Month: July 2024
FBI director discusses the Trump rally shooter’s search history and drone details
FBI director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday that the person who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump searched the web for “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” one week before the rally shooting, as reported by the The New York Times. Investigators recovered the search from a laptop…
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The NBA’s new TV deals put a lot of games on Amazon’s Prime Video starting in 2025
Amazon’s Prime Video has inked an 11-year deal that will bring NBA and WNBA games to the streaming service starting with the 2025-2026 season. Prime Video will air a total of 66 regular-season games and 20 playoff games each year. The league’s new agreements also include Disney and Comcast-owned NBC…
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A new Nest Learning Thermostat might be on the way
Leaked images posted on X by @MysteryLupin show a fourth-generation Nest Learning Thermostat and new temperature sensors, as well as several other thermostats: Nest E, Nest Learning Thermostat (3rd Gen). Missing from the pictures is the Nest Thermostat (2020), presumably because it’s not compatible with Nest’s room sensors. The new…
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NASA fired its space lasers to communicate with the ISS
NASA researchers have successfully tested laser communications in space by streaming 4K video footage originating from an airplane in the sky to the International Space Station and back. The feat demonstrates that the space agency could provide live coverage of a Moon landing during the Artemis missions and bodes well…
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Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side
Bing’s new search experience puts AI-generated answers front and center while pushing traditional search results to the side. The new layout, which is rolling out for a small number of queries, fills your search results page with AI-generated summaries addressing various aspects of your question. Microsoft has shared an early…
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Microsoft is adding AI-powered summaries to Bing search results
The race to bring more AI features to search is escalating, with Microsoft moving forward with additional tools for Bing. Today, the company began previews for Bing generative search, where the top result for a user’s query will be an original response compiled by AI. The blog post about Bing…
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