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Following the compute-based usage change in May, Google will soon introduce limits on which Gemini models free users and AI Plus subscribers can access.
Google's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time.
Google’s original Pixel Fold was inherently flawed but also fundamentally way better than I expected and, thanks to recent arrivals, also way ahead of its time.
Macworld TL;DR: The AskAnyModel AI Pro Plan puts more than 50 AI models into one workspace, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok, as a lifetime subscription for $39.99 (reg. $499). Paying separately for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini adds up quickly. You still end up pasting the same prompt into three tabs to see which one got it right. Get this AskAnyModel AI Pro Plan lifetime subscription for $39.99 (reg. $499) while this price is live.
Istio 1.31 adds agentgateway waypoints in ambient mode, with a canary configuration fix included in 1.31.1. It also ends the publication of images and Helm charts to Google Cloud, requiring repository migration ahead of the 13 October outage test and signing-key updates for teams verifying images. By Mark Silvester
DroidDeck 0.3.0 expands its Steam-on-Android environment with Steam Deck controller emulation, gyro and Steam Input support, a Deck-style performance overlay, automatic Adreno driver management and Lossless Scaling frame generation. The developers also report cutting Steam startup time from roughly 31 seconds to six.
Why does the Wi-Fi version of the Redmi Pad 2 9.7 receive updates for a significantly longer period and get more Android upgrades than the 4G version? Anyone considering buying an affordable Android tablet with LTE should take this update paradox at Xiaomi into account before making a purchase.
Google suspends product vulnerability submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) over an influx of invalid AI-driven reports.
I compare Googlebooks vs Chromebooks to see the main differences, weigh up the use cases, the price-to-performance, and whether or not an upgrade to the new ecosystem is worthwhile or not.
In 2020, Google Pixel was in a remarkably tough spot. A flailing flagship with one of its central features effectively ruined by a global pandemic combined with massive supply shortages meant that grand plans for the future were on hold. It was always going to be a tough year to release a smartphone but, looking back, the Pixel 5 maybe doesn’t get enough credit for making the best of it.
Elon Musk says the main thing holding back Tesla Robotaxi’s night hours is that the cars have a hard time seeing pets in the dark. His example was “grey kittens on grey tarmac.” That’s a low-light, low-contrast detection problem, which is the textbook weakness of cameras and the exact thing lidar and radar handle. Musk has spent years calling those sensors a “crutch” and a “fool’s errand.”
Android Studio added Defender exclusions to my PC, and a game I uninstalled left another. None of them had a good reason to stay once I checked them. Continue reading at TweakTown
Google’s original Pixel Fold was inherently flawed but also fundamentally way better than I expected and, thanks to recent arrivals, also way ahead of its time.
Following the compute-based usage change in May, Google will soon introduce limits on which Gemini models free users and AI Plus subscribers can access.
Google's Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time.