Tag: Software
Apple brings Magnifier to Macs and introduces a new Accessibility Reader mode
This Thursday is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), and as has been its custom for the last few years, Apple's accessibility team is taking this time to share some new assistive features that will be coming to its ecosystem of products. In addition to bringing "Accessibility Nutrition Labels" to the…
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Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone to have AI friends, but I think he’s missing the point of AI, and the point of friendship
Friendships are a vital part of most people’s lives. They can be complicated and messy, but a good friendship is worth it, since, as Aristotle said, “without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.” Mark Zuckerberg has a potential solution for those seeking to…
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Google’s new AI video feature is rolling out on another company’s smartphones
Google is debuting an AI-powered image-to-video tool on smartphones built by the Chinese firm Honor Honor’s new 400 series phones are getting the Google Veo-powered tool even before Google Pixel phones. The feature produced five-second animated videos in portrait or landscape orientation from a single image. Google is showing off…
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Google Messages is getting another wave of updates – here are 7 you can expect to see soon
Google Messages has already improved a lot since it landed over 11 years ago – and over the past couple of weeks we’ve seen Google test more new features that could roll out widely very soon. Though Google has been dropping new features in Messages since the beginning of the…
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Google Keep launches text formatting for the web
One of the best things about writing on a computer versus by hand is all the things you can do with text, from bolding a HARSH word to italicizing a quippy point. Now, Google's note-taking app, Keep, is adding these rich text formatting options and more to its web app.…
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The only thing I want from Apple’s big 2025 redesign is a
There are a lot of rumors flying around about a big iOS and macOS redesign coming this year, perhaps as a distraction to the continued issues around Apple Intelligence. And while I’m game for a fresh coat of paint across the software I use every single day, I have one…
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