After 11 years, here’s why the iPad Mini needs to be a better iPadOS on-ramp
iPad mini can be mightier than the Pro sword, if Apple wants it to.
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Read MoreThis highly-rated Ultimate Ears Boom 3 speaker is discounted by $50 at Amazon.
Read MoreThe Black Friday deals are looking slick this year, and these audiophile deals aren’t to be missed.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Maryland has provisioned more than 133,000 Chromebooks to be distributed to underserved households. These devices will allow Marylanders to be able to apply for jobs, complete schoolwork, and connect with vital community resources. Marylanders will also be provided one-on-one tech support if they need assistance with the device. Chromebooks
Read MoreKate Knibbs / Wired: A profile of Matthew Butterick, a lawyer leading cases against OpenAI, Meta, Stability AI, and others, alleging they broke the law when building their AI tools — Matthew Butterick is leading a wave of lawsuits against major AI firms, from OpenAI to Meta. Win or lose, his work will shape the
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Sony has announced that a so-called birth certificate for photos is coming to its cameras. This will verify that pictures were indeed captured on its Alpha cameras. Fake imagery is a serious problem today, as edited or completely fabricated pictures frequently get passed around in the name of misinformation
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung is said to be working on blue phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) panels for 2025 phones. The panels are expected to reduce power consumption compared to OLEDs in use today. Samsung was previously expected to use blue PHOLED panels on its 2024 foldable phones, but the company still needs to
Read MoreIf you want to do some really advanced flying with drones, you typically need to be able to track them in space. [Joshua Bird] has whipped up a drone tracking system that can do the job for as little as $20 with millimeter-scale precision. The system uses four PS3 Eye cameras which can be had
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority OpenAI staff researchers had warned its previous Board of Directors about a “powerful artificial intelligence discovery that could threaten humanity.” This is believed to have been the tipping point for Sam Altman’s exit as CEO (before his eventual reappointment). OpenAI internally mentioned Project Q*, which some employees believe is
Read MoreCaiwei Chen / Rest of World: Chinese social platforms like Weibo and Douyin require popular users to reveal their real names, forcing some influencers to either cull their followers or quit — Forced to use real names on platforms like Weibo, Chinese influencers quit social media instead.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’ve ever embarrassed yourself by publicly sharing a part of your screen you weren’t supposed to, spare a thought for Mohammad Moniruzzaman, who’s alleged to have shown off the source code he stole from a former employer during a Microsoft Teams call with that same company. The
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google has reportedly shed light on the Pixel 8 Pro’s display bumps. The company said these bumps have no “functional impact” on durability or performance. Some Pixel 8 Pro users noticed that their phone displays had bumps and ripples on the inside of the screen glass. This phenomenon suggested
Read MoreMuch to the chagrin of many living in North America who still need to do things like keep two sets of wrenches on hand, most of the rest of the world has standardized to a simpler measurement system using metric units exclusively. The metric system is widely adopted worldwide, but we still use a base-60
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Galaxy Book laptops are pretty polished Windows machines, bringing Samsung integration and slick designs. Now, these devices have received record-low price cuts as part of a slew of Black Friday deals.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Amazon launched the Kindle Scribe earlier this year, offering a stylus pen and note-taking functionality. Now, the retail colossus has slashed prices on this device as part of a variety of Black Friday deals. The company is cutting Kindle Scribe prices by $100 to $115, with the entry-level
Read MoreIndia’s next election will be partly decided online. But even before the internet reached the country’s rural regions, divisive videos were distributed using hard drives and laptops.
Read MoreMajor political parties in India are courting social media influencers to reach rural voters, paying for reach and dodging tough questions.
Read MoreCredit: Bose If you’re looking for some audio deals this Black Friday, you can get some really special discounts on Bose hardware. All the latest Bose headphones earbuds, and Bluetooth speakers, including the QuietComfort Ultra buds, QuietComfort Earbuds II, SounLink Flex Bluetooth portable speaker, SoundLink Revolve, and more, are available at highly discounted rates. However,
Read MoreJon Victor / The Information: Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern — One day before he was fired by OpenAI’s board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …
Read MoreOnce upon a time, laptops and other computer hardware often came with a fancy leather case for protection. That’s not really the case anymore, but it was in the golden era of the IBM ThinkPad. [polymatt] found a rare example, but wanted another one, so he decided to try and replicate it from scratch. Leathercraft
Read MoreClive Cookson / Financial Times: The UK plans to boost spending on computing power to develop AI by £500M over two years, bringing its total planned investment to more than £1.5B — Government to boost spending on computing power by £500mn to develop artificial intelligence
Read MoreIvan Mehta / TechCrunch: Elon Musk says X will start showing preview headlines for links again, but does not provide details on the timeline or give an example of how the card will look — Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A former Google Maps designer has expressed her opinion on the latest color changes implemented in the app and has also proposed several other improvements to make it simpler. According to her, Maps now looks “colder, less accurate, and less human.” She feels Google can remove many unnecessary elements
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sam Altman’s return at OpenAI, partly formed on effective altruism principles, revealed hard limits and caps a bruising year for the divisive social movement — Sam Altman’s firing showed the influence of effective altruism and its view that AI development must slow down; his return marked its limits
Read MoreReuters: Sources: OpenAI researchers’ letter to the board warning of Q*, an AI breakthrough they said may threaten humanity, was a key development before Altman’s ouster — Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning …
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