Social Media in 2022 has come far from its early roots and for many, it is a full-fledged business today. With the ‘life-sharing with friends’ aspect taking a backseat, modern social media via apps like Instagram and Snapchat centre around numbers and perfection. Enter BeReal, an app with an approach […]
Month: August 2022
Poor English skills? New AIs help researchers to write better
When Yanina Bellini Saibene began her career in data science at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology in La Pampa, Argentina, she was not fluent in English. She had learnt a little English at secondary school, but her family couldn’t afford the extra courses she would have needed to master […]
To Combat Online Radicalization, We Must Recognize That Online Spaces Have Become Extensions Of Our Lives
By Zeynep Kilik for The Opportunity Agenda Millennials and Gen-Zs have been raised in both the physical and digital spaces. The term “IRL” (in real life) is just proof of our physical reality becoming a second space. While the internet is a medium in which billions of individuals can share […]
Millennial Internet Tics Have Gone From Cool to Cringey
This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. It took me two years to post my first TikTok. I’d press “Record,” mumble into the camera, […]
Microsoft Dev Box Now in Public Preview
Azure recently announced the public preview of Microsoft Dev Box, a workstation in the cloud targeted to developers. Integrated with Windows 365, the new service supports any developer IDE, SDK, or tool that runs on Windows and simplifies onboarding of new developers. Announced in private preview at the Microsoft Build […]
Announcing Microsoft Dev Box Preview | Azure Blog and Updates
Many IT organizations must choose between giving developers the flexibility they need to be productive and keeping developer workstations managed and secure. Supply chain challenges have led to developers waiting weeks or months to get the hardware they need, forcing them to use aging hardware or unsecured personal devices. At […]