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The release of Rust 1.70.0 introduces improvements such as the 'sparse' protocol for reading the crates.io index, new types OnceCell and OnceLock, and new debugging options.

Gmail announces AI-powered top results feature for inbox search on Android and iPhone, highlighting Google's strategic focus on AI, search, and productivity to make the company 20% more efficient.

Dumme, an AI-driven video editing startup, offers a solution for creators to produce short-form videos from YouTube content quickly and efficiently.

SigmaOS unveils Airis, an AI-powered contextual assistant for its web browser, offering unique features such as understanding page context, real-time rewriting, translations, and more.

Microsoft is currently testing a long-awaited dark mode update for its Paint application in Windows 11.

Artifact news app, created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, integrates AI capabilities to rewrite clickbait headlines upon user flagging.

OpenAI has launched a $1 million cybersecurity grant program aimed at enhancing AI-powered cybersecurity. The initiative prioritizes practical applications and intends to quantify the effectiveness of AI models in various cybersecurity domains. OpenAI is now accepting applications on a rolling basis for funding, distributed in $10,000 increments.

Google has officially announced the discontinuation of support for the original Chromecast after ten years. Users are likely to experience a decline in performance, but the device will still function for the time being.

Shopify's Shop app has launched a reward program called 'Shop Cash,' providing users 1% cashback on purchases using its Shop Pay online checkout service. The program is available immediately for all eligible US-based purchases, with Shopify hosting a celebratory giveaway of over $1,000,000 in Shop Cash. The company further aims to connect independent brands to shoppers and reward loyalty.

AI-assisted development is the most engaging emerging technology for developers, according to SlashData’s 2023 Developer Nation survey.

Bootstrap 5.3.0 introduces major enhancements, including improved support for dark mode, a revamped color palette, and custom color modes.

Google Play Books introduces the 'Reading Practice' feature in the US, aimed at assisting children aged 0-8 in building their vocabulary and comprehension skills. The feature is available on Google Play Books Android app and in Google Kids Space.

Microsoft has introduced its AI-driven Designer tool on the free version of Teams, providing users with a versatile design platform for various purposes. This Canva-like tool utilizes AI technology to create unique designs for presentations, digital postcards, and more, which can be shared on various channels. Alongside this feature, Microsoft has announced other Teams updates, including GroupMe integration and a new Communities feature, all aimed at enhancing collaboration and user experience.

Database startup Ariga aims to make database management more straightforward with schema-as-code.

Storytelling platform Wattpad is redefining its creator program, aiming to make it more accessible to writers and facilitate focus on content creation. The new program offers a unified experience, educational resources, and periodic writing initiatives.

Google Wallet introduces new features, including QR cards and digital insurance card support, enhanced security for health cards, and integration with Google Messages for boarding passes. The app also expands support for government-issued IDs and transit passes. Discover the benefits of these new features and how they improve user experience.

The Linux Foundation Europe has revealed the RISE project, aiming to accelerate software availability for high-performance and power-efficient RISC-V cores across various market segments.

Apple's App Store generated $1.1 trillion in developer billings and sales in 2022, with 90% commission-free.

Following the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Character.AI, a Palo Alto-based startup founded by AI experts Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, reached 1.7 million installs in its first week. The company offers customizable AI companions and allows users to create their own characters.

Instagram is testing a new feature that allows users to control the content they view by selecting an 'Interested' button alongside recommendations.

Brave has made its Search API available to developers, furthering its mission to provide user-centric web solutions, privacy, and transparency while encouraging community-ranked content using the Goggles feature. Developers can integrate the search capabilities into their applications.

Predibase, a low-code machine learning platform, obtains an additional $12.2 million funding and takes its declarative ML platform out of beta. The company introduces the Data Science Copilot system and a free trial version of the platform, aiming to simplify ML application building and deployment.

DistroKid, an independent music distribution platform, has launched a new iPhone app, enabling musicians to manage their music from their phones.

Instacart has introduced an AI-powered search tool, 'Ask Instacart', utilizing OpenAI's ChatGPT technology, aimed at assisting customers with personalized recommendations and answering food related queries.

