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Five of the major AI chatbots were tested. All of them regularly proposed dietary plans akin to skipping an entire meal each day.
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Google Play has introduced a new feature called Game Trials, which will let you play a portion of paid games for free before you commit to buying them. It's now rolling out to select paid games on mobile, and it's coming soon to Google Play Games on PC. Titles that offer Game Trials will show a button marked "Try" on their profile pages. When you click it, you'll see how long you can play the game before you have to buy it. In Google's example, the survival and horror game Dredge will give you 60 minutes of free play time, after which you'll get the option to either buy the game or delete it from your device.
Google has also announced that it's releasing more paid indie games over the coming months, including Moonlight Peaks, Sledding Game and Low-Budget Repairs. It has launched a new section in the Play store, as well, to feature games optimized for Windows PCs. You can wishlist the games from that section to get a notification when they're on sale.
Finally, the company is rolling out Play Games Sidekick, the Gemini-powered Android overlay it announced last year, to select games downloaded from Play. Sidekick can show you relevant info and tools for whatever game you're playing without having to do a search query. But if you'd rather ask other people for gaming advice instead of an AI, you can also look at a game's Community Posts, a feature now available in English for select titles on
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AI Grammar Checker & Paraphraser - LanguageTool for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge checks your spelling, grammar, and more. Help improve your writing with this extension/add-on that will continuously check your text for all types of errors and provide suggestions to improve your style and tone. [License: Freemium / Subscription $69.90 Per Year | Requires:
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 Weekly MLB games are set to return to the Apple TV subscription service on Friday, March 27, Apple said today. The fifth Friday Night Baseball season will begin with the Los Angeles Angels facing off against the Houston Astros, followed by the Cleveland Guardians playing against the Seattle Mariners.
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Apple still hasn't confirmed a foldable iPhone, and the company's latest round of product announcements didn't change that. Apple launched several new devices last week, but there was still no mention of a folding iPhone. Even so, the steady stream of leaks and analyst reports hasn't slowed. Over the past few months, supply-chain sources and leakers have continued to sketch out Apple's possible plans, with most signs still pointing to a launch in the second half of 2026.
As with any unannounced Apple hardware, plenty could shift before anything ships. Features can be revised, timelines can move and some ideas may never make it beyond internal testing. Even so, the growing consistency across recent reports offers a clearer picture of how the so-called iPhone Fold might take shape and where it could land in Apple's lineup.
Below, we've rounded up the most credible rumors so far, and we'll keep this guide updated as new details emerge.
When could the iPhone Fold launch?Rumors of a foldable iPhone date back as far as 2017, but more recent reporting suggests Apple has finally locked onto a realistic window. Most sources now point to fall 2026, likely alongside the iPhone 18 lineup, with some supply-chain hints suggesting mass production could begin in mid-2026 if development stays on track.
Mark Gurman has gone back and forth on timing, initially suggesting Apple could launch "as early as 2026," before later writing that the
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Happy MacBook Neo launch day! Apple's $599 notebook is finally here, and we picked one up to take a look at the new machine and share some first impressions.
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Microsoft first debuted its full screen Xbox experience for Windows in the ROG Ally Xbox handheld, in a bid to compete with Steam's nearly 15-year-old Big Picture Mode. That Xbox interface eventually made its way to other Windows 11 gaming portables last year. Today at GDC, Microsoft revealed that its big screen Xbox UI is headed to all Windows 11 devices (including laptops and desktops) in April. Oh yah, and it's now simply called "Xbox Mode."
Xbox Mode will only be available in select markets at first, and Microsoft describes it as bringing "a controller-optimized experience to your Windows 11 device, letting players browse their library, launch games, use Game Bar and switch between apps." You know, just like Steam Big Picture mode. Microsoft didn't have much else to share about optimizations in Xbox Mode, but when it debuted the feature for Windows 11 Insiders last fall, the company noted that its task switcher will let people quickly move between games, as well as their apps.
Microsoft revealed at GDC today that it plans to start sending Project Helix
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I edited photos with the original Nano Banana, the pro model and now Nano Banana 2. Here's how they stack up.
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The appropriately-named Better Value plan has features that will appeal to families, but check the details.
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Adobe unveils an AI Assistant for Photoshop and upgrades Firefly, letting users edit images with prompts, voice commands, and new generative AI tools.
The post 7 New AI Tools in Photoshop That Let You Edit Photos With Simple Prompts appeared first on eWEEK.
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NEW RESOURCES Spotted on Reddit: Edible Plant Database. From the front page: "Explore 25,759 edible plant species from around the world — with edible uses, medicinal properties, cultivation details, and nutrition data. […]
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 Amazon today has the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation for $119.99, down from $179.00. This is a solid second-best price on the AirPods 4 with ANC, and the best price we've tracked so far in 2026.
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The MTIA processors are the tech giant's latest attempt to build its own AI hardware, even as it continues spending billions on gear from industry leaders like Nvidia.
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Yann LeCun's new startup AMI launched with a $1.03 billion seed round to build AI "world models," betting against the LLM-first approach.
The post Yann LeCun, Meta's Former AI Chief, Launches $1B Startup Focused on ‘World Models' appeared first on eWEEK.
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 Apple is planning to launch an all-new "MacBook Ultra" model this year, featuring an OLED display, touchscreen, and a higher price point, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
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Apple has a lot to prove at WWDC 2024. Not only must it fend off the negative attention it has been picking up from regulators, but it must also galvanize loyal developers and disabuse the industry perception that it has fallen behind on AI.
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Kyndryl continues to fill out its stable of network security partners, most recently inking an alliance with Palo Alto Networks for cybersecurity, SD-WAN and secure access service edge (SASE) services.
As part of the deal, Kyndryl will integrate Palo Alto's security products and services into its own managed security services, which include security monitoring, incident response, and threat intelligence.
Palo Alto brings a wide range of security offerings, including a family of next-generation firewalls, the Prisma Cloud security platform for cloud-based applications and workloads, endpoint security, and operational automation support.
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The new results show that people with a specific version of a gene are less likely to develop severe COVID-19. Earlier research had identified a specific group of genes, called the OAS1/2/3 gene cluster, as being involved in the risk for severe COVID-19.
One version of a gene in that cluster -passed down from Neanderthals, appeared to protect against serious disease, reducing risk by about 23%. Previous research was mostly done on people of European ancestory. Researchers are now seeing the same association of this genetic variant with less severe COVID-19 in people of African ancestory, according to a report published in Nature Genetics.
"The fact that people of African descent had the same protection allowed us to identify the only variant in DNA that actually protects against COVID19 i
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