Uber held its second Go-Get Zero event on Tuesday to highlight some of the company's sustainability efforts. First and foremost, it says that there are now enough EV drivers using the service to make an EV-only option available (the curr…
Meta's impressive demo of its Orion AR glasses has got us interested in augmented reality specs again, and a small tidbit of rumored information has come our way that suggests Apple could have its own device in this category by 2026 – with…
Google has been on a roll lately with updates that make its platform dramatically more user-friendly than before, and one of the most impressive of these is the new Ask Photos feature in Google Photos. The feature has been hinted at for th…
It seems Apple has a slew of hardware announcements in store for us this fall. In the Power On newsletter this week, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is gearing up to announce new MacBook Pro models, the redesigned Mac mini, the …
Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) today announces the addition of its FLXflow technology to the Arizona 1300 series, which brings new productivity and performance features to the flatbed printer series. Previously known as FLOW technology,…
Samsung Electronics is expected to flag more than a four-fold jump in quarterly profit on Tuesday on improving demand for chips, but the pace of its recovery is weakening, as it is slow to cash in on the artificial intelligence boom.
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Three new theft protection features that Google announced earlier this year have reportedly started rolling out on Android. The tools — Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock and Remote Lock — are aimed at giving users a way to quickl…
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Google details a few updates for users, beginning with a more "organized" Search experience on mobile and increased ads in AI Overviews.
Google Lens is starting a test that lets user record video…
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YouTube detailed what's coming up for Shorts, beginning with an option to record three-minute-long videos.
Shorts will soon display a "template" icon, so creators can quickly hop on the latest tr…
OpenAI has debuted a new workspace interface for ChatGPT called Canvas. The AI giant unveiled its new ChatGPT workspace on its official blog and immediately made it available for ChatGPT Plus and Team users. Enterprise and Edu users will b…
Google Search has always had one serious drawback — if you're not paying attention, it's easy to click on a fraudulent site that's mimicking a real business. Now, the company appears to be testing a long-overdue solution: blue verified che…
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OPPO is teasing its upcoming Find X8 phones, revealing that they’ll feature AI-powered reflection removal for photos.
Product manager Zhou Yibao showcased this feature using a cultural artifact f…
Gemini Live, Google’s AI chatbot you can talk to like a person, is about to support more languages. The company is rolling out support for the generative AI virtual assistant in over 40 languages in the coming weeks.
Gemini Live is Goog…
Bloomberg recently reported that Apple is close to releasing an updated iPhone SE, which will be its first update to the low-end model since 2022. According to 9to5Mac, Apple is also planning to use the phone as a launching pad for its i…
Meta is rolling out some of the previously announced features to its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses for users in the US and Canada. CTO Andrew Bosworth posted on Threads that today's update to the glasses includes more natural language…
Apple plans to release a new iPhone SE in early 2025, Bloomberg reported.
An Emarketer analyst said a cheaper AI iPhone could boost sales in Greater China.
The new iPhone SE will reportedly feature an edge-to-edge scr…
Being in an emergency without a way to contact your family or 911 is a scary thought. Big weather events can wipe out homes, phone lines and powerlines, making the usual cellular or Wi-Fi networks impossible to use.
However, if you have…
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have recently created a novel cathode material with a layered crystal structure that could help define the course of next-gen batteries.
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) is one of the most common battery t…
Google is adding more AI to search. On Thursday, the company unveiled a long list of changes, including AI-organized web results, Google Lens updates (including video and voice) and placing links and ads inside AI Overviews.
One can s…
Tesla's least expensive car is off the market: the Model 3 Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive is no longer available in the online configurator. Electrek first reported on the absence of that Model 3 build. It was the cheapest option from the…
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Amazon launched three new Fire HD 8 tablets—Fire HD 8 (2024), Fire HD 8 Kids, and Fire HD 8 Kids Pro.
Each tablet includes a writing assistant, quick webpage summaries via the Amazon Silk browser, and…
The occasional risks associated with downloading beta releases have been highlighted by Apple’s decision on Wednesday to pull the watchOS 11.1 beta 3 update following user reports that it had bricked their Apple Watch. The company made the…
Forget flying cars, the most promising personal tech trend of the future might focus on health.
During Apple's iPhone event in September, the announcements that sparked initial buzz weren't the new phones but the health-based updates to…
Meta is consolidating its three creator monetization programs for Facebook to make it easier for users to start earning on the social network. The company has three ways for creators to earn on the website: Via In-stream ads, Ads on Reels …
Hurricane Helene victims used iPhones for satellite messaging amid power and cell outages.
Asheville, North Carolina, residents praised Apple for the feature and its usefulness.
