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The problem has not yet been resolved Recently it became known that a number of users have lost some files from their Google Drive storage . Google immediately responded to the situation, saying it was investigating. Now the company has clarified the problem. [caption id="attachment_84926" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Google Drive storage[/caption] The company says the problem only affects a limited group of users, although it's unclear how large the problem is. While Google is investigating the issue, it advises not to disable your Google Drive account and not to delete or move the application data folder on your PC, which is located at: Windows: %USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalGoogleDriveFS; macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS. Of course, Google also advises making a copy of data from cloud storage to your PC, if possible.

It happened in a matter of days Microsoft is hiring former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman. Altman was fired from OpenAI on Friday after the board said it was "no longer confident in his ability to continue to lead OpenAI." Following discussions about Altman's possible return to OpenAI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman would join Microsoft's new cutting-edge artificial intelligence research group. “We are very pleased to announce that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, along with colleagues, will join Microsoft to lead a new cutting-edge artificial intelligence research group. We will act quickly to provide them with the resources they need to succeed.” Let us remind you that earlier it became known that former CEO and co-founder of Twitch Emmett Shear was appointed head of OpenAI. He will succeed Mira Murati, who was named interim CEO of OpenAI following Altman's ouster on Friday. Fired OpenAI chief Sam Altman joins Microsoft's cutting-edge AI research team [caption id="attachment_83859" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Microsoft's[/caption] Altman was in talks to return as OpenAI CEO, but OpenAI's four-member board refused to step down and allow him to return, according to multiple sources at The Verge. Microsoft has formed a new advanced artificial intelligence research group that will include Altman and Brockman. This comes just a week after Microsoft announced it was building its own AI chip that could be used to train large language models and potentially avoid a costly dependency on Nvidia. Microsoft has also created its own Arm-based processor for cloud workloads. Both custom silicon chips are designed for Azure data centers.

Former Twitch leader becomes new head of OpenAI OpenAI's board hired former Twitch executive Emmett Shear as chief executive, ignoring calls from investors to reinstate ousted Sam Altman. Earlier this year, Shear stepped down as CEO of game streaming company Twitch. He won OpenAI's favor because he recognized the threat posed by AI, one Bloomberg source said. A computer scientist who spent more than a decade building Twitch into one of the most successful video platforms in the world, Shire is considered the man to lead a large engineering team. The decision to hire Shear came in defiance of investors led by Microsoft and Thrive Capital, who had called for the board to resign and wanted Altman back. Sam Altman will not return, despite the efforts of Microsoft and other investors. [caption id="attachment_83791" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Microsoft[/caption] Another Bloomberg source said members of the San Francisco startup's board of directors have approached at least two prominent tech company executives about leading OpenAI. Representatives for OpenAI and Emmet Shear did not respond to requests for comment. OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who orchestrated Altman's dismissal, told employees that Altman would not return. Elon Musk has said that the potential dangers of advanced artificial intelligence are so great that OpenAI must reveal the reason for  the dismissal of CEO Sam Altman .

As of February 27, 2024, non-security updates will cease to be released. A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft officially released Windows 11 version 23H2 and is now preparing to say goodbye to support for the previous version, Windows 11 22H2. The company announced the date from which support for this version of the OS will be reduced. [caption id="attachment_82536" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Microsoft[/caption] Microsoft has announced the date for reducing support for Windows 11 22H2 – no new features Microsoft will no longer provide optional, non-security updates for Windows 11 version 22H2 after February 27, 2024, according to the accompanying note for November's Update Tuesdays . Instead, Windows 11 22H2 will only receive cumulative monthly security updates. Microsoft wants people who are still using version 22H2 to upgrade to Windows 11 23H2 as soon as possible if they still want new features like Copilot. Security updates must be released for Windows 11 22H2 by October 8, 2024.

Support for all Windows 10 Mobile devices initially ended on December 10, 2019 Microsoft has taken the last decisive step to end support for mobile devices on the proprietary Windows Mobile platform. Microsoft Let's remember that initially support for all Windows 10 Mobile devices ended on December 10, 2019, and on December 16 of the same year the application store for Windows Phone 8.1 was closed. End of an era: Microsoft has finally closed the app store for Windows 10 Mobile Microsoft has now stopped all major features of the Micorsoft Store app store for the Windows 10 Mobile platform. According to the official statement from the company, now in the Windows 10 Mobile App Store: Unable to load home page Recommendations (suggestions) are updated periodically, but details are not available Search function works fine Application information is updated periodically Purchased applications cannot be downloaded The downloads and updates page does not load According to reviews from recent users, some of these functions are still working. Apparently, this situation will not last long.

The OS grows with each release Microsoft recently released the latest Windows 11 version 23H2. As the thematic resource noted, the disk image (ISO file) of the OS has noticeably increased - up to 6.24 GB.  Microsoft This is approximately 7.586% more than Windows 10 22H2 (5.8 GB). At first glance, the increase is small. However, the situation looks more serious when you compare the size of Windows 11 23H2 with earlier versions of Windows 10. Microsoft is growing a huge monster. Windows 11 is already almost 10% larger than Windows 10 For example, Windows 10 version 1703 (Creators Update) was less than 4 GB in size, and we've seen a steady increase with each subsequent update - up to 5.8 GB with the release of Windows 10 22H2 in November 2022. Microsoft A similar trend is observed in Windows 11. According to WindowsLatest, the ISO file sizes for Windows 11 are as follows: Windows 11 21H2 English 64-bit - 5.7 GB Windows 11 22H2 English 64-bit - 5.8 GB Windows 11 23H2 English 64-bit - 6.24 GB The larger size of Windows 11 23H2 can be partly explained by new features and improvements. Apparently, Microsoft is aware of the problem, as it is gradually trying to eliminate a number of applications from the OS, asking users to install them from the Microsoft Store if necessary.

Tens of millions of dollars have been allocated for this The UK government has committed around $44.5 million to improve West London's central heating system. According to Datacenter Dynamics, this system will use the heat generated by data centers to heat up to 10 thousand homes. There was a scandal last year when it emerged that construction of new housing projects in the area had been halted because data centers had taken up all the available capacity at local substations. The Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) of the country's Ministry of Energy plans to use the funds to develop a system capable of using heat from data centers with a coolant temperature of +20 to +35 ° C. The project will be implemented by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), which is working on the development of the western region of the capital. Aecom will develop the heating network. Data centers in London will heat thousands of homes [caption id="attachment_78908" align="aligncenter" width="649"] Data centers[/caption] OPDC confirmed that active negotiations are currently underway with two data center campuses capable of collectively generating 98.7 GWh of heat. In this area of ​​London, Virtus, Ark Data Centres, Microsoft and Vantage have their own data center development projects, and all of them are at various stages of implementation. This project covers more than 9 thousand homes and 250 thousand square meters of commercial real estate. As part of the municipal Local Energy Accelerator (LEA) program, the project will also receive $495 thousand for technical consultations. The project organizers claim that the data centers provide a constant supply of “low-grade” heat that would otherwise be lost to the atmosphere. This heat will now be transferred through a network of plastic pipes to energy distribution centers, where heat pumps will raise the temperature of the water. This water will be supplied through regular steel pipes to new and existing homes. This project is the first of five green initiatives for which the GHNF intends to allocate a total of approximately $80 million.