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TLDR

BEWARE TECH CAREER ADVICE FROM OLD HEADS

People new to tech should take career advice from people who have been in the industry for more than a decade with enormous skepticism. The options available to people with established careers are dramatically different from what newcomers experience. These differences are so huge that newcomers and experienced workers might as well be in totally different industries. The tech industry of 15 or 20 years ago was very different from today.

GOOGLE GEMINI CAN NOW USE YOUR SEARCH HISTORY TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED RESPONSES

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model can now access users' search histories to provide more personalized information. It can only read search history for now, but Google plans to integrate the ability to connect with other Google apps and services. Gemini's access to search history is currently opt-in. Google says that search history will only be used when its reasoning model decides that it's helpful. The feature is now available to Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers on the web - it will be rolling out on mobile soon.

META IS LAUNCHING COMMUNITY NOTES IN THE US NEXT WEEK

Meta is releasing its version of Community Notes for its apps for users in the US on March 18. The program will copy a crowdsourced fact-checking system Twitter unveiled in 2021. Meta says it will focus on getting the feature right in the US before it rolls out to other countries. It may be hesitant to roll out the feature in the EU, where the European Commission is currently investigating X over the effectiveness of its version of Community Notes.

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