Month: May 2024
iPads finally get battery health info and adaptive charging, but only the new ones
The just-released iPad Pro and iPad Air have a new Battery Health menu option that includes an optimized charging option and provides more data about the battery. As reported by MacRumors, the new menu matches the settings introduced on iPhone 15, which lets users set their device to not charge…
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Eight TikTok creators file their own suit against the divest-or-ban law
The suit is similar to the company’s own challenge to the law in that it leans on First Amendment arguments, calls lawmakers’ concerns around the app speculative, and recalls that courts have blocked other methods of banning TikTok, including former President Donald Trump’s executive order and a Montana state law.…
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Watch the Google I/O 2024 Developer keynote live
Editor’s note (5/14/24): The main Google I/O keynote has ended, but the Google I/O Developer Keynote is now underway. Watch it below. It’s that time of year again. Google’s annual I/O keynote is upon us. This event is likely to be packed with updates and announcements. We’ll be covering all…
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Google might’ve just teased its new Smart Glass project but don’t call it Google Glass
In a blink-and-you-missed-it moment, Google teased what appears to be its upcoming Smart Glasses project, one it may be building with the help of Samsung and, perhaps, even Qualcomm. You can be forgiven for not hanging on until the very end of Google I/O’s three-hour keynote to see a Gemini…
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Everything announced at Google I/O 2024 including Gemini AI, Project Astra, Android 15 and more
At the end of I/O, Google’s annual developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the company had said “AI” 121 times. That, essentially, was the crux of Google’s two-hour keynote — stuffing AI into every Google app and service used by more…
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Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education
LearnLM, a family of AI models based on Google’s other large language mode, Gemini, was built to be an expert in subjects, find and present examples in different ways like a photo or video, coach students while studying, and, in Google’s words, “inspire engagement.” Google has already integrated LearnLM into…
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