Social-media posts urged people to upda…
This might sound funny, but it seems the biggest hardware updates for iPhones are reserved for the buttons. After adding an Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro, and then adding a Camera Control shutter across the iPhone 16 series, it seems …
The iPhone SE will finally get a new look, though it might still appear identical to a two-generation-old mainline model. This nugget of information comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who claims that the next “SE” trim could arrive early …
Oracle plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to set up its first public cloud region in Malaysia, the company said on Wednesday, the latest major investment by a global tech firm into the Southeast Asian country.
Technology giants incl…
Jeep's owner, Stellantis, has recalled about 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs from the brand due to a risk of fire. The recall impacts specific Jeep Wrangler 4xe models from 2020 to 2024 and some Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe SUVs from 2022 to 2024…
BT in live testing of its new, AI-ready network-as-service (NaaS) platform
Global Fabric points of presence (PoPs) now installed in over 45 of the world’s major cloud data-centres
Demo of a management portal allows custo…
Mircosoft finally released an update on its controversial Recall AI feature that was put on hold earlier this year due to security concerns.
Microsoft Recall had a bumpy road from the start. It faced backlash over security concerns befo…
Malaysia plans to create a national cloud policy and introduce regulations to encourage the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI), Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday.
The announcement comes amid a wave of investments by …
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it will expand investment in artificial intelligence innovation in Vietnam, including production of its latest mixed reality headsets from 2025, its latest effort to boost its footprint in the country.
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Oura Health Oy is releasing a new smart ring this month, Bloomberg reported.
CEO Tom Hale said that the company expects to double its annual sales this year, to around $500 million.
The company faces increasing compet…
Epic Games has accused Samsung of making it too difficult to download its massively popular video game Fortnite on certain mobile devices.
In a legal complaint it said it would file on Monday, it says people have to go through 21 steps …
Samsung has unveiled a new pair of tablets, and after using one, I can confirm it has a few essential qualities of a good tablet — it can replace a laptop in a pinch and has a certain je ne sais quoi about its portability.
At the "Samsu…
According to statistics, it’s expected that people will download 143 billion apps in 2026 alone. That’s a lot of people and a lot of phones, so it’s no surprise that bad actors have pinpointed the Play Store as an ideal distribution cent…
Spotify should be working normally again now after a few hours of service issues. The Spotify Status account posted on X Sunday afternoon to say, “Everything’s looking much better now!” Earlier in the day, it confirmed that it had been exp…
Apple is planning to debut a new operating system called homeOS with its long-rumored smart displays, the first of which is expected to arrive as soon as 2025, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Reports of a HomePod-like device with a d…
Malaysian technology firm Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) and Google Cloud on Monday announced a multi-year deal to provide sovereign cloud services in the country.
The announcement comes as the Alphabet unit expands its footprint in the…
Threads seems to be rolling out a new location tagging feature that allows users to add a location to their posts. Some users have reported seeing the change in Threads’ app, though it doesn’t seem to be available to everyone just yet.
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On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs took the stage at Macworld and announced Apple’s next big product: the iPhone. Sales of the iPhone began on June 29, 2007, and it completely changed the world of mobile phones.
Now, in 2024, we’ve had ov…
Samsung’s Vice President of Product Management for mobile devices, Drew Blackard, kicked off Samsung's latest hardware event with a big plug for AI.
On stage, Blackard confirmed that 75% of Samsung users have “actively engaged” with Gal…
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The Amazfit Helio Ring is getting a permanent discount from $299 to $199.
The Zepp Aura ($69/year) and Zepp Fitness ($29/year) subscriptions are now available to Helio Ring users "for free, for life."…
Tim Boucher has written over 120 books using AI-generated text and images.
Boucher's work critiques technology and explores new storytelling, but it has sparked controversy.
Several authors have criticized AI f…
The iPhone 16 came out swinging, but its blows might lack a certain oomph. According to AppleInsider, a Morgan Stanley report states that the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus sold roughly 37 million units in their first weekend. Despite this, …
Yesterday, Samsung announced a new way for developers to build functionality for its health-tracking features. The Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite opens access to the information gathered through Samsung devices, includ…
Netflix is crushing the streaming competition.
You know this, and its competitors know this. But its big win wasn't always a certainty.
Now it is — and investors are rewarding Netflix and punishing everyone else.
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Meta just announced an intriguing tool that uses AI to automatically dub Reels into other languages, complete with lip-sync. This feature was revealed at the annual Meta Connect livestream event and was introduced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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At an event in New York City today, Samsung unveiled its new affordable phone — the Galaxy S24 FE — and its latest tablet lineup. The first flagship products powered by a MediaTek processor in the U.S., the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and Galax…