Month: October 2023
Hyundai’s future EVs will also have Tesla’s EV charging port
Another major automaker is jumping on the Tesla bandwagon. Hyundai announced today its plans to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), aka the “Tesla plug,” for its future electric vehicles. Hyundai models compatible with Tesla’s NACS plug will start arriving in the fourth quarter of 2024. In the first…
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New Pixels, New Assistant, but the Same Old Google
This week, we recap all the hardware and GenAI announcements from Google, and square them with the company’s ongoing antitrust woes over its search products. Source
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The Morning After: Pixel 8 Pro, Bard AI and everything else from Google’s Pixel event
Although most of the announcements leaked in advance (all the Pixel 8 news is below), Google had one sort-of surprise. It’s working on fusing Assistant and Bard AI together. During a demo, Google showed the Assistant pulling details from a party invite in Gmail. Ask where the party is, and…
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Adobe teases new AI photo editing tool that will ‘revolutionize’ its products
Adobe is set to announce a new AI-powered photo editing tool at the Adobe Max event next week that makes it much easier to alter images without prior editing experience. According to a promotional video (seen via Techspot), the new “object-aware editing engine” — dubbed Project Stardust — automatically identifies…
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BlackBerry splits into two companies, focusing on cybersecurity and IoT
BlackBerry has announced plans to draw a line between its IoT and cybersecurity businesses as it looks to make them two independently operated entities. The iconic Canadian company, once famed for its business smartphones, said that the move would be reflective of the company’s “optimal strategic direction.” The firm’s board…
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Windows 11 remains an unloved OS – but why won’t people upgrade?
Windows 11 is still struggling to attract folks to upgrade, going by the latest stats on the desktop OS market from a major analyst firm. TechSpot noticed the new figures for last month from StatCounter, one of the main outfits that keeps tabs on Windows versions and their relative levels…
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