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Google Calendar is making a significant change to how users schedule appointments. The older “appointment slots” feature will be phased out in favor of the newer and more robust “appointment schedules” tool. This transition is set for completion on July 18th, 2024.Google announced the change by stating it’s found that “appointment schedules” offer a more streamlined, user-friendly method of managing appointment bookings. Furthermore, this tool offers several advantages over the older system by including some new features such as the below:Professional Booking Pages: Easily create polished pages where others can schedule time with you.Availability Customization: Precisely define when you’re available…
Internet founders reflect on its impact and future amid AI concerns – CBS News Watch CBS News “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil sits down with three computer scientists who helped create the internet, Bob Kahn, Vint Cerf and Steve Crocker, to see what they think of their creation now, and what our digital future may hold. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On #Internet #founders #reflect #impact #future #concerns
The big story One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors April 2021 In the city of South Bend, Indiana, wastewater from people’s kitchens, sinks, washing machines, and toilets flows through 35 neighborhood sewer lines. On good days, just before each line ends, a vertical throttle pipe diverts the sewage into an interceptor tube, which carries it to a treatment plant where solid pollutants and bacteria are filtered out. As in many American cities, those pipes are combined with storm drains, which can fill rivers and lakes with toxic sludge when heavy rains or melted snow overwhelms them,…
After the release of its flagship Galaxy S24 series and the mid-range Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G, Samsung’s next big announcement will be of its new generation of foldable phones.The pricier model will, of course, be the Galaxy Z Fold 6, the successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 5 from 2023. The other foldable will be the well-known Galaxy Z Flip 6. This year, however, Samsung is rumored to have prepared a third foldable phone for its customers.More specifically, we are talking about a budget variant of the company’s most premium foldable (and phone in general), the Galaxy…
The fruits and vegetables you eat may soon be cultivated and processed by an army of drones and robots, some powered by artificial intelligence. In fact, it’s already happening on farms across America.Hylio, a Houston-based tech company, was granted an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration in February for a single pilot to operate swarms of heavy drones over farms. Three battery-powered drones, some weighing as much as 400 pounds each, can now be used at one time to spray fertilizer and pesticides on fields of produce. That task is typically handled by farm workers or crop-dusting planes. Before the…
The hugely popular Apple Watch Series 9 is in the spotlight today thanks to a 24-hour-only Best Buy sale that makes the most affordable models a whopping $100 cheaper than usual, but before pulling the trigger there, you may still want to consider all of your options.One interesting alternative is the Garmin Venu 2, which defies its advanced age to tower above all the best budget smartwatches available in 2024. That’s probably not going to be true for a very long time, though, as we fully expect Amazon to quickly run out of inventory at 150 bucks under a $399.99 list price.Released…
The companies with the most powerful AI models, such as GPT-4 and Gemini, will face more onerous requirements, such as having to perform model evaluations and risk-assessments and mitigations, ensure cybersecurity protection, and report any incidents where the AI system failed. Companies that fail to comply will face huge fines or their products could be banned from the EU. It’s also worth noting that free open-source AI models that share every detail of how the model was built, including the model’s architecture, parameters, and weights, are exempt from many of the obligations of the AI Act. Deeper Learning Africa’s push…
Are you in the market for a good Android tablet right now but feel like most budget-friendly options look… largely identical? That’s definitely not true for the Lenovo Yoga Tab 11, which is anything but generic-looking or instantly forgettable.Of course, an unconventional design doesn’t necessarily make a great gadget, although in this particular case, the built-in stainless steel kickstand certainly adds to the slate’s convenience in addition to its visual charm.You can use said kickstand to more comfortably watch movies, play games, sketch stuff on the 11-inch touchscreen (with the help of a separately sold stylus), or even hang the…
