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You Can Now Set Copilot As the Default Assistant on Android; Here’s How
Anshuman Jain
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Microsoft's Co-Pilot AI can now be set as the default assistant on Android devices. The latest beta version allows users to replace Google Assistant with Co-Pilot, which can be triggered from any screen. However, it currently lacks voice activation and screenshot capabilities.
Radojka Travar
Have you ever wondered how big Minecraft builds can really get? Well, Reddit user bubbaflubba2 wanted to answer that question with a recreation of the solar system in Minecraft. They created the Sun and several other planets. They are all built in trustworthy scale and proportions and blocks used perfectly represent the object's texture and feel. Have you ever seen anything like this done in Minecraft before?
ProMotion Display Finally Coming to Standard iPhones but Not This Year: Report
Kanika Gogia
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Apple is expected to bring ProMotion Always-on Display technology across its entire iPhone lineup with the iPhone 17 series. Next year, the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Plus will feature OLED displays with the LTPO technology, which makes them the first-ever standard iPhone models to get ProMotion displays. The iPhone 17 and 17 Plus might also feature a taller aspect ratio of 19.6:9, which is currently teased for the iPhone 16 Pro models.
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace Brings Seamless Collaboration Within Zoom, and It’s All We Need
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ONLYOFFICE has made available a new extension of its popular DocSpace tool on the Zoom App Marketplace, which allows teams to collaborate during meetings in real-time. Users can add the extension in the Zoom app and use it during meetings for live collaboration.
MWC 2024: Moto’s Wearable Wrist Phone Is Cool & All, But It’s Not Practical
Abubakar Mohammed
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Lenovo-owned Motorola has made a concept phone that can also act like a wearable device, serving two functions in one device. The phone requires you to wear a strap with magnets, and the phone's body has magnets to latch on to the strap. Motorola says it's still a concept and might not be coming anytime soon to the market. Regardless, we think it should remain a concept.
“Don’t Mean to Be a Pest,” Elon Musk Calls Out Microsoft CEO for Tech Support
Anshuman Jain
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On Sunday, Elon musk ran into an issue where while setting up his new Windows 11 laptop. He couldn't figure out how to skip the Microsoft account sign up screen. Despite help from Community Notes and a number of other users online, he was having hard time figuring out a solution. So, he went to the source of his troubles, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, asking for tech support.
Nvidia Unveils New RTX 500 & RTX 1000 Laptop GPUs for AI Workstations
Satyam Kumar
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Nvidia's new RTX 1000 and RTX 500 laptop GPUs are meant for the AI era of computing. They bring the Ada Lovelace architecture with 3rd Gen RT cores and 4th Gen Tensor Cores. Suited for professionals such as 3D artists, engineers, scientists, and more these new GPUs will be used in upcoming RTX professional laptops released by various manufacturers such as HP, Dell, Lenovo, and MSI. The RTX 1000 has 6GB GDDR6 VRAM and an AI performance measurement of 154 TOPS, with the RTX 500 having 4GB GDDR6 VRAM with 193 TOPS.
Sampad Banerjee
In-development PC and mobile builds of the upcoming Sims 5 Project Rene game have leaked online. As per the leaks available, we now have confirmation of the game using Unreal Engine. Furthermore, Sims 5 will come with Denuvo DRM protection which many gamers found weird.
Truecaller Adds Call Recording Feature in India; Here’s How It Works
Anshuman Jain
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Truecaller has introduced a call recording and AI-powered transcription feature in India. This new feature allows users to record and transcribe incoming and outgoing calls in English and Hindi. The recordings and transcripts are accessible within the app once the call ends. The feature is available for both Android and iOS devices, but the process differs for each platform. The call recording feature is part of the Truecaller Premium plan.
After T-Pain confirming to work with GTA 6, another artist has now teased his involvement. Through a quote tweet, ScHoolboy Q says he might be in GTA radio for GTA 6. This happened when a fan asked him about his involvement in GTA 6 radio as the artist previously worked with Rockstar for GTA 5 and GTA Online.
Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, Stardew Valley creator has recently announced the release date for the 1.6 update. Mark your calendars everyone, as you can expect to play with the new features in a couple of weeks! It will first arrive for PC users. Console and mobile release will follow as soon as possible. The 1.6 update was thought to be a smaller update in the beginning, but started expanding to include new items, festivals, villager winter outfits, dialogue, late-game content, improvements, and so much more.
Microsoft is looking to expand its AI investment beyond OpenAI. The software giant has partnered with a French AI startup called Mistral AI and invested close to $2 billion to accelerate their new LLMs on Azure's infrastructure. Mistral AI's new model, Mistral Large, is already available on Azure AI Studio for customers and developers. The Mistral Large model supports advanced reasoning, understands several international languages, and comes with native function calling support.
Developers Think Apple Arcade is Dying Because Apple Doesn’t Respect Gaming
Anmol Sachdeva
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Several developers have voiced their concerns about the state of Apple Arcade and they think the gaming subscription service is on the verge of death because of declining payments to developers, Apple's reluctance to greenlit a project and shrinking bonus pool. It is possible that (another) Arcade reboot is on the cards.
AMD RX 7900 GRE Released for $549; Perfect RTX 4070 Super Alternative?
Satyam Kumar
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AMD's new Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics card is based on the RDNA 3 architecture. It demands 260W of power with 2x 8-pin PCIe power connectors. The VRAM here is 16GB GDDR6, with an effective 18Gbps memory bandwidth. The performance is quite impressive with impressive FPS numbers at 1440p maxed out settings as tested by AMD. According to the company, the new RX 7900 GRE offers more value for your money compared to the competition.
Lenovo Unveils New ThinkPads, ThinkBook with Intel Core Ultra & Copilot AI Key
Satyam Kumar
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Lenovo has unveiled its 2024 AI PC lineup at MWC. Five new laptops have launched, with a new ThinkBook and several ThinkPad laptops. These new laptops come with AI features, thanks to Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen 8040 series processors that include a NPU (Neural Processing Unit) chip. Some new ThinkPad laptops also support the latest Wi-Fi 7 connectivity standard. Many neat features are offered on Lenovo's new laptops, such as the new Communications bar, which makes them perfect for professional environments.
The OnePlus Watch 2 comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1, 32GB storage, 2GB RAM, 500 mAh battery that can last up to 100 hours in smart mode, and two color options. It's priced at $299 or Rs 24,999 in India and rivals the Galaxy Watch 6 and 6 Classic.
Nintendo Switch 2 release date has been tipped to be March 2025 in a new report. This latest report comes from Japan-based media outlet Nikkei who has shared more info regarding the handheld. Reportedly, Nintendo could delay the Switch 2 further if enough new games aren't ready to launch alongside the console. The handheld has also been touted with a larger 6.2-inch screen according to the source.
Although the new features are not groundbreaking, Google has announced some key AI features for all of its platforms including Android, Android Auto, Wear OS, Google Docs, etc. You can chat with Gemini in the Google Messages app, have all your notifications summarized in Android Auto, view your boarding pass and other cards on your Wear OS smartwatch, and more.
Genshin Impact 4.6 Leaks Suggest New Map, Two New Artifacts and Weekly Boss
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Genshin Impact 4.6 is expected to be released around April 24, 2024. Recent leaks on Reddit via Uncle K suggest that an entirely new map is coming in the 4.6 version named Kapim, partly filling the blank area between Sumeru, Fontaine, and Liyue. Other than that, the leak also talks about a new weekly boss in the new area and two new artifacts. One of the artifacts is going to be perfect for Arlecchino, and the other artifact will be viable for Dendro characters.
