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■Samsung "s cute orb-shaped robot is getting a smarts upgrade thanks to Google "s Gemini AI. The home robot, which will be available starting this summer, will now be able to partake in more advanced conversations with you, your family, your friends and guests.Using voice commands, you "ll be able to instruct Ballie about managing your home environment, including adjusting mood lighting, creating schedules and greeting people at the door (although as the robot has no thumbs and is of diminutive stature, it ... |
4/10/2025 7:29:38 PM |
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■Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it "s launching a new, very expensive subscription plan for its AI chatbot Claude: Max. An answer to OpenAI "s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro tier, Max comes with higher usage limits than Anthropic "s $20-per-month Claude Pro subscription, as well as priority access to the company "s newest AI models and features.A bit confusingly, Max comes in two flavors with different price points and usage limits. There "s a $100-per-month Max tier with 5x higher rate limits than Claude ... |
4/10/2025 1:34:31 AM |
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■Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users into an app experience with built-in protections, will be available on these platforms in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada before expanding to additional regions in the future.Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram last September after Instagram and other popular social networks were grilled by U.S. lawmakers for not doing enough to protect teens. As part of Tuesday s announcement, ... |
4/9/2025 4:38:36 AM |
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■US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US operation or face a ban in the country. "We do not want TikTok to "go dark ", " Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal. " The platform is currently owned by Chinese company ByteDance.Trump "s first extension was granted after he took office in January and ... |
4/8/2025 5:25:08 AM |
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■Thunderbird "s developers are planning to compete with Gmail and other email providers by offering paid "pro " tier services, including @thundermail.com email addresses and new services such as an appointment scheduler, file sharing tools, and some "Thunderbird Assist " AI features. You can join a beta waitlist by going to thundermail.com, which is the domain for the email addresses, along with an option for @tb.pro.Thunderbird managing director Ryan Sipes announced ... |
4/5/2025 2:20:07 AM |
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■Verizon just revealed a new price lock policy that guarantees certain plans won "t go up in cost for three years. This is for both new and existing customers. It was announced the day after President Trump decided to tariff the entire world, which put markets into a tailspin. Verizon didn "t specifically mention this policy, but did say that the move was intended to give "predictability " to its customer base.However, there are some caveats. Customers have to be enrolled in one of the ... |
4/4/2025 4:53:30 AM |
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■Roblox is again updating its parental control features in an effort to give parents more visibility into (and control over) their children "s activities on the platform. The company is updating its in-app "Safety Center " to counter concerns that Roblox, which unlike social media apps allows children under 13, puts its youngest users at risk.The company added the centralized hub for parental controls last year, in an update that also added new restrictions on younger kids " ability to ... |
4/2/2025 7:21:35 PM |
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■T-Mobile customers can expect their data breach settlement checks to arrive as early as this week, according to a recent update on the carrier "s status page. "All court proceedings are now complete. The distribution of settlement payments is expected to begin in April 2025, " T-Mobile says. At issue is a 2021 data breach in which a hacker stole 106GB of customer data, including Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and driver "s license information of some former and ... |
4/2/2025 5:32:52 AM |
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■Microsoft has announced that it "s overhauling its Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message in Windows 11. The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in favor of a simplified screen that looks a lot more like the black screen you see when Windows is performing an update. It "s not immediately clear if this new BSOD will remain as a black screen once Microsoft ships the final version of this update. "We "re previewing a new, more streamlined UI for unexpected ... |
4/1/2025 2:40:35 AM |
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■After a long run, Google is sunsetting two of its signature Nest products and consequently withdrawing as a manufacturer in two key smart home categories. Google has just announced that it "s discontinuing the 10-year-old Nest Protect and the 7-year-old Nest x Yale lock. Both of those products will continue to work, and - for now - they remain on sale at the Google Store, complete with discounts until supplies run out. But while Google itself is exiting the smoke alarm and smart lock business, it isn "t ... |
3/29/2025 4:52:00 AM |
