Monthly Archives: March 2023

TikTok has a plan to avoid getting banned in the US

By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) TikTok CEO Shou Chew has presented written testimony ahead of meeting the US House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss accusations around the platform’s ties to China.TikTok on a smartphoneChew is appearing in front of the committee on March 23, 2023, in order to address concerns about TikTok’s ownership, and its collection of user data. These are issues that have already led to the House of Representatives ordering the …

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Keyport Pivot 2.0 & Popl Review: Streamlining everyday carry

By news@appleinsider.com (Thomas Sibilly) Keyport’s Pivot 2.0 is a great way to build your own keychain multi-tool, and its new collaboration with Popl gives a small yet useful e-business card.Keyport integrates daily carry items like keys, fobs, and multi-tools into a customizable package that can fit on your keychain or carabiner. The Pivot 2.0 can hold up to eight keys and tool inserts and two additional modules on the sides of the chassis.The Pivot 2.0 requires some setup, but Keyport’s Youtube channel provides a …

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No, Google Bard is not trained on Gmail data

By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Google’s large language model tool named Bard says that it was trained with Gmail — but Google has denied that is the case.Bard is a generative AI tool that can get things wrongBard is a generative AI or Large Language Model (LLM) which can provide information based on its large data set. Like ChatGPT and similar tools, it isn’t actually intelligent and will often get things wrong, which is referred to as “hallucinating.” …

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