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And now, withGoogle’s Pixel Fold, it seems like they are finally going mainstream. What Good Is a Folding Phone? Think about how you use your phone vs. how you use a tablet, iPad, or laptop. Google Your phone is great because it’s possible for you to grab it and look at it. Then, think about the times you choose to use your iPad or laptop instead. The iPad’s advantage is its bigger screen, which is better for reading or for doing more typing....

The future of Google Search is a big green box. That’s exactly what Google showed off this month atGoogle I/O, the company’s yearly developer conference. The theme for 2023 was AI, a term mentioned more than140 times during the two-hour keynotepresentation. Late last year, OpenAI launchedChatGPTto near-universal adulation. The power and ease of ChatGPT helped it become thefastest growing consumer web platform ever. The stock has since rebounded to its highest level so far this year....

The total marked a best forquarterly revenueat the search giant. “Again, we benefited from excellent execution across the board by our teams.” The Biden administration is fortifying its lineup of antitrust personnel to take on the Silicon Valley giants. In June, the Federal Trade Commission tappedLina Khan, a fierce tech critic, as its new chair. Khan has reframed decades of antitrust thinking to apply it to the dominance of tech giants....

But at 58, Eric Schmidt still remembers struggling with the original IBM personal computer some 30 years ago. “It used little floppy disks, they were always breaking,” he told Braver. “They’ll say, ‘Eric, you’re in your office. You should be working!’ The pants in the left store are cheaper than the ones on the right store.'” Google is already working on a new generation of cars that can drive themselves....

Google’s AI modelGeminiis getting even more personal. It added that it will only reference your search results when it determines they can meaningfully improve the output. “Early testers have found Gemini with personalization helpful for brainstorming and getting personalized recommendations. We’ll continue to gather user feedback on the most useful applications of this capability.” Some examples Google provided include: “Where should I go on vacation this summer?” Google also said it will explicitly ask for permission before connecting to your Search history or any other apps....

As Pichai noted at I/O, 2 billion people are using six of Google’s core apps. Google believes it can help them byintroducing AIto the mix. But AI isn’t what journalists need. And the search giant’s foray into newsrooms should concern readers, too. Google didn’t respond to requests for comment for this article. OpenAI’s flagship AI app is a word organizer, not a truth collector or imaginative story teller. It also isn’t trained on up-to-the-minute data....

Aside from a fist-bump that dissolved into pixels, it felt more real than I expected. Meta’sfuture avatarsare designed to look nearly real, while being puppeted by face-scanning cameras. And, eventually, sort of like nothing at all. From a short distance, between two separate rooms, we chatted holographically. Or, via 3D light field displays. The moment I entered the Starline booth, it was intimidating. I counted at least 12 sensors/cameras, I think....

Google recently made it easier to digest your most important Gmail messages withupgraded summary cards. The focus is on making interactions more seamless through voice, visuals, and text. Google You might already know about Circle to Search. Google It lets you search for things by circling them on your screen. Now, it works with music, too. you could even open a YouTube video of the song right then and there....

Can we ever trust photos again? Trust Issues Photography has never been a perfect representation of the real world. Pierre Andrieu / Getty As of now, though, those barriers havebeen utterly crumpled. Photo fakery is ready for the next level.Charlie Sorrel It’s not impossible because we do it right out. We have typically used them in conjunction with other sources of information. Photo Finished It’s hard to overstate how much we rely on photos as ‘The Truth....

There is no option to add a passphrase to protect the secrets." Secrets iscybersecurity jargonfor a private piece of information used to unlock protected or sensitive information. The long-awaited 2FA feature allows you to still access your codes even if your phone is lost or stolen. Unfortunately, enabling the feature lacks the same level of encryption – at least for the moment. Google says it offered the feature in this initial way for convenience....

The Tensor chip also houses the Titan M2 security chip to protect your sensitive data against cyberattacks. Magic Eraser is an editing tool that can do away with distracting objects in a photo. Pre-orders open on July 21, 2022 before launching officially on July 28. Google Google

This means they use multiple resources across the entire chip. Tensor also promises to make Google’s Live Translate feature better. Live Translate now also works on videos. Google Face recognition is more accurate and consumes less power, as well. The new Tensor chip also brings improvements to hardware security. Tensor comes with a CPU-based subsystem that works with the Titan M2 security chip to protect data. Yes, we literally shot lasers at our chip!...

The rumoredPixel 9was revealed today. The phones are available for pre-order today. Prices range from $799 for the standard model to $1799 for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Some of the Google Pixel 9 lineup.Lifewire / Rob LeFebvre Google will toss Google Store credit for anyone who pre-orders one of the Pro or Pro Fold phones. Screen sizes are changing his year. Instead, there’s a new 6.8-inch Pixel 9 Pro XL....