The arrival of AI search bodes ill for everyone who relies on web search to have their business discovered, their blog post read, or their journalism funded
With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background
Google plans to roll out AI Overviews in Search to all US users by next week, and to more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by the end of 2024
AI Overviews is rolling out to all US based searchers in Google Search, making AI Overviews available to hundreds of millions …
Sources: Bending Spoons, which acquired Filmic in September 2022, laid off the photo and video app maker's entire team, including founder and CEO Neill Barham
Filmic, or FiLMiC as written by the brand, no longer has any dedicated staff as parent company Bending Spoons has laid off …
Samsung's reputation has taken a hit in South Korea, where three major carriers have halved the Galaxy S22's price, amid reports of hobbled device performance
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A real life test to secretly follow a person using AirTags, Tiles, and a LandAirSea GPS tracker
Apple plans AirTag updates to reduce stalking: Precision Finding for unknown AirTags, displaying alerts with sound, earlier tracking alerts, and louder sounds
but dumbing down the tech is not the answer; staying on top of the exploits is. Michael Kukielka / @detroitborg : AirTag is getting more scrutiny than other item trackers, but I al...
A flaw in Safari 15's IndexedDB API can leak browser activity and user identifiers, like Google ID, to other sites; Apple was alerted of the flaw on November 28
DISCLAIMER: FingerprintJS does not use this vulnerability in our products and does not provide cross-site tracking services. Source: The Verge .
Apple says iOS 15 users in select US states will be able to add their driver's license to Wallet this fall, and it's working with TSA to improve flight boarding
Apple details iOS 15 features: notification summaries, Live Text in photos, new ways to share in Messages, cross-app drag and drop, updates to Weather and Maps
in 35 seconds Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet : Apple to tempt Android and Windows users with a taste of FaceTime Oliver Haslam / iMore : Snapchat and more can use iOS 15's portrait...
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 870 with a similar design to the 865 and 865 Plus, clocked at 3.2GHz, making it about 10% faster than the 865
What we know Qualcomm : Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform Qualcomm : Qualcomm Announces Boosted Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Qualcomm Revamps Snap...
Consumers worldwide spent $407.6M across the App Store and Google Play on Christmas, up 34.5% YoY; mobile games rose 27% YoY to $295.6M, led by Honor of Kings
2020 has been a record-setting year for worldwide spending on mobile apps and games, which passed $100 billion in a single year for the first time ever in November.
Citing environmental concerns, Xiaomi CEO says its flagship Mi 11 phone will not come with a charger in the box; Xiaomi mocked Apple earlier over the same issue
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Report: Alphabet said to be close to buying Canadian smart glasses maker North for ~$180M; sales of North's first generation Focals were said to be minuscule
Abner Li / 9to5Google : Source: Globe and Mail .
Report: Alphabet said to be close to buying Canadian smart glasses maker North for ~$180M; sales of North's first generation Focals were said to be minuscule
While Glass lives on as an enterprise product, it never came close to reaching Google's wildly ambitious vision of replacing the smartphone. Source: Globe and Mail .
iFixit's new teardown of the Galaxy Fold shows Samsung's durability improvements but suggests that the main display and folding mechanism are still fragile
Introduction Teardown Update: After Samsung tried to make our initial teardown disappear from the internet five months ago …
Samsung releases a new care guide instructing Galaxy Fold users to “just use a light touch” and keep the phone free of water and dust
Apple Card: can't touch leather, denim, other credit cards, or be in a pocket/bag with any loose items —Samsung Fold: “just use a light touch,” don't let any water or dust get on i...
Samsung releases a new care guide instructing Galaxy Fold users to “just use a light touch” and keep the phone free of water and dust
While the Samsung Galaxy Fold is not the first foldable phone on the market, it's without a doubt the biggest, and it will be the device that sets the example for other companies.