Azure Cloud Advocates at Microsoft are offering you an opportunity with a free Data Science course to get on track with a Data Science Career. It features a 10-week, 20-lesson curriculum on Data Science. Each lesson includes pre-lesson and post-lesson quizzes, written instructions to complete the lesson, a solution, and an assignment.
The course lets you build projects as you learn, which the Advocates say is “a proven way for new skills to ‘stick’. “I hope this curriculum helps you reach your data-focused goals“, the team shares.
The free Data Science course teaches you how to deal with data. How you can get, store, process, and make sense of data. You will also learn how to train, deploy, and consumer model in Azure.
Students will be able to get free certification vouchers through the Microsoft Student Hub page. By verifying your enrollment at an accredited academic institution.
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ChatGPT is a large language model trained by OpenAI. Its primary function is to assist with generating text(answers) based on the input(question) it receives. It does this by using natural language processing techniques to analyze the input and generate responses that are relevant and coherent.
“I am not a physical entity, but rather a computer program designed to help with tasks involving the generation of text,” it replies when asked, who are you?
A large language model is a type of artificial intelligence system that has been trained on a massive amount of text data. The model learns the complexities and nuances of natural language and generates text that is both relevant and reasonable. Large language models can be used for a variety of tasks, such as machine translation, summarization, and question-answering.
In the case of ChatGPT, It is specifically designed to assist with generating text in response to user input. Allowing it to provide relevant and helpful information on a wide range of topics in a conversational way.
The OpenAI chatbot does not have access to the internet or any other external sources of information. It can so far only provide information based on the text data used to train it. In as much as it can generate text on a wide range of topics, it is not able to provide up-to-date information on all topics.
Here are 5 ways you can use ChatGPT
Answering questions
It can provide information on a wide range of topics, allowing people to get answers to their questions quickly and easily.
Summarizing text
It can help people understand longer pieces of text by summarizing the main points and key ideas.
Generating reports
It can help people generate reports and other written documents. It can currently generate financial, technical, market research, scientific, and environmental reports.
Translating text
The chatbot can assist with translating text from one language to another, making it easier for people to communicate with others who speak different languages. However, we are unable to tell how many languages it can translate to.
Writing assistance
It can help people with their writing by suggesting words and phrases and providing assistance with grammar and punctuation. We have also seen others share it helping them write letters, essays, and more.
Overall, the conversational AI chatbot is still in its early days of development and will need some more training. It’s big on the conversational way compared to previous chat AI’s like Siri, Cortana, and Alexa.
Editor’s note: This post and all the details about the AI chatbot were a conversation with the bot. We have edited the conversation out as a post for easy reading.
Mecer Inter-Ed (MIE) and Microsoft are giving 10 South African ladies the opportunity to break into tech or advance their IT careers with an internationally accredited Microsoft certification. The initiative dubbed #SheCanDoIT aims to evolve the ICT sector through the growth and enablement of women. It targets South African ladies between the ages of 21 and 30 who are passionate, curious, and have the desire to learn about technology.
Each selected lady will receive a laptop, Microsoft course, and exam vouchers. They will get mentorship sessions with female leaders in the ICT field, as well as step-by-step assistance from Mecer Inter-Ed’s qualified talent acquisition department. This Mercer says is “to ensure these South African ladies are ready and equipped for their new careers in IT“.
MIE and Microsoft are committed to investing in programs that support equality. This is why we are launching the #SheCanDoIT campaign, which aims to bring a fresh approach and offer unique opportunities to women in the tech field.
Mecer Inter-Ed, Microsoft #SheCanDoIt initiative requirements and steps
You must be a South African lady between the ages of 21 and 30.
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Meet the smart multi-plug outlet power extender that has it all, the Huntkey 7-in-1 smart Multi-Plug Outlet Extender SMD407C. The smart outlet extender comes with high-speed charging, safety points, and surge protection plus it is suitable for any occasion.
The Huntkey SMD407C comes with 4 AC outlets, 2 USB A, and 1 USB C charging port. It offers 30W USB C high-speed charging, a cradle ledge to place your phone, and 1080J surge protection. Its 7-point safety system provides you with over-voltage, over-current, over-temperature, surge and short-circuit protection. It also offers fire resistance and grounded protection.
The cradle ledge lets you place the smartphone solidly and stably when the mobile phone data cable is not long enough.
