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Android’s Earthquake Alert System expands to the entire US
03 Sep

Android’s Earthquake Alert System expands to the entire US

John RoutledgeLatest News
Google is expanding Android Earthquake Alerts to the entire US and six territories. The feature first launched in 2020, using the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ShakeAlert system to send warnings in California, Washington, and Oregon. The expansion will use built-in accelerometers — a tool that senses vibrations — in Android phones to issue early alerts.The Android Earthquake Alerts System…
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Instagram Stories are getting comments
03 Sep

Instagram Stories are getting comments

John RoutledgeLatest News
Instagram is rolling out comments for Stories. Previously, the short-lived Stories could only be replied to in direct messages. This new feature offers a more visible way for users to interact with their friends' posts. The original poster will not receive the comments in a DM; a rep from Meta said that "comments live only on your Story."Story comments can…
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Copilot+ features are coming in November to AI PCs powered by Intel and AMD’s latest chips
03 Sep

Copilot+ features are coming in November to AI PCs powered by Intel and AMD’s latest chips

John RoutledgeLatest News
Qualcomm’s exclusivity period on Copilot+ PCs is winding down. Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that Intel’s new 200V processors and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 series chips will add Copilot+ AI capabilities beginning in November.Copilot+ PCs include features like Live Captions (real-time subtitle generation, including translations), Cocreator in Paint (prompt-based image generation), Windows Studio Effects image editing (background blurring, eye contact adjustment…
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Android 15 is now here a month later than expected
03 Sep

Android 15 is now here a month later than expected

John RoutledgeLatest News
We’re used to hearing about new Android versions during Google Pixel smartphone launch events, but Android 15’s source code is finally out at the Android Open Source Project. It was strangely missing from the Google Pixel launch event last month, but it’s better late than never. Check out the go-live link from the developers here.Android 15 will be available on…
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Pixel 9 Pro Fold review: A grown-up, glowed-up foldable
03 Sep

Pixel 9 Pro Fold review: A grown-up, glowed-up foldable

John RoutledgeLatest News
Growing up. It’s something we all do, and devices do too. While there’s been very little innovation in mainstream smartphones lately, foldable phones have been maturing over the last few years and finally seem to be coming into their own. It’s like they’re in the young adult phase of their lives, while the conventional “candybar” handset has largely been figured…
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MLB’s virtual ballpark returns for four regular-season games in September
03 Sep

MLB’s virtual ballpark returns for four regular-season games in September

John RoutledgeLatest News
Major League Baseball’s virtual ballpark is back. Like a metaverse experience for traditional (non-VR) devices, it lets you watch actual games as they're happening in real time, albeit recreated in a 3D environment. MLB will host interactive watch parties in the environment for select games each Wednesday in September.Like a baseball-centric take on Second Life (for the old folks in…
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Intel’s Core Ultra 200V chips aim for AI PC dominance
03 Sep

Intel’s Core Ultra 200V chips aim for AI PC dominance

John RoutledgeLatest News
The race to build the most compelling AI PC processors continues with the launch of Intel's Core Ultra 200V. At Computex in June, we learned these "Lunar Lake" laptop chips would feature a powerful 48 TOPS (tera operations per second) neural processing unit for AI work, and, surprisingly enough, they'd also sport up to 32GB of built-in memory for faster…
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