Month: September 2024
Snap Spectacles take the big leap to AR with new glasses, a new OS, and lots of gesture-controlled mixed-reality
Snapchat is taking its Spectacles game to the next level with a complete reimagining that enables augmented reality, gesture control, experience sharing, gaming, and more. On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, the social media company unveiled its beefy new 226-gram smartglasses, which look almost nothing like any Snapchat Spectacles that have…
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Mickey 17’s first trailer is light in tone, heavy on dead Robert Pattinsons
It may have been delayed until next year, but at least we now have our first look at Mickey 17. The debut trailer for the sci-fi film — which is helmed by Parasite director Bong Joon-ho and stars Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes — premiered Tuesday evening. According to the…
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You’ll be able to use an iPhone to wirelessly restore an iPhone 16
iOS 18 has a new feature that lets you wirelessly restore an iPhone 16 using another iPhone or an iPad, 9to5Mac reports. 9to5Mac says it was able to simulate the new recovery method. “Essentially, when the iPhone 16 enters Recovery Mode for some reason, users can simply place it next…
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Salesforce CEO: Get ready for agents – the third wave of AI
The future of AI is set to be powered by agents able to provide a customizable and personalized experience like never before, Salesforce‘s CEO has declared. “This is the third wave of AI – agents,” Marc Benioff said in his opening keynote at the company’s Dreamforce 2024 event in San…
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California governor signs rules limiting AI actor clones
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills that will protect performers from having their likeness simulated by AI digital replicas. The two SAG-AFTRA supported bills, AB 2602 and AB 1836, were passed by the California legislature in August and are part of a slate of state-level AI regulations. AB…
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The Pixel Buds Pro no longer let you ‘touch and hold’ to hear notifications
Google is taking away a Pixel Buds Pro feature that lets users touch and hold an earbud to hear unread notifications. In an update on Tuesday, Google confirmed that Assistant “will no longer read unread notifications when using the press Assistant feature.” Additionally, Google says Assistant will stop automatically alerting you to unread…
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