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As part of my involvement at LeadDev NYC, I had the opportunity a short video message that would be part of a montage played for folks between the live talks. I decided to speak about the way engineers are enabling the future of products (you can watch it here). It seems to me that questions like “how can engineers affect the future of (whatever)” sometimes come from a place of anxiety. And these days, there’s no greater source of that anxiety than the advances — and the impacts we imagine coming from those advances — in…

Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Translation have emerged as indispensable tools in our increasingly interconnected world. They bridge communication gaps, foster cross-cultural understanding, and drive business in the global market. However, the depth and nuance of human languages pose unique challenges to these technologies, chief among which is understanding context. The context in language refers to the circumstances or background against which a text or speech is understood. It is a fundamental aspect of…

WhatsApp has been spotted working on a redesigned message menu for the Android version of the popular messaging app. The upcoming menu will reportedly be similar to the context menu for selected messages on iOS. The menu is said to display five options after long-pressing on a specific message. The latest development is spotted on WhatsApp beta for the Android 2.23.11.4 update. WhatsApp's redesigned message menu is under development and is likely to be made available in a future Beta update. Last month the messaging app…

WhatsApp is currently working on a revamped message menu for its Android app, as reported by sources. The new menu is expected to resemble the context menu found in iOS when messages are selected. Upon…

Last updated: May 18th, 2023 at 07:43 UTC+02:00 WhatsApp is working on multiple new features, such as Chat Lock, message editing, and many others. The company has accelerated the rollout of new features while some are still under testing. One more feature is spotted under testing that redefines WhatsApp’s approach to context menus. According to the latest report, the newly redesigned context menu is currently under beta testing. However, folks at WABetaInfo have shared a few screenshots that give us our first glimpse…

Google Search has introduced two new features aimed at enhancing users' understanding of content and the context of images displayed in search results. These updates, announced during the Google I/O 2023 conference on Wednesday, express Google's commitment to providing more transparency and addressing the issue of AI-generated image misinformation. The first feature, "About this Image," offers users access to additional information about the images they encounter in search results. This new capability enables users to…

Google’s 2023 I/O conference is finally here and it brings with it a number of new security and privacy features for users. Let’s take a quick look. Making the Facebook Papers PublicAbout This ImageOne of the most interesting new features that Google has debuted is “About This Image,” which seeks to assist users in identifying online content that may qualify as disinformation or digitally manipulated/AI-generated content. The feature—which you can see a gif of above—allows the user to see additional context about a…

Google announced new features to its image search function to make it easier to spot altered content, the company announced at Google I/O 2023 on Wednesday. Photos on the search engine will soon include an "about this image" option that tells users when the image and ones like it were first indexed by Google, where it may have appeared first and other places the image has been posted online. That information could help users figure out whether something they're seeing was generated by AI, according to Google.  The new…

Google already provides some context around search results to help you understand the news, and now it's adding more tools to make sure you see the broader picture. To start, there's a new Perspectives carousel that provides viewpoints from experts, journalists and "other relevant voices" for a given news topic. You may see actors and critics' takes after the Oscars, for instance. Perspectives will be available soon in the US for English users. You can also learn more about the writers behind news stories. An "About this…

Carla Pamak, left, and Michelle Saunders, right, examine a sea spider pulled up from the depths of the Labrador Sea on the deck of the Amundsen. (Paul Pickett/CBC)Every year, the Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen makes a trek through the Labrador Sea, operating as an icebreaker and research vessel. On the most recent trip in 2022, the scenery was brand new to many of the scientists on board, but for two of them, northern Labrador is home."There's a nice little beach up inside there," said Carla Pamak, the research…