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‘The party is over for developers looking for AI freebies’ — Google terminates Gemini API free access within months amidst rumors that it could charge for AI search queries

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It’s been rumored for a while now that Google is considering charging users for AI powered results, especially concerning the idea of a premium search option which leverages generative AI. Whether that will happen remains to be seen, but Google is ending the era of free access to its Gemini API, signaling a new financial … Read more

Will the Gates Foundation’s preprint-centric policy help open access?

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s top biomedical research funders, will from next year require grant holders to make their research publicly available as preprints, articles that haven’t yet been accepted by a journal or gone through peer review. The foundation also said it would stop paying for article-processing charges (APCs) … Read more

OpenAI just gave artists access to Sora and proved the AI video tool is weirder and more powerful than we thought

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A man with a balloon for a head is somehow not the weirdest thing you’ll see today thanks to a series of experimental video clips made by seven artists using OpenAI’s Sora generative video creation platform. Unlike OpenAI‘s ChatGPT AI chatbot and the DALL-E image generation platform, the company’s text-to-video tool still isn’t publicly available. … Read more

Google Play Store making it easier to access search

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Last updated: March 25th, 2024 at 11:45 UTC+01:00 Google is finally giving some attention to the UI on its stock apps. It is bringing a unified look and feel to its apps and ecosystem of products. An upcoming design change to the Google Play Store will make it easier to access search within the app. … Read more

How to achieve safe water access for all: work with local communities

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More than two billion people worldwide lack access to reliable, safe drinking water. Challenges around managing water resources are complex and wide-ranging. They are interlinked with those affecting land and food systems and are exacerbated by the climate crisis. Four scholars propose ways to prompt progress in water governance — and highlight just how crucial … Read more

Fitbit’s AI chatbot coming ‘later this year’ on Android – here’s how to get access

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During its recent Checkup 2024 event, Google offered an important update on Fitbit Labs giving us an idea when the highly-anticipated Fitbit AI-powered assistant will launch. The tech giant was coy about the official launch of its Fitbit chatbot, merely stating it’ll come out later this. Additionally, it’ll see a limited release available only to … Read more

I was sick of forgetting files, but this app lets me access my devices from anywhere in the world

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What do you do when you forget to load a file onto your laptop and it’s now languishing at the other end of your house on a different device? In my case, I usually end up pausing whatever I’m doing, getting up and marching over to the file location, uploading it to a cloud server, … Read more

How to access OpenAI Sora text-to-video AI video generator

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OpenAI has released details on how to access its new and highly anticipated Sora text-to-video AI model, capable of generating amazing  animations and videos from text prompts. Initially OpenAI is making Sora available to red teamers to assess critical areas for harms or risks. OpenAI is being very careful about who gets to use Sora. … Read more

Zyxel WiFi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point

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The NWA130BE by Zyxel is a cutting-edge WiFi 7 access point crafted to cater to the specific needs and financial considerations of small to medium-sized businesses like yours. This device isn’t just an upgrade; it’s a leap forward in how your company connects and operates. The NWA130BE boasts a tri-band architecture that delivers speeds up … Read more