Sahansa Jayawardhana

 An AI arms race has been accelerated by ChatGPT's rapid growth, which has the potential to alter how we search the internet. Could someone new still be able to make an impact as Google looks to its past for inspiration and Microsoft stakes a multibillion-dollar bet? Without Google, the internet would be hard to imagine. We no longer look it up; instead, we "Google it" because the tech giant has become so synonymous with web browsing that it has become a verb. Google ended 2022 as the most popular website in the world, as it always does. It is estimated to have a 92% share of the search engine market; Microsoft's Bing is its closest competitor, with a 3% share. It might not look like a landscape that is ready for change on the surface, but don't be so sure. The AI chatbot ChatGPT's launch last year posed a threat to the way journalists write stories, children do their homework, and people prepare for job interviews. It sparked speculation that it could be a t...

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has left users wondering where to go should the platform go up in flames or its content moderation policies unravel. But is there really a viable alternative to Twitter yet? Elon Musk has made sweeping changes to Twitter since taking over in late October. He’s laid off over half the staff, announced plans to let a huge swath of previously suspended users return to the site, and sparked fears of the site crumbling or being overrun with harassment. As a result, a lot of users have started looking for a life raft, another platform where they can continue tweeting without all of the chaos. There’s just one problem: there really isn’t a viable alternative to Twitter yet. With the moment ripe, a lot of people are trying to build one. Small companies and developers are racing to put their own twist on the Twitter formula, hoping tweaks to moderation and the tools people use to connect with one another can fix fundamental problems with the platform and, hopefu...

                                   Less than eight days after Sam Bankman-Fried earned the nickname " King of Crypto ," his company filed for bankruptcy and a federal complaint was filed over how he managed the company's finances. stepped down as CEO after facing an investigation. In recent years, the internet has been flooded with lengthy interviews with him, told via video chat from his office desk in the Bahamas. Some have loud clicks. His tone is insistent and distinctly that of an American businessman's rat as he listens intently to his incredible story of becoming a billionaire in five years. "Click, click, click" repeatedly turning on and off at high speed. Meanwhile, Mr. Bankman-Fried's eyes move across the screen. The video doesn't tell us what he does on his computer, but his tweets give us a pretty good clue. “(Notorious) for playing League of Legends while on the phone,” ...

  Meta Quest Pro is the first entry in our new high-end line of devices, and it’s packed with innovative features like high-res sensors for robust mixed reality experiences, crisp LCD displays for sharp visuals, a completely new and sleeker design, plus eye tracking and Natural Facial Expressions to help your avatar reflect you more naturally in VR. Meta Quest Pro will be available for purchase on October 25 for $1,499.99 USD, and that includes the headset, Meta Quest Touch Pro controllers, stylus tips, partial light blockers, and a charging dock. You can pre-order Meta Quest Pro from the Meta Store starting today in any country where Meta Quest products are supported, and from select retail partners, including: Best Buy in the US and Canada, Argos and Currys in the UK, and FNAC and Boulanger in France. You can also pre-order from Amazon in the US, UK, Canada, and France. VR is all about the visuals, and Meta Quest Pro features several big improvements over Meta Quest 2. Meta Ques...

** Linux had a big moment on April 19: The open source operating system powered Ingenuity , a NASA helicopter that was the first powered aircraft to fly on Mars . Nat Friedman, (Former)CEO of GitHub, said a review of Ingenuity's code found that nearly 12,000 developers contributed to Ingenuity's software. To honour their efforts, Friedman wrote, GitHub "worked with JPL to place a new Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission badge on the GitHub profile of every developer who contributed to the specific versions of any open source projects and libraries used by Ingenuity." Ingenuity isn't meant to showcase technical prowess or support NASA's Perseverance mission. It's a demonstration meant to show what open source can do, in partnership with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)'s open source F' framework. GitHub wants to honour every developer who might not know their code helped push this project forward. They're also honouring non-code contributor...