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Chrome for mobile adds handy action shortcuts for local businesses
Google is making subtle quality-of-life improvements to the Chrome mobile apps. The Android and iOS versions of the browser now offer quicker access to crucial info, trending searches and live sports scores in the Discovery Feed. Chrome Actions, preset tasks that appear in the browser’s address bar when cued by…
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A Meta ‘error’ broke the political content filter on Threads and Instagram
Earlier this year, Meta made the controversial decision to automatically limit political content from users’ recommendations in Threads and Instagram by default. The company said that it didn’t want to “proactively amplify” political posts and that users could opt-in via their Instagram settings if they did want to see such…
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Welcome to the future, where AI-generated Al Michaels reads you personalized Olympic recaps
Who among us hasn’t lied awake at night during past Olympics, longing for personalized daily event summaries read in the dulcet tones of legendary sports broadcaster Al Michaels? Well, our moment has finally come. “Your Daily Olympic Recap on Peacock” will let you choose your favorite sports and highlight types…
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Surface Pro Copilot+ review: The best Surface tablet ever made, no thanks to AI
It’s taken 12 years, but Microsoft has finally made an Arm-powered Surface tablet that I don’t want to toss out of a window. The new Surface Pro, one of the company’s first Copilot+ AI PCs, is astoundingly fast and power-efficient, thanks to Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite chip. It can…
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This cute pink blob could lead to realistic robot skin
Someday, we may have humanoid robots so real, they have skin that looks and feels, heals and moves just like ours. A team of scientists from the University of Tokyo and Harvard University are looking into how to make that happen, and the process includes creating some pretty curious, partly…
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The Morning After: Microsoft might be the latest company to violate antitrust laws
Nearly a year after the European Commission opened its investigation into Microsoft, the European Union’s executive body’s preliminary findings say the company violated antitrust laws by tying Microsoft Teams to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 business suites. (Microsoft pulled Teams for users in the EU back in October.) This…
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