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April 11, 2024
NEWS
CNET

Humane AI Hands-On: My Life So Far With a Wearable AI Pin
Like an AI-powered Star Trek communicator pinned to your shirt, the AI Pin is a wild concept, but it’s too frustrating for everyday use.
The New York Times

This Artificially Intelligent Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone
I wasn’t talking to a tech bro obsessed with the ketogenic diet. This was the Ai Pin, a $700 tiny computer featuring a virtual assistant pulling data from OpenAI (the research firm behind the ChatGPT chatbot), Google, Microsoft and others to answer …
Atlanta Journal Constitution

Meet some of the chefs leading the metro Atlanta vegan dining scene
When Paul Jordan’s mother died of cancer, he changed the way he ate. “The situation really got me on a mission to discover ways to heal the body naturally through eating the correct foods,” he said, “and I went cold turkey vegan.” He and wife Marisa make …
CNET

Apple Warns of iPhone ‘Mercenary Attack’ Across 92 Countries
Apple sent out iPhone security alerts to people across 92 countries on Wednesday warning that their iPhones had been remotely targeted in a mercenary spyware attack. “This attack is likely targeting you specifically because of who you are or what you …
The Verge

Kobo announces its first color e-readers
Rakuten Kobo is launching its first color e-readers, the Kobo Libra Colour and the Kobo Clara Colour. Both use E Ink’s latest Kaledio color screen technology, which has subtle, pastel-like hues and drops from a 300ppi grayscale resolution to 150ppi …
The Verge

If you’re sick of crosswords, check out the new game coming to Apple News Plus.
Players start with 20 tiles, each with a group of letters, and combine them to form words. The longer the word, the more points you get.
CNET

Roku Debuts Pro Series TV With Mini-LED Starting at $900
It’s like wallpaper or a screen saver on your computer, but for your TV. Backdrops will be available on other Roku TVs and streaming devices in the coming months as well.
Forbes

Windows Security Surprise As Microsoft Confirms 90 New Vulnerabilities
Not long after the publication of the April Patch Tuesday security updates, Microsoft changed the status of CVE-2024-26234, a proxy driver spoofing vulnerability, to confirm that this is a zero-day that has already been exploited in the wild by threat …
CNBC

Google launching AI photo eraser for iPhone and Android phones in May
Google announced Wednesday that it will make several of its photo-editing tools powered by generative artificial intelligence free to all users of Google Photos. Starting May 15, the company said it will expand access to AI-powered editing features, …
The Guardian

Fairphone Fairbuds review: ethically made earbuds with replaceable batteries
Fairphone, the repairable and ethical electronics pioneer, is back with a pair of some of the first Bluetooth earbuds to make it so easy and cheap to replace their batteries that you can do it at home in minutes. Bluetooth earbuds have become a …