Before we were obsessed with AI, the world was mesmerized by Aibo, a robotic dog whose name was short for “artificial intelligence robot” and also had the same pronunciation in Japanese as the word “friend”. Aibo was doing AI before it was cool, and it was a sophisticated consumer robot dog long before SPOT was … Read more
Last updated: May 9th, 2024 at 21:31 UTC+02:00 In June 2023, Meta introduced Channels on WhatsApp, a feature that allows you to receive updates from people and organizations. Well, after almost a year of launching it, Meta is working on improving Channels. According to a new report from WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of WhatsApp … Read more
Back in January, startup Rabbit revealed its first device at CES 2024. The R1 is an adorable, vibrant orange AI machine with a camera, scroll wheel, and ambitious demos. Now, the device is being sent out to early adopters (and tech reviewers), and we’ve got some proper hands-on experience to tide you over until we’ve … Read more
Microsoft has made a relatively minor but pretty useful tweak for Copilot in testing, as part of the ongoing effort to bring the AI assistant into play more often with Windows 11. This is part of the new Windows 11 preview build 22635 deployed in the Beta channel, and the change to Copilot is rolling … Read more
There are fresh operating system betas for all types of Apple computers. Photo: Apple After a wait that stretched out weeks longer than usual, Apple seeded the first beta of iOS 17.5 to developers Tuesday, along with the initial beta of macOS Sonoma 14.5. And it’s going to be a very busy day for developers … Read more
I’ve been increasingly driven to distraction by YouTube’s ever-more-aggressive delivery of adverts before, during and after videos, which is making it a challenge to even get to the bits of a video that I want to see without having some earnest voice encourage me to trade stocks or go to Dubai. Until now I’ve been … Read more
WhatsApp is slated to receive a pair of AI-powered upgrades aiming to help people answer tough questions on the fly, as well as edit images on the platform. Starting with answering questions, the upgrade integrates one of Meta’s AI models into the WhatsApp search bar. Doing so, according to WABetaInfo, would allow users to directly … Read more
While the Apple Pencil is currently compatible with iPads only, a future version of the accessory may work with Apple’s Vision Pro headset. Apple has internally tested a new Apple Pencil with visionOS support, according to a source familiar with the matter. This would allow the Apple Pencil to be used with drawing apps on … Read more
The use of at-home diagnostic tests soared during the omicron wave of the coronavirus.Credit: Tang Ming Tung/Getty During the COVID-19 health emergency, two strategies for detecting coronavirus infections were commonly adopted around the world. Part of Nature Outlook: Medical diagnostics Initially, in countries equipped with the necessary laboratory infrastructure, nasal swabs were analysed by polymerase … Read more
An important part of how we test TVs at TechRadar is subjective testing. That’s the part of the process where our reviewers run the best TVs through tests looking at picture quality, sound quality, gaming features, smart TV features and more. To test picture quality, we use 4K Blu-ray and streaming, HD Blu-ray and streaming … Read more