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July 26, 2024
NEWS
Forbes

Apple iPhone 16 Pro: New Leak Reveals Powerful Design Upgrade Incoming, Report Says
Updated July 26 with further details from the same report, adding more iPhone 16 details and clues to the iPhone 17 and a possible folding iPhone on its way. When the iPhone 16 series is released in September—read about the exact release date here—it …
CNN

Beats Pill vs. JBL Charge 5: Which portable speaker is best?
It’s been a scorching hot summer, and the current influx of portable Bluetooth speakers has only raised temperatures. New models such as the redesigned Beats Pill (2024) are bringing the heat with enhanced audio, functionality and battery life never …
CNN

OpenAI is taking on Google with a new artificial intelligence search engine
OpenAI on Thursday announced its most direct threat yet to its stalwart Big Tech rivals: a search engine that uses artificial intelligence baked in from the beginning. The company is testing SearchGPT, which will combine its AI technology with …
The Washington Post

OpenAI is testing web search features for ChatGPT, challenging Google
SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI showed off a new web search product Thursday, directly challenging search giant Google and laying out its vision for how chatbots may change the way people interact with the broader web.
WIRED

SearchGPT Is OpenAI’s Direct Assault on Google
After months of speculation about its search ambitions, OpenAI has revealed SearchGPT, a “prototype” search engine that could eventually help the company tear off a slice of Google’s lucrative business. OpenAI said that the new tool would help users …
Forbes

Is Samsung Changing Its Galaxy Ring Price Decision?
Samsung has put a lot of effort into highlighting a clear dividing line between its Galaxy Ring and the wearable’s main competitor, the Oura Ring: that is the lack of a monthly subscription. The company made that clear to me at a pre-launch product …
ABC News

Microsoft’s ‘World of Warcraft’ development workers are unionizing
The game’s development team employees — which include designers, engineers, artists, quality assurance testers and more — are joining the Communications Workers of America, the union announced Wednesday. CWA says Microsoft subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment …
BBC News

ChatGPT reveals search feature in Google challenge
OpenAI is working on adding new powers to its artificial intelligence (AI) bot, as it seeks to edge out Google as the go-to search engine. The company said it was trialling a search feature that incorporates real-time information into its ChatGPT …
BBC News

CrowdStrike boss says 97% of crashed systems fixed
A week after a faulty update caused a global IT outage that grounded flights and knocked TV stations off-air, the boss of CrowdStrike has revealed nearly all systems are back online. In a post on LinkedIn, George Kurtz said “over 97%” of systems …
ABC News

New Corvette ZR1 revealed: Inside the car’s ‘mind-blowing’ specs
How does 1,064 horsepower sound? ByMorgan Korn. July 25, 2024, 4:31 PM. 0:59. New Corvette ZR1 revealed: Inside the car’s “mind-blowing” specs. Chevrolet says the newly unveiled ZR1 is the “most powerful” Corvette ever produced. “Mind-bending.