Author: Zach_Wilson
Beeper was just acquired by Automattic, which has big plans for the future of messaging
Beeper, the upstart messaging app that attempts to corral all your messaging services into one inbox, is being acquired by Automattic, the giant that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, and a number of other hugely popular web properties. The deal closed last week and was announced officially on Tuesday. Along with the…
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Google Cloud Next 2024 day one — all the latest news and updates live
Refresh 2024-04-09T16:11:28.066Z Kurian notes how Google Cloud is offering the latest hardware releases to help companies around the world provide a modern infrastructure that is ready for the next generation of cloud. That extends to the data cloud, security cloud and collaboration cloud – which includes Google Workspace. “That’s just…
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Google’s first Arm-based CPU will challenge Microsoft and Amazon in the AI race
Google is making its own Arm-based CPU to support its AI work in data centers and introducing a more powerful version of its Tensor Processing Units (TPU) AI chips. Google’s new Arm-based CPU, dubbed Axion, will be used to support Google’s AI workloads before it rolls out to business customers…
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Earbuds and AirPods are a sustainability nightmare, but Fairphone’s Fairbuds could change that
Fairphone, maker of repairable and therefore potentially longer-lasting and more sustainable phones and headphones, has revealed its first wireless earbuds, called Fairbuds. They cost £129 (about $165 / AU$245), and are available to order in Europe now from Fairphone’s website. The unique thing about Fairbuds compared to all the rest…
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The 12 Best Turntables for Your Vinyl Collection (2024)
Streaming music giving you the blues? These entry-level turntables will help you rock on to analog audio at home. Source
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Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro can now hear
Google’s update to Gemini 1.5 Pro gives the model ears. The model can now listen to uploaded audio files and churn out information from things like earnings calls or audio from videos without the need to refer to a written transcript. During its Google Next event, Google also announced it’ll…
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