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February 15, 2024
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CNET

iOS 17.3 Is Out, but Don’t Miss These iOS 17.2 Features

The Journal app · Contact Key Verification in Messages · React with Live Stickers · New Apple Music settings · More Memoji customization · Change your default notification sounds and haptics · Photos and Apple Music working together · AppleCare and Warranty menu.

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Forbes

Google Unveils Gemini 1.5, But Only Developers And Enterprise Clients Have Access For Now

The tech giant touts breakthroughs in context and efficiency in its next-gen model–but its unclear when consumers will be able to take advantage. Richard Nieva. Forbes Staff. I’m a senior writer covering technology companies.

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WIRED

8 Great Deals on Wi-Fi Routers and Mesh Systems

The XE75 Pro is an updated version of the XE75 listed above, and it is identical except for one potentially important addition: a 2.5-Gbps port alongside the two gigabit ports. For folks with multi-gig internet connections (or the future possibility of …

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Popular Mechanics

Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’

Usually, when something gets warmed up, heat tends to spread outward before eventually dissipating. But things are a little different in the world of superfluid quantum gas. For the first time, MIT scientists have successfully imaged how heat actually …

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BBC News

Scientists grow ‘meaty’ rice hybrid food for protein kick

The porous grains are packed with beef muscle and fat cells, grown in the lab. The rice was first coated in fish gelatine to help the beef cells latch on, and the grains …

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CNET

OpenAI Is Testing a Better Memory for ChatGPT: Who’ll Get It, How It Works

A small portion of users will test out the new feature, which allows it to remember your previous conversations with the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot.

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Reuters

India’s Redington sees AI-enabled PCs powering tech upgrades

“The advent of AI, PCs will also drive tech refresh,” Redington’s Singapore, India and South Asia (SISA) CEO Ramesh Natarajan told Reuters, adding that he sees its PC business posting a single-digit percentage growth in fiscal 2025 in the region after …

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CNET

Apple’s iMessage Won’t Have to Connect With Other Chat Apps, EU Rules

The iMessage announcement came alongside a similar announcement for Microsoft’s Bing search engine and Edge web browser, both of which will not be seen as gatekeepers for now. “The Commission will continue to monitor …

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WFLA

Mark Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is the ‘better product, period’ after trying Apple Vision Pro

Zuckerberg also said the Quest 3’s physical hand controllers and hand tracking for input are better, though he said he’s a fan of VR headsets with eye-tracking capabilities, and teased that they’re probably coming to later Quest models after being …

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Financial Times

Skull and Bones review — highs and lows of a storm-tossed pirate game

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Imagine, for a moment, the perfect pirate game: picking a crew of rogues …

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