Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the company’s Gemini controversy Tuesday evening, calling the AI app’s problematic responses around race unacceptable and vowing to make structural changes to fix the problem. The memo: I want to address the recent issues with problematic text and image responses in the Gemini app (formerly Bard). I know that some
Read MoreA three-day, low-cost, hackathon will take place in Santa Clara, California, giving developers a chance to team up and create apps for the Apple Vision Pro. VisionDevCamp to be held March 29 through March 31 The not-for-profit event will be held from March 29 through March 31 at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension in Santa Clara.
Read MorePeople have been trying to talk to computers for almost as long as they’ve been building computers. For decades, many in tech have been convinced that this was the trick: if we could figure out a way to talk to our computers the way we talk to other people, and for computers to talk back
Read MoreNemo’s latest backpacking tent is lightweight, compact, and cleverly designed to maximize living space on the trail.
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google and Samsung introduced the new Watch Face Format as part of the Wear OS 4 update. This new method allows developers to create watch faces that involve no executable code, leaving the processing to Wear OS to handle. On dual-chip smartwatches, Wear OS will run the watch face
Read MoreHeadquartered in Munich, Infineon is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in Germany. Now, the company wants to expand its R&D presence in Ireland focused on the automotive industry. Read more: Infineon to create more than 100 engineering jobs in Dublin and Cork
Read MoreWe have already entered an era where we started to care about privacy. Still, we fail to recognize that sharing our devices like laptops & smartphones is the biggest breach of privacy. It’s common for users to own a laptop, and they never hesitate to hand it over to their family members. Anyone with access
Read MoreImage: Ken Pillonel via YouTube For AirPod Max owners, engineer Ken Pillonel has beaten Apple to the punch by swapping the four-year-old headphones from a Lightning port to USB-C. In a new video posted to YouTube, Pillonel shows how to install his custom printed circuit board (PCB) with USB-C support without drilling any new holes,
Read MoreApple has quietly added another favorites-style station to Apple Music, a Heavy Rotation Mix which is updated daily. The new “Heavy Rotation Mix” on Apple Music Following its Valentine’s Day themed “Love” and “Heartbreak” stations, Apple Music has now added a further automatically-curated playlist of favorite tracks. Where the existing Favorites Mix is updated weekly,
Read MoreMacworld If you live in the European Union, iOS 17.4 is going to be a massive upgrade. Apple began beta-testing the update on January 25 and outlined many of the changes that affect the apps and App Store experience on the iPhone. The primary aim of this release is to comply with the Digital Markets
Read MoreAt Mobile World Congress, there are always a few bizarre demonstrations of technology. HONOR had one of its own in which it allowed journalists to control a car using only eye movements. This was made possible by eye-tracking tech inside the company’s newly launched HONOR Magic 6 Pro smartphone. Before you assume I was driving
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: Zurich authorities have apologized to city employees after a technical glitch caused a double payment of monthly salaries that local officials are now trying to claw back. About 175 million francs ($200 million) was sent in error on Monday, which was the payday for February, according to
Read MoreIf Justin Bieber can figure out how to leave his phone behind, so can I. | Photo by Bellocqimages / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images It was, of all people, Justin Bieber who first opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about my phone. See, Bieber isn’t into phones. He ditched his a while
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus OnePlus is doing a crossover with Genshin Impact to introduce a special edition Keqing-themed OnePlus 12R. The special edition phone comes with a collector’s box. The whole package costs $649.99 (US) and $869.99 (CAD) and is available for pre-order starting today. OnePlus is not new to brand crossovers. In fact, the company did
Read MoreLoop Ventures analyst Gene Munster says Apple has to make a big move after cancelling the Apple Car, and that buying Rivian would be the answer. Rivian R1T Following the apparent cancellation of its Apple Car project, Munster has told CNBC that he was surprised by the move. “Because Apple is working on something doesn’t
Read MoreCredit: Google TV Google has made a few tweaks to Google TV’s For You home screen. App icons are now smaller and circular, free TV channels have their own dedicated shortcut, and the Your Apps row can be easily reordered and added to. This refreshed home screen is rolling out beginning today but will take
Read MoreThe projects stem from various Irish institutions and are designed to broaden participation in STEM across Ireland. Read more: 38 projects score SFI funding to boost STEM diversity
Read MoreAqara’s U200 smart lock is a retrofit, Matter-over-Thread door lock, with support for Apple Home Key promised. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Aqara has launched its Smart Lock U200 on Kickstarter, where you can currently nab the device for $209, down from the $249.99 it’ll cost you when it goes on
Read MoreFounded in Kilkenny in 1984, Suir Engineering was acquired by private equity group Duke Street in 2022. Read more: Waterford engineering firm Suir to create 200 jobs after strong 2023
Read MoreCredit: Curtis Joe / Android Authority Nintendo has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the team behind the Yuzu emulator. The gaming company argues that Yuzu facilitates piracy “at a colossal scale.” There are a few viable Nintendo Switch emulators on the market, but Nintendo has already forced the prominent Skyline emulator to shut down. Now,
Read MoreExtreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting through 2 degrees Celsius of warming means they’ll happen many times more frequently.
Read MoreNeural networks are the foundation of modern machine learning and AI. They are the most essential component in understanding what AI is and how it works. In this article, you’ll learn the basics of neural networks, and then we’ll delve into some of the most common variants, like the feedforward and recurrent networks, which drive everything from
Read MoreBy and large, people use Python because it’s convenient and programmer-friendly, not because it’s fast. The plethora of third-party libraries and the breadth of industry support for Python compensate heavily for its not having the raw performance of Java or C. Speed of development takes precedence over speed of execution. To read this article in
Read MoreMacworld Self-growth starts with knowledge, and the headwaters of knowledge usually start in the time-trusted pages of a good book. Unfortunately, not all of us have time to dedicate to reading a full book. That’s where Headway Premium comes in. This platform offers swift access to concise summaries of globally acclaimed non-fiction books, enabling you to
Read MoreNintendo, a company that is certainly not afraid of a legal bill, is going after the popular Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu in a bid to eradicate all traces of the emulator from existence. This was always going to happen after Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leaked around eight days before release
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