Tag: Technology & Electronics
Nothing just announced the Phone 2a Plus, a minor refresh of a pre-existing model
Nothing just announced a relatively surprising hardware update for its Phone 2a smartphone. The Phone 2a Plus is a modest upgrade, but still significant, being as how the original 2a was just released back in March. Most notably, the 2a Plus has a faster chip than the OG 2a. The…
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The Morning After: Mark Zuckerberg is surprisingly angry about closed platforms
In a fireside chat on Monday between NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the SIGGRAPH 2024, the latter dropped the f-bomb. After exchanging leather jackets (apparently two billionaires can’t get custom-made jackets that fit), the two talked about the future of AI, chatbots and open large…
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Google’s first cross-device sharing features for Android now rolling out
Google is rolling out the two handy features first announced at I/O in May: Call casting and internet sharing. They're the first wave of the company's new "Cross-device services" that make it easier to hop between Android devices, 9to5Google reported. According to Google's help page, Call casting lets you switch…
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Samsung Galaxy Flip 6 review: A slightly better foldable aimed at everyone
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip series has always tempted me more than the Z Fold. Maybe it’s the flip-phone nostalgia taking hold; maybe it’s the fact that I don’t want to watch video inside a square; maybe it’s simply the Z Flip’s more palatable price. The Z Flip series has launched…
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The Morning After: Apple Intelligence may not arrive with iOS 18
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple Intelligence may not be part of September’s public releases of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. According to Gurman, Apple is planning to introduce Apple Intelligence with iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1, out by October. It’s not all bad news: The betas for these —…
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Samsung Galaxy Ring review: A bit basic, a bit pricey
I don’t expect much from a device as small as a ring. There’s no room for a lot of hardware, so it only really needs to do a few things well. A sleep tracker that doesn’t get in the way of, well, sleeping, is my holy grail, and smart rings…
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