Hyro, a startup that develops custom chatbots and voice assistants for healthcare providers, secured $20 million in Series B funding. Its success is attributed to the demand for conversational AI in the healthcare sector, which skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Microsoft Teams Premium adds AI-powered Intelligent Meeting Recaps to support employees in summarizing and managing post-meeting tasks making the platform more efficient. Currently available for premium subscribers in English, with other languages coming in 2023.

Windows 11 has launched new performance monitoring widgets for CPU, GPU, RAM, and network utilization.

Snapchat brings its paid Snapchat+ subscribers a new generative AI feature called 'My AI Snaps'

Blink's latest release, Blink Copilot, leverages generative AI technology to create no-code security operations workflows.

Twitter is testing a new feature called Community Notes, aimed at moderating images within tweets through crowdsourced contributions.

Strengthening the WebAssembly development ecosystem, Wasmer has introduced WASIX, which combines WebAssembly (Wasm) and Posix compatibility.

Amazon announces the discontinuation of three celebrity voices for Alexa, including voices by Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Melissa McCarthy. Customers who have purchased any of these voices will have limited time to continue using them.

NXP revealed its i.MX 91 processor during Computex, the latest addition to its i.MX 9 series for industrial, medical, IoT, and consumer applications. Designed with advanced features, including energy efficiency and secure connectivity, this processor is ideal for smart factories and smart home systems.

Block Party, a popular anti-harassment tool on Twitter, goes on hiatus due to the API paywall set by the platform under Elon Musk's ownership.

Genealogy company MyHeritage announces the launch of Reimagine, an AI-powered app that aids users in scanning, restoring, and animating old photographs.

Apple Music Classical is now accessible to Android users worldwide through the Google Play Store. With a specialized search engine designed for classical music and over 5 million tracks available, the app caters to the unique complexities of this genre.

Instacart plans to begin testing a new feature allowing customers to favorite trusted shoppers and schedule orders based on their availability. The trial is expected to roll out in select locations including New York City, Philadelphia, and Dallas.

Rapid expansion and adoption of artificial intelligence tools have propelled Nvidia to join the prestigious trillion-dollar market club. With recent developments, it now stands among tech giants such as Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.

Blackrock, a minority investor in Bengaluru-based edtech startup Byju's, has slashed the company's valuation to $8.4 billion. However, it's important to note that other investors value the startup differently, as it recently raised $250 million at a $22 billion valuation.

To improve security, PyPI has announced that it will require all software publishers to enable 2FA by the end of 2023.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held an online meeting focused on the utilization of AI in schools and universities. The event highlighted its new roadmap on education and generative AI, addressing the potential benefits and challenges of integrating AI technologies.

Portal, a productivity app designed to enhance focus, has introduced a Mac app version.

Microsoft deploys a temporary fix to resolve the camera problems on Surface Pro X devices, but it may disable certain features and reduce image quality.

Amazon India is testing dine-in bill payments in select areas of Bengaluru using Amazon Pay. The feature enables discounts on bill payments at restaurants and rivals food delivery powerhouses Zomato and Swiggy. This development highlights Amazon's attempts to further engage customers across India.

WhatsApp is reportedly developing new features in its beta versions, including usernames and screen sharing capabilities. These features may enhance user experience by offering unique usernames and providing options to share screens during video calls.

A cybersecurity analysis discovered that a popular Android app, iRecorder — Screen Recorder, started spying on users by secretly stealing microphone recordings and data from their devices with a malicious code update.

Nvidia has revealed its AI supercomputer platform, DGX GH200, geared towards the development of next-gen AI chatbots.

Samsung is close to completing the development of the Enhance-X photo remastering app for its Galaxy S22 series. The app, which debuted on the Galaxy S23 lineup last month, uses AI to fix image imperfections and offers advanced editing tools, with a wider release expected in the coming weeks.

Arm announces its revolutionary new mobile computing platform, the TSC23, powered by Armv9 Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720 cores, and Immortalis-G720 GPU.

Apple is ending its My Photo Stream service on July 26th, urging users to switch to iCloud Photos. Existing files will remain in the cloud for 30 days, while syncing and new uploads will cease from the aforementioned date.

Google has released its Magic Compose AI tool for selected users in the US, offering seven different tones and styles powered by Google Bard.

