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Amazon launched three new Fire HD 8 tablets—Fire HD 8 (2024), Fire HD 8 Kids, and Fire HD 8 Kids Pro.
Each tablet includes a writing assistant, quick webpage summaries via the Amazon Silk browser, and…
The occasional risks associated with downloading beta releases have been highlighted by Apple’s decision on Wednesday to pull the watchOS 11.1 beta 3 update following user reports that it had bricked their Apple Watch. The company made the…
Forget flying cars, the most promising personal tech trend of the future might focus on health.
During Apple's iPhone event in September, the announcements that sparked initial buzz weren't the new phones but the health-based updates to…
Meta is consolidating its three creator monetization programs for Facebook to make it easier for users to start earning on the social network. The company has three ways for creators to earn on the website: Via In-stream ads, Ads on Reels …
Hurricane Helene victims used iPhones for satellite messaging amid power and cell outages.
Asheville, North Carolina, residents praised Apple for the feature and its usefulness.
Social-media posts urged people to upda…
This might sound funny, but it seems the biggest hardware updates for iPhones are reserved for the buttons. After adding an Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro, and then adding a Camera Control shutter across the iPhone 16 series, it seems …
The iPhone SE will finally get a new look, though it might still appear identical to a two-generation-old mainline model. This nugget of information comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who claims that the next “SE” trim could arrive early …
Oracle plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to set up its first public cloud region in Malaysia, the company said on Wednesday, the latest major investment by a global tech firm into the Southeast Asian country.
Technology giants incl…
Jeep's owner, Stellantis, has recalled about 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs from the brand due to a risk of fire. The recall impacts specific Jeep Wrangler 4xe models from 2020 to 2024 and some Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe SUVs from 2022 to 2024…
BT in live testing of its new, AI-ready network-as-service (NaaS) platform
Global Fabric points of presence (PoPs) now installed in over 45 of the world’s major cloud data-centres
Demo of a management portal allows custo…
Mircosoft finally released an update on its controversial Recall AI feature that was put on hold earlier this year due to security concerns.
Microsoft Recall had a bumpy road from the start. It faced backlash over security concerns befo…
Malaysia plans to create a national cloud policy and introduce regulations to encourage the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI), Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday.
The announcement comes amid a wave of investments by …
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it will expand investment in artificial intelligence innovation in Vietnam, including production of its latest mixed reality headsets from 2025, its latest effort to boost its footprint in the country.
The…
Oura Health Oy is releasing a new smart ring this month, Bloomberg reported.
CEO Tom Hale said that the company expects to double its annual sales this year, to around $500 million.
The company faces increasing compet…
Epic Games has accused Samsung of making it too difficult to download its massively popular video game Fortnite on certain mobile devices.
In a legal complaint it said it would file on Monday, it says people have to go through 21 steps …
Samsung has unveiled a new pair of tablets, and after using one, I can confirm it has a few essential qualities of a good tablet — it can replace a laptop in a pinch and has a certain je ne sais quoi about its portability.
At the "Samsu…
According to statistics, it’s expected that people will download 143 billion apps in 2026 alone. That’s a lot of people and a lot of phones, so it’s no surprise that bad actors have pinpointed the Play Store as an ideal distribution cent…
Spotify should be working normally again now after a few hours of service issues. The Spotify Status account posted on X Sunday afternoon to say, “Everything’s looking much better now!” Earlier in the day, it confirmed that it had been exp…
Apple is planning to debut a new operating system called homeOS with its long-rumored smart displays, the first of which is expected to arrive as soon as 2025, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Reports of a HomePod-like device with a d…
Malaysian technology firm Dagang NeXchange Berhad (DNeX) and Google Cloud on Monday announced a multi-year deal to provide sovereign cloud services in the country.
The announcement comes as the Alphabet unit expands its footprint in the…
Threads seems to be rolling out a new location tagging feature that allows users to add a location to their posts. Some users have reported seeing the change in Threads’ app, though it doesn’t seem to be available to everyone just yet.
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On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs took the stage at Macworld and announced Apple’s next big product: the iPhone. Sales of the iPhone began on June 29, 2007, and it completely changed the world of mobile phones.
Now, in 2024, we’ve had ov…
Samsung’s Vice President of Product Management for mobile devices, Drew Blackard, kicked off Samsung's latest hardware event with a big plug for AI.
On stage, Blackard confirmed that 75% of Samsung users have “actively engaged” with Gal…
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The Amazfit Helio Ring is getting a permanent discount from $299 to $199.
The Zepp Aura ($69/year) and Zepp Fitness ($29/year) subscriptions are now available to Helio Ring users "for free, for life."…
Tim Boucher has written over 120 books using AI-generated text and images.
Boucher's work critiques technology and explores new storytelling, but it has sparked controversy.
