admin iPhone maker Apple Inc. had rejected offers from Meta Platforms Inc. to integrate the latter’s Llama chatbot in the mobile device as part of an artificial intelligence (AI) partnership, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. The companies had “brief talks” in March about integrating Llama AI chatbot into the iPhone, but it didn’t reach the formal stage … Read more
Infinite Rabbit Holes CEO Susan Bonds and her company’s hybrid AR game experiences based on Batman … [+] and Alice and Wonderland. (Photo by David Bloom) It took 15 years, but the Augmented World Expo – probably the immersive tech industry’s most important annual gathering – finally ventured out of the Bay Area’s protective cocoon … Read more
Calling all Operators! The highly anticipated blue Monster Energy skin has finally arrived in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Following the “Clutch” operator skin released earlier this year, Call of Duty and Monster Energy have collaborated again to release another free skin called “Lo Profile.” Credit: ONE Esports, Activision This slick cosmetic decks out SpecGru … Read more
Calling all Operators! The highly anticipated blue Monster Energy skin has finally arrived in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Following the “Clutch” operator skin released earlier this year, Call of Duty and Monster Energy have collaborated again to release another free skin called “Lo Profile.” Credit: ONE Esports, Activision This slick cosmetic decks out SpecGru … Read more
Apple, on Monday, June 24, released its second developer beta version of iOS 18 with several new features, including the support toggle for Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging, which will soon enable seamless multimedia exchange between iPhones and Android smartphones. This update comes just two weeks after the release of the first iOS 18 developer … Read more
It turns out that AI chatbots not only have a tendency to be inaccurate, but they also lack a sense of humor. In a study published earlier this month, Google DeepMind researchers concluded that artificial intelligence chatbots are simply not funny. Last year, four researchers from the UK and Canada asked 20 professional comedians who … Read more
Designer Thomas Heatherwick thinks the construction industry is in a crisis. “We’ve just got so used to buildings that are boring,” says the man behind London’s revived Routemaster bus, Google’s Bay View, and New York’s Little Island. “New buildings, again and again, are too flat, too plain, too straight, too shiny, too monotonous, too anonymous, … Read more
Jason Hiner/ZDNET Last week, it was reported that Apple has stopped developing the next-generation Vision Pro to focus on a more affordable consumer model. According to The Information, Apple has suspended work on the second-generation Vision Pro to prioritize creating a more budget-friendly version with fewer features, possibly targeting the consumer market rather than the enterprise. … Read more
Logitech has announced a new low-profile gaming keyboard, the G515 Lightspeed TKL Wireless, featuring upgraded low-profile switches that are now compatible with Cherry MX-style keycaps, improving the keyboard’s customizability. The G515 is a welcome upgrade to Logitech’s G915 Lightspeed Wireless keyboard, which debuted in 2019. The new G515 features a TKL (tenkeyless) design that’s similar … Read more
OpenAI is yet to issue its own post or a formal statement confirming the deal [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Microsoft-backed OpenAI has acquired remote collaboration video platform Multi (formerly known as Remotion), announced the latter’s CEO and co-founder Alexander Embiricos in a company blog post, as he shared that Multi’s journey would be coming … Read more