Month: June 2024
Slowest new laptop in the world is now on sale, with Windows 95 and a CPU that’s almost 40 years old — but at least it is (almost) pocketable and can run Doom or Commander Keen
There’s no shortage of ways that retro gaming enthusiasts can get their nostalgia fix these days, including PC emulators, mobile gaming apps, and plug-and-play consoles for TVs, but the Pocket 386, a handheld mini laptop, stands out by using original hardware for an authentic retro feel. The device, which originates…
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Gemini is rolling out to Google Messages, but it’s not the same across Android
Gemini continues its march across the Google ecosystem. The AI is currently making its way to Google Messages after restrictions were scaled back on June 18. According to the news site MySmartPrice, you’ll soon be able to instruct the feature to “draft messages, have fun conversations, plan events,” among other…
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The latest Google Lens update might bring Circle to Search to many more phones
Google seemingly has plans to expand its Circle to Search feature to other Android phones via Google Lens. In a recent deep dive, news site Android Authority found clues to the update within the recent Google app betas files and compiled them all together. What’s particularly interesting is they managed…
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Here comes a Meta Ray-Bans challenger with ChatGPT-4o and a camera
If you want a pair of glasses with hands-free video recording and an AI voice assistant, there aren’t a lot of options, and the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are the clear leader. But Solos, whose smart glasses currently only feature audio, says it’ll sell a camera-equipped version later this year…
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Forget Duolingo – Google Translate just got a massive AI upgrade that gives it over 100 new languages
Google Translate is adding 110 new languages to its library, the largest expansion ever made to the platform. The update leverages Google’s PaLM 2 large language model, an artificial intelligence tool that helps accurately translate across a wider array of languages than before. Those languages are spoken by approximately 614…
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Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web
I think that with respect to content that’s already on the open web, the social contract of that content since the ‘90s has been that it is fair use. Anyone can copy it, recreate with it, reproduce with it. That has been “freeware,” if you like, that’s been the understanding.…
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