While there's been much talk surrounding Amazon's generative AI-powered overhaul of its voice assistant, Alexa, and its expected subscription fees, we've heard little from the e-commerce giant about a launch date. New reports indicate it's expected to launch in October and confirm that a subscription will be required. Also: 5...

Amazon's revamped Alexa with generative AI to roll out in October

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Matt Garman sees a shift in software development as AI automates coding, telling staff to enhance product-management skills to stay competitive.

In a leaked recording, Amazon cloud chief tells employees that most developers could stop coding soon as AI takes over

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The robots can walk, drive, stand upright on two legs, and manipulate packages with wheeled end effectors.
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos just bet big on this four-wheeled AI robot

How? According to Bloomberg, Google has trained one of its foundation AI models with 300 million pieces of audio that included coughs, sniffles and labored breathing, to identify, for example, someone battling tuberculosis. Now, it has teamed up with an Indian company — Salcit Technologies, a respiratory healthcare AI startup...

Google is working on AI that can hear signs of sickness

Apple may sideline Siri in its rumored tabletop home robot and replace it with a more human-like AI personality, says Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. "One vital piece of the robotic work is the creation of a personality. While Siri is the digital assistant on Apple's current devices, the company is working on another human-like interface based on generative AI," Gurman writes in the latest edition of his weekly Power On newsletter. "It could run on the tabletop product and other future Apple robotics devices, I'm told."

Apple's Rumored Robot May Ditch Siri for a More Human-Like AI Personality

Your Android phone is about to get an AI-powered anti-theft upgrade that can keep your personal information safe. In May of this year, Google teased a new Theft Detection Lock tool for Android phones. Expected to debut with Android 15, the feature would sense a device's motion -- such as someone snatching a phone and then running, biking, or driving away -- and immediately lock the screen, Google said.

Your Android phone is getting an anti-theft upgrade, thanks to AI. How it works

Web: Account icon > Settings & Privacy > Settings > Audience and visibility > Posts. Turn off Allow comment summaries. Mobile: Menu > Settings & Privacy > Settings > Audience and visibility > Posts. Turn off Allow comment summaries. Meta AI is on by default in the Facebook app. Turning...

How to Turn Off Meta AI on Facebook

Google Meet’s newest AI-powered feature, “take notes for me,” has started rolling out today to Google Workspace customers with the Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings & Messaging add-ons. It’s similar to Meet’s transcription tool, only instead of automatically transcribing what everyone says, it summarizes what everyone talked about. Google first announced this feature at its 2023 Cloud Next conference.

Google Meet’s automatic AI note-taking is here

The Verge, then you probably know your tech, and so it’s likely that you’re sometimes asked to help troubleshoot computer issues by friends, family, and / or neighbors. It can be something as simple as just turning on the Wi-Fi or as complicated as having to update a BIOS. Whatever’s wrong, it’s much harder to sort out if you’re not in the same room as the computer in question — and trying to work with someone over a phone call can be a lesson in frustration.

How to troubleshoot someone else’s computer remotely

Actually, honestly, I’m curious what you all do with the iPhone’s spare button. (Tell me your tricks!) I know some folks use it to launch voice mode of ChatGPT, which is neat, but double-clicking the Action Button is for sure the fastest take-a-picture pipeline I’ve ever tried.

This is the correct use of the Action Button.

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‘This is a game changer.’ Ordering off the kid’s menu comes with a certain set of expectations. Small portions, lower prices—possibly an age restriction—but generally, nothing too off-base as far as ordering food.

‘For $6, who cares?’: Applebee’s customer shocked after ordering both adult and kids’ cheeseburgers

Learn how to record a phone call or FaceTime audio call on your iPhone, transcribe the recording, summarize it, and export the audio file to another app. Android phones and jailbroken iPhones have had built-in call recording for ages, and this was one of the features I missed most on my iPhone. Thankfully, iOS 18 addresses this concern and adds a built-in call recording with a few extra tricks, like call transcription and summarization.

How to record a phone call on iPhone on iOS 18 and older

I’ve been hunting for a pair of open-ear headphones. I’ve tried two bone-conduction headphones from Suunto. They were lovely, but the bass left me wanting. I tried the Shokz OpenFit Air. The bass was better, but the fit wasn’t great when I wore my glasses. I’d resigned myself to forever using my Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses for runs — great sound but a little heavy and gross when sweaty — and then Shokz said it had a brand-spanking-new pair of bone conduction headphones for me to try. The $179.95 OpenRun Pro 2.

Shokz’s new bone conduction headphones have a clever solution for bass

Boox, the company behind the pocket-friendly Palma e-reader, has revealed its cheapest device yet. At just $149.99, the Boox 6 Go features a six-inch 300ppi E Ink display and a wider-than-the-Palma form factor for reading while on the go. The device uses an upgraded Carta 1300 E Ink display that’s...

The maker of the Palma has a new cheaper e-reader

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Ever wondered if your feline friend truly loves you? Cats, those enigmatic furballs, have a knack for hiding their affections in the most subtle ways. Let’s dive into the clandestine world of kitty love and uncover how your cat secretly shows its love for you.

How Your Cat Secretly Shows Its Love for You

Meta is working on a smaller mixed-reality device that looks like a large pair of glasses, according to a report from The Information. The glasses, reportedly codenamed Puffin, may not arrive until 2027 — if the project comes to fruition at all. Sources tell The Information that the glasses...

Meta is working on mixed-reality glasses, but they’re probably years away

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In the 1960s, the TV landscape was filled with science fiction/action adventure shows such as The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Lost in Space, My Favorite Martian, and other more light-hearted fantasy fare like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and two "monster" comedies: The Addams Family, and The Munsters.

For Pat Priest, working on 'The Munsters' was Sometimes Difficult Due to Yvonne De Carlo & Others

Google Play Store can now download, install, and update multiple Android apps simultaneously. Previously, if you attempted to run all your updates manually, Play Store would only process a single app at a time. Now, as we’ve tested, it can do up to three. As reported by Android Police,...

Google’s Play Store can finally install or update multiple Android apps at once

After announcing seven years of OS updates for its Galaxy S24 smartphones earlier this year, Samsung is doing the same for its TVs. If you have a Samsung TV from 2023 or later, the company will provide seven years of free updates for its Tizen OS, Business Korea reports. The updates will first be available for the AI-integrated TVs that launched in March 2024 and some TVs released in 2023. Samsung hasn't announced a list of models or a rollout schedule yet.

Samsung Smart TVs to Get 7 Years of OS Updates

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A reader asked the Denver Post why it hadn’t covered a grisly and salacious 2014 murder in Littleton, CO. It hadn’t, because the crime never happened. But there it is on YouTube and Spotify, accumulating millions of views with seemingly AI-generated voiceovers and faces. True crime fans say they reported the videos months ago after YouTube recommended them, but they aren’t being removed.

Viral true crime story or just another AI fake?

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Amazon’s new Alexa voice assistant will use Claude AI

The improved version of Alexa that Amazon’s expected to release this year will primarily be powered by Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence model, according to Reuters. The...

Amazon’s new Alexa voice assistant will use Claude AI

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