Author: Zach_Wilson
Meta must face FTC trial that could separate Instagram and WhatsApp
Meta must face the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit that accuses the company of dominating the social media industry through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, a DC District Court Judge ruled on Wednesday. Meta once again asked the court to dismiss the FTC’s case in April. Boasberg has now ruled largely…
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Google Maps will soon delete your location history – unless you tell it not to
Timeline, the journey and location tracking function of Google Maps, will soon switch to local storage Google will delete all Timeline data older than 3 months by default The official solution is deleting data for some users Google is gearing up to implement changes to its location-tracking Maps feature that…
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Apple Intelligence gets a Xiaomi tribute act with ‘thoughtful’ Super Xiao AI assistant
Xiaomi unveils Super Xiao AI The AI assistant looks incredibly similar to Apple Intelligence This wouldn’t be the first time Xiaomi has taken inspiration from Apple Xiaomi has unveiled its next-generation AI assistant, Super Xiao AI, and it looks… very familiar. The upgraded AI voice assistant is “thoughtful and capable”…
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Turntable Labs just launched a new social music platform called Hangout
Everything old is new again. Turntable Labs just launched Hangout, a social music platform that’s eerily similar to that champion of 2010s internet, Turntable.fm. The app is available as a web client or via an app for Android and iOS. It allows users to play virtual DJ, with over 100…
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Android 15 could soon bring back a popular home screen customization trick
Android Home Screen icon shapes could soon be customizable The change has been spotted in the latest Android 15 beta Android did previously have this option back in Android 11 While Android 15 has now been officially pushed out – to Pixel phones, at least – there will be plenty…
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Tired of over-processed photos? New Android app joins ‘anti-AI’ alternatives that work like old-school digicams
New Zerocam app lands on Android promising ‘natural photography’ App calls itself an ‘anti-AI’ camera app that removes ‘artificial effects’ The app needs a subscription for full access and unlimited photos A new Android app called Zerocam has just launched to give photographers a more natural alternative to the over-processed…
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