In the beginning was the command line, and despite all the machine-learning froth, developers still live there. That is why Google has shoved its Jules coding agent into a terminal with a new tool it calls Jules Tools. Google years ago positioned search as the command line for the internet and now it has created a command line interface for …
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If you’ve been keeping up with your Windows software updates, you probably noticed Microsoft’s Copilot AI made an appearance in the Taskbar—and in apps including Word and Excel if you use the Microsoft 365 suite. If you’re unhappy with that, you may be able to disable it. You can disable Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps (unless you’re on a work …
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On Thursday, a team of researchers led by Microsoft announced that they had discovered, and possibly patched, what they’re terming a biological zero-day—an unrecognized security hole in a system that protects us from biological threats. The system at risk screens purchases of DNA sequences to determine when someone’s ordering DNA that encodes a toxin or dangerous virus. But, the researchers …
Read More »We Finally Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work The New York Times Apple is trying to make your phone usable as a phone again vox.com iPhone fans are loving this iOS 26 feature for stopping spam calls – here’s how to turn it on TechRadar Turn on NEW phone trick to finally avoid infuriating spam calls – & watch it expose them without …
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“Apple’s Camera Knows Where You’re Looking”: iPhone 17 Tracks Your Face While Video Calls Become Surveillance Tools Without Warning Rude Baguette I tested the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max for two weeks, and I’m in love CNN Apple’s iPhone 17 Line Wins By Returning the Focus to Hardware Bloomberg.com The T-Mobile “Apple iPhone 17 On Us” Deals Explained IGN iPhone 17 …
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Nvidia is on a dealmaking spree: Days after committing to taking a $5 billion stake in Intel and a whopping $100 billion investment in OpenAI, the GPU maker has now struck a partnership with China’s Alibaba. Alibaba said on Wednesday that it is integrating Nvidia’s AI development tools for robotics, self-driving cars, and connected spaces into its Cloud Platform for …
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Far Fields tools: Weighted Belt, Curve Sickle, Warding Bell, and Silkspeed Anklets Weighted Belt – Can be purchased from a vendor called Mort. You need to pay 30x Rosaries just to enter his shop. However, if you destroy the mechanism above the door, the shop will remain open for later visits. Note that Mort disappears from his location once you …
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Android & Chill (Image credit: Future) One of the web’s longest-running tech columns, Android & Chill is your Saturday discussion of Android, Google, and all things tech. I think one of the fastest ways to wreck anything good is to randomly add a bunch of AI nonsense to it. Since Google loves to prove me right, I was surprised that …
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At its annual Made on YouTube event this week, YouTube unveiled tons of new updates, features, and tools geared toward creators, including updates to YouTube Live, new ways to monetize, and more. Studio updates include “likeness” detection and lip-synced dubs, and the company is offering new AI tools for podcasters to help promote their shows. Here’s everything announced at Made …
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Google said it took model bias “extremely seriously” and was developing privacy techniques that can sanitise sensitive datasets and develop safeguards against bias and discrimination. Researchers have suggested that one way to reduce medical bias in AI is to identify what data sets should not be used for training in the first place and then train on diverse and more …
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