December 26, 2024

This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases

When Dave Hodson walked through wheat fields in Ethiopia in 2010, it seemed as if everything had been painted yellow. A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path. “The fields were completely yellow. You’d…

Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out.

February 8, 2024
In the biggest mass-market AI launch yet, Google is rolling out Gemini, its family of large language models, across almost all its products, from Android to the iOS Google app to Gmail to Docs and more. A new subscription plan will also give users access to Gemini Ultra, the most powerful version of the model,…

Google goes all in on its Gemini model, launches $20 paid tier for Gemini Ultra

February 8, 2024

Google Bard is no more. Almost exactly a year after first introducing its (rushed) efforts to challenge OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company is retiring the name and rebranding Bard as Gemini, the name of its family of foundation models. More importantly, though, it is also now launching Gemini Ultra, its most capable large language model yet. […]

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Google Assistant is now powered by Gemini — sort of

February 8, 2024

Google Assistant as we knew it is on the way out. Well, at least its guts. Late last year, Google added AI capabilities from its chatbot Bard to Google Assistant, allowing the virtual helper to make sense of images and draw on data in emails, documents and more. Now, the company’s giving users the choice […]

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Apple launches a redesigned iCloud app for Windows

February 8, 2024

Apple has launched a redesigned iCloud app for Windows to offer a better onboarding and content syncing experience for iPhone or iPad users who don’t own a Mac. The new app, available for Windows 10 and 11, has a new setup experience for easier onboarding. It also has a syncing status indicator for different services […]

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CodeSignal launches a learning platform with an AI-powered guide

February 8, 2024

Technical assessment company CodeSignal, which counts Index Ventures and Menlo Ventures as backers, is launching a learning platform called CodeSignal Learn. The new platform, aimed at audiences wanting to learn technical subjects, also has an AI-powred bot called Cosmo, which helps users with learning. The company said at launch, that there are hundreds of courses […]

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3 Chip Stocks Poised for 2024 Growth

February 8, 2024
The chip industry is poised to remain resilient, owing to soaring demand for chips across diverse sectors, rapid technological advancements, and government support. To that end, let’s explore chip stocks…

Meta challenges EU’s Digital Services Act supervisory fee as unfair

February 8, 2024

Meta is challenging a fee levied by the European Union on larger online platforms under its rebooted ecommerce rules. While a number of tech giants have taken issue with their designations under the law, this is the first suit that’s focused on the supervisory fee. The news of Meta’s legal challenge was first reported yesterday […]

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