Snapdragon X Elite Benchmark Shows It’s All Set to Take on Apple M-series Chips
Arjun Sha
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Fresh listings of Snapdragon X Elite have appeared on Geekbench, and the scores suggest that it's quite close to the Apple M2 Pro chipset having 12 CPU cores. The results indicate that OEMs are testing the 23W version of Snapdragon X Elite on a preview build of Windows 11 with 32GB of RAM. While the results are promising, we will have to wait and see whether commercial laptops launched with the upcoming Snapdragon X Elite SoC deliver similar performance.
MWC 2024: Samsung Teases Galaxy Ring Launch for ‘Later this Year’
Abubakar Mohammed
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In an official blog post, Samsung has yet again teased the launch date for Galaxy Ring. Furthermore, it mentioned a few upcoming features, including My Vitality Score, Booster Card, and Sleep Apnea, that could enable more insights in health tracking using its wearables.
Instagram Wants You to Live-Stream Games and Play with Viewers in Latest Test
Anshuman Jain
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Instagram is trying out a new Game feature that can be brought up during a live session. This will let hosts and influencers play simple games like "This or that" and "Trivia" where your viewers can also take part by answering questions. It is available as a limited release to a few users and will roll out to more over the coming time.
At the MWC Barcelona 2024, Qualcomm announced its most capable 5G modem yet, the Snapdragon X80 5G modem. It's laced with AI features to improve the overall user experience and reduce power consumption while being on mmWave bands. The new modem also has satellite connectivity baked in. The chipmaker has also announced the FastConnect 7900 system for improved Wi-Fi 7 performance using AI.
Recent leaks on Reddit via HXG finally gave us a close-up cinematic look at Boothill, which means he will be playable in either the 2.2 or 2.3 versions. He is rumored to be a playable character and leaks suggest that he will be a 5-star Physical Hunt character. Boothill will feature Taunt abilities, with high single-target damage Basic Attack and Ultimate.
Qualcomm has finally released its AI Hub and AI Stack to run AI models locally on Snapdragon platforms, be it your smartphone or PC. The chipmaker has optimized over 75 AI models to run locally on your device. You can generate texts and images, enhance low-light images, perform image segmentation, and do much more locally. Qualcomm's AI Engine delivers 3x-4x better performance than Intel's latest Core Ultra processors.
All Motorola Phones Launching This Year Will Feature Corning Gorilla Glass
Abubakar Mohammed
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Motorola has struck a deal with Corning to use Gorilla Glass in all Motorola devices launching in the second half of this year. While most Motorola flagships already come with Gorilla Glass, this deal is probably to bring Gorilla Glass to Motorola's mid-range devices.
Lenovo has just unveiled its transparent laptop concept at MWC 2024. It features a Micro-LED display, and a see-through screen that looks quite wild. While it is just a concept, it showcases the peak of laptop design innovation. A Wacom-based stylus can be used too on the secondary display, where the keyboard & touchpad lie. This "Project Crystal" concept gives us an exciting peek into the potential future of laptops!
Apple Wants to Add Cameras to AirPods Along With AI Features & Advanced Sensors
Anmol Sachdeva
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With Samsung entering the Smart Ring product category, Apple is also exploring ideas to better and super-charge its wearable category. As per Mark Gurman, some of the ideas that Apple has discussed internally include a smart ring, smart glasses and AirPods with cameras. These products can help Apple target audience that want smart, health features.
Xiaomi has finally launched its flagship of the year, the Xiaomi 14 Ultra globally at MWC 2024. The smartphone comes with quad-camera setup with the primary being a Sony LYT-900 1-inch sensor, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, a large 5,300mAh battery with 90W wired and 50W wireless charging.
Panic ensued on the internet when a rumor suggested that Google is sunsetting Gmail. A purported email was uploaded to X (formerly Twitter) that Gmail is shutting down by August 2024. However, Google took to X and said that Gmail is here to stay and there are no plans to discontinue the popular service. Unrelated to this development, Google indeed disabled the basic HTML view of Gmail starting January 2024.
