Category: Tech
Go inside Snapdragon’s exclusive Beats and Bytes event at SXSW
Go inside Snapdragon’s exclusive Beats and Bytes event at SXSW
Google’s Find My Device is adding location-sharing with contacts
The new update is taking a page out of Google Maps’ playbook. Google’s Find My Device is arguably the best way to track down a lost Android device or supported accessories like a smartwatch. If your phone never got lost, chances are you were never really interested in Find My Device, but a new feature […]
Bluesky proposes new privacy settings for its users
The new options would allow Bluesky users to determine how their information is used for generative AI and advertising. Bluesky is working on giving users a little more control over their privacy. The company published a proposal on Github outlining the changes the company is thinking of making to that end. “This draft describes how […]
Your Amazon Echo will start reporting to Amazon on March 28
Amazon is sending emails to let customers know that local requests will be turned off. Owners of the Amazon Echo have long had the option for the device to process requests locally, thereby keeping their information off of Amazon’s servers. That functionality is going away starting on March 28. The company sent out emails to […]
AI search tools are confidently wrong a lot of the time, study finds
60 percent of queries got wrong answers. AI search tools confidently spit out wrong answers at a high clip, a new study found. Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) conducted a study in which it fed eight AI tools an excerpt of an article and asked the chatbots to identify the “corresponding article’s headline, original publisher, …
Google’s officially retiring Assistant
It’s an upgrade, the company said. Google’s officially retiring its Assistant tool, instead migrating users to its AI-powered Gemini. In a blog post announcement, Google wrote: “Over the coming months, we’re upgrading more users on mobile devices from Google Assistant to Gemini; and later this year, the classic Google Assistant will no longer be …
The Ultimate Guide to Protecting Your Identity in the Digital Age
Everything you need to know to help respond and reduce the risk of falling victim to identity theft online. Identity theft in Australia is a serious issue. While the digital age has revolutionised the way we communicate, shop, and manage our finances, it has also introduced new vulnerabilities. Cybercriminals are constantly finding ways to exploit […]
Apple AirPods may get live translation feature soon, report says
It could come with iOS 19. The future is now, it seems, and Apple is right in the thick of it. Cupertino is reportedly working on a new feature for AirPods that would allow people to translate conversations live and in person. The news comes via Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Per Gurman, Apple intends …
Cybertruck deliveries reportedly halt for trim flying off the trucks
More Cybertruck problems for Elon Musk, Tesla, and customers. Tesla stocks are tumbling, Tesla sales are falling, and people are protesting Tesla’s showroom locations — Elon Musk and his EV car company are not having a great few weeks. Now, it seems like a production issue with Cybertruck has snuck in just in time to […]
Apple sharing RCS encryption with Android users
Your texts will be safer. RCS 3.0 was officially unveiled by the GSMA, an association representing mobile network operators. On the face of it, it’s fairly boring news. However, this one is special because it’ll finally fix RCS messaging between Android and iOS users. When Apple added RCS support to …
