As the world of work evolves, we have ambitious goals guided by our company vision to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Nothing is more important to achieving these goals than having a world class team. Our annual workforce diversity report gives us an opportunity to share more about our continued…
For all the hype around AI, and the undeniable potential in various applications, it sure does seem like social apps are grasping for truly valuable use cases. Or maybe I’m just not seeing it yet, but for me, AI bots that reply in the style of celebrities, or in the voice of celebrities, as per…
Reducing context switches when acquiring a connection In the HTTP/2 implementation, each router maintains 10 connections to every storage node. These connections serve as communication pathways for the router I/O threads interfacing with the storage node. Previously, we utilized Netty’s FixedChannelPool implementation to oversee connection pools, handling tasks like acquiring, releasing, and establishing new connections. …
It seems that Elon Musk-owned social network X (formerly Twitter) is backing down from a confrontation with Brazil’s Supreme Court. The New York Times reported on a new court filing in which the company’s lawyers said X had complied with the court’s orders — blocking designated accounts, paying fines, and naming a new formal representative…
TL;DR: ExpressVPN is the best service for unblocking free streaming services. Access BBC iPlayer from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. BBC iPlayer is one of those annoying streaming services that recognises your location when you attempt to stream, and blocks your access if you’re connecting from outside the UK. Geo-restrictions are a pain, but…
Motherhood unleashes a new side of Amy Adams in the first trailer for Nightbitch. SEE ALSO: 42 movies you’ll want to see this fall Based on the novel by Rachel Yoder, and directed by Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Nightbitch stars Adams as an artist who’s put…
Launching later this month, individual YouTube channels will start showing a new “For You” tab which recommends videos on a channel for viewers based on their watch history. Announced on YouTube’s official Twitter/X account today, the “For You” row on YouTube channels will leverage the already-powerful recommendation engine of YouTube and keep the focus on…
Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF) has a subsystem for identifying and removing dead code. SCARF combines static and dynamic analysis of programs to detect dead code from both a business and programming language perspective. SCARF automatically creates change requests that delete the dead code identified from the program analysis, minimizing developer costs….
This article originally appeared on Business Insider. MrBeast appears to be ushering in a new, more mature era of YouTube. In his latest post on X, the YouTube megastar said wants to leave frantic, energetic personas in his videos behind. “This past year I’ve slowed down our videos, focused on storytelling, let scenes breathe, yelled…
Elon Musk recently announced his intentions to create a direct competitor to LinkedIn. Musk’s grand plan is to make his version more trendy and ‘less cringe’, thereby attracting users who find LinkedIn totally uncool — or something like that. It seems we can’t go for one week without talking about Elon Musk, but the news…
With the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election looming, and various other pending polls around the world, Meta is expanding its fact-checking program to cover Threads content as well, as it continues to see more usage in its Twitter-clone app. As per Meta: “Early next year, our third-party fact-checking partners will be able to review and rate…
Services of the microblogging platform Twitter continued to remain disrupted in Pakistan for the third consecutive day on Monday. According to internet monitoring website Downdetector, people started reporting issues with accessing Twitter from around 10:30AM which persisted until noon. While the services were temporarily restored around 12:24PM, disruptions were again reported after 1PM. Downdetector showed…
Reading Time: 22 minutes By now you’ve no doubt seen how incredible generative AI can be at helping to create outlines, emails, scripts and articles. And the imagery and video that AI is capable of producing is advancing swiftly. But all of that content is based on creative work that already exists, and that could…