Google’s AI-powered Photos upgrades are beginning to trickle in. Ask Photos, the Gemini-powered chatbot that lets you get ultra-specific and conversational with your photo searches, is launching in early access for select users in the US. …
Apple is finally bringing its Find My feature to South Korea in 2025. The company says the service will launch at some point during the spring, according to a translation of a press release published by AppleInsider.
For years, South Ko…
Bill Gates, the billionaire founder and former CEO of Microsoft, spends a lot of time in meetings.
To process what was discussed, he regularly uses the AI summary feature in Teams, he told The Verge.
Gates is not alon…
Panasonic TVs have been missing from the US market for over a decade, which is odd because, well, the company makes good stuff. In any event, our national nightmare is over. The Japanese electronics giant just released a bunch of new telev…
Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup Minimax, one of China’s “AI tigers,” has released its Video-01 text-to-video model, which can generate highly accurate depictions of humans, down to their hand motions. Minimax unveiled the new tool Sa…
Beware: The most addictive game of 2024 is coming to a device that’s always within reach. Balatro, a clever combination of poker, deck-building and roguelikes, will arrive on iOS — as a standalone purchase and Apple Arcade — and Android la…
YouTube is developing new tools to protect artists and creators from the unauthorized use of their likenesses. The company said on Thursday that new tech to detect AI-generated content using a person’s face or singing voice is in the pipel…
Astro Bot is not just for kids. Team Asobi clearly designed it for players of all skill levels, and that includes children and newbies, but at its core Astro Bot feels purpose-built for video game fans. It’s a skill-driven celebration of…
Folding phones have surged in popularity over the past few years, but some apps have lagged behind in updating their interfaces. Gboard is one of the guilty parties here; while it’s available on nearly every Google-based device, the on-s…
Sony is beginning to ramp up celebrations for the upcoming 30th anniversary of the PlayStation brand. And new images posted by the company seem to include an icon of a console that looks a lot like the alleged leaked PS5 Pro design. Hmmm..…
As great as they can be, folding phones can be a blight upon our pockets when wearing something tight. After all, these devices feel like you’ve got two phones in your pocket instead of the one you actually own. It’s not just the hardwar…
When you buy a phone, you expect it to work for at least a couple of years, if not longer. For many people, the time to upgrade to a new device is when it no longer receives security updates. Samsung has announced the Galaxy Z Flip 5G, Gal…
According to Microsoft, it's time for the "next phase of Copilot innovation." On September 16, the company is live streaming an event called Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2. Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella and corporate vice president of AI at…
In just four days, Apple's It's Glowtime event will kick off (here's how to watch it), and it'll officially announce the iPhone 16 lineup. The newest iPhones will come equipped with iOS 18 already installed. But if you're not upgrading t…
For the college students who are satisfied with dating apps, which may not be many, Tinder announced Wednesday a series of updates to Tinder U, its in-app feature that caters to current college students ages 18 to 24. This includes new…
YouTube is expanding its existing set of parental controls with a new feature that would allow a parent to link their account to their teen’s account in order to gain insight into the teen’s activity across the video-sharing platform, th…
Google is bringing a handful of new features to Android phones, including tools to keep users safe during a natural disaster, enhancements to accessibility using AI, and easier music discovery. Simultaneously, the company has reached a cri…
We’re used to hearing about new Android versions during Google Pixel smartphone launch events, but Android 15’s source code is finally out at the Android Open Source Project. It was strangely missing from the Google Pixel launch event last…
Instagram is rolling out comments for Stories. Previously, the short-lived Stories could only be replied to in direct messages. This new feature offers a more visible way for users to interact with their friends' posts. The original poster…
Qualcomm’s exclusivity period on Copilot+ PCs is winding down. Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that Intel’s new 200V processors and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 series chips will add Copilot+ AI capabilities beginning in November.
Copilot+ PCs inc…
Growing up. It’s something we all do, and devices do too. While there’s been very little innovation in mainstream smartphones lately, foldable phones have been maturing over the last few years and finally seem to be coming into their own…
Are you searching for a new 16-inch productivity laptop that is perfect for school or work? We recently reviewed two quality products that we'd recommend in a heartbeat, each with its own positives and negatives: the Acer Swift Go 16 and t…
Google has dominated the search space for so long that a U.S. District Court judge recently found that it has acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search. You have probably used Google Search for as long as you can remember; it…
Your Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra has arrived, and now you're wondering whether you made the right call buying a $650 smartwatch? It's too late for buyer's remorse, so the first step is to personalize your Ultra so that it's as useful and in…
The Recall saga continues. As it turns out, Microsoft’s controversial AI feature cannot be uninstalled, although that was spotted as an option in the latest version of Windows 11 24H2.