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■Robinhood is getting closer to becoming a full-fledged financial service. On Wednesday, the company announced a wholly online banking platform that will offer checking and savings accounts to Robinhood Gold subscribers when it launches this fall.The platform, called Robinhood Banking, will let users access their accounts, as well as send and receive money through a dedicated app. It even attempts to make up for not having a physical location by having physical cash "delivered on-demand right to ... |
3/28/2025 6:43:03 AM |
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■The once-iconic music-sharing platform Napster was just purchased for $207 million, with a company called Infinite Reality picking up the tab. What could Napster offer in 2025 to warrant such a price tag? Infinite Reality says it "ll be used as a "social music platform that prioritizes active fan engagement " with a focus on giving artists a platform they can use to connect with listeners and, of course, make more money from them.More specifically, the company plans on creating virtual ... |
3/27/2025 2:35:49 AM |
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■Waymo announced that Washington, DC will be its next robotaxi city. The company aims to launch its Waymo One ridehailing service in the nation "s capitol in 2026 - though it acknowledged that it will first need to change the city law prohibiting fully autonomous vehicles without safety drivers.Currently, companies that want to test autonomous vehicles in DC are required to have a human driver behind the steering wheel in case something goes wrong. Tech advocates have been pressing the city council to ... |
3/26/2025 4:12:50 AM |
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■Apple is bringing higher-fidelity audio to its AirPods Max headphones in April, the company announced today. When the $549 headphones switched to a USB-C connector last year, they lost support for wired audio playback - but Apple is about to rectify that with full lossless support, which even the prior Lightning model technically lacked. "With the included USB-C cable, users can enjoy the highest-quality audio across music, movies, and games, while music creators can experience significant ... |
3/25/2025 4:56:52 AM |
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■SoftBank Group announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a chip designer founded by former Intel executive Renee James, through a $6.5 billion all-cash deal as a strategic move to broaden its investment in AI infrastructure.Ampere will be operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank after the deal, which is expected to close in the second half of 2025.Carlyle and Oracle, Ampere s lead investors, will sell their shares in the Santa Clara, California, startup. According to SoftBank ... |
3/22/2025 3:51:13 AM |
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■Anthropic announced today that its AI assistant Claude can now search and process information from the internet in real-time, addressing one of users " most requested features and closing a critical competitive gap with OpenAI "s ChatGPT.The new web search capability, available immediately for paid Claude users in the United States, transforms the AI assistant from a tool limited by its training data cutoff to one that can access and synthesize the latest information across the web. "With web ... |
3/21/2025 4:19:35 PM |
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■The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) granted Tesla "s application for a ride-hail permit, a required first step in the automaker "s quest to launch a robotaxi service in the state.Last year, Tesla applied to become a transportation charter-party carrier (TCP), which enables it to operate a fleet of vehicles for passenger services using employees as drivers. CPUC is a state agency that regulates human- and robot-driven vehicles for ride-hail services.With its new permit, Tesla can transport its ... |
3/20/2025 3:57:53 AM |
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■China "s energy and auto giant BYD has announced an ultra fast EV charging system that it says is nearly as quick as a fill up at the pumps.BYD, China "s largest EV maker, said Monday that its flash-chargers can provide a full charge for its latest EVs within five to eight minutes, similar to the amount of time needed to fill a fuel tank. It plans to build more than 4,000 of the new charging stations across China.Charging times and limited ranges have been a major factor constraining the switch from gas ... |
3/19/2025 4:37:40 AM |
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■Microsoft "s Copilot app for Windows is being "unintentionally uninstalled " on some Windows 11 devices thanks to the latest monthly Windows update. The Patch Tuesday updates that started rolling out on March 11th have led to Copilot being unpinned from the taskbar and uninstalled. "We "re aware of an issue with the Microsoft Copilot app affecting some devices, " admits Microsoft in a support document for the March update to Windows 11. Microsoft says it "s working on a ... |
3/18/2025 3:53:19 AM |
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■Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday.Google said in a blog post that it "ll upgrade more users from Google Assistant to Gemini "over the coming months. " Later this year, Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices or available from app stores. "Additionally, we "ll be upgrading tablets, cars and devices that connect to your phone, such as headphones and watches, to Gemini, ... |
3/15/2025 4:19:39 AM |
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