topics – Devstyler.io https://devstyler.io News for developers from tech to lifestyle Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:32:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Microsoft Introduces Copilot Pro That Comes With Unique Features https://devstyler.io/blog/2024/01/16/microsoft-introduces-copilot-pro-that-comes-with-unique-features/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:32:10 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=117558 ...]]> Microsoft has introduced the Copilot Pro AI chatbot, formerly known as Microsoft Copilot. Copilot Pro enables customers to access the most sophisticated aspects of Copilot AI.

The new chatbot is currently active and its subscription costs $20 per month for each user. Reportedly, Microsoft Copilot Pro supports code writing, writing, exploring and even learning. It also provides a few unique features that are not included in the free edition, however.

Here are the features that differentiate Copilot Pro from Microsoft Copilot:

  • Priority access to the latest models, including OpenAI’s new GPT-4 Turbo. With Copilot Pro, you’ll have access to GPT-4 Turbo during peak hours for faster performance, and soon you’ll be able to switch between models to optimize your experience as you choose, Microsoft explains.
  • Ability to create your own Copilot GPT, customized for a specific Copilot theme.
  • A single AI experience that runs across your devices, understanding your context on the web, on your PC, across your apps and soon on your phone to bring the right skills to you when you need them.
  • Access to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on PC, Mac, and iPad for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers.
  • Enhanced AI image creation with Image Creator from Designer (formerly Bing Image Creator) – ensuring it’s faster with 100 boosts per day while bringing you more detailed image quality as well as landscape image format.

Microsoft has introduced several enhancements related to Copilot, including:

  • Customizable Copilot GPTs: Tailor the behavior of Microsoft Copilot to focus on specific topics of interest with Copilot GPTs.
  • Copilot Mobile App: The Copilot mobile app is now accessible on both Android and iOS platforms.
  • Integration with Microsoft 365 Mobile App: Copilot is now integrated into the Microsoft 365 mobile app for Android and iOS, catering to individuals with a Microsoft account.
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Top 8 Best C++ Books for Beginners https://devstyler.io/blog/2023/10/03/top-8-best-c-books-for-beginners/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:39:46 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=111768 ...]]> Books play an important role in everyone’s life. Not only do they help us to enrich our knowledge and spark our imagination, but they also show us a way to connect with the world around us. Books have neither limitations nor prejudices. They can be good friends to each of us. And give us answers to questions we’ve been searching for. Books give us knowledge and a new outlook. Books span every field – politics, business, economics, lifestyle, health and many more.

Books about topics spanning the tech world are more than exciting. And especially suitable for people who are just entering the tech field – from programmers to managers and leaders.

To get a closer look at the essence of a programming language and get more familiar with it, there’s hardly a better way to do it than by reading books written by professionals in the field. And today we have chosen to present to you the Top 8 Best C++ Books for Beginners

The C++ Programming Language (4th Edition) By Bjarne Stroustrup
The interesting thing about this book is that it is written by the well-known Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++. Its content is so impressive that it can be of use to programmers of any level. This is the fourth edition of the book. It contains extensive details about C++ and exercises to practice. This book helps programmers to learn many things about C++ such as basic concepts of C++, containers, libraries, OOPS and many more. The author has also contributed to the world of programming with some other books written on C++.

C++ Primer (5th Edition)
This book is the 5th edition of C++ Primer, written by Stanley B. Lipman, a computer scientist and author and also known as a professional who worked with Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Laboratories during the early stages of C++ development.

The book begins with an introduction to the C++ standard library. It enables the programmer to write useful programs without mastering every aspect of the C++ language. The book consists of many examples with demonstrations.

It is ideal for beginners who have a marked interest in learning the basic concepts and techniques of C++. With the help of the examples provided in this book, one can learn the best programming styles and program design techniques.

C++ Pocket Reference 1st Edition Accelerated C++
This is an introductory book that contains a practical approach to problem solving using C++, was written by Andrew Koenig. This book covers a broader scope of C++ programming than is usually found in introductory books.

In addition to the features of the language, throughout its pages you will find real-world problems and solutions explained. The language and standard library are covered, and learning the standard libraries helps from the start.

C++ All-in-One For Dummies 3rd Edition
This handbook ranks among the favorites of professionals who claim it contains the best C++ guide for C++ programmers. John Paul Mueller, a well-known authority in the software industry, wrote this book. What do you learn in this book?
To learn working with objects and classes.
To learn advanced coding skills using various C++ concepts.
To discover how lambda expressions are useful to make code more concise and readable.
To produce code faster and better than ever.