JetBrains Compose Multiplatform reaches alpha for iOS, providing developers with the same API across all major platforms. The toolkit, based on Google Jetpack Compose, offers Material and Material 3 widgets, extending its capabilities to iOS through the Skiko graphics library.

Cloudflare Workers now support outbound TCP socket creation with the connect() API, offering developers seamless access to TCP-based infrastructures, including databases, directly from a worker environment.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sheds insight on the exciting future of artificial intelligence, discusses the challenges of overregulation, and shares his optimism on technology's potential to transform education and productivity.

Microsoft has released Fluent 2, the latest version of its design system. Influenced by the success of Fluent 1, the new version promises improved collaboration, creativity, and a more seamless design-to-development handoff process. With updated features such as cohesive color schemes, token system, standardized corners, and accessibility notation, Fluent 2 has already been implemented in Microsoft's recent Teams redesign.

Deno 1.34 enhances compatibility with NPM, Node.js, and offers support for Globs, TLS certificates, and other features.

Upcoming changes to Windows 11 will give users the option to remove the Microsoft News feed from the widgets panel.

PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 is now accessible, featuring improvements in query execution, logical replication, and developer experience.

EPUB 3.3, an interchange format for digital documents, is now recognized as a web standard by the W3C.

Google introduces AI technology into Google Ads, allowing marketers to benefit from tailored assets and improved ad relevance. The AI capabilities will soon be implemented in automatically created assets and Performance Max campaigns, leading to more personalized and higher-performing ads.

OpenAI extends the ChatGPT iOS app to 33 more countries, including India, Canada, and Brazil. In its first week, the AI-based chatbot app recorded over half a million downloads in the U.S. ChatGPT app supports voice input and exclusive features through GPT-4. An Android version is expected soon.

Microsoft's Dev Box, an Azure-hosted service offering customizable, project-specific development workstations, is due for general availability in July. Accessible from multiple devices, Dev Box supports custom images and configuration-as-code capabilities.

Twitter has introduced a new API Pro tier aimed at startups, priced at $5,000 per month. With access to Twitter's full archive search endpoint, it allows developers to fetch 1 million tweets and post 300,000 tweets per month.

Google reveals its new Search Labs initiative through which users can gain early access to test generative AI capabilities within Search.

OpenAI has announced a grant program that will award ten $100,000 grants to fund experiments for developing a democratic process to decide the rules for AI systems.

Instagram now allows ads in search results through the Instagram Marketing API, aiming to boost Meta's revenue during a period of weak advertising demand. These ads will appear in users' search results feed, marked with a \"Sponsored\" label under the account's name.

Stunningly exceeding over 500,000 downloads within six days of its launch, OpenAI's ChatGPT app emerges as a strong challenger in the AI chatbot sector. It ranked as the No. 2 biggest app launch, surpassing Microsoft’s Bing and Edge, and only surpassed by 'Chat with Ask AI'.

WhatsApp is reportedly developing a username feature to enhance user privacy.

TikTok is testing an AI chatbot named 'Tako' aimed at enhancing content discovery and user experience.

The upcoming Microsoft .NET 8 framework will strengthen web app performance by combining server-side and client-side rendering with the Blazor component model. This will involve server-side rendering with Blazor components, streaming rendering, and improved navigation and form handling.

OpenAI announces the expansion of its ChatGPT mobile app availability to 11 more countries, including European nations and South Korea.

Elasticsearch introduces the Elasticsearch Relevance Engine (ESRE), an AI-driven solution designed for the development of custom generative AI applications. The powerful new tool enhances data security and simplifies generative AI deployment for businesses.

Snowflake acquires search startup Neeva, aiming to enhance its cloud data management offerings.

Arc, a job platform for remote software developers, launches HireAI to make recruitment easier.

Apple is reportedly preparing to unveil a smart home-style display feature for iPhone lock screens with iOS 17, potentially transforming idle devices into information hubs.

Peloton is launching a new free tier and a premium $24/month subscription option as part of its app relaunch, seeking to reposition itself as an all-inclusive fitness company. The updated app also comes with a Gym feature, designed for workout enthusiasts of all levels, available across all subscription tiers.

