The world of mobile technology before the Apple iPhone: the best phones of 2004
The year 2004 was rich in innovations and brought a lot of new products that we will talk about today. We have collected the best phones exactly 20 years ago and continue to talk about the world of mobile technology until the Apple iPhone. Progress was unstoppable, mobile devices were becoming more affordable and functional, […]
Goodbye, App Store. Apple finally allows downloading apps from third-party sites in the EU
Yesterday, Apple issued an order regarding iOS apps — developers who meet the company’s criteria (including the conditions for notarization of apps) will be able to offer their iPhone apps for direct download from websites to EU users.
Depositphotos now with AI: the photo bank launches its own licensed image generator
The tool creates exclusive, ethical, and most importantly — licensed content that can be used without any problems.
The iPhone 16 Pro camera is credited with an ultra-thin coating that will reduce glare and ghosting
Korean sources claim that Apple is testing a new optical coating technology for future iPhone cameras. It will help improve the quality of photos by reducing artifacts such as flare and ghosting.
YouTube is stepping up its fight against third-party apps that block ads
YouTube continues its fight against ad blocking. In June last year, the service conducted a small experiment in this regardthen in October launched a full-fledged attack on ad blockers. Now the company once again tightens restrictions in this area.
Elon Musk continues to fight bots: X\Twitter to introduce paid subscription for new accounts
Well political advertising on X/Twitter was not enoughand we really need the money, so previously announced Elon Musk «a small fee» for new users is introduced to the general public.
Pendant will remember everything that was said to you during the day, and the AI will analyze it
The AI gadget lineup has arrived — Limitless has introduced a new wearable device called Pendant, which looks like a clip or a pendant. The idea is that you wear it all day long, and it records your conversations and analyzes them to produce a summary.
Tesla will lay off about 14 thousand employees — 10% of the total staff
At the beginning of the month, Tesla for the first time in four years reported about falling sales of electric vehicles, and now the market leader is preparing to lay off at least 14,000 employees, —10% of the total staff (140,473) by early 2024. About this write Electrek and Reuters, who received a copy of an internal letter of instruction sent…
Construction of two power units at Khmelnytsky NPP has begun using Westinghouse technology, which allows the units to maneuver
Energoatom has launched a project to build power units 5 and 6 using Westinghouse’s AR1000 technology at Khmelnytsky NPP. Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, Chairman of the Board of JSC «NNEGC «Energoatom» Petro Kotin, and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company Patrick Fragman took part…
20 times is not the limit. SpaceX updates Falcon 9 reusability record
Do you still remember the famous SpaceX skeptic meme «then we’ll talk»?
iOS 18 will get local AI. Apple's big language model does without cloud computing
A starter set of new artificial intelligence features (read: new Siri) that Apple plans to add to iOS 18will not rely on cloud servers at all, reports Mark Gurman in the latest Power On digest for Bloomberg.
MacBook Pro and iMac will be the first to switch to Apple's M4 series chips, they will appear at the end of 2024 - Mark Gurman
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that the first Apple Macs with M4 series chips will be released later this year, with additional models to follow next year. In his Power On newsletter, Gurman shared a specific roadmap that describes the sequence of these new Macs.
«Disgusting and annoying»: Microsoft adds Copilot to Windows 11 autorun
Microsoft has added its AI assistant Copilot to the Windows 11 startup.
The iPhone will wait. British ministers propose to ban the sale of smartphones to children under 16
80% of parents in the UK believe that smartphones are «harmful» for children and young people, and 58% support their ban.
LifesaverSIM, a tactical medicine game simulator, has been integrated into «Action»
LifesaverSIM, a tactical medicine simulator, has been integrated into «Diia». Now everyone can learn tactical medicine, the press service of «Дія» reports.
Android 15 adds apps archiving, encryption key management, and TalkBack for Braille displays
Google has released the first beta version of Android 15, which includes several new features. Most of them will be of interest to developers.
AI will consume 25% of US electricity by 2030 — ARM CEO Rene Haas
Rene Haas, CEO of ARM, said that by 2030, artificial intelligence could consume 25% of US electricity. Currently, AI data centers consume 4%. Without a significant increase in efficiency and/or a significant increase in government regulation, the current trend of AI development will not be sustained, he believes.
