Tag: computing
Will Apple go big on AI at WWDC 2024? Almost certainly – but it could ‘think different’
You can’t swing a metaphorical cat in a virtual room without some tech-savvy person harping on about AI. And over the past year and a bit, AI interest has exploded thanks to the rise of generative AI; for the uninitiated, that’s smart algorithms and modes that can basically create things…
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Google’s NotebookLM is now an even smarter assistant and better fact-checker
Google is updating its NotebookLM writing assistant with improved performance and new features, among other things. It now runs on the company’s Gemini 1.5 Pro model, the same AI that powers the Gemini Advanced chatbot. Thanks to this functionality, the assistant is more contextually aware, allowing you to ask “questions…
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Report: Apple may make it even easier to manage passwords on the iPhone and Mac
Yes, Apple’s long offered an easy way to save usernames and passwords as part of iCloud Keychain and even allowed syncing them across devices for easy sign-ins. However, Apple may soon devote an entire application across platforms to password management. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple will show off a…
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Android’s Find My Device trackers are missing one big AirTags feature, but that could soon change
Google‘s upgraded Find My Device network is slowly rolling out globally to help Android fans find their lost belongings. And it seems that Google is already planning to add a key feature that the network lacks compared to Apple’s AirTags – support for UWB (ultra-wideband) tech. UWB is one of the…
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There’s a secret radio inside Apple’s new Macs and iPads –here’s what it does
We knew that Apple‘s latest Macs and iPads were already packed to the gills with the latest chips and components, but it seems there’s also a bonus one that Apple didn’t tell us about – a radio that supports the Thread networking standard. The Verge did some digging in latest…
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Microsoft forgot to remove Windows 10’s File Explorer from Windows 11 – here’s how to find it
An especially inquisitive Reddit user has worked out a trick that lets you use Windows 10’s File Explorer in Windows 11 without having to mess with your Windows Registry. Windows 10’s File Explorer and overall user interface (UI) are some of the biggest reasons that many folks prefer the older…
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