An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Huawei plans to expand its native HarmonyOS smartphone platform worldwide, despite coming under US-led sanctions that have deprived it of access to key technologies. “We will work hard to build up the HarmonyOS app ecosystem in the China market first, then, from country to country, we
Read MoreAfter many tense months, it seems that thanks to a gaggle of brilliant engineering talent and a lucky break the Voyager 1 spacecraft is once more back in action. Confirmation came on April 20th, when Voyager 1 transmitted its first data since it fell silent on November 14 2023. As previously suspected, the issue was
Read MoreThe European Union has opened a second formal investigation into TikTok under its Digital Services Act (DSA), an online governance and content moderation framework. The investigation centers around TikTok Lite’s “Task and Reward” feature that may harm mental health, especially among minors, by promoting addictive behavior. TechCrunch reports: The Commission also said it’s minded to
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Home Assistant, until recently, has been a wide-ranging and hard-to-define project. The open smart home platform is an open source OS you can run anywhere that aims to connect all your devices together. But it’s also bespoke Raspberry Pi hardware, in Yellow and Green. It’s entirely
Read MoreThe Android Gemini app could get a new “Select text” feature. This will allow you to select a portion of a prompt’s response instead of needing to copy the whole thing, as you do today. It is unclear when this feature could go live. In the Gemini app for Android today, you can issue a
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Fresh details about the color and storage options of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 have surfaced online. The Z Flip 6 is reportedly getting new Mint and Peach colorways, while the Z Fold 6 could offer a new “Light Pink” option. Storage options for Z
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A new “Live Prompts” setting was uncovered within the Gemini Android app, alongside a reference to a “List of live prompts.” This likely suggests that Gemini could soon be able to schedule commands and execute automated routines, similar to Google Assistant. Google’s powerful AI language model, Gemini, has already
Read MoreScorching weather has baked Europe in more days of “extreme heat stress” than its scientists have ever seen. The Guardian: Heat-trapping pollutants that clog the atmosphere helped push temperatures in Europe last year to the highest or second-highest levels ever recorded, according to the EU’s Earth-watching service Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Europeans
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Email addresses of Nothing Community members from 2022 have been spotted in a database dump online. No passwords or other sensitive info has been spotted in the file. Nothing has since bolstered its security features since this original leak. Update, April 22, 2024 (05:30 PM ET): In response to our
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A new Google device has made an appearance at the FCC. The instructions for how to view the on-device FCC E-label are similar to the instructions for the Pixel Watch 2. It’s believed this is something other than the Pixel Watch 3. In a little less than a month
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google is working on making it possible to upload more than just images in the Android Gemini app. The feature doesn’t work yet, but it would allow PDFs and other types of documents to be uploaded. It’s possible this feature will be exclusive to Workspace and/or Gemini Advanced
Read MoreThis drone might migrate south to a new location in Arizona. | Image: Amazon Amazon is winding down its Prime Air drone delivery program in Lockeford, California — an early testing zone for a service that allowed local residents to order products weighing up to five pounds and get them delivered to their location via
Read MoreAmiMoJo writes: Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade. An analysis by University of Michigan researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades. This is due
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Update, April 22, 2024 (04:43 PM ET): According to DownDetector, there are thousands of reports of Reddit outages. This likely means Reddit is currently experiencing a widespread server problem. In short, you might not be able to do anything but wait for Reddit to fix this. However, we still suggest
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Modern chatbots like ChatGPT can output dozens of words every second, making them invaluable tools for researching and analyzing large amounts of information. With over 500GB of training data and an estimated 300 billion words under its belt, the AI language model can answer many factual questions too. But
Read MoreCredit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority A new beta WhatsApp feature enables encrypted, local network file sharing with nearby users. Adding notes to contacts is also in beta testing. WhatsApp is working on a couple of major feature updates for its messaging app. This includes one that lets users share files via a local network
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge DolphiniOS, a fork of the popular Dolphin emulator for Nintendo Wii and GameCube games, has confirmed that it’s not coming to the Apple App Store even though emulators are now supported. In a post on Friday, the developer behind the emulator says it’s because Apple doesn’t allow DolphiniOS
Read MoreWe hope you’re ready for the next version of Android because Android 15 is here! Although it will be quite a while before the software becomes stable enough for daily use, that doesn’t mean you can’t give it a shot. Below, we have instructions on how to install Android 15 beta 1.1 on a supported Pixel
Read MoreAmazon confirmed it is ending Prime Air drone delivery operations in Lockeford, California. The Central California town of 3,500 was the company’s second U.S. drone delivery site, after College Station, Texas. Operations were announced in June 2022. From a report: The retail giant is not offering details around the setback, only noting, “We’ll offer all
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg onstage at Meta Connect 2023. | Getty Images Meta has started licensing the operating system for its Quest headset to other hardware makers, starting with Lenovo and Asus. It’s also making a limited-run, gaming-focused Quest with Xbox. On the theme of opening up, Meta is also pushing for more ways to discover alternative
Read MoreMacworld It has been a while since we last year about Apple’s plans to ditch the physically moving buttons on the iPhone in favor of non-moving buttons with touch-sensitive capacitive sensors. That rumor was last floating around about a year ago when it was believed that the iPhone 15 Pro models would feature these “solid-state”
Read MoreWhat if there was some magic device that could somehow scan all your LEGO and tell you what you can make with it? It’s a childhood dream come true, right? Well, that device is in your pocket. Just dump out your LEGO stash on the carpet, spread it out so there’s only one layer, scan
Read MoreA Shanghai flying taxi company says that China’s “low altitude” industry is edging ahead of western rivals, thanks to more supportive regulators, technological breakthroughs and cut-throat competition in the Chinese logistics sector. From a report: The total market created by electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft is forecast to be worth $1.5tn a
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Meta has opened its Horizon OS to other manufacturers, expanding the potential for mixed reality devices. ASUS and Lenovo have already announced plans for new gaming/productivity headsets built on Horizon OS. Google’s rumored Android-based XR OS could finally launch at the upcoming I/O, setting up a showdown with
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is rolling out Android 15 beta 1.1. Most notably, this update fixes NFC, which does not work on beta 1. The point update also addresses a few other bugs. On April 11, Google pushed out the first public beta for Android 15. Previously, all other Android 15 releases
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