C++ Pocket Reference
Written by Kyle Loudon, the book serves as a supplemental reference for C++ programmers. It helps programmers quickly reference the usage and syntax of unfamiliar and rarely used aspects of the language.

This book contains a variety of important information about C++, such as information about C++ types and type conversions, C++ command syntax and preprocessor directives, pointers, arrays, expressions, strings, and more. Also explained in this book are C++ concepts such as namespaces and scopes.

A Tour of C++ (C++ In-Depth Series) 1st Edition
Another brilliant masterpiece by Bjarne Stroustrup. In this book, programmers will find a complete reference to the basic concepts of C++ and practical coding. This enables programmers to better understand what modern C++ is all about. This short book can be called a self-contained guide.

The book covers many features of the C++ language, basic components of the standard library, key examples, and coding examples. This book provides a high level of guidance for programmers to understand a meaningful overview of the language.

A Complete Guide to Programming in C++
Ula Kirch-Prinz and her book became a bestseller among beginners. In the contents of the book, the components of the C++ language are developed in a better way. It gives guidelines on how to document functions and also shows the difference between pointers and arrays. It teaches about the basics, basic types, variables and constants.

Programmers also learn how to use functions and classes and input and output with streams. It provides knowledge about operators for basic types, control flow, character constants and macros, arithmetic type conversion, and functions of the standard String class.

Beginning C++ Through Game Programming
The 3rd Edition of this book, written by Michael Dawson, takes the programmers on a journey of game programming. An amateur programmer having no previous experience in game development can also learn new skills and concepts with the help of simple language and step-by-step instructions provided in this book.

The programmers can learn the following things with the help of this book:

  • The Standard Template Library (Hangman)
  • Types, Variables, and Standard I/O: Lost Fortune For Loops, Strings, and Arrays: Word Jumble
  • Functions (Mad Lib)
  • References (Tic-Tac-Toe)
  • Classes: Critter Caretaker Advanced Classes and Dynamic Memory Game Lobby
  • Pointers (Tic-Tac-Toe 2.0)
  • Inheritance and Polymorphism (Blackjack)

Stay curious, because tomorrow we will present you a list of C++ books for advanced professionals.

In the meantime, feel free to share your opinions on the programming books you’ve read so far. Write to us at e[email protected].

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Two Weeks to the Third Edition of SEE ITS Summit 2023 https://devstyler.io/blog/2023/09/14/two-weeks-to-the-third-edition-of-see-its-summit-2023/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 07:27:00 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=110986 ...]]> Association for innovation, business excellence, services and technology (AIBEST) is organizing the third edition of the SEE ITS Summit in collaboration with Bulgarian Entrepreneurial Association (BESCO). This year’s edition will take place on September 29 at the Hyatt Regency Sofia Hotel.

The summit will culminate in a conference featuring panel discussions and a gala dinner, during which the winners of the 2023 International Innovation, Technology and Sourcing Awards will be recognized.

The conference will delve into topics such as the transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0, responsible practices in business transformations, and the applications of AI, with a particular focus on talent and regional growth through investment. Discussions will be facilitated by local authorities, government representatives, business leaders, and other specialists.

The awards will be presented across 10 categories, including “Employer of the Year”, “Technology Startup”, “Innovation of the Year”, “IT Product of the Year,” “CSR Initiative” and “ESG Leader”. The application deadline is September 15th.

For more information, please visit the event website here.

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First Day of School: Are Teachers Worried About the Presence of Artificial Intelligence in Classrooms? https://devstyler.io/blog/2023/09/07/first-day-of-school-are-teachers-worried-about-the-presence-of-artificial-intelligence-in-classrooms/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:17:17 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=110729 ...]]> The new school year is knocking on the door of teachers and students who will be back in the classroom very soon. And while the latter are eagerly preparing for the first day of school, some teachers are experiencing a mixture of feelings between excitement, joy and a slight dose of apprehension at the fact that they are no longer alone in teaching lessons.

Different Year
This school year, U.S. schools will have many good artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Bard, but many teachers remain skeptical about their usefulness and the potential they hold.

Although many argue how artificial intelligence would only make for more productive work and ticking off more tasks for the day, there are still people who worry that they could be replaced by it specifically.