Microsoft has released two new AI features to the Photos app on Windows 11 and 10. With Generative Erase, you can remove unwanted objects from images, and the next feature lets you remove the background from images in a single click. Both features are available on all Insider channels. You just have to update the Photos app from the Microsoft Store.
iPhone 15 Users Are Experiencing Bluetooth Issues and There’s Currently No Fix
Kanika Gogia
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Some iPhone 15 users have been facing ongoing Bluetooth connection issues, according to the complaints on Apple Support Community and MacRumors forums. Most of the complaints came from iPhone 15 users who couldn't connect their iPhones to Bluetooth car systems, headphones, and similar devices. However, some users also face frequent connection dropouts on modern devices like AirPods. Until now, no iOS 17 iteration has fixed this issue.
Another One Bites the Dust: Google is Killing Google Pay in the US
Abubakar Mohammed
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Google posted on its blog that Google Wallet will be replacing Google Pay, and the latter will no longer work starting June 4, 2024, in the US. Folks outside of the US where Google Pay is prominently used needn't worry.
Riot Games announced a new fighting game Project L on 2023. Finally, Riot Games has renamed Project L to 2XKO and revealed more on the game. 2XKO will be a 2v2 fighter that will try to replicate the IRL arcade experience to virtual world. The visuals are also upgraded and the classic League characters will be in a modern avatar. 2XKO will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and X, and PC in 2025.
In a latest update, the release date for The boys Season 4 has been announced. In a recent post made by the official The Boys X account, this detail has been revealed. Moreover, according to the Amazon Studios Press, The Boys Season 4 will have a total of 8 episodes.
New Deadpool and Wolverine Movie Trailer Ratings and Runtime Revealed
Shashank Shakya
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Deadpool and Wolverine is the biggest project by Marvel Studios coming this year. In a recent update, the British Board of Film Classification (BFCC) have revealed the ratings and runtimes for two new upcoming Deadpool 3 trailers. Both the new trailers are rated 12A with the runtime of 2 minutes 27 seconds and 1 minute 34 seconds, respectively.
WhatsApp is rolling out four new text formatting options on top of the four that were already available to use in the messaging app. These include bulleted lists, numbered lists, block quotes, and inline code formats. The new text formatting options are live for all users and on all platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, Web, and Mac.
The iQOO Neo9 Pro has been launched as a flagship killer with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 50MP Sony IMX920 main camera with OIS, and a FHD+ 144Hz display with 3000 nits peak brightness, all at an asking price of Rs 35,999 for the base 8/128GB variant. The higher storage variants feature UFS 4.0 storage.
Fan-Favorite Xbox Exclusives Officially Coming to Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation
Ishan Adhikary
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Xbox has now confirmed the four Xbox exclusives that are coming to Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation. Grounded and Pentiment will come to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch devices on February 22 and April 16 respectively. Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves will only come to PlayStation 5 and will release respectively on March 19 and April 30, 2024.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree will launch on PC and Consoles on June 21, 2024. The upcoming DLC will add brand-new content to the game, including new location, and bosses. The pre-orders are currently live, priced at $39.99.
The Nintendo Direct was a quiet one and felt like it was missing a bunch of exciting news. Thankfully, the company announced that five Rareware games from the retro era are coming for the Nintendo Switch Online! Killer Instinct, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs, Snake Rattle ‘n’ Roll, Blast Corps, and R.C. Pro-Am are the five games you can play in your Nintendo Switch now. You can access four of them if you have Nintendo Switch Online. To access the fifth game, you will need a Expansion Pack subscription.
After launching Gemini 1.0 Ultra and Gemini 1.5 Pro in the last few weeks, Google is back with new AI models that are actually open-source. Dubbed "Gemma", these are small open-source models which can run even on consumer laptops. They come in two sizes, one with 2B parameters and another with 7B parameters. The models are largely trained in the English language and are suited for text generation, summarization, reasoning, and Q&A. Google has given a commercial license to Gemma models subject to certain prohibited use policies.