Opera introduces an innovative AI side panel, Aria, driven by OpenAI’s ChatGPT in its browser. Aria, a web and browser expert, aims to make information searching, text generation, and code creation more accessible. Available in over 180 countries, testers can access Aria by creating an Opera account and downloading the latest version of Opera One or Opera for Android beta.

Microsoft is set to enhance the developer experience on Windows with the introduction of new features like the GitHub Copilot X integration, Dev Home, and Dev Drive.

Yugabyte has released an update for its open-source distributed SQL database, YugabyteDB 2.18, with new features including multiregion Kubernetes support and an intelligent performance advisor for YugabyteDB Anywhere.

Anthropic, the AI startup co-founded by OpenAI alumni, has raised $450 million in a Series C funding round led by Spark Capital.

Google Chrome's latest update introduces a side panel, making it simpler for users to personalize their browsing experience.

Microsoft unveils Azure AI Studio, a capability in the Azure OpenAI Service, to help businesses create their AI-powered copilots using OpenAI's machine learning models.

Google announced plans to utilize generative AI to optimize Search ads’ relevance for better user experience.

Red Hat introduces Podman Desktop 1.0, a user-friendly, open-source graphical desktop client for managing containers locally and remotely on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

Microsoft is integrating its ChatGPT-based Bing experience into Windows 11 with the introduction of the Windows Copilot, simplifying user interactions with Windows settings and providing valuable features like summarizing clipboard content and composing text.

Google unveils Product Studio, a new AI-driven tool that enables merchants to generate custom product imagery with ease.

Spotify is reportedly working on AI technology capable of replicating podcast hosts' voices for tailored host-read ads, opening up new advertising possibilities. The AI-generated ads could facilitate geo-targeting and creating ads in different languages.

Microsoft launches Fabric, an end-to-end, multi-cloud data and analytics platform.

The iOS 16.6 beta introduces iMessage Contact Key Verification, a feature for verifying conversation partners and detecting potential intrusions.

Red Hat reveals Ansible Lightspeed, a generative AI-powered tool to streamline IT automation, providing a more efficient method to build automations with little to no human intervention required.

Adobe integrates generative AI features from Firefly into Photoshop, offering users the ability to extend images, add objects, and remove objects with increased precision through natural language prompts.

Artifact, the news app founded by Instagram creators, has rolled out new features allowing users to flag clickbait articles, react with emojis, and share articles as images with customizable cards.

LinkedIn expands its verification features to job posts, aiming to increase trust and confidence in the platform's job search process.

GitLab 16 introduces an enterprise-grade, AI-powered DevSecOps platform aimed at bolstering security and expediting software development. The new release integrates AI features alongside security testing, observability, and proactive vulnerability detection. GitLab Dedicated will be released this summer, specifically tailored for organizations in regulated industries.

Discord introduces a new Family Center feature for parental oversight in their iOS app, similar to how Snapchat implemented parental controls last year.

OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, along with Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, propose the creation of an international regulatory body, similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency, to oversee the rapid development of artificial intelligence and address its potential threats.

Google updates its Colab platform with AI-driven coding features, including code completion, natural language-based code generation, and an integrated chatbot. By utilizing Codey models built on PaLM 2, Colab delivers a significant boost to programming speed, quality, and comprehension.

WhatsApp announces message editing feature, allowing users to modify sent messages within a 15-minute time frame.

Venmo has introduced teen accounts and a Venmo Teen Debit Card to promote financial responsibility among young consumers. The accounts, managed by parents, offer separate balances, allowing parents to monitor transactions and manage privacy settings, while giving teenagers freedom to send and receive funds.

Meta has been hit with a record €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) fine from European privacy regulators over the transfer of EU user data to the US, highlighting the ongoing challenges surrounding data protection and privacy.

PhonePe, India's largest fintech startup, has so far raised $850 million in an ongoing funding round led by General Atlantic, with its valuation now at $12 billion.

Romanian startup FlowX.ai successfully raised a $35 million Series A funding round, leveraging its AI-based approach to application integration. Primarily working with enterprises in the financial sector, the platform aims to assist legacy organizations in launching new services faster, both internally and externally.