This autumn, however, the picture is slightly different. Several educators have been quietly pushing for the creation of new artificial intelligence chatbots to offer teachers unlimited access to sometimes confusing and often paid peer-reviewed research on the topics that trouble them most.

Competition or support for teacher?
In June, the International Society for Technology in Education introduced Stretch AI, a tool built on content vetted by ISTE and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. ISTE made it available in beta form for select users. All of the chatbot’s content is geared toward educators, and it is trained solely on materials developed or approved by both organizations.

According to its creators, in about six months the tool will be able to review external, peer-reviewed research in education and produce “quite understandable and meaningful results” from peer-reviewed journals, says Richard Kulata, chief executive of ISTE.

“There is a big gap between what we know from research and what happens in practice,” Richard commented.

One of the main reasons for this, he says, is that most research is published in a format that is “completely inaccessible to teachers”.

As in its beta version, the new chatbot will indicate the sources used to generate each answer. It will also notify users when it doesn’t have enough information to give a reliable answer.

The developers are still in the early stages of deciding what academic journals to include. For now, they are experimenting with a few key scholarly articles, but will expand the chatbot’s reach if initial prototypes prove useful to educators.

Will it become a trend? 
However, ISTE is not the only organization aiming to make education research more widely accessible through chatbots. The Learning Agency, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., is also testing an unnamed version of a bot designed to offer answers to education research queries.

According to Daniel Willingham, a UVA researcher, education-focused chatbots are useful when they not only include reliable results, but also put them in context.

For example, in response to a query about the evidence for phonics education, it should be noted that while the evidence is quite strong, many mediocre studies and “hyperbolized claims” supporting alternative methods obscure the overall picture – a delicate but accurate detail. One that a credible chatbot would do well to make.

How productive is it?
How productive will the new artificial intelligence educational tool be and will it replace the need for teachers? Questions that give no peace of mind to many who have chosen this profession and answers that only time could tell.

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Java2Days: Two Weeks to Deadline for Call for Speakers https://devstyler.io/blog/2023/05/18/two-weeks-to-deadline-for-call-for-speakers/ Thu, 18 May 2023 06:42:36 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=106431 ...]]> Attention Java enthusiasts and experts! Two weeks left to submit your proposals for talks, workshops and panel discussions at Java2Days 2023.

The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2023.

Don’t miss your chance to share your knowledge, experience and passion with the global Java community at the most anticipated Java event of the year! Java2Days 2023 will take place from 27 to 29 June in the beautiful Albena Resort on the Black Sea.

The special edition seeks inspiring and innovative content that covers a wide range of topics related to Java and its ecosystem. If you have an idea that you think will captivate and enlighten the Java community, feel free to submit your proposal.

Java2Days welcome submissions from speakers with diverse backgrounds and expertise levels, from seasoned professionals to first-time presenters. By presenting at Java2Days 2023, you will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience, network with fellow Java professionals, gain recognition as an expert in your field, and contribute to the growth and development of the Java community.

To submit your proposal, please visit here and complete the submission form. Selected speakers will be notified by June 5th, 2023 or earlier.

Time is running out, so don’t miss this incredible opportunity to showcase your expertise and make a lasting impact on the Java community. Submit your proposal today and join at Java2Days 2023!

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Dozens Wanted, Call for Papers for Java2Days 2023 is Open until 31 May https://devstyler.io/blog/2023/05/15/dozens-wanted-call-for-papers-for-java2days-2023-is-open-until-31-may/ Mon, 15 May 2023 07:17:44 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=106278 ...]]> Attention all Java enthusiasts and experts! For those of you who wish to be a speaker at the Java2Days 2023 summer edition, the call for papers is officially open and already has its first applicants!

Don’t miss this unique chance to share your knowledge, experience and passion with the global Java community at the most anticipated Java event of the year!

The Java2Days 2023 conference, taking place June 27-29 in the beautiful resort of Albena, Bulgaria is inviting speakers from around the world to share their proposals for talks, workshops and panel discussions. Java2Days 2023 is looking for inspiring and innovative content that covers a wide range of topics related to Java and its ecosystem, including.

Here are the topics it will cover:
🔸 Core Java features and enhancements
🔸 JVM languages and frameworks
🔸 Microservices and cloud-native development
🔸 Performance optimization and monitoring
🔸 Modern web development with Java
🔸 Security and privacy in Java applications
🔸 DevOps and continuous integration/delivery
🔸 Emerging trends and future directions in Java

If you have an idea that you believe will captivate and enlighten the Java community, submit your proposal. Java2Days welcome submissions from speakers with diverse backgrounds and expertise levels, from seasoned professionals to first-time presenters.

