In a setback for Elon Musk’s brain technology company, Neuralink, the device it implanted in its first human patient has had mechanical issues, the company wrote in a blog post. In the weeks following the January surgery on patient Noland Arbaugh, some of the electrode-studded threads that sit in the…
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OpenAI GPT-4o With Real-Time Responses and Video Interaction Announced, GPT-4 Features Now Available for Free
OpenAI held its much-anticipated Spring Update event on Monday where it announced a new desktop app for ChatGPT, minor user interface changes to ChatGPT’s web client, and a new flagship-level artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed GPT-4o. The event was streamed online on YouTube and was held in front of a…
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Meta Rolls Out Travel Mode for Quest 2 and Quest 3, to Work Similarly to the Apple Vision Pro
Meta announced a new feature for the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 that will allow users to use the mixed-reality headset during flights in passthrough mode. On Monday, the tech giant said it is rolling out Travel Mode as an experimental feature on these two devices. This new…
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Google I/O 2024 Starts Today: How to Watch Keynote Livestream, What to Expect
Google I/O 2024 — the search giant’s annual developer conference — will begin in just a few hours and users from around the world will be able to tune in to the keynote event tonight. The company usually unveils new software features and upgrades coming to Android, its smartphone operating system…
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Airtel and Google Cloud Enter a Strategic Partnership to Build AI-Powered Cloud Services for Enterprises
Airtel and Google Cloud have collaborated to build and deploy artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cloud services for enterprises in the Indian market. Through this partnership, Airtel aims to use Google’s cloud solution suite and build server-based services including various analytics tools, IoT products, and more. The telecom operator also plans to…
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WhatsApp Begins Testing Camera Zoom Control Feature, Sticker Creation Shortcuts
WhatsApp is rolling out two new features to beta testers on iOS that add new capabilities to the popular messaging platform. The first feature makes it much easier to zoom when using the in-app camera on WhatsApp, while the second feature allows users to quickly create new stickers from their…
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Inside the Looking Glass of Augmented Reality: How Xtendr Is Building Immersive AR Experiences
When did you first hear the term augmented reality (AR)? If you are new to the tech space, your first encounter with this visual interactive technology was likely the Apple Vision Pro or the Meta Quest headsets. However, gamers would likely have first interacted with the technology in the mobile…
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OpenAI Said to Plan Launch of Google Search Competitor on May 13
OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. The announcement date, though subject to change, has not been previously reported. Bloomberg and the Information have reported that Microsoft-backed OpenAI…
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Google Chrome Updated With Patch for Nasty Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited by Attackers
Google Chrome has been updated with fixes for a zero-day security flaw that was being actively exploited in the wild, according to the search giant. The vulnerability affects a component in Chrome that renders web content on a user’s screen, allowing attackers to take advantage of a user’s computer when…
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Microsoft Directed to Pay IPA Technologies $242 Million in Cortana Patent Lawsuit
Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition technology violates IPA’s patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is…