The 9 biggest new features in Android 17
…Check out my colleague Allison Johnson’s roundup of Google’s new Android AI announcements for more on what’s in store. More security features Android 17 is also packed with a…
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The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times
…One of the AI tools, called DX, advertises itself as an engineering productivity tool that lets companies track employees’ output, generative AI use, and efficiency, among other metrics. DX was originally announced…
Microsoft’s next-gen quantum chip cuts timeline to useful quantum computing
…While physicists were immediately skeptical of Microsoft’s claims, the software giant is announcing Majorana 2 today, the next generation of its topological quantum chip. Majorana 2 contains qubits, a unit of…
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
…It’s also a lot of AI experience, which is bound to sound the alarm bells with some Xbox fans, but looking at the appointments there’s no clear AI push for…
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
…A day later, OpenAI announced it was bringing its latest AI models, Codex, and other tools to AWS — Microsoft’s biggest cloud rival. It’s a move that seemed likely ever since…
AI ‘content creators’ are getting harder to spot
…willing to buy courses and tools to build influencers of their own, for example. That’s presuming social media can survive the influx of AI influencers. By definition, it requires some critical…
What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era?
…The Fitbit Charge 6 followed a year later, and there has been radio silence until the Fitbit Air announcement earlier this week. (I don’t really count the Ace LTE — that was…
Amazon Alexa
…AI-powered assistant can use visual context from Ring doorbells to identify visitors, interpret why they’re there, and interact “intelligently” using natural language, according to the company . The feature, first announced…
Android Auto is now one (screen) size fits all
…shaped screens, video streaming through YouTube, widget support, and of course, more AI-powered Gemini features. The company also announced some updates for cars that run on Google’s built-in native…
They’ve finally made the Oura Ring smaller and lighter
…Alongside the hardware, Oura is also announcing a ton of new software updates today. Building on Symptom Radar, which detects early health changes, the company is launching something called Health Radar. This…