Back in May 2022, Microsoft started Project Monarch to deliver a unified Outlook app on Windows. Often known as One Outlook, its a progressive web app (PWA) designed to replace the Win32 and UWP apps for Windows and even Mac. Fast-forward to today, Microsoft has already announced that it will retire and replace the default Mail app with a new Outlook client on Windows. I gave the new Outlook app a fair shot on my laptop and came away frustrated.
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X now treats the term cisgender as a slur
The increasingly discriminatory X (Twitter) now considers the term “cisgender” a slur. Owner Elon Musk posted last June, to the delight of his bigoted brigade of blue-check sycophants, that “‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform.” On Tuesday, X made good on the regressive provocateur’s stance and reportedly began posting an official warning that the LGBTQ-inclusive terms could … [Read More...]
Patreon and Grammarly are already experimenting with Gemini Nano, says Google
Mobile app developers, including Patreon and Grammarly, are already integrating with Gemini Nano, its smallest AI model, the company announced during its I/O developer keynote on Tuesday. The companies, along with other select developers were invited to work with Gemini Nano through an early access program announced last year, the company said. In the coming months, Google says it will open up the … [Read More...]
Everything announced at Google I/O 2024 including Gemini AI, Project Astra, Android 15 and more
At the end of I/O, Google’s annual developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the company had said “AI” 121 times. That, essentially, was the crux of Google’s two-hour keynote — stuffing AI into every Google app and service used by more than two billion people around the world. Here are all the major updates that Google announced at … [Read More...]
Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education
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Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fumble
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Reddit introduces new tools for ‘Ask Me Anything,’ its Q&A feature
Reddit announced on Tuesday the launch of five new tools for AMA (Ask Me Anything), its Q&A feature where celebrities, public figures, organizations and Redditors engage with community members and provide answers about a certain topic. The new features include the ability to add guest collaborators, a scheduling function, notifications and more. As part of the update, Reddit also launched a … [Read More...]
Let’s AI Search for You! Google Search Now Gets Advanced AI-Powered Capabilities
In a groundbreaking announcement today, Google revealed its plans to integrate advanced generative AI capabilities into its flagship Search product. This move promises to transform the way users interact with and leverage information on the internet. For over two decades, Google has continuously refined its core information quality systems and amassed a vast knowledge base to provide users with … [Read More...]
Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo
Google made a lot of noise about its Gemini AI taking over search at its I/O conference today, but one of its flashiest demos was once again marked by the ever-present fatal flaw of every large language model to date: confidently making up the wrong answer.During a sizzle reel for “Search in the Gemini era,” Google demoed video search, which allows you to search by speaking over a video clip. The … [Read More...]
LearnLM is Google’s new family of AI models for education
Google says it’s developed a new family of generative AI models “fine-tuned” for learning: LearnLM.A collaboration between Google’s DeepMind AI research division and Google Research, LearnLM models — built on top of Google’s Gemini models — are designed to “conversationally” tutor students on a range of subjects, Google says. LearnLM is already powering features across Google products, including … [Read More...]
Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses
But we may have written off Google’s Glasses too soon — because Google just revealed a new prototype pair in a blink-and-you-missed-it moment at Google I/O. In the heat of the moment, I thought the Googler simply donned a pair of normal glasses before pulling out their smartphone at 1:30 in the Project Astra demo video below. But no, those frames are thick. There’s even a little picture-in-picture … [Read More...]