Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Fitbit is getting a new AI-powered chatbot that analyzes your health data and answers your questions in natural language. The bot will be made available later this year to Fitbit Premium users enrolled in the Fitbit Labs program. Fitbit users can expect a much smarter health and wellness experience
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Fitbit is getting a new AI-powered chatbot that analyzes your health data and answers your questions in natural language. The bot will be made available later this year to Fitbit Premium users enrolled in the Fitbit Labs program. Fitbit users can expect a much smarter health and wellness experience
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Read MoreThe Nywaigi people in Australia have discovered a way to sequester carbon, boost coastal biodiversity, and create jobs.
Read MoreTrailing weighted nets across the seabed wrecks fish stocks and kills carbon-capturing seagrasses—but one fisherman’s sculpture project has turned the tide.
Read MoreChristopher Harper reports via Tom’s Hardware: Earlier this month, Danluu.com released an exhaustive 23-page analysis/op-ed/manifesto on the current status of unoptimized web pages and web app performance, finding that just loading a web page can even bog down an entry-level device that can run the popular game PUBG at 40 fps. In fact, the Wix
Read MoreHaje Jan Kamps writes via TechCrunch: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) — often referred to as “strong AI,” “full AI,” “human-level AI” or “general intelligent action” — represents a significant future leap in the field of artificial intelligence. Unlike narrow AI, which is tailored for specific tasks (such as detecting product flaws, summarize the news, or
Read MoreWe’ve all been victims of bad memes on the Internet, but they’re not all just bad jokes gone wrong. Some are simply bad as a result of being copies-of-copies, as each reposter adds another layer of compression to an already lossy image format like JPEG. Compression can certainly be a benefit in areas like images
Read MoreAn analyst note suggests licensing Gemini from Google while developing proprietary private local models could give Apple an advantage in the AI race. Apple’s AI push seems to have a two-pronged approach It’s no secret that Apple plans to make 2024 a big year for promoting AI technologies on its platforms. Recent reports have begun
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: YouTube has updated its rulebook for the era of deepfakes. Starting today, anyone uploading video to the platform must disclose certain uses of synthetic media, including generative AI, so viewers know what they’re seeing isn’t real. YouTube says it applies to “realistic” altered media such as “making
Read More[Grug Huhler] built a simple Tayloe mixer and detector on a breadboard. He decided to extend it a bit to be a full-blown software defined radio (SDR). He then used WSJT-X to monitor FT8 signals and found that he could pick up signals from all over the world with the little breadboard system. A Raspberry
Read MoreThe Cowboy Cross in “mushroom” with the inverted front suspension fork clearly visible. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Cowboy — the independent and financially healthy maker of sophisticated and highly advanced e-bikes — just took the wraps off its first all-roader that lets riders more easily escape cobblestoned city streets for greener
Read More“Job openings across the country are seemingly endless,” writes longtime Slashdot reader smooth wombat. “Millions of jobs are listed, but are they real? Companies may post job openings with no intent to ever fill it. These are known as ghost jobs and there are more than most people realize. The BBC reports: Clarify Capital, a
Read MoreCredit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Apple recently published a research paper on a large language model it has been working on. The company calls its AI architecture MM1. MM1 could be used to build generative AI tools that would run on-device. When it comes to AI, we’ve seen plenty of products — like ChatGPT
Read MoreImage: OnLeaks / Smartprix Google’s Pixel 8A may have a 120Hz display — up from 90Hz in the Pixel 7A — and a brighter screen, according to Kamila Wojciechowska, whose past leaks have included videos of the pre-release Pixel Fold. Google’s I/O 2024 conference is set for May 14th, when the company will likely talk
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Threads is coming to the fediverse — and we just got our first official look at how that might work from Meta itself. During the FediForum conference on Tuesday, Meta’s Peter Cottle showed off a brief demo of how users will eventually be able to connect their accounts and posts to the
Read MoreImage: OnLeaks / Smartprix Google’s Pixel 8A may have a 120Hz display — up from 90Hz in the Pixel 7A — and a brighter screen, according to Kamila Wojciechowska, whose past leaks have included videos of the pre-release Pixel Fold. Google’s I/O 2024 conference is set for May 14th, when the company will likely talk
Read MoreMacworld Ever since Apple launched the M3 MacBook Air earlier this month, we’ve been waiting for new iPads to follow. Now it seems as though we have a date—and we’ll only need to wait a little longer. According to the Chinese-language site IT Home (via Macrumors), Apple will take the wraps off its new iPads
Read MoreThe Digital Markets Act forced companies like Apple to open up opportunities for more competition, but the legislation has resulted in new problems with monetization and security concerns. Apple’s compliance with the DMA may not satisfy regulators Apple’s problems with the Digital Markets Act have only just begun as regulators scrutinize every inch of the
Read MoreMacworld You may recall the Galaxy S24 Ultra, released in January, was the first major smartphone to feature Corning’s new “Gorilla Armor” display coating, which greatly improves scratch resistance and takes a big leap forward in reducing glare. At the time, we noted that Apple should incorporate the tech in the iPhone. Apple might have
Read MoreA research paper quietly released by Apple describes an AI model called MM1 that can answer questions and analyze images. It’s the biggest sign yet that Apple is developing generative AI capabilities.
Read MoreSegway’s new Navimow i robot lawn mower is now available in the US on Amazon. | Image: Segway Following its launch in Europe earlier this month, Segway’s Navimow i series robot lawn mower is now available in the US. As one of the first robotic mowers under $1,000 that can navigate autonomously without a boundary
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