 2023, the company renamed Bing Chat, the AI-powered chatbot it launched on Bing earlier this year, to Copilot in Bing. Meanwhile, the premium, corporate-focused version of Bing Chat, which … Continue reading

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Threads starts testing hashtags…without the hash

Instagram’s Threads has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it’s adding one more feature that’s been core to the Twitter experience for years: hashtags. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads will begin testing the ability … Continue reading

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Jumia reports GMV growth in physical goods across five countries and lowest losses since IPO

In Q3 2023, Jumia reported its adjusted EBITDA loss at $15 million, marking the lowest since its IPO in 2019 (outperforming the $27 million recorded in Q1 and $19.3 million in Q2) and a substantial decrease of $32 million compared … Continue reading

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Cisco stock plunges on light guidance after product order slowdown

Cisco’s pace of product orders decelerated as customers worked to implement offerings they bought in the past few quarters.

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Microsoft is fine avoiding China as U.S. considers national security implications, CEO Satya Nadella says

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC’s Jon Fortt that the company has notable Chinese customers that operate outside the mainland

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Meta calls for parental control laws for under-16s

The firm wants app stores, like Apple’s and Google’s, to get parental consent when under-16s download apps.

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