ChatGPT wrote about it: experts found a word to identify AI content
Emails written by ChatGPT are very easy to identify — you only need to pay attention to one word.
iOS update bug produces Palestinian flag emoji when asked about Jerusalem
Some users have noticed that in the latest iOS update, devices offer a Palestinian flag emoji when texting «Jerusalem».
OPPO Reno11 F 5G with Dimensity 7050 SoC and «bezel-less» display released in Ukraine for UAH 18 thousand
OPPO AED Ukraine has presented a new OPPO Reno11 F 5G smartphone in Ukraine. This device is equipped with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution (2412×1080 pixels) and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The peak brightness is 1100 nits. The screen has thin bezels (1.47 mm) and occupies 93.4% of the front panel surface.
Microsoft updates Xbox Cloud Gaming interface with social features from Xbox console
Microsoft has presented a preview of the new interface of the Xbox Cloud Gaming service. It includes social features and interface elements that can be found on the Xbox panel. The new interface offers access to the web version of Xbox group chat. This allows you to use a browser to join a call with friends instead of using special Xbox apps for PC…
Bulgari mechanical watch with a thickness of 1.77 mm, or what you can get for $0.59 million
Italian luxury brand Bulgari has once again broken its own record for the world’s thinnest mechanical watch. Its new Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC is just 1.7 mm thick — about the same thickness as a a thread of classic spaghetti from the restaurant.
Starlink alternative: «Kyivstar» will provide satellite Internet access services from OneWeb
Ukrainian telecom operator «Kyivstar» will become the official representative of the British company OneWeb in Ukraine. This will allow the company to provide high-speed broadband satellite Internet access. Thus, Ukrainians will get an alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink. Konstantin Vechir, B2B Director of «Kyivstar», told about this at the…
X is not Twitter for you. Musk's site automatically changes the link from «Twitter.com» to «X.com»
Sometimes it’s easy to forget, but technically Twitter no longer exists.
Zoomers love iPhone and Apple Watch, but rarely use Apple Music and Apple TV+
According to the new Piper Sandler’s report, 85% of teenagers in the US have an iPhone and are not going to change it to another brand.
UA Drone ID — drone recognition technology («own — foreign») for the DELTA battle management system
UA DroneID technology will enhance the situational awareness system DELTA This will help prevent friendly fire on drones and better analyze their use against enemy targets.
Expensive, fragile, ineffective: American drones have performed poorly in the war in Ukraine
American drones from the Silicon Valley company Skydio have performed poorly in the war in Ukraine — they are expensive to manufacture and repair, but they constantly fail due to Russian electronic warfare.
Beeper, the multimessenger that Apple desperately fought for, has been acquired by Automattic (WordPress and Tumblr)
We haven’t forgotten yet Beeper — the same multimessenger that iMessage launched on Android, which upset Apple, so it acquired Automattic, which owns WordPress, Tumblr, Simplenote, and other services.
ChatGPT writes songs for Indian movies — and is credited in the credits
OpenAI chatbot starts its career in Bollywood — ChatGPT was spotted in the credits of an Indian TV series as part of the music team, according to posts users on Reddit. More specifically, he is referred to as «songwriter».
A year with AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, or how wine matures
After a year of active use of the most powerful «red» graphics card, we are ready to share our impressions, experience, tips, and analysis. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a rather compromise product and could have been misunderstood at release, because a year after its release, the card has become the best, literally. […]
Meta updated Messenger — shared albums, HD photo support, and sending files up to 100 MB
Users can now create albums of photos and videos in public Messenger chats — to do this, select several individual images from the dialog (by tapping or holding) and activate the «Add to album» option.
After the earthquake in Taiwan, memory manufacturers stopped publishing contract prices — Will SSDs and RAMs rise even more?
Recently, the DRAM and NAND memory markets have seen a disappointing upward trend in prices for consumers, which is already directly affecting the price of end devices (SSDs and RAM for mobile gadgets and computers). It is likely that this trend will only intensify in the future.
Google gives Gemini 1.5 Pro «ears» and launches Vertex AI bot builder
According to the announcement at the Google Next event, from now on Gemini 1.5 Pro will hear its users — in practice, the model will be able to listen to uploaded audio files or extract information from calls and videos without the need to download transcripts.
