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Ways to make better use of Google Drive

  One of the best ways to deal with a laptop's storage issues is to transfer files to Google Drive. It has gained massive popularity due to its countless helpful features and easy-to-use interface. Drive makes it easier to not only store files but also collaborate with others through the online setting. If you are a new or an avid user of Google Drive, here are some tips to make better use of it; 1. Make the best use of the Search Bar If you are someone who has uploaded everything on the drive and now has to find some specific document, then the search bar comes to the rescue. You can quickly type the name of the document and find it. You can also use Boolean operators such as  to:   from   type:   AND ,  OR ,  owner: title:   before:  and others to further streamline the search. 2. Color code the folders If you like to keep documents organised and easier to navigate, this option is for you. To categorise specific folders, you can colour-code...

Investing in AI: how to avoid the hype

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  Experienced tech investors are hunting for undervalued opportunities in an over-valued space. At stake is how best to invest in the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), which took a leap forward in November when Microsoft-backed OpenAI released its ChatGPT bot, without buying into a bubble. Shares in Nvidia, which makes computer chips that train AI systems, have almost doubled since ChatGPT's launch. The company's stock market value at roughly $940 billion is more than double that of Europe's Nestle. Nvidia surged some 25% on Thursday alone after forecasting a  sales jump. Shares in loss-making AI software company C3.AI, which grabbed the stock ticker , have risen 149% this year and Palantir Technologies, which has launched its own AI platform, is up 91% year-to-date. Investors are chasing exposure to generative AI, the technology run by ChatGPT that learns from analysing vast datasets to generate text, images and computer code. Businesses are trying to use generati...

Twitter crashed repeatedly

  Twitter crashed repeatedly on Wednesday during a highly anticipated live audio chat between Elon Musk, Twitter's owner, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, hampering the politician's announcement he is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Since Musk took over the social media platform in October, he has laid off thousands of employees including many engineers who were responsible for fixing software bugs. Current and former Twitter employees previously told Reuters the steep layoffs would put the platform at risk of crashing during times of high traffic. "We've got so many people here that I think we are kind of melting the servers, which is a good sign," said David Sacks, a venture capitalist and close friend of Musk, while attempting to start the event on Wednesday. Musk attributed the problems to the number of listeners and his large Twitter following. About 678,000 people tuned in to listen as Twitter suffered repeated crashes. The Spaces sess...

Economy shrinks from 6.1% to 0.3% under PDM govt’s watch

  Pakistan’s economic growth rate plummeted to 0.3% in the outgoing fiscal year due to severe restrictions imposed on the imports in an effort to avoid sovereign default, leaving the industrial sector crippled with spillovers on the services sector. The 0.29% growth rate is the lowest increase in the national output in the past four years that exposes the mismanagement of the economy that is highly insufficient to meet the needs of 250 million people. Despite severe floods, the agricultural sector still posted 1.6% growth, beating all forecasts of contraction due to a devastating impact on crops. The industrial sector contacted by 2.94%. But the services sector -- the single largest sector in the economy -- showed nominal growth of 0.9%. The government has missed all sectoral targets, thanks to its economic mismanagement that also caused massive layoffs and contributed towards the 59-year-high inflation rate of 36.4%. The National Accounts Committee, in a controversial fashion, me...