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Apple launches the iPhone into the AI era with free software update
TechXplore· 2024-10-28 15:20
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The Apple iPhone 16 is displayed at the Apple Fifth Avenue store on Sept. 20, 2024, in New York. Credit: AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File Apple is releasing a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16 lineup as the trendsetting company tries to catch up with technology's latest ...
Google Flights introduces new feature to find cheaper airfares
TechXplore· 2024-10-28 14:03
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Just in time for the holiday travel frenzy, Google Flights is introducing a new feature designed to help users obtain the lowest airline ticket prices available. The search engine has created a new tab that will be part of Google Flights search results named "Cheapest" and it will feature a vari ...
Waymo ramps up robotaxi push with $5.6 bn in funding
TechXplore· 2024-10-26 10:22
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Waymo plans to have its self-driving taxis on the road soon in two more US cities as it cautiously expands operations. Waymo on Friday said it raised $5.6 billion from investors to expand a robotaxi program now operating in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco. The investment round was led by Google-parent Alphabet, which spun ...
Google urged to step up efforts to demonetize climate falsehoods
TechXplore· 2024-10-25 08:18
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Environmentalists are urging Google to crackdown on climate denialism. Civil society groups implored Google on Thursday to rigorously enforce its policy to demonetize environmental disinformation, saying ads placed alongside climate denial content persistently popped up despite the tech titan's pledge to crack down. The open l ...
Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation
TechXplore· 2024-10-24 20:15
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: This Tuesday, July 19, 2016, file photo shows the Google logo at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday it's opening a formal investigation into Google's partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The Competiti ...
Microsoft pushes for gaming supremacy with 'Call of Duty' release
TechXplore· 2024-10-24 13:25
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The release of 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 6' will be a big test of Microsoft's shift to a subscription model with the Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft's ambition to become the "Netflix of video games" faces a huge test this week with the release of "Call of Duty: Black Ops 6" on Friday. The US software giant bought the game's publisher ...
Perplexity seeks news allies as it challenges Google
TechXplore· 2024-10-24 13:23
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Perplexity chief Aravind Srinivas says the AI powered online search challenge to Google will weave advertising into its platform with a vision of sharing revenue with news publishers rather than licensing content. Perplexity AI chief Aravind Srinivas said Wednesday that he hopes to collaborate with news publishers which accuse t ...
Intel eyes another 500 Bay Area job cuts as tech titan's layoffs widen
TechXplore· 2024-10-24 13:10
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: CC0 Public Domain Intel plans to chop another 500 jobs in the Bay Area in a fresh round of staffing reductions that reveal the local impact of the massive worldwide cutbacks that the tech titan has orchestrated. The company has decided to eliminate 516 jobs in Santa Clara, Intel reported via an official WARN letter tha ...
US fines Apple and Goldman Sachs over Apple Card
TechXplore· 2024-10-23 20:01
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A US consumer protection bureau says Apple Card users who thought they were automatically enrolled for interest-free payments when buying Apple gadgets found themselves paying for the debt. The United States fined Apple and Goldman Sachs a total of $89 million on Wednesday, accusing them of deceiving users of the iPhone maker's ...
Apple Intelligence will help AI become as commonplace as word processing
TechXplore· 2024-10-22 15:10
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Apple's version of AI, branded as Apple Intelligence, rolls out in October to folks with the company's latest hardware, the response is likely to be a mix of delight and disappointment. The AI capabilities on their way to Apple's walled-garden will bring helpful new features, such as tex ...