By presenting at Java2Days 2023, you will have the opportunity to:
🔹 Share your knowledge and experience with a passionate and engaged audience
🔹 Network with fellow Java professionals, enthusiasts, and industry leaders
🔹 Gain recognition as an expert in your field
🔹 Contribute to the growth and development of the Java community

To submit your proposal, please visit here and complete the submission form. The deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2023. Selected speakers will be notified by June 5th, 2023 or earlier.

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to showcase your expertise and make a lasting impact on the Java community. Submit your proposal today and join the big and exciting world of Java2Days 2023!

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Top 5 Best AI Tools for Social Media https://devstyler.io/blog/2023/05/05/top-5-best-ai-tools-for-social-media/ Fri, 05 May 2023 08:28:05 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=105798 ...]]> Social media is taking a bigger and bigger place in our lives and not only in our daily and personal lives, but also in our work and business lives. Despite being created just for fun, they are playing an increasingly significant role in the success of companies’ businesses.

And for this reason, we cannot underestimate the importance of social media strategies, which are crucial for any business that wants to secure a place in an AI-driven future. Any business that doesn’t have one will undoubtedly give way to the dominant competition.

AI can take over many of the time-consuming and monotonous tasks associated with social media, freeing teams to focus on other tasks. And even though the weekend is knocking on our door, a little update on what the best AI tools for social media are right now won’t go amiss. Today we’re going to introduce you to the top 5 best AI tools for social media presented by Unite.AI.

Top 5 Best AI Tools for Social Media

Flick
Flick is a tool that allows you to create social media content faster and at scale. Users can create highly personal and on-brand captions 10 times faster than before.

Flick’s AI Social Media Assistant is a marketing tool that helps you speed up the process of brainstorming, writing, and planning for social media. Instead of spending hours coming up with content ideas, the assistant can help you generate original and engaging content ideas based on the topics you enter within seconds.

The tools are bundled into a “Content Planner” – a dedicated place for your ideas, whether they’re fully fleshed out or just a working title. This can help you better organize your thoughts and create more coherent content.

Content Studio
Content Studio offers a simple yet powerful universal social media tool for agencies, brands and marketers. This tools allows you to prepare templates in advance to create quality content for tweets, Instagram captions, and more.

You can also increase the visibility of your post by having the AI suggest relevant and topical hashtags for your content. Some users may also appreciate the emoji feature, where the AI creates visually engaging posts by analyzing the tone of the text and adding relevant emojis.

Lately
One feature that most users will find useful is that you can instantly create amazing images for your social media posts by simply giving text descriptions to the AI bot.
This artificial intelligence tool allows you to recognize context from a larger collection of content, which can then be used to create social media posts that promote it.

Lately also offers a social media dashboard that can be used for tasks like scheduling and managing social media projects. Beyond these, you can use Lately to analyze social page metrics, helping you determine the best time to post to reach a wider and more engaged audience.

Socialbakers
Another leading AI-powered social media tool is Socialbakers, which is an AI-powered social media management platform that performs advanced audience insights, influencer marketing discovery, and an impressive tracking dashboard and content stream. With the single content feed, you can see all posts across all your platforms. You can also see an analytics dashboard and smart scheduling tools that offer optimal posting times.

Heyday
Heyday is an ideal choice for those who want to use AI to create content for their bots. This conversational AI tool for social media interacts with people in real time. It allows customer service agents to have the highest value interactions while improving the user experience. In addition to answering queries, Heyday also uses natural language processing (NLP) and natural language generation (NLG) to personalize product recommendations and make sales.

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Restricting Bing Conversations to Prevent Embarrassing Chatbot Responses https://devstyler.io/blog/2023/02/20/restricting-bing-conversations-to-prevent-embarrassing-chatbot-responses/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:48:06 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=101715 ...]]> After five questions, the search engine will prompt you to start a new topic.

Microsoft has limited the number of “chat conversations” you can make with Bing’s AI-powered chatbot to five per session and 50 in total per day. Each chat turn is an exchange consisting of your question and Bing’s response, and you’ll be notified that the chatbot has reached its limit and prompted to start a new topic after five turns. The company said in its announcement that it is limiting the Bing chat experience because long chat sessions tend to “confuse the basic chat model in the new Bing,” Engadget wrote on the topic.

