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The Wall Street Journal

Demis Hassabis is tasked with keeping Google ahead on a technology that its CEO has called more profound than the invention of fire or electricity. Demis Hassabis is the head of Google DeepMind.

CNET

According to Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo, the base iPhone 16 Pro will be equipped with a 5x optical zoom lens. This was something only found on the larger iPhone 15 Pro Max so it’d be good to see the same zoom level offered in a smaller, more pocket- …

The Washington Post

Google’s AI-‘supercharged’ Search Generative Experience, or SGE, sometimes makes up facts, misinterprets questions and picks low-quality sources — even after nearly 11 months of public testing.

WIRED

Plus: Microsoft patches over 60 vulnerabilities, Mozilla fixes two Firefox zero-day bugs, Google patches 40 issues in Android, and more.

WIRED

Supercharged Siri. AI image editing. Smart “snapshots” of your day. We asked some experts to forecast how Apple might use Google’s Gemini platform to enable new AI-powered applications in iOS.

ABC News

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. ByMICHAEL LIEDTKE AP technology writer.

wtop.com

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago.

NDTV

Many companies employ unique techniques to gather customer’s attention and gain an edge in the market. Similarly, electronics brand boAt recently took a dig at tech giant Apple and asked people to “think better” and switch from Apple AirPods to boAt’s new …

NDTV

Consumer electronics major Sony is said to be working on a beefed up version of its popular console, PlayStation 5. The ‘Pro’ variant of the PS (as it is popularly known) is expected to be unveiled later this year, according to The Verge.

FOX 10 News Phoenix

LinkedIn is testing new ways to distribute video to users, the company confirmed to FOX Television Stations Sunday. “Videos are rapidly becoming one of our members’ favorite formats to learn from other professionals and experts,” the company said in an …