Tag: author_name|Cherlynn Low
The tech industry’s accessibility-related products and launches this week
Every third Thursday of May, the world commemorates Global Accessibility Awareness Day or GAAD. And as has become customary in the last few years, major tech companies are taking this week as a chance to share their latest accessibility-minded products. From Apple and Google to Webex and Adobe, the industry’s…
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Logitech made Google’s Project Starline video conferencing booth — minus holograms
For better or worse, video calls have become an integral part of our lives. Whether you're chatting with a loved one who's oceans away, or collaborating with teammates across timezones, sitting in front of a webcam or holding up your phone is an inescapable reality. That's why many companies have…
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Amazon Halo Rise review: An unobtrusive bedside sleep tracker that’s surprisingly helpful
I love to sleep. Then, after I wake up, I love to find out how well I slept. It might be because I’m highly competitive or that I like the validation of an app confirming whether I’ve had a good or bad night’s rest. Despite this, I’ve avoided most sleep…
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Tesla’s Wireless Charging Platform is well-made and exorbitant
It kind of makes sense that Tesla would make wireless chargers. After all, when you think of the company, you think electric vehicles and their Superchargers (at least, after you force the image of Elon Musk out of your mind). But wireless charging is a slightly different beast that requires…
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Google Bard AI hands-on: A work in progress with plenty of caveats
Google has made Bard more widely available to users in the US and the UK today, and I have been spending some time with the company’s chatbot to see how its generative AI compares to ChatGPT and Bing AI. Like we saw in the screenshots Google provided with today’s announcement,…
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Google is opening up access to its Bard AI chatbot today
Since unveiling its Bard conversational AI in February, Google has been working to improve the chatbot's responses, after it spouted misinformation in its Twitter debut. More recently, we've seen the company add generative AI features to practically its entire suite of services, while access to the Bard chatbot remained exclusive…
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