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Google’s Meet app is getting a few more features designed for calls. Meet, the videocalling app Google rolled Duo into a couple of years ago, is designed to handle both meetings and personal video calls. The update, which will roll out over the coming months, focuses on the personal side. It offers an updated UI and features like in-call messaging — things that have only been available in meetings until now.

Google Meet’s latest update includes a new UI and in-call messaging

Google has finally jumped aboard offering smartwatches in two sizes, three generations into its Pixel Watch endeavour. As pre-release leaks suggested, the Pixel Watch 3 has arrived in 41 mm and 45 mm variants, both with improvements over the Pixel Watch 2. For reference, the Pixel Watch 3 has lined up alongside the following other new Pixel devices:

Google Pixel Watch 3 released with new 45 mm size and two years of free cellular data in the US

Smart doorbells are indispensable to any home security system, monitoring people, packages, pets, and more. Some smart video doorbells need a battery boost every few months or require a wired connection that some homes don't support. Tapo offers a solution. TP-Link's Tapo brand introduced two new smart video doorbell options...

Tapo’s New Dual-Powered Smart Doorbell Uses AI and Records 24/7

Free users of ChatGPT can now generate up to two images per day with DALL-E 3 after the AI image generator was previously exclusive to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. Since its launch, DALL-E 3 has only been available to customers who pay for ChatGPT. Free users get access to ChatGPT 3.5 while subscribers get GPT 4 which is the more up-to-date large-language model.

ChatGPT Free Users Can Now Generate Two AI Images Per Day on DALL-E

Human intelligence can be summarized as the way a function is used, in this case, memory. Simply, intelligence is defined as the quality of usage, of what is available in memory. Usually, new information shapes decision-making. However, if the new information cannot be relayed to other parts—of memory—the information may...

AI alignment in the dimensionality of machine intelligence

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

After successfully proving that the ACBP protein, which was discovered over four decades ago, can be used to cure anorexia in mice, scientists are now ready to try and cure this complex illness in humans using the same method. Statistics reveal that about 1 percent of women and five times fewer men suffer from anorexia.

Simple yet effective treatment for anorexia proposed as trials with mice declared a success

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Mark Zuckerberg on Monday predicted a future where hundreds of millions of people regularly wear AI-powered smart glasses like Meta's Ray-Bans.

Mark Zuckerberg predicts a future where nearly everyone is wearing AI-powered smart glasses

If you’ve ever gotten frustrated trying to connect two or three consoles to your TV, wait until you hear about the guy who successfully connected 444 of them. A man from Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim Al-Nasser, just earned the Guinness World Record for the most video game consoles hooked up to a single TV. His gigantic retro console collection apparently has every release, from the Magnavox Odyssey, the very first console ever, to the most recent, the PlayStation 5 Slim.

Man hooks up 444 consoles to a TV, sets world record

Google’s Android phones are about to get an AI upgrade. The company’s flagship AI model, Gemini, will replace Google Assistant as the default service on Android phones in the coming weeks, the company announced Tuesday. The move marks the beginning of the generative AI era for smartphone functionality,...

Android phones get an AI upgrade

Samsung may make a small but impactful change to the design of the next Galaxy S series ultra model according to new info. However, it should still retain a distinct appearance when compared to the standard and plus models. With the launch of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy...

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra may be more comfortable to hold than the S24 Ultra

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

The PocketBook Verse Pro Color has arrived in stores. The new e-reader with a color display, Bluetooth and waterproof housing can display 25 e-book formats, including Amazon Kindle formats and six audio formats. Over two months ago, PocketBook announced its new Verse Pro Color e-reader. The device is now available...

New PocketBook Verse Pro Color e-reader with color display and IPX8 is now available

Anker appears to be working on a new 10-in-1 USB-C Docking Station. Details of the latest model, with identifier A8376, have been shared on Reddit by reliable source u/joshuadwx. The accessory seems similar to the 675 USB-C Docking Station (12-in-1, Monitor Stand, Wireless) launched in early 2023. The 10-in-1 USB-C...

New Anker 10-in-1 USB-C Docking Station rumored to be on the way

The Philips Hue Datura ceiling light is available in Europe. The model was unveiled in June alongside the recently launched Tento round ceiling light. The smart light comes in two sizes, regular (57.4 cm) and small (38.4 cm), and is designed for living spaces. The Datura has two light sources,...

Philips Hue Datura: New smart ceiling light rolls out to more countries

Leaks and rumours of the Google Pixel 9 have already given us a solid look at the redesigned exterior of Google's 2024 smartphone line-up, and the Made by Google 2024 keynote (watch below) confirmed all of those aesthetic changes when Google announced the Google Pixel 9. Underneath the Google Pixel...

Google Pixel 9 launches with taller, thinner, redesigned case disguising minimal hardware improvements

A while ago, reports indicated that AMD might not be done with AM4 just yet, with a leaker suggesting that an AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D and Ryzen 7 5700X3D were on the way. While the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has since launched (curr. $209.96 on Amazon) and impressed in benchmarks, there hasn't been much in the rumour mill about its Ryzen 5 sibling in a while. Now, another leak, this time from the more official Eurasian Economic Commission, indicates that there may have been some truth to the previous leak of a Ryzen 5 variant.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D coming to refresh AM4 again as new gaming CPU emerges in leaks

Artificial intelligence is spreading its ample wings throughout the Android operating system, right down to Google’s decision to rebuild the assistant experience entirely to integrate it inside Android. It means Google Assistant has gone the way of the dinosaur, relegated to the history books as it’s replaced by the next big thing: Google Gemini. What better way to introduce the changes than letting Gemini tell you itself.

Gemini has killed Google Assistant to become the AI future of Android

The Send button could soon become inverted in color when you begin typing, while chats can get a transition animation. Google could soon invert the color of the Send button when the text compose box has content in it, highlighting its clickability. Google is also working to add transition animations,...

Google Messages could soon start paying more attention to color and animations (APK teardown)

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A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

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New AI platform to create 3D games based on text input, trailer provides first insights

On August 15. 2024, the start-up \"Exists\", which specializes in artificial intelligence, published a press release to a generative AI platform that will enable users to...

On August 15. 2024, the start-up "Exists", which specializes in artificial intelligence, published a press release to a generative AI platform that will enable users to...

New AI platform to create 3D games based on text input, trailer provides first insights

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