Huntkey, a manufacturer of PC power supplies, power strips, surge protectors, laptop adapters, phone chargers, displays, and air purifiers, created the 7-in-1 smart Multi-Plug Outlet Extender SMD407C. The company realized people want to reduce the time it takes to fully charge their devices and thanks to an increase in technological advancements this is possible.
For example, the latest iPhone 14 series can support up to 27W charging power. The USB-C port on the SMD407C delivers 30W max output. This means it can fast charge your electronic devices from 0 up to 60% in about 30 minutes. Which is 3 times faster than the original 5W charger.
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I absolutely love the Apple Watch Ultra. It is great and not too big as I was anticipating it to be. One major cool thing I found with the Ultra is the flipped action button. This is how theverge.com describes it; “The Apple Watch action button’s sole purpose is to do your bidding”, and I agree with them. Another interesting quote from theverge.com states: “Other smartwatches let you program hotkeys, but the Action Button on the Apple Watch Ultra can also trigger custom Shortcuts.”
What is Action Button on the Apple Watch Ultra
The Action Button is a programmable physical button that’s exclusive to the Ultra. Unlike the digital crown or side button, it isn’t hard coded to do any one thing. Instead, you can program it to do anything you want.
Apple placed the button on the side of the watch opposite the digital crown, right next to the speaker grille. And it’s designed to be hard to miss: It’s incredibly orange. It’s incredibly orange, an internationally recognized orange, which is used by the aerospace industry to visually distinguish objects from their surroundings. The choice suggests that the button ought to stand out and is meant for adventurous people. If you are an adventurous person like me then, the Ultra is for you.
Who must get the Ultra
Apple Watch Ultra is aimed at athletes, sports enthusiasts, and adventurous guys that need more battery life and more sport-specific performance from their devices. Built for adventure, exploration, and endurance. It is a bit big though, thus, if your hands are as tiny as mine.
Ultra Specifications
The watch is 49mm, which is 4mm larger than the 45mm Apple Watch Series 8 being sold alongside it. It sports three built-in microphones to improve sound quality, and a beamforming algorithm that captures voice while reducing ambient background sounds even when it’s noisy outdoors. The is an 86-decibel siren available for drawing help if needed, with two SOS patterns.
It lasts for up to 36 hours on a single charge, and with a new low-power setting, battery life can last for up to 60 hours for multi-day adventuring. The battery lasts long enough for users to complete a long-course triathlon that includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a full 26.2-mile marathon.
The Watch Ultra features dual-frequency GPS, integrating both the L1 and L5 frequencies, plus it has new positioning algorithms. It provides the most accurate GPS of any Apple Watch, which means it also offers precise distance, pace, and route data for training and competing. the Apple Watch Ultra can withstand a wider temperature range
For water sports, the Apple Watch Ultra can hold up to kitesurfing, wakeboarding, and recreational scuba diving, activities not recommended for the standard Apple Watch models.
I promise you, you will love the Apple Watch Ultra.
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The men’s world Cup is an international soccer tournament contest by senior men’s national teams from various countries. It is one of the most popular international sporting competitions and over five billion people tune in to watch the tournament every four years.
This year’s FIFA World Cup which started on the 20th of November 2022 is being hosted by Qatar. Qatar is the smallest country ever to host the World Cup. Being a peninsular Arab country, whose terrain comprises an arid desert and a long Persian (Arab) Gulf shoreline of beaches and dunes. It has a population of about 2,931 million.
Football makes progress
Advancements in technology are made each day and it is no secret that these have been applied to various sports, including football. Due to various football leagues and continental cups, some of them don’t use specific types of technology due to the preference of the fans.
Whether you call it football or soccer, the excitement of the beautiful game does unite fans all over the world. It is a well-known fact that technology can create controversy in a sport that is already loaded with passionate fans.
Technology continues to have a big impact on virtually every aspect of football life in recent times. If you’re thinking that technology is only used in industries and big organizations, keep calm and be ready to be surprised. You should know that it is now used in Football in all the major leagues in the world.
Football for the longest time has had no need to use technology when playing competitive matches. However, in the 2018 World Cup tournament in Russia, VAR established itself as an integral technology that helps to make crucial decisions during matches.
Looking into the future, the following are five ways Technology will help to enhance football:
The rise and rise of Google Glass
Giving Assistant Referees more helping hand with prozone
Appealing Debatable decisions to a video reference
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