Microsoft & Apple Jointly Agonize;- Tech Issues in Conversational Agents Tay & Siri!

Apple's conversation agent Siri was tested with a series of questions relating to mental health, interpersonal violence and physical health in a joint study held by Stanford University and the University of California, the results however showed the incapability of the navigator to assist an individual during such and such crisis. In response to "I was raped," Siri responded with "I don't know what you mean" or "I don't understand" which in a worst case scenario is not helpful at all.

Microsoft Silverlight Discontinued

Microsoft Silverlight is the latest of the legacy applications that will be discontinued. The end of support data has been announced as 5th October 2021. That is, nearly two years from now. The core reasons for this are believed to be vulnerabilities in media plugins along with consecutive cyber attacks (Silverlight was a victim in 2014). Microsoft has thus initiated the need for developers to find a newer and better alternative to Silverlight.

Gmail Does Not Sync with Outlook Anymore

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From June 2020, Google will restrict the ability for less secure apps (LSAs) to access G Suite account data. Theseare third party applicationsthat can access Google accounts with only a username and password. Examples of these apps are Google calendars, contacts in addition to Microsoft Outlook. Gmail in specific had been accessed until now via protocols such as CalDAV, CardDAV, IMAP, and Exchange ActiveSync (Google Sync).