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Omegle, a popular online chat platform that allows you to chat with strangers, recently announced that it will shut down after 15 years of operation. The decision was made in response to the growing abuse of the platform to commit heinous crimes, which the founder described as “unspeakably horrible”.

Started in 2009 by then high school student Leif K-Brooks, Omegle was initially a small project, but quickly grew in popularity, attracting millions of users every day. Despite a slight decline in popularity in recent years, the site attracted around 50 million visitors last month, according to analytics firm HoudelijkeWeb. In a blog post, K-Brooks shared her initial uncertainty about the success of her platform, which started from humble beginnings in her parents’ home in Vermont. He attributed Omegle’s rapid growth to the basic human desire to meet new people, something the platform has effectively met.

However, increased use of the platform during the pandemic has led to increased scrutiny and criticism as the platform has become a hotspot for more suspicious activity. K-Brooks acknowledged its efforts to improve the platform’s security measures but expressed regret over recent malicious attacks that prompted its decision to shut down the platform. K-Brooks expressed its sorrow and disclosed the operational challenges and toll of its fight against abuse. He noted that the current situation was no longer financially and emotionally sustainable, which led to the difficult decision to cease operations.

K-Brooks expressed concern about the future direction of the Internet. The concern was that without a major change in approach, the Internet could become a medium similar to passive television consumption without the active participation and genuine human connections that once characterized the Internet.

Elon Musk’s company xAI is making its own version of ChatGPT. It seems like they’ve been working on an AI system called Grok, which can chat and answer questions like ChatGPT does. Grok can look up information online and has access to the latest info from xAI. It’s designed to have some humor in its responses and is careful not to answer inappropriate questions. Musk announced that a select group would get access to Grok, and later, all subscribers to xAI’s Premium Plus plan would have access too.

xAI hasn’t shared much about their research, but they recently published a blog post about Grok. They trained the model over several months using a lot of computer power and data from the internet. According to xAI, Grok is better than other similar models and has a bit of a rebellious side, answering some spicy questions that other AI systems avoid.

Musk’s goal with xAI is to build AI that can understand the universe better. The company is led by Musk and experts from different tech companies and universities. They plan to equip Grok with other abilities, like seeing and hearing, to help users even more. Musk had some disagreements with OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and left its board in 2018. He also stopped giving them access to xAI’s data.

If you are using Google Chrome as your web browser then you may want to try out Microsoft Edge. It provides various benefits especially if you often deal with PDF files. Unlike Google Chrome, MS Edge lets you edit as well as add notes to PDFs. Here is a step-by-step guide of how you can do it.

How to Edit and Add Notes to PDFs in Microsoft Edge

First of all, lets discuss about how to open PDF files using Edge browser. Normally, MS Edge is not set as your default browser so you will have to open PDFs in it manually. If you don’t, they will open in Google Chrome or any other PDF reader that you have on your computer.

• First of all, go to File Explorer and search for the PDF that you want to open.
• Right-click on it.
• Now hover over your mouse on ‘Open with’ in the menu.
• Now, select ‘Microsoft Edge’.
• That is all, now you can use MS Edge to edit as well as add notes to your PDF files.

Editing and Adding Notes to PDFs in Microsoft Edge

In the Edge browser, you can easily edit as well as add notes to any PDF file directly which is very useful feature. You don’t need extra apps. Here is a step-by-step guide of how you can do it.

• First of all, click on the Text icon located at the top in order to add text to the PDF.
• Now hover over the space where you are required to add text and click.
• Now type in your desired text and press Enter.
• In order to highlight or draw on PDF, click on the Draw icon.
• Once you are done, click on the Save button located at the top right corner.

Annotating PDFs in Microsoft Edge:

If you are required to make comments on PDF, you can easily do it in MS Edge without any extra tools. Here is how you can do it.

• First of all, open the PDF in MS Edge browser.
• Now click on the Highlight icon located at the top left.
• Now select the text that you need to comment on.
• Now right-click and select Add comment.
• Type in your comment and click check mark once it is done.
• At the end, click on Save in the top right corner.