Dear Liz: What is the difference between using an enrolled agent and a certified public accountant to file income taxes? I have used a CPA in the past to file my federal and state income taxes but I need to find a new person for this job. My financial situation is fairly simple: single, no...
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Microsoft Bing Copilot Pro Coming To iOS & Android Soon
Microsoft will soon bring Copilot Pro, the premium $20 per month version of its AI search features, to the Copilot iOS and Android app. Microsoft's Mikhail Parakhin said the app updates are being processed within the respective app store submission process.Microsoft did release the Copilot...
Hiltzik: The coming toll in vaccine-preventable diseases
Forecasting the future is difficult. But here’s an easy prediction: The anti-vaccination movement in the U.S. and globally is going to result in the deaths of more children. This grim portent comes to us courtesy of UNICEF, which is reporting that 30,601 confirmed cases of measles have been...
Support not being phased out but changes are coming
Google Ads has confirmed that support is not being phased out. With the introduction of a paid support service in August, concerns arose among advertisers about the potential withdrawal of the free feature. The perceived decline in customer experience further fuelled the belief that the...
Quality rater and algorithmic evaluation systems: Are major changes coming?
Crowd-sourced human quality raters have been the mainstay of the algorithmic evaluation process for search engines for decades. Still, a potential sea-change in research and production implementation could be on the horizon. Recent groundbreaking research by Bing (with some purported...