Several authors have criticized AI f…
The iPhone 16 came out swinging, but its blows might lack a certain oomph. According to AppleInsider, a Morgan Stanley report states that the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus sold roughly 37 million units in their first weekend. Despite this, …
Yesterday, Samsung announced a new way for developers to build functionality for its health-tracking features. The Samsung Health Software Development Kit (SDK) Suite opens access to the information gathered through Samsung devices, includ…
Netflix is crushing the streaming competition.
You know this, and its competitors know this. But its big win wasn't always a certainty.
Now it is — and investors are rewarding Netflix and punishing everyone else.
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Meta just announced an intriguing tool that uses AI to automatically dub Reels into other languages, complete with lip-sync. This feature was revealed at the annual Meta Connect livestream event and was introduced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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At an event in New York City today, Samsung unveiled its new affordable phone — the Galaxy S24 FE — and its latest tablet lineup. The first flagship products powered by a MediaTek processor in the U.S., the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and Galax…
Sony just announced two new displays under the InZone gaming brand—the InZone M10S and the InZone M9 II. These are premium panels, with the M10S's price tag set at $1,099.99.
The M10S is a 27-inch OLED display that features 1440p resolu…
(Corrects figure in paragraph 4 to $1.5 billion, not $15 billion)
By Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio
HANOI (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to invest $1.5 billion in Vietnam in the near future, the government of the Communist-ru…
Google and Roblox have teamed up to create a game that teaches kids how to spot internet scams and to increase caution regarding the sharing of personal information online. The suite of experiences is called, and I quote, Be Internet Awe…
Thursday, 26 September 2024 – As the world of financial crime continues to evolve, the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has become both a tool for fighting fraud and a weapon for those perpetrating it. Speaking at the recent 17th …
The biggest reveal at Meta’s Connect event was its long-promised AR glasses, Orion. As expected, the prototype, each of which reportedly costs around $10,000, won’t be ready for the public any time soon.
In the meantime, Meta offered a …
It looks like any other 3D printer - except it's the size of a crane and is, layer by layer, building a hotel in the Texan desert.
El Cosmico, an existing hotel and campground on the outskirts of the city of Marfa, is expanding. It is b…
Paramount Global Content Distribution today announced a new licensing agreement with MONO in Thailand to create a Paramount+ brand extension on the streamer Monomax, scheduled to launch in November.
The deal, which expands Paramount’s s…
Phones drool, glasses rule. That's the mantra Meta is banking on customers adopting. It starts with updates to the company's smart Ray-Ban glasses, but those may be just a stepping stone to a future with holographic augmented-reality glass…
Although Meta Connect 2024 lacked a marquee high-end product for the holiday season, it still included a new budget VR headset and a tease of the “magic glasses” Meta’s XR gurus have been talking about for the better part of a decade. In a…
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Following the Ear (Open) launch, Nothing OS 3.0 was detailed in a highlight video alongside CEO Carl Pei.
The OS 3.0 update packs a revamp to the UI's typography, a complete lock screen overhaul …
Spotify’s beta AI Playlist feature is now rolling out for Premium users in the US, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. It lets you create and refine custom playlists using text prompts. It initially arrived in April in the UK and Australia.
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X has published its most detailed accounting of its content moderation practices since Elon Musk’s takeover of the company. The report, X’s first in more than a year, provides new insight into how X is enforcing its rules as it struggles t…
Google announced today that the Pixel Watch and Pixel Watch 2 will be getting the new Watch OS 5. The latest operating system will roll out to Pixel Watches currently running Watch OS 3.5 and Watch OS 4 beginning today. Users will see a …
TikTok Music is shutting down following an attempt to translate views on its base app to music streaming. The music arm announced the news that accounts will close by November 28, with all user data and login information deleted.
Goog…
Samsung releases many phones yearly, but its flagship is the Galaxy S-series. The Samsung Galaxy S24 lineup was released at the start of this year, so it’s not even a year old. However, it’s expected that Samsung won’t stop there — next …
Hot take: It's time to stop judging TVs on picture quality alone. The truth is, even cheap models have really good screens; pricier ones offer only incremental improvements to the average viewer. These days I'm more interested in the user …
Apple has added 12 more Macs to its vintage and obsolete lists, affecting the hardware service users can access. If your Mac has joined one of the lists, it could become harder to get it repaired by Apple.
As spotted by MacRumors, these…
Meta will use actors including John Cena and Judi Dench to voice its AI chatbot, Reuters reported.
The tech giant appears to be avoiding the mistake OpenAI made with its ChatGPT celebrity soundalike.
OpenAI launched a…
Last year, Logitech leaped into the content creator market by acquiring Loupedeck, which makes control surfaces for apps like Adobe Lightroom. Now, the company has unveiled its first Logitech-branded control panel, the MX Creative Console,…
Huawei has used its unusual PaperMatte screen technology on a pair of new tablets. For those who aren’t familiar, a PaperMatte screen is specially etched to provide a low reflection, anti-glare viewing experience similar to paper. It red…
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