Previously Amazon’s worldwide consumer chief and then head of Flexport, relatively speaking, Dave Clark has confirmed the launch of a new company, which raised $100 million in seed funding. The funding round had seen a lead from Oak HC/FT, one of the main players in venture capital. Clark has shown leadership through thick and thin…
Uber is taking its move of going further into electric vehicles. Its AI assistant will be in place for helping such transition into electric vehicles. The ride-hailing service will roll out the assistant for its drivers starting early 2025, primarily in the United States. The AI assistant will be an open AI-based GPT-4 model; it…
The company has expanded its partnership with Google beyond $1 billion, covering AI, cloud, cybersecurity, content, and devices. Its 10-year agreement covers 15 Vodafone markets and 45 partner markets across Europe and Africa and includes initiatives in search and advertising that recall the earlier successes of Google. Read Also: Vodafone, Google Expand Partnership With Billion-Plus…
Google’s AI bots have gone viral, and the tech giant is responding by working on options to customize the length, format, voices, and languages of their podcasts. The unexpected buzz centers around Google’s AI research assistant, NotebookLM, which can convert text into lifelike, podcast-style explainers, opening new possibilities for how we consume complex information. NotebookLM:…
The new features of the iPhone 16 Pro camera are one of the most thrilling upgrades to this year’s version. Over the past few weeks, a supervising producer has taken the camera through all its advanced features to give insight into what it can do. While the attention-seeker is this Camera Control button – the…
Apple’s stop-gap measure came more than two weeks after the release of iOS 18 itself. All those exciting new features like RCS messaging and home screen customization were brought by iOS 18. Meanwhile, iOS 18.0.1 mainly focused on squashing security vulnerabilities and some bugs that users complained about right after the new iOS. Downloading iOS…
A new update has rolled in for the Philips Hue app, introducing an augmented reality (AR) tool that lets you preview how Hue smart lighting products will illuminate your space. As reported by Hueblog, this update also includes practical additions like a “do not disturb” feature for motion sensors. AR Lighting Preview for Philips Hue…
The potential for having problems with the quality of search results used to be a hallmark of lagging Google search only recently. However, their better peer competitors must catch up since the same problems plague them. The general degradation in search results has been the reality for YouTube content creators who, relying on Google as…
One feature common to the iPhone 14 and 15 series is Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services, even in very remote areas, possibly with no cellular signal. Launched in 2022, it proved lifesaving when it helped a couple trapped by the Maui wildfires reach emergency responders, even though they were way…
It was like any other recruiting event for a tech startup in San Francisco: free food and drink and live music composed using live code. However, metal detector screenings, ID checks, and security guards were also required. Elon Musk hosted it at the original Mission District headquarters of OpenAI, which Musk cofounded before leaving after…
