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Google I/O 2024: Android to Get Support for Scam Call Detection, Circle to Search for Homework using On-Device Gemini AI

Google I/O kicked off on Tuesday, the first day of the company’s annual developer conference. During the keynote event, the company’s executives also took the wraps off noteworthy new features coming to Android smartphones over the coming months — strangle enough, the company didn’t unveil Android 15 features during the keynote event. These announcements have […]

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Apple Secures a Deal With OpenAI, Could Be Worth Billions of Dollars: Report

Apple might have secured a deal with the ChatGPT-maker OpenAI that could eventually be worth billions of dollars, as per a report. The Cupertino-based tech giant has reportedly spent the last couple of months in a frenzied race to secure a partner for its artificial intelligence (AI) capability requirements. The company was said to be

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, Other Models in India Get Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification for AFib Detection

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 and other previous models in India will now support the Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification (IHRM) feature, the company announced on Wednesday. This feature will leverage the BioActive Sensor on Samsung’s range of smartwatches to alert the wearer of abnormalities in heart rhythm which might be indicative of atrial fibrillation (AFib) –

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CoinDCX’s Okto Wallet Announces Arbitrum Rewards Challenge Aiming to Incentivise Traders

CoinDCX-owned self-custodial wallet Okto announced the launch of a rewards initiative on Wednesday. Okto is looking to incentivise traders that are active on its platforn while simultaneously ramping up user activity. As part of the program, Okto has announced that it will distribute 50,000 ARB (Arbitrum) tokens among its community members. The token pool has

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Google I/O 2024: Google Photos to Get an AI-Powered ‘Ask Photos’ Feature With Intelligent Search Capabilities

Google Photos received a surprise upgrade at the Google I/O 2024 event’s keynote session on Tuesday. The session, led by CEO Sundar Pichai, witnessed several major artificial intelligence (AI) announcements, including new upgrades for Gemini 1.5 Pro, new Google Search features, the introduction of new image and video AI models, and more. Interestingly, the tech

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James Webb Space Telescope Ends Debate Over the Mysterious ‘Hubble Tension’, Finds Study

Recent analysis of data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided new measurements of the universe’s expansion rate, offering fresh insights into the long-standing debate known as the “Hubble tension.” For years, astronomers have struggled to reconcile two major methods of measuring the universe’s expansion, which have produced differing results. The new study,

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El Salvador Doubles Down on Bitcoin Strategy, Set to Upskill Over 80,000 Civil Servants

El Salvador is preparing to upskill thousands of its civil servants as part of a drive aimed at making the government’s workforce more familiar with Bitcoin-related technology. Over 80,000 Salvadoran civil servants will be trained in efficiently using Bitcoin technology. Upon completion of the training, these officials will be provided with a certification. El Salvador

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Microsoft Phi-3.5 Open-Source AI Models Released, Claimed to Outperform Gemini 1.5 Flash, GPT-4o Mini

Microsoft released the family of Phi-3.5 artificial intelligence (AI) models on Tuesday, as the successor of the Phi-3 models introduced in April. The new release comprises Phi-3.5 Mixture of Experts (MoE), Phi-3.5 Vision, and Phi-3.5 Mini models. These are instruct models, so they will not work as a typical conversational AI but will require users

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