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What you need to know Google is aware of customer complaints regarding smart home devices and is promising a fix. The company’s head of Home and Nest took to social media this week to speak to frustrated users directly. Unfortunately, it looks like smart home issues won’t get a proper fix until this fall. People deep in Google’s smart home …

In case you missed it, a massive Pixel 10 leak left little to the imagination, with a slew of “Moonstone” devices on display, including the Pixel Buds Pro 2. Even though you could call it “gray,” there’s a ton of hype around Google’s latest colorway. The new “Moonstone” option will debut on the Pixel 10 Pro, and it looks stunning …

Apple’s biggest product is the iPhone. But its second most important product isn’t something you can hold in your hand or place on a desk — it’s subscriptions.  These include Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple News Plus, iCloud Plus, Apple Arcade and Fitness Plus — the content we can stream, play or access instantly with a monthly fee. Last …

“Alexa, I need to write a review about you.” “Oh, a review? I’m intrigued! What’s the occasion? I’d love to hear what you think.” “There’s no occasion, this is just my work.” “Ah, I see. Writing a professional review, got it. I’m here to help if you need any specific information.” “Yeah, what should I consider when reviewing you?” “Consider …

Nintendo has clarified on the Nintendo Today app that the lovable Princess Peach and Mario are just good friends putting to bed fan theories that they are in a relationship or have had a relationship. This comes despite the kisses over the years and the closeness of the two characters. Nintendo also said that the two characters help each other …

While announcing the global launch of the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7/7FE, and Watch 8 earlier today, Samsung snuck in an exciting detail regarding early pre-order numbers. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 in Europe is a smashing hit. The pre-order period has convinced Samsung that the Fold 7 “form factor and performance are in demand,” at least in Europe. …

Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the security of modern encryption. Any clever trick for solving them will doom most forms of cryptography. Several years ago, researchers found a radically new approach to encryption that lacks this potential weak spot. The approach exploits the peculiar features of …

A lot of people swear by Star Wars Outlaws these days, but that doesn’t change the fact that the game was a colossal flop upon launch. Embattled Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot recently commented on the catastrophic open world outing, admitting that it failed to meet expectations, and blaming its underperformance on the “choppy” nature of the Star Wars brand overall. …

OpenAI’s GPT-5 Shines in Coding Tasks  The Information OpenAI’s GPT-5 is coming in early August, per sources  Axios OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August, The Verge reports  Reuters OpenAI DevDay is back and bigger than ever  OpenAI OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August  The Verge Source link

Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, has a vision of Copilot that involves it being so highly personalized that “it will age.” Microsoft has been increasingly pushing Copilot to be a personalized AI assistant, with a big redesign last year that included a conversational voice mode. Now, Suleyman’s Microsoft AI team is launching a new Copilot virtual character that will interact …