Android 15 will feature Private Space. Here's how it works
Experts recommend installing a strong screen lock on your smartphone to prevent others from accessing your data. However, you can also turn on an extra layer of security in case you need to pass your phone to someone else. On Samsung devices, the Secure Folder feature (encrypted space for storing files and apps) is available for this purpose, and…
The global PC and laptop market has returned to growth after a two-year decline. The leader is still Lenovo
PC market, as expectedlast quarter returned to growth after a two-year decline, as evidenced by reports from leading analytical agencies IDC and Canalys: in the first quarter of 2024, about 60 million computers were sold worldwide (1.5% more than a year ago).
Google has finally launched the Find My Device search network
After much testing, Google has finally launched its long-awaited Find My Device network. This technology uses a crowdsourced network of more than a billion Android devices to help people find lost gadgets. The basic functionality of this solution is similar to similar offers from Apple and Tile.
Musk predicted the emergence of an AGI smarter than the smartest person in two years and called Chinese automakers «the most competitive»
At the end of 2023, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang predictedthat artificial intelligence will be able to compete with humans in 5 years. And now Elon Musk, known for his «very accurate predictions» has shared his own assessment — the owner of Tesla and SpaceX expects a full-fledged AGIsmarter than the smartest person next year or by 2026 at the…
ChatGPT creator Sam Altman became a billionaire — but not thanks to OpenAI
Altman is known to have no equity in OpenAI, but his bets on startups like Reddit, Stripe, and Helion have still secured him a spot on the Forbes billionaire ranking.
Significantly losing weight, Gabe Newell has created a company to develop neuro-interventions called Starfish
It seems that Valve CEO Gabe Newell is now interested in the new project. On the website of Starfish, a company that develops neural interfaces, in the «Our team» among others, you can also find a photo of Gabe Newell. He is listed as a co-founder of the company.
«Digital sovereignty». German authorities transferred 30 thousand civil servants to Linux
Authorities in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein have switched 30,000 civil servants from Microsoft Windows to Linux.
Floppy disks are not giving up. In San Francisco, trains are run on a floppy disk system that should last at least another 10 years
In San Francisco, in the heart of Silicon Valley, the public has been really alarmed by an automated train control system that runs on floppy disks (yes, those floppy disks). The head of the local transportation company added fuel to the fire with his fears of a «catastrophic error» risk, as the system had already served its purpose and was not…
Like Neuralink, but less invasive. Synchron is looking for patients for «large-scale» brain implant trials
The startup has developed a secure interface for communication «by the power of thought», which is implanted into the brain through blood vessels.
Last year, Rakuten Viber blocked almost 40 thousand fraudsters and spammers in Ukraine — against 130 thousand in 2022
The Japanese company Rakuten (owner of Viber) has reported on counteracting phone fraudsters and spammers in Ukraine for 2022-2023.
Boeing is in trouble again — 737 loses engine cover during takeoff at Denver airport
Fortunately, there were no casualties — all passengers were transferred to another plane, which took them to their destination with a 3-hour delay.
OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos for GPT-4 training
According to The New York Times, OpenAI developed the Whisper audio transcription model and transcribed more than a million hours of YouTube videos to obtain high-quality materials for training the GPT-4 model.
Gurman: New iPad Pro and iPad Air launch on a week, starting May 6. Prices for Pro likely to rise
Apple has tentatively scheduled the release of the new iPad Pro and iPad Air during the week of May 6 — timeline clarified Mark Gurman in the latest weekly Power On digest for Bloomberg.
JPEG is far behind: Google introduces improved image compression format
Google has introduced a new ops library, Jpegli, that compresses images 35% more efficiently while maintaining high quality.
Instead of «dream vacation», advertising AI depicts a 50-year-old woman naked on a bed
The American lottery Washington Lottery was forced to remove its advertising AI application after it mistakenly generated a nude image in response to a rather banal request.
Sorry, Sora. YouTube says that the OpenAI neural network does not have the right to learn on videos from the platform
It is not known for certain whether the new OpenAI neural network has used YouTube videos, but the video platform’s CEO assures that this would be a clear violation of the terms of use.
Apple lays off 600 engineers after canceling car project — largest layoff since the pandemic
A few weeks ago, Apple canceled its long-standing project to create a self-driving electric car, and has now announced the layoff of 614 employees — according to documents provided to the California Employment Development Department (although Mark Gurman notes the actual figure may be much higher).
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