Apple’s EU DMA compliance is the focus of iOS 17.5, which adds Web Distribution as a method of sideloading apps — available now. iOS 17.5 has been released The initial compliance with the Digital Markets Act in the EU only allowed users to obtain apps from officially certified alternative app marketplaces. The EU stated that
Read MoreThe hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there’s “no indication” that the transplant was related to his death.
Read MoreApple just rolled out iOS 17.5 to iPhones and iPads. Here are the latest features, including the addition of alerts for third-party Bluetooth trackers.
Read MoreImage: Square Enix Everybody’s getting bitten by the multiplatform bug; now, it’s Square Enix. In its earnings report released earlier today, the publisher shared plans to increase profits, stating that it will “aggressively pursue a multiplatform strategy that includes Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs.” Right now, Square Enix’s biggest games, like Final Fantasy XVI
Read MoreOpinion post by Rita El Khoury Earlier today, my colleague Mishaal Rahman shared the exclusive news that Google has been experimenting with running Chrome OS on Android. Details are still slim, but we know that Google has been showing off to its partners the ability to run, through a virtual machine, a special but up-to-date
Read MoreApple and Google collaborated on the new Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers industry standard. | Image: Apple A new industry specification devised by Apple and Google to address the safety risks of Bluetooth tracking devices is now live. Apple announced this week it has implemented alerts for unknown third-party Bluetooth trackers in iOS 17.5, following Google
Read MorePauseAI protests are underway in London, New York, San Francisco, and across the globe. Its members have wildly different opinions on what the group should do next.
Read MorePhoto by Noam Galai / Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative Melinda French Gates has stepped down from her position as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. French Gates, who will officially leave on June 7th, will continue her philanthropy elsewhere, to the tune of $12.5 billion. The money stems from an agreement
Read MoreThe solderless breadboard is perhaps the electronic hobbyist’s most commonly used tool, but let’s be honest, it isn’t exactly anyone’s favorite piece of gear. Even if you’ve got an infinite supply of jumpers in just the right size, any mildly complex circuit quickly becomes a nightmare to plan out and assemble. To say nothing of
Read MoreYou can now use Siri on select Denon Home Series speakers — provided you already have a HomePod in your house. The Denon Home Sound Bar 550 Denon, a company known for its wireless receivers and smart speakers, has quietly rolled out a feature that allows you to control Siri on select smart speakers. This
Read MorePrepare for ChatGPT to get more emotional. OpenAI demonstrated upgrades that make the chatbot capable of snappier conversations, and showed the AI helper picking up on and expressing emotional cues
Read MoreImage: Apple Even if subscribers are outside cellular or Wi-Fi range (or if there’s a massive outage), Apple News Plus on iOS 17.5 can still supply them content now that it’s added Offline Mode — this must’ve been farther down the list from Apple Maps, which added offline navigation last year in the iOS 17
Read MoreWe got Google’s Chrome OS up and running alongside Android on a Pixel phone. This is possible thanks to a special build of Chromium OS — the open-source version of Chrome OS — made for running in a virtual machine. It’s not clear whether Google plans to release this to the public. Earlier today, we
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Meta Platforms is exploring developing AI-powered earphones with cameras, which the company hopes could be used to identify objects and translate foreign languages, according to three current employees. Meta’s work on a new AI device comes as several tech companies look to develop AI wearables, and after Meta added
Read MoreI thought opening the impossible door in Mario 64 was the coolest thing that’d happened to the Nintendo 64 in years, but Mr. Wiseguy’s just-released N64 Recompiled blows me away. It’s a tool that theoretically lets you turn any N64 game into a native PC port, the better to play and preserve N64 games —
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Meta is reportedly developing AI-powered earphones with cameras, internally dubbed “Camerabuds.” The earphones could potentially offer live translation and contextual information about the user’s surroundings. In a race to integrate artificial intelligence into our everyday lives, tech giants are constantly exploring new ways to make their AI more accessible
Read MorePhoto: Warner Bros. OpenAI is releasing a Her-inspired voice assistant feature that can read your facial expressions and translate spoken language in real time — and hopefully do it all without abandoning you like in the movie. During a livestream demonstration on Monday, OpenAI engineers and CTO Mira Murati gathered around a phone to show
Read MoreApple and Google have finally implemented their industry specification for detecting AirTags and other trackers hidden on a person, to help minimize the instances of stalking. AirTag, a tracker that will support Apple and Google’s industry standard. Initially announced in May 2023, the industry standard between Apple and Google is titled “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers.”
Read MoreLife360 owns Tile, which makes popular location trackers like the Tile Pro. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Tile is promising satellite connectivity for its Bluetooth trackers in a move that could boost the company as an independent alternative to its Big Tech rivals: Apple’s Find My network and Google’s newly revamped Find
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority OpenAI has unveiled a new AI model called GPT-4o. The new AI model is faster and cheaper than GPT-4 Turbo. The company is making GPT-4o available to developers starting today. OpenAI held a live-streamed event today to announce a new AI model called GPT-4o. Along with launching the new
Read MoreDenon Home smart speakers now support Apple’s Siri voice assistant. | Image: Denon Way back in 2021, Ecobee’s thermostats became the first non-Apple device to integrate Siri voice control into its hardware, following Apple’s making the voice assistant available to third-party devices at WWDC that year. Fast-forward a few years, and there’s finally another device
Read MoreOpenAI is debuting its own app for ChatGPT generative text for macOS users, and it will be released very shortly after the release event is over. ChatGPT is in the App Store now To date, ChatGPT has been available for Mac through third party apps. That is about to change. In its series of Monday
Read MoreCredit: Rozetked The Google Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL have leaked in full. As expected the Pixel 9 Pro is about the same size as the iPhone 15 Pro. Allegedly, the Pro phones could have 16GB of RAM, but still start with 128GB of internal storage. The Google Pixel 9
Read MorePhoto: Meta Meta Quest headsets are ready to go on flights with you as Meta has announced a new Travel Mode. The company is rolling out the experimental feature to Quest 2 and 3 headsets running Quest software version 65 or later, allowing owners to use the headset in passthrough on a flight without windows
Read Moremspohr shares a report: The solar storm that brought the aurora borealis to large parts of the United States this weekend also broke critical GPS and precision farming functionality in tractors and agricultural equipment during a critical point of the planting season, 404 Media has learned. These outages caused many farmers to fully stop their
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