When you buy an iPhone, you typically expect it to make and receive calls. However, for it to actually be able to connect to your carrier's network and utilize its services, you may need to insert a physical SIM card. The process can be ambiguous for some people, so we've detailed the steps you have to follow below. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
Meta is disconnecting Messenger and Instagram chat later this month
Meta will soon remove a feature that lets you chat with Facebook friends on Instagram. Starting mid-December, the company will disconnect the cross-platform integration, which it added in 2020. It didn’t provide a reason for doing so, but, as 9to5Google speculates, avoiding regulatory consequences in the EU sounds like a logical motive.Announced in 2019, the optional cross-platform integration … [Read more...]
Meta is removing the ability to see phone notifications on your Quest
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Act fast and pick up a new Galaxy Tab S8 Plus for $300 less
Samsung doesn’t need an introduction, as it is one of the most famous names in the tech world. The company is famous for delivering quality products that amaze anyone who gets their hands on one. We could easily spend hours talking about its excellent smartphones, smart TVs, and more. Still, today, we will focus on one of the best options for those who want entertainment and productivity on … [Read more...]
Mastercard launches Shopping Muse, an AI-powered shopping assistant
Mastercard is launching a new generative AI shopping tool called “Shopping Muse” that is designed to help users get personalized product recommendations. The tool is powered by Dynamic Yield, a personalization company that was acquired by Mastercard in April 2022. Mastercard says the idea behind Shopping Muse is to “revolutionize how customers search for and discover products in a retailer’s … [Read more...]
A Y Combinator-backed startup called Velt wants to make more apps collaborative
Online collaboration has become routine thanks to productivity apps like Google Docs and team design platform Figma, among others, but there are still hosts of internet-connected applications where users cannot interact with colleagues, add notes or otherwise collaborate with one another. That’s something a new startup called Velt wants to fix with the launch of a toolkit that allows any developer … [Read more...]
ChatGPT says that asking it to repeat words forever is a violation of its terms
Last week, a team of researchers published a paper showing that it was able to get ChatGPT to inadvertently reveal bits of data including people’s phone numbers, email addresses and dates of birth that it had been trained on by asking it to repeat words “forever”. Doing this now is a violation of ChatGPT’s terms of service, according to a report in 404 Media and Engadget’s own testing.“This … [Read more...]
MongoDB releases two new products for building and scaling generative AI applications
The database company MongoDB has announced new capabilities to enable companies to better leverage generative AI. MongoDB Atlas Vector Search is now generally available, which allows customers to build generative AI into their applications based on their own data. This enables the AI to provide accurate, relevant responses for a specific organization or domain. Customers can build AI … [Read more...]
Tesla warns that the Model 3 is about to lose half of its tax credit in the US
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4 reasons a trackpad should be part of your desk setup
Trackpads are ubiquitous on all the best laptops, even though Lenovo is still shipping the infamous trackpoint on some of its products today. But if you glance over to the desktop space, trackpads are a rarity. Mice have dominated the desktop market for a while, and it's pretty easy to figure out why. First, the mouse started as the primary way to interact with desktops when the graphical … [Read more...]
Verizon subscribers can get Netflix and Max for $10 a month
Verizon confirmed Monday it’s offering a previously rumored bundle of Netflix and Max streaming subscriptions. The pairing of the rival services is the first of its kind, giving the wireless carrier’s myPlan subscribers a 41 percent discount over buying the two ad-supported plans individually. The offer will be available starting on December 7.The bundle will include the ad-supported Netflix and … [Read more...]
The Apple TV just got its first big native VPN app
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OpenAI COO thinks AI for business is overhyped
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration: The VergeOpenAI may be chasing after enterprise users, but some of its executives warn people not to expect the technology to … [Read more...]
PowerToys 0.76.0 releases with heaps of features, fixes, and tweaks
If you find Windows' default tools lacking, you should give PowerToys a try. PowerToys is a pack of tools developed and supported by Microsoft that adds a ton of features, quality-of-life updates, and tweaks to the operating system. Now, PowerToys has released version v0.76.0, and it contains a heap of features, fixes, and visual upgrades. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series
Rockstar’s finally ready to show GTA VI off to the world. It’s been a decade and two console generations since the release of GTA V. But that time’s over. Rockstar announced that it would reveal the game’s first trailer on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023, at 6AM PT / 9AM ET. Almost immediately, the announcement was adopted by other game studios that used Rockstar’s simple, bare-bones image and text … [Read more...]
Atomic Industries closes $17M seed to exascale America’s industrial base
In 2014, investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel infamously posed the distinction between companies that deal in “atoms” versus those that deal in “bits.” In its crudest terms, the former category includes businesses focused on things like hardware and manufacturing; the latter, software and financial services. Just shy of 10 years on, the distinction now strikes as quaint, if not downright … [Read more...]
Enjoy powerful sound with incredible savings with this Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II deal
Bose makes some of the best American audio equipment you can get on the market, and it’s easy to understand why, as the company has almost 60 years of experience creating powerful speakers, headsets, soundbars, and more. Right now, you can get your hands on a new pair of Bose’s amazing QuietComfort Earbuds II for just $199 thanks to the latest 29 percent discount, which makes these … [Read more...]
Sony’s WH-1000XM5 have dropped to a new all-time low price
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AI invades ‘word of the year’ lists at Oxford, Cambridge, and Merriam-Webster
Few would disagree that 2023 was, in the world of technology at least, dominated by artificial intelligence. The dictionaries have taken note in their “word of the year” lists, and notably all the AI-related words they highlight are, in fact, existing words that have been appropriated and regurgitated with new meanings. A little on the nose, isn’t it? Cambridge’s word is “hallucinate,” which is of … [Read more...]
Acer will refresh its Predator Helios series featuring Raptor Lake-HX Refresh CPUs
With 2023 coming to a close, companies are preparing to launch their latest products for the upcoming year, and consumers are eagerly waiting. One such company is Acer, and its Predator Helios gaming laptop line is due for a refresh. When this series hits the market, new details indicate that Acer will be going with updated Raptor Lake Refresh-HX CPUs to give the laptop a performance … [Read more...]