Microsoft has introduced the next iteration of its lightweight artificial intelligence (AI) model, called Phi-3. The updated family includes the 3.8-billion-parameter Phi-3 Mini, the 7-billion-parameter Phi-3 Small, and the 14-billion-parameter Phi-3 Medium. This release comes after the Phi-2 model, introduced in December 2023, was surpassed in performance by models such as Meta’s Llama-3Continue Reading
Google appears to be working on adding quick access to its AI chatbot Gemini to the drop-down menu that appears in your address bar. If you want to talk to the bot quickly you’ll be able to type in ‘@gemini’ and get instant access to the bot. According to Windows Report, Chrome is dueContinue Reading
Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system has about 18 months of official support left. Customers may further extend support by up to three years, but this comes at a cost. Now, Microsoft is pushing another message on to Windows 10 devices. A new journey with Windows is a fullscreen prompt thatContinue Reading
Nearly three decades after its launch, WordPad is leaving Windows. WordPad, the rich text editor shipped with Windows 95, will soon be removed from Windows 11. Microsoft announced last year that WordPad will be removed, but we now have a concrete timeframe: In a support article, Microsoft says that WordPad will beContinue Reading
In a startling development in Nigeria’s ongoing tax evasion case involving Binance, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, a high-ranking executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, has reportedly escaped detention using a fake passport. The revelation adds a dramatic twist to the unfolding legal saga surrounding Binance’s operations in the country. Binance exec escape Anjarwalla, along with his colleagues, wasContinue Reading
Microsoft releases routine updates for Windows every month, and while the intent is to fix issues and occasionally add new features, the latest one is doing more harm than good. Some Windows 11 users have taken to social media to report that the latest KB5035853 update could be crashing their PCs, withContinue Reading
AI-powered video filters are in the works With Microsoft planning to announce new AI-powered features in Build 2024, we’re seeing a gradual trickle of rumors and leaks surrounding what the Redmond giant has planned for your PC. One such tidbit appeared in a post on X, and if it turns outContinue Reading
Although it’s been talking about Windows Subsystem for Android for years, Microsoft has decided to shelve the feature that allows Windows 11 users to run Android apps on their PCs. Instead of adding support for more platforms, Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Android was limited to apps that are available in the AmazonContinue Reading
As of Tuesday midafternoon (Nigerian time) Meta-owned social media platforms Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger were down. More than 500,000 users reported Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger outages starting around 10:08 a.m. EST to Down Detector. Reports spiked at 10:30 a.m. EST. (Down Detector is owned by ZiffDavis, Mashable’s parent company.) There were over 72,000Continue Reading
Meta Platforms Inc. experienced an outage this afternoon that made Facebook, Instagram and Threads inaccessible worldwide for about two hours. The first user reports of downtime started emerging around 10 a.m. EST. Meta confirmed the outage shortly thereafter, stating in a note on its status page that “we are aware of anContinue Reading