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How much of your data do you really want Google to have?
Embellishment or fabrication?
The post-truth political campaign is officially here, thanks to AI
Political campaigns are no stranger to mudslinging, exaggerations, and outright lies. And now political operatives are enlisting generative AI tools to further their goals, the truth be damned.
Shifting Standards
GM and Ford to use Tesla's plug, all but killing CCS in North America
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Rivals GM and Ford have elected to switch their future electric cars over to Tesla's charging standard in North America, effectively signaling the death of the competing CCS1 standard.
Definitely intentional
Reddit does a Twitter with outrageous API prices to kill better Reddit apps
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Reddit has long offered free access to their social forums platform to outside developers. But that will soon change, and the irrationally high prices Reddit wants to charge will kill much-better apps like Apollo and Reddit Is Fun.
All hail our robot content overlords
AI writing comes to the software behind 43% of the internet
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Wordpress powers 2 out of every 5 websites, from amateur blogs to big publishers. Now there's an AI authoring tool for it — is that a good thing?
Thrive or die
Apple Vision Pro will either be the best thing to happen to AR, or its end
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VR and AR headsets aren't anything new, and Apple is far from the first company to pour vast resources into making them happen. But if Apple can't make it work, can anybody?
CNET backpedals on AI-generated content… barely
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AI-generated articles on CNET and other Red Ventures sites will still be reviewed by an editor, but will that be enough to avoid previous missteps?
@#%#$!
iOS 17 will finally let you ducking swear when you want to
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There's some other stuff in iOS 17 too, like stickers in Messages, live voicemail transcriptions, and more.
Also: The end of Intel Macs
The new 15" MacBook Air might get me to give up my trusty MacBook Pro
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Also: they plugged two processors into each other again to make it go twice as fast.
This is not the future I was promised
All alone in AR: Apple's depressingly dystopian vision for Vision Pro
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Does Apple really think I want to have a screen strapped to my face all the time? Because I don't, and I don't think you should want that either.
A computer for your face
Apple's long-awaited AR headset is incredibly impressive and confounding
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Apple made what looks like the best AR/VR headset ever. That's what they do. But, uh… why?
Secure personal cloud services
It's time to wrest your email free from the prying eyes of Google
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You don't have to hand all of your data over to Google and Microsoft in exchange for basic services like email and calendaring. There's a better option, one that gives you control over your data and privacy: Apostrophy Services!
It's aliiiive
BlackBerry Classic keyboard gets strapped to a Raspberry Pi
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It's not quite a smartphone, but it could be a fun side project for the tinkering crowd.
Gives You All The Flipping Feels
MrMobile Retro Reviews the (very purple) BlackBerry Style!
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Ready for a blast from the past?! MrMobile is taking us back in time with his retro review of the BlackBerry Style!!
See You At The Movies 🎥 🍿
Attend a CRACKBERRY Screening of the New BLACKBERRY MOVIE!
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Want to see the new BlackBerry movie with all your best CrackBerry friends? DARN RIGHT YOU DO.
WATCH THE TRAILER
Watch the BLACKBERRY movie trailer!
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The trailer for the new BLACKBERRY movie is here and it's looking the like the movie will definitely be worth watching!
They say it's for science
Google will pay you a measly $1.50 a week to track EVERYTHING on your phone
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Google already tracks a lot of your data, whether you want them to or not. But for a mere pittance they'll track even more of it! Why? All so they can better sell ads to put in front of your face. Cooooooool.
SAFETY YELLOW
Nomad's High Volta iPhone and Apple Watch bands are intensely yellow
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Nomad makes sine truly excellent accessories for Apple devices, and the newest editions of their Sport Case for iPhone and Sport Band for Apple Watch are amazing — and amazingly yellow.
Spec bumps
Samsung plays it safe with the new Galaxy S23 and S23 Ultra
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: Samsung's new top-end Galaxy S23 lineup features a 6.1-inch smartphone, a bigger 6.6-inch S23+, and an even-larger Galaxy S23 Ultra that goes all-out on the cameras.
Is it cheating or just a tool?
ChatGPT's totally predictable disruption of education
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The moment ChatGPT was unveiled the outcome for education was obvious: students were absolutely going to use it. But does it count as cheating?
An inevitable future
Big Oil is coming for EVs (in a good way?)
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Some of the biggest oil companies in the world have acknowledged that the future of surface transportation will largely be electric, and they don't want to miss out on that rapidly expanding pie.