Tag: author_name|Mariella Moon
YouTube is bringing 30-second unskippable ads to its TV apps
If you watch YouTube videos primarily on your TV, you may soon come across 30-second ads you won't be able to skip, just like commercials on traditional TV channels. The video platform has announced during its Brandcast event for advertisers that it's bringing 30-second unskippable ads to connected TVs. It…
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Samsung’s Galaxy Watches will soon help you get a better night’s sleep
Samsung has unveiled its upcoming user interface for Galaxy Watches, and it comes with new health-related features, with a focus on ones designed to help you get a better quality of sleep. Its new Sleep Insights UI, for instance, now prominently displays your sleep score that's based on several metrics,…
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Google gives Bard the ability to generate and debug code
Google's Bard chatbot now has the capability to help you with programming tasks. The tech giant said that coding has been one of its users' top requests, and now it has given Bard the ability to generate, debug and explain code. Bard can now write in 20 programming languages, including…
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Instagram is putting ads in search results
You may soon see ads on Instagram in places you didn't in the past. The Meta-owned app has started testing a couple of new ad placements meant to give businesses more ways to get discovered. One of those experimental placements puts ads in its search results. When you search for…
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Curiosity rover captures our first clear view of Martian sunbeams
NASA's Perseverance rover might be out there on Mars since 2021, collecting rock samples and finding hints of water, but that doesn't mean its predecessor has already retired from its explorations. In fact, the Curiosity rover has been observing Martian clouds during twilight to build upon its previous survey on…
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MediaTek is set to unveil its own phone-to-satellite communication system next week
MediaTek is set to demonstrate its new technology that can put two-way satellite communications on smartphones at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC), which will take place from February 27th to March 2nd. Some of the devices that will show whether the semiconductor's product actually works will come from Motorola.…
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