Indeed, ever since the chatbot became available, people have reported strange, even disturbing behavior on its part. New York Times columnist Kevin Rouse published the full transcript of his conversation with the bot, in which he reportedly said he wanted to hack computers and spread propaganda and misinformation. At one point, he declared his love for Roose and tried to convince him that he was unhappy in his marriage. “Actually, you are not happily married. Your husband and you are not in love… You are not in love because you are not with me,” it wrote

Following these messages, Microsoft published a post on its blog explaining Bing’s strange behavior. It said that very long chat sessions with 15 or more questions confused the model and prompted it to respond in a way that was “not necessarily helpful or consistent with [its] intended tone.” The company is now restricting the chats to address the issue, but said it will explore the possibility of expanding the restrictions on chat sessions in the future as it continues to receive feedback from users.

 

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Interesting Ways Tech Leaders Keep Their Teams up to Date https://devstyler.io/blog/2022/12/07/interesting-ways-tech-leaders-keep-their-teams-up-to-date/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:12:34 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=95552 ...]]> It’s no secret that a true professional will always keep up with the latest in technology and everything that’s happening in the tech industry because of their love and passion for it. But that can’t be the sole reliance for a job well done by a company’s team. Every member needs to know what’s happening every minute in the tech world. It might seem a bit much, but only true professionals would understand. 

A Forbes features the ways members of the Forbes Technology Council detail how their teams are keeping up with new technologies and trends.

Here are some of the ways:

 

Hold Regular Meetings Focused On Tech Trends

We have a scheduled weekly tech trend meeting and announcements. Each member of the team shares their knowledge of new and trending technologies. I also encourage members of the team to join known technology groups, forums and chat groups and to attend events and webinars. One other strategy is to regularly invite original equipment manufacturers and technology vendors to come and share knowledge on new and innovative technologies and improvements. – shares to Forbes Technology  Dr Samuel Mbonu, Tangerine Africa.

Allocate Time For Personal And Community Projects And Sabbaticals

World-class organizations that want to foster curiosity and innovation in their engineering cultures often allocate time in their resource plans for personal projects, community or open-source projects, and sabbaticals. It’s a time-tested approach used by think tanks and universities around the world. – shares to Forbes Technology Dan Branco, GSI Solutions.

Include All Teams And Cover Multiple Topics

We use Slack across the board, including all teams within our company—field, product, engineering, HR and sales—and covering a wide range of topics, including well-being, mental health and so on. This helps us to align and drive collaboration. But this is just one among the many tools and resources we use to drive the dissemination of information, including intranets, wikis and so on. The only issue becomes maintaining all of these different communication tools! – shares to Forbes Technology Navaid Khan, Cohesity.

Implement An ‘Innovation Intake’ Process

We have implemented an “innovation intake” process wherein anyone and everyone in the company can make recommendations or highlight new trends. It’s important to understand why a tech trend or a new technology caught someone’s attention, to detail and understand the features they liked, and to assess the value that could be delivered. This helps us prioritize our roadmap accordingly and empowers us to be tech enablers for the firm. – shares to Forbes Technology Karthik Ranganathan, SupportNinja.

Build Learning Into The Culture

If you’ve built learning into your culture, more individuals will not only “keep up,” but more critically, they will help share and evangelize organically. This not only helps spread knowledge naturally and sustainably, but it also reinforces the culture of learning. – shares to Forbes Technology Andy Lin, Provoke Solutions.

 

 

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A New Privacy Tool Will Be Provided By Google https://devstyler.io/blog/2022/01/26/a-new-privacy-tool-will-be-provided-by-google/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:48:35 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=79655 ...]]> A new Privacy Sandbox tool was announced by Google. The new technology is supposed to protect user privacy without abolishing web advertising.

“Topics”, as this is the name of the new option, is about to use some kind of software which is built in your Chrome browser. It will track your browsing history and, based on what you have been searching for, it will suggest some topics which you are interested in.

However, you need to know that those topics are being stored for only three weeks. You will be provided with only three topics – one chosen topic for a week. After that, the old ones will be automatically deleted.

The announcement also says that now users will be given an opportunity to see and control how their data is being shared. Also, online businesses will also no longer be able to interact with tracking techniques such as fingerprinting in order to continue serving relevant ads.

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