How to Use software in a Sentence
software
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The important part is the software, and that’s the hardest part of all of this.
— IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2023 -
Some of the vehicles, about 15% in Hyundai’s case, can’t be fixed with software.
— Tom Krishner, oregonlive, 9 May 2023 -
This software is fine-tuned from a model in the GPT-3.5 series.
— José Adorno, BGR, 5 Dec. 2022 -
The software will ask you simple questions and compute all the math for you.
— Kristen Doerer, ProPublica, 3 Mar. 2023 -
Now the city has a nature issue that software cannot solve.
— Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024 -
But again, the software needs that human input and can't do it all on its own.
— Emma Balter, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023 -
Users need to have the mobile Cash app to download the tax software, but not to file their return.
— Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023 -
As soon as the match was made, the software sent an alert to housing staff, who asked the man to leave and alerted the county sheriff.
— Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 May 2023 -
The studios cannot require a writer to use AI software.
— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2023 -
That Easter Egg was rolled out in a software update in August of 2018.
— Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2023 -
Much of the Pixel camera magic comes from the software and features.
— Dave Leclair, PCMAG, 12 May 2023 -
But for now, the software lacks a core feature that makes humans unique: judgment.
— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023 -
The doorbell software sends video calls when someone rings.
— Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2022 -
As the software giant’s latest results show, that doesn’t always prove to be a good thing.
— WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Dealers will update the ESP control unit software, free of charge.
— Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023 -
Your change, 4 coins, is stored at a new address, which your wallet software creates for you.
— Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024 -
The whole story coincides with the process of releasing a new version of the Mastodon software.
— WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Slow and glitchy software has put it on the back foot in China, and it hasn’t been embraced by EV fans in the same way as stalwarts like Tesla.
— Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Programmers have the tools to make software leaner and greener.
— IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024 -
Frans explained that the data used to train the algorithm is a couple of years old, so the software isn’t up on current events.
— Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022 -
But there weren’t enough workers available to fully test the spacecraft’s software in time.
— Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023 -
What do Wikipedia, Creative Commons and open-source software have in common?
— Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023 -
The fault was ultimately traced to a software glitch in the lander’s braking system.
— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 July 2023 -
The fix will add additional controls to help ensure that drivers are alert and aware while the software is in use.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023 -
Many times the software will already have people who are in charge of that stuff available and their service is included in the cost.
— Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2022 -
In the hands of a powerful sovereign such as China, the new software is an effective way to launch the yuan into the big leagues.
— Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022 -
End users were the weakest link in this chain, and many companies paid the price, leading to firewall upgrades, new counter-threat software and more.
— Rohan Joshi, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 -
Attorneys and judges have told The News that the software system has left them blind on the progress of cases, bond settings and whether inmates have been released.
— Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023 -
Crooks even use fake customer service chatbots to steal information, according to an alert by McAfee, an antivirus software.
— Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024 -
Roku's streaming interface is so intuitive and convenient, the company finally went out on its own to create a line of TVs powered by its popular software.
— Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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