Tag: internet
The death of the internet: why the future is terrifying, and how we fix it
The internet is in a precarious place. It’s assaulted from all sides – not by technological problems, but by social ones. Misinformation is rife, marketing and advertising covers every facet of the web, and armies of politicized and automated bots roam the wilds of its social media landscapes, all of…
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Google is testing interactive voice searches with results that update in real time
A new Android search experience is in testing Results are updated in real time from voice inputs There’s no indication when the feature may launch With the rise of generative AI bots, it feels like Google‘s dominance in web search is under serious threat for the first time in a…
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Microsoft is so desperate for people to drop Google for Bing it’s offering a $1 million reward
As if Microsoft’s Rewards loyalty program couldn’t get any better; it’s offering a chance to win $1,000,000 (USD) if you make a transition from your current search engine to Bing – starting October 8. It may sound too good to be true but as Windows Central reports, anyone in the…
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Apple buys popular photo editing app Pixelmator – and Photos could soon get a massive upgrade
Apple has just acquired the popular photo editing app Pixelmator There won’t be any changes to Pixelmator’s app “at this time” The move could be a big boost for photo editing on iPhones and Macs Apple has just bought the popular photo editing app Pixelmator – and that could be…
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Google’s AI Overviews are now available to help a billion people avoid reading full articles
Google is bringing its AI Overviews feature to more than 100 countries around the world, a massive expansion after initially becoming available just in the U.S. and later a half dozen other countries. AI Overviews, which employ Google’s Gemini AI models to summarize answers to search queries, will now be…
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Google Calendar finally gets an official dark mode on the web –here’s how to find it
The web version of Google Calendar has been given an official dark mode The feature is rolling out globally this week to all Calendar users Google has also given Calendar a “refreshed user interface” If you’ve been patiently waiting years for Google Calendar to deliver an official dark mode, today…
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