I remember when Spotify announced Car Thing, its piece of hardware that could sync up to your car’s audio. It was a goofy little device, but a pretty cool one for those who still have a car that doesn’t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.It always felt like this small skunkworks kind of project within…
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When I first thought about removing Google Search from my computing experience years ago, it seemed like a nightmare scenario. How would I be certain that the alternatives I picked would provide the same results as Google Search? That they would be just as reliable?It took a while until I started using Google Search alternatives.…
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The Unicode Consortium opened its beta review period for Unicode 16, which includes the all-new emojis coming with iOS 18 and Android 15, most likely at the beginning of next year. So far, the platform has considered seven new emojis.This beta review period lasts until July 2, and then Unicode 16 will be announced with…
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Cloud customers are failing to see how the offering of committed spend discounts could contribute towards them becoming locked in to hyperscale cloud platforms, according to the interim findings of an anti-trust probe into the inner workings of the UK cloud industry. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published the first of a…
CMA: AWS and Microsoft deny cloud discounts have anti-competitive effect on market Read More »
I follow everything about artificial intelligence because it’s my job. But I’d check out AI news even if that weren’t the case. And we have certainly had plenty of AI developments in the past few weeks.First, ChatGPT got the massive GPT-4o upgrade. Google unveiled even more ways it’ll integrate Gemini into its products, even if…
Actually… here’s why stealing Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT was brilliant Read More »
The UK and South Korean governments have secured voluntary commitments from 16 global artificial intelligence (AI) companies to safely develop the technology, including firms from the US, China and UAE. Signed during the first day of the AI Seoul Summit, the Frontier AI Safety Commitments said the companies will not develop or deploy AI systems…
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Infinidat has added two HDD and flash storage array products – dubbed Infinibox G4 – that claim a 2x performance increase on predecessors by virtue of a switch from Intel to AMD central processing units (CPUs) in their triple-active controllers. The launch sees the emergence of the Infinibox SSA G4 F1400T series, which brings a…
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Big tech and social media companies have come under fire for their failure to adequately address the risks posed by disinformation and artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes to the integrity of elections in the UK. A joint Parliamentary committee said today that big tech companies, including X, TikTok, Snap, Meta, Microsoft and Google, had taken an…
Parliamentary committee criticises big tech response to election threats Read More »
In recent years, Nvidia has found a huge amount of success with its pivot to AI, as large language models and GPU-accelerated “premium AI PC” experiences appear to be the hot new thing in 2024. However, newer, smaller companies are vying for its market share, and they are not the ones you may be expecting.…
Google just upgraded the Circle to Search functionality, announcing at I/O 2024 that the feature can now do things like help you with homework on Android devices. Introduced in January as an exclusive feature for the Galaxy S24 and Pixel 8 phones, Circle to Search is now available on plenty of other Android devices.At I/O,…
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