Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Looking at the calendar, 2025 is just a stone’s throw away, and you know what that means: It’s time to figure out the best smartphone of 2024! Here at Android Authority, we give out two major phone awards at the end of the year. One is our Editor’s Choice Award
Read MoreCath Virginia / The Verge China is investigating Nvidia over antitrust violations, reportedly over claims the chipmaker failed to follow conditions set during China’s approval for its $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli network hardware company Mellanox in 2020. While announcing the DGX A100 GPU after acquiring Mellanox, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said this while explaining
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority I’ve seen it many times from friends and family: they stick with the big carriers because it’s all they’ve ever known, and there’s an expectation that bigger equals better. This might be true if you’re on a mid-range plan or better, but what about entry-level plans like Verizon’s myPlan
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Gemini panel in the Gmail app could soon get a new Insert shortcut for generated replies. It will let users quickly paste generated responses into a draft, like the Insert button in the Help me write tool. The Gemini panel unlocks a host of useful AI features in
Read MoreAttackers have compromised Ultralytics YOLO packages published on PyPI, the official Python package index, by compromising the build environment of the popular library for creating custom machine learning models. The malicious code deployed cryptocurrency mining malware on systems that installed the package, but the attackers could have delivered any type of malware. According to researchers
Read MoreSouth Korean press unexpectedly claims that Apple’s anticipated new HomePod with a display will use high-quality OLED screens, all of which are to be manufactured in China. An artist’s rendition of a HomePod with a display The much-rumored HomePod with a built-in screen has most recently been predicted to be launched in the second half
Read MoreWe talked to TCS’ Gerard Grant about the trends dictating the competitive smart systems industry and how professionals can forge a career. Read more: Building a career in the disruptive smart systems sector
Read MoreMacworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Four USB-C inc 140W PD 3.1 15W Qi2 wireless iPhone charger Built-in 100W USB-C cable Portable Cons Our Verdict The Baseus Nomos 5-in-1 Charger is a unique and versatile all-round device charger that can fast-charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro at 140W and has spare USB ports and a
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority WhatsApp for Android version 2.24.25.29 beta tweaks how the reminders feature works. Previously limited to status updates, the option may soon nudge you about private messages you haven’t checked. Those disturbed by the repeated alerts can turn off the relevant toggle in WhatsApp’s notification settings. WhatsApp has become the
Read MoreLarge language models by themselves are less than meets the eye; the moniker “stochastic parrots” isn’t wrong. Connect LLMs to specific data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and you get a more reliable system, one that is much less likely to go off the rails and “hallucinate,” which is a relatively nice way of describing LLMs
Read MoreThe start-up, which is based in London, is the proprietor of Dubler, a form of voice recognition technology for music creation. Read more: Vochlea Music: The AI start-up empowering creativity
Read MoreCredit: Google A leaker has claimed that Samsung is working on an Audio Eraser feature. This would follow in the Pixel line’s footsteps by letting you eliminate distracting sounds in a video. The feature is tipped to arrive in the next version of One UI 7. One of the coolest AI features we’ve seen on
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Verizon Message Plus is shutting down today. Users won’t be able to send or receive messages, and the app itself won’t be available to download. Verizon recommends switching to Google Messages or Apple Messages, depending on your device. Verizon is finally shutting down its Message Plus app today. The
Read MoreMacworld The Apple Watch is the best smartwatch on the market for many, offering a high-quality smartwatch experience, but it’s not cheap—starting at $399/£399 for the Apple Watch Series 10. However, you don’t have to pay full price for an Apple Watch. Right now resellers are offering some fantastic deals on the Apple Watch. In
Read More“Mercedes-Benz is researching a new type of solar modules that could be seamlessly applied to the bodywork of electric vehicles,” according to a recent Mercedes-Benz press release. They describe the 5-micrometer coating as “similar to a wafer-thin layer of paste… significantly thinner than a human hair” — but creating an active photovoltaic surface with an
Read MoreSlashdot reader prisoninmate shared this report from the blog 9to5Linux Renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced Thursday that the Linux 6.12 kernel series has been officially marked as LTS (Long Term Support) on the kernel.org website with a predicted life expectancy of at least two years. Linux kernel 6.12 was released on November 17th,
Read MoreAt Jaguar Land Rover’s historic Halewood factory in Merseyside, England, state-of-the art assembly robots are now building the cars of the future.
Read MoreAt Jaguar Land Rover’s historic Halewood factory in Merseyside, England, state-of-the art assembly robots are now building the cars of the future.
Read MoreFor some reason, we never tire of stories highlighting critical infrastructure that’s running outdated software, and all the better if it’s running on outdated hardware. So when we learned that part of the San Francisco transit system still runs on 5-1/4″ floppies, we sat up and took notice. The article is a bit stingy with
Read MoreFor some reason, we never tire of stories highlighting critical infrastructure that’s running outdated software, and all the better if it’s running on outdated hardware. So when we learned that part of the San Francisco transit system still runs on 5-1/4″ floppies, we sat up and took notice. The article is a bit stingy with
Read More“Generative AI is transforming software development by enabling natural language prompts to generate code, reducing the need for traditional programming skills,” argues Analytics India magazine. Traditionally, coding was the bastion of the select few who had mastered mighty languages like C++, Python, or Java. The idea of programming seemed exclusively reserved for those fluent in
Read MoreInvincible season three is on its way, and Amazon has released a new trailer in which hero Mark Grayson takes on robots, rams a rocket in space, and chastises Oliver. He also gets a new blue suit. “Mark’s speed has increased 65 percent; his endurance, 70 percent; and his strength, 138 percent,” says GDA agent
Read MoreInvincible season three is on its way, and Amazon has released a new trailer in which hero Mark Grayson takes on robots, rams a rocket in space, and chastises Oliver. He also gets a new blue suit. “Mark’s speed has increased 65 percent; his endurance, 70 percent; and his strength, 138 percent,” says GDA agent
Read MoreSony’s “cosmic red” DualSense Wireless Controller is down to $54.99 ($20 off) for a limited time. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be over, but Sony’s ongoing holiday sale lives on, giving you a chance to save on various PlayStation 5 consoles, games, and accessories through January
Read MoreYou don’t need to create separate accounts to use Threads; you can just use your Instagram account to get started. The Instagram app for mobile also has a feature to automatically share your Posts or Reels to Thread. So, to maximize your reach across different platforms with minimal effort, you should directly share your Instagram
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