The ability to uninstall it was initially observed …
We are getting closer to the launch of the iPhone 16 series. The new handsets will be announced during Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event on September 9, 2024, and they will succeed the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models.
The iPhone 16 is ex…
The Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i is a consumer laptop for people needing powerful performance, a quality OLED display, and discrete graphics without sacrificing too much battery life. And to that end, the IdeaPad Pro keeps its promises and has a …
When the presumed iPhone 16 lineup is officially announced at the Apple event in just over a week, it will include iOS 18, which Apple already detailed at its developer conference earlier this year. But if you're not planning to upgrade to…
Apple’s M4 Mac mini will boast a ton of ports, but not a single one of them will be USB-A, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In the Power On newsletter, Gurman reports that Apple is ditching USB-A ports with the upcoming Mac mini. The …
A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to be benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky.
The microblogging platform announced late Friday that it was seeing “all-time-highs for activity” with 500,000 new users joi…
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Rumors have been swirling about the unannounced Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, a slightly scaled-back version of the Galaxy S24 available at a lower price.
Recently, the Galaxy S24 FE appeared in regulatory f…
It might have been a brat summer, but Apple thinks it’s “glowtime” for its iPhone 16 event. The company announced that it will host the event to unveil new devices on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET.
The event will take place at…
Apple is reportedly considering investing in OpenAI during its next fundraising round.
This move follows Apple's June announcement of a partnership with OpenAI for AI features.
Microsoft, a longtime Apple rival, has a…
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Google highlighted the start of its rollout of Gemini's Q&A for Gmail on Android devices.
Q&A lets users ask Gemini to surface unread emails for the day or week, with the added ability to create a per…
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Verizon detailed its partnership with Skylo to bring commercial direct-to-device satellite-based texting services to its customers "this fall."
Skylo is the same satellite network Google uses for the …
Apple just launched a new set of Apple Intelligence features on August 28 via the iOS 18.1 developer beta 3 release. And one of these new features, in particular, may sound familiar to Pixel users.
I'm talking about the new 'Clean Up' f…
Japan's defence ministry on Friday said it will invest in AI, automation and improving troop conditions to address a worsening recruitment shortfall that has left its forces understaffed amid a build up aimed at countering China's growing …
Ahead of the NFL and college football (NCAAF) seasons, Apple announced updates for its sports-focused app, including Live Activities for all leagues, a new “dynamic drive tracker” that visualizes where the ball is on the field and suppor…
Nintendo has stopped offering repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS. While it's unsurprising for a company to end support for hardware that's a decade old, the reason in this case is that Nintendo has simply run out of parts. The news circulate…
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OPPO's executive director, Zhou Yibao posted on Weibo a concept image of a tri-fold device.
The device seems to sport sharper, square corners, slim bezels, and (potentially) an under-display selfie ca…
ChatGPT now has 200 million weekly active users, according to OpenAI. That represents a doubling of the weekly audience of 100 million the company announced last November. A representative from the company told Engadget that API usage ha…
Gmail users on Android devices can now chat directly with Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, about their emails in the Gmail app. Google rolled out the new feature, Gmail Q&A, on Thursday to users who pay for Gemini, according to a blog post, …
Whether you let your 5-year-old borrow your Amazon Fire tablet to watch Bluey on long car rides or you just bought your independent 13-year-old their very own device, setting up parental controls is a must. Depending on how old your child …
China has invested over 43.5 billion yuan ($6.12 billion) in a nationwide project to build computing data centers over the past years, a senior government official said on Thursday, amid tech export restrictions from the United States.
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Social networking startup and decentralized X competitor Bluesky is introducing new features designed to make its platform less toxic and conversations less combative than on its predecessor. The company on Wednesday introduced a handful…
Apple has added yet more AI features in its latest developer betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1, and this time we’re getting the ability to remove objects from photos.
The feature, called Clean Up, lets users identify and…
We are constantly making comparisons between AMD and Intel when reviewing some of the best gaming laptops on the market. Just like desktops, we’re trying to find which company makes the best processor you can buy. It’s never a perfect comp…
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Google and the state of California announced last week that 1.5 million state residents can now add their mobile driver's license to the Google Wallet.
The company previously said that it was working …
Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Sto…
South Korea's Samsung SDI said on Wednesday it has completed an agreement with General Motors to build a joint electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The two companies will invest about $3.5 billion to build…