TikTok confirmed early this month that its Creativity Program will be leaving beta beta with some improvements and a new name. Today, the change has been officialized with the introduction of the new Creator Rewards Program, which replaces the beta program.The new Creator Rewards Program will continue to reward high-quality and original content (over a minute long) using an optimized rewards formula that takes into consideration four major aspects: originality, play duration, search value and audience engagement.TikTok says that the new formula will also automatically reward creators for their account’s ad value determined by their community’s ad watchtime. Along with…
Usually available for $24.99, T-Mobile’s Home Internet gateway device is getting a huge discount at Metro by T-Mobile. For a limited time, customers can purchase the 5G Gateway for just $9.99, although you still need to pay for a T-Mobile Home Internet plan.As per Wave7 Research’s report (via Jeff Moore), Metro by T-Mobile started advertising the offer earlier this month. A picture from a California Metro store taken on March 12 confirms that the 5G Gateway needed for T-Mobile Home Internet costs just $9.99.The offer includes one month of Home Internet for free, but after that you’ll have to pay…
Samsung patent reveals technology using AI for summarizing documents tailored to the user.AI uses search queries to understand user interests and political leanings for summaries.This tech might appear in future Samsung devices like the Galaxy Z Flip 6.Not too long ago, Samsung unveiled its latest flagship series, the Galaxy S24, marking its entry into the realm of artificial intelligence with the introduction of Galaxy AI. Now, it looks like the Korean tech giant is gearing up to delve even deeper into AI.Well-known tipster Revegnus recently shared on X that Samsung has disclosed a patent for AI document summarization technology. The…
OnePlus confirmed last week that its next budget-friendly smartphone, the Nord CE4, will be introduced in India on April 1. But that was just the beginning of the company’s marketing campaign meant to hype up the OnePlus Nord CE4.After mentioning that its upcoming phone will be equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, OnePlus returns this week with even more details about the Nord CE4.Without revealing too much about the phone, OnePlus has started teasing bits of information about the Nord CE4 such as its RAM and memory capacity, as well as some battery charging details.First off, OnePlus took…
Meta is not having a great start of the week. Turkey’s competition watchdog implemented a temporary restriction on Meta to block the exchange of data between Instagram and Threads.The reason is that there’s an ongoing investigation into Meta’s potential abuse of its dominant position in the market (via Reuters).This action follows the initiation of a probe in December by the watchdog into Meta, the parent company of Facebook, for potentially breaching competition laws by linking Instagram with its newer platform, Threads.The watchdog stated that the interim measure will be in effect until a conclusive verdict is reached, since the data…
Rich Communication Services (RCS) allows Android users messaging to other Android users over the RCS platform to enjoy many of the fabulous features that Apple offers to those chatting with iMessage. Those features include end-to-end encryption, read receipts, typing indicators, high-quality image sharing, the ability to type longer messages, and more. Later this year, Apple will add RCS support to the iPhone allowing iPhone users chatting with an Android user to enjoy the aforementioned features.According to SamMobile, some Galaxy phone users are having issues using RCS. Over at Reddit, some Android phone owners have noticed that chats with a few…
If you’re a fan of Nothing, you should mark the March 20 date in your calendar.That’s when Nothing will release something new: nobody has any idea what it’s going to be. There are breadcrumbs, though. In Nothing’s official X/Twitter account, there’s a super short video with the company’s CEO Carl Pei, and Julie from Nothing’s Content Team.The video is an excerpt from a conversation between the two. Whatever they’re discussing, it’s been presented as “an industry first”:Julie: So I think this is a bit of industry first. Why do you think other companies haven’t done this before:Carl Pei: Well, it’s…
YouTube has recently claimed the top spot as the leading streaming service in America. But that is not all, as YouTube Music and YouTube Premium surpassed 100 million subscribers worldwide not long ago. Despite its growing user base, YouTube Music faces tough competition from established platforms like Apple Music and Spotify. However, with each new feature, it aims to carve out a larger share of the market. According to 9to5Google, a new feature enabling song recognition is currently being rolled out to YouTube Music. To use it, you need to first tap the search icon in the top-right corner. Additionally,…