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Gemini 2.0 is supposed to make Google's AI come alive thanks to agents and Deep Research to create quick, internet-based reports.
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Apple has said Siri will defer to ChatGPT when users ask difficult questions, the ones its voice assistant is notoriously bad at answering.
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 Alongside iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2, Apple today released new HomePod Software 18.2 that's designed for the ?HomePod? and the HomePod mini.
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The world's No. 1 flash memory brand, Samsung, offers the T7 SSD for as low as $98 this holiday season.
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At $479, you're getting a serious piece of power equipment.
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 Willow performed a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years -- that's 10 followed by 25 zeroes. The post Google's Willow Chip Has Quantum Developers Weeping With Joy appeared first on TechNewsWorld.
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 As we get further into December, it's becoming increasingly hard to find all-time low discounts on Apple products that also have guaranteed Christmas delivery. One of the few devices that still falls under both of these conditions is the Apple Watch Series 10, which remains at best-ever Black Friday prices on Amazon for multiple 42mm and 46mm GPS models.
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Donald Trump has named current commissioner Andrew Ferguson as the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair, the president-elect posted on Truth Social. Ferguson has previously decried what he called censorship by big tech and worked as an antitrust enforcer for the FTC and Department of Justice.
"At the FTC, we will end Big Tech's vendetta against competition and free speech," Ferguson wrote on X. "We will make sure that America is the world's technological leader and the best place for innovators to bring new ideas to life."
Ferguson will take over from Linda Khan, who drew the ire of big tech by launching antitrust cases against Apple and Google, while also blocking a number of multi-billion-dollar corporate mergers. Under her hand, the FTC has gone after large companies of all stripes over concerns that large mergers would undermine competition and harm consumers with higher prices.
Ferguson's pitch for the job reportedly included plans to "reverse Lina Khan's anti-business agenda" and "hold big tech accountable and stop censorship," according to Punchbowl News. However, he stated that the agency should continue its strong scrutiny of the dominance of large tech firms, according to The New York Times' sources.
With Khan leaving her post as FTC chair, Trump also appointed Mark Meador as commissioner, which will result in a Republican majority on the five-person commission. Trump previously
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The company had invested billions into the self-driving car company.
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The latest Day of the Devs showcase has come and gone, but the stream placed a spotlight on a whole bunch of promising indie games. The event is curated by Double Fine and iam8bit and this digital showcase highlighted dozens of in-progress titles to keep an eye on. The virtual show included some world premieres and release date announcements, along with a bunch of new trailers about games we already knew about.
We winnowed down the list to our 14 favorites, so it's a baker's dozen plus one. These are all vastly different titles, with their own publishers, genres, budgets and visual styles. They have just one thing in common. These are indie games, in the truest sense of the word.
New games
Neon Abyss 2
The hit run-and-gun roguelite is getting a sequel, and it looks like an improvement over the original in every major way. There's an updated weapons system and plenty of new melee and long-distance weapons to choose from, including a gun that quite literally shoots out a giant dragon. Item synergies are back, and are even crazier this time around. The sequel also includes many of the random elements from the original, like slot machines and claw games.
There are brand-new minigames, such as a nifty-looking match-three puzzler. The graphics look similar to the original, but that's not a bad thing. I put like 80 hours into the first one on my Steam Deck, so this is
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The price of these Sony WH-1000XM4 noise-cancelling headphones have not gone back up since Black Friday.
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Amazon's #1 bestselling buds are just $189.99 after a sudden price drop 2 weeks before the big day.
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The hosting and plugin company sued WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg alleging he interfered with its customers and restricted its access to wordpress.org.
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Black Friday again in December? Samsung 'The Frame' QLED 4K smart TV is at its lowest price now.
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The battle for AI supremacy is heating up. Almost exactly a week after OpenAI made its o1 model available to the public, Google today is offering a preview of its next-generation Gemini 2.0 model. In a blog post attributed to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the company says 2.0 is its most capable model yet, with the algorithm offering native support for image and audio output. "It will enable us to build new AI agents that bring us closer to our vision of a universal assistant," says Pichai.
Google is doing something different with Gemini 2.0. Rather than starting today's preview by first offering its most advanced version of the model, Gemini 2.0 Pro, the search giant is instead kicking things off with 2.0 Flash. As of today, the more efficient (and affordable) model is available to all Gemini users. If you want to try it yourself, you can enable Gemini 2.0 from the dropdown menu in the Gemini web client, with availability within the mobile app coming soon.
Moving forward, Google says its main focus is adding 2.0's smarts to Search (no surprise there), beginning with
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It's easy to assume that the best tech gifts are the most expensive things. But there are plenty of options out there for the techie in your life that don't require you to empty your wallet. If you're struggling to come up with a gift for a coworker, family member or friend who's an early adopter or a tech obsessive, we've gathered some of our favorite things that are both small and affordable. The best part: All of these gift ideas come in at $50 or less.
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 In iOS 18.2, which Apple is releasing today, Apple's new Genmoji feature lets you create personalized emoji that aim to perfectly match what you want to express, going far beyond the limitations of standard Unicode emoji. Want an emoji of a break-dancing astronaut or a dog playing bagpipes? With Genmoji, you can make it happen.
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The decision to shut down GM subsidiary Cruise is a major blow to an automaker that was once seen as a leader in autonomous-driving technology.
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NEW RESOURCES The Violin Channel: Austrian Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Archive Launched Online. "The Nikolaus Harnoncourt Center (NHZ), which is based at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, Austria, has recently launched […]
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Joy, Hot Frosty, and Will & Harper are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
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NEW RESOURCES The Portugal News: Taking Alentejo music digital. "Launched earlier this year, the Cante Digital Archive seeks to preserve the memories of those associated with the ‘Cante Alentejano', a patrimony of […]
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 A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration
The White House will meet with executives from major tech companies, including Alphabet-owned Google (GOOGL.O), Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Amazon.com Inc, , to discuss software security after the United States have suffered several major cyber attacks last year.
In December, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to CEOs of tech companies after a se
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