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Xiaomi announces 13T Pro with promise of four major Android updates
The Xiaomi 13T Pro in blue. | Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi is launching the 13T and 13T Pro today, two smartphones that will benefit from more Android upgrades than what it’s offered previously. Both are due to receive four major Android updates as well as five years of security patches, Xiaomi’s communications director, Daniel Desjarlais, announced...
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The Google Pixel 8’s latest leak shows off big AI camera updates
The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Pixel 8 camera specs and a new AI promo video for the phone were posted by 91Mobiles, courtesy of leaker Kamila Wojciechowska, giving us our first real look at how Google will integrate more AI into its flagship smartphones...
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Fitbit updates its app and teases something for September 28th
Is that a Charge 6 I see? | Image: Fitbit It’s been a big day for Fitbit fans. On Tuesday morning, the Google-owned subsidiary started rolling out its new Fitbit app, and later in the day, it teased news on September 28th about a new Fitbit device. The news teaser is brief: it’s a six-second...
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Chromebooks will soon get 10 years of automatic updates
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google announced a big change to Chromebooks that could help them last a few years longer. Starting in 2024, ChromeOS devices will be eligible to receive automatic security updates for 10 years after their release. Chromebooks released in 2021 or later will all receive the updates; those...
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Chromebooks will get updates for 10 years | TechCrunch
Google announced today that Chromebooks will now receive automatic software updates for 10 years after the hardware platform’s release date (the platform in that case is a bit like a car platform). This move will help when it comes to increasing the longevity of those devices. The company said that users with Chromebooks released in...
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Amazon updates visual search, AR search and more in challenge to Google | TechCrunch
Amazon is introducing new features that make it easier to search for products on mobile and is challenging other product search engines, like Google and Pinterest in the process. The retailer announced a handful of new search and discovery features, including multimodal search (searching with text plus images), an expansion of its AR efforts, and...
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WhatsApp now lets you get updates from celebrities and sports clubs
If your group chats just aren’t cutting it any more, WhatsApp is now letting people sign up for direct updates from celebrities, sports teams and brands. Source: Sky News
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X updates its terms to ban crawling and scraping | TechCrunch
Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, has updated its terms of service to prohibit scraping and crawling — likely to fend off any AI models training on its data. The new terms, which are effective from September 29, ban any kind of scraping or crawling without “prior written consent.” NOTE: crawling or scraping the Services in...
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This year’s expected Apple Watch updates are all about the sensors
The new Apple Watches will purportedly get a new optical heart rate sensor and U2 UWB chip. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This year’s Apple Watch leaks haven’t been terribly exciting. So far, we’ve heard there’ll be a new, faster processor and potentially a darker color for the Ultra 2. However, a...