Google has started rolling out an update that gives its Gemini AI engine access to interact with third-party apps on Android devices, such as WhatsApp, Messages, and Phone. However, this change also affects users who had set their devices to block it, raising questions about privacy and user control.According to an email …
Read More »Get Lifetime Access To Babbel
Want to learn a new language? You can study 14 with a lifetime subscription to Babbel, just $149.97 (reg. $599). You don’t have to wait for a teacher or a classroom to learn a new language. You may even be able to get a study session in during your lunch …
Read More »Sanlo Raises $3.5M
Having a great idea for an app or game is one thing, but scaling it to become a successful business is quite another. A new fintech startup called Sanlo aims to help. The company, which is today announcing an oversubscribed $3.5 million seed round, offers small to medium-sized game …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 3000
When AMD announced its Ryzen 5000 CPUs, it introduced a feature it dubbed Smart Access Memory, known more generally across the industry as Resizable BAR. Resizable BAR allows a CPU to access more than 256MB of GPU memory at any given time. The feature can boost game performance on …
Read More »Governing body declares: No IP addresses for governments that shut down internet access
One of the fundamental strengths of the internet is its inter-connectivity. But certain regimes, when faced with political dissidents, protests, or even students possibly cheating on their exams, have taken to shutting down internet access. The purpose is to deny their citizens access to tools like Google, Twitter, and Facebook, which …
Read More »Google mobile-friendly testing tool now has API access
d8nn / Shutterstock.com Google has released a new API for the mobile-friendly testing tool named the mobile-friendly test API. The API is a simple and quick tool that you can use to build your own tools to see what pages are mobile-friendly. Google’s John Mueller said, “The API method runs …
Read More »Pokémon Go’s iOS privacy settings give its developer total access to your Google account [Updated]
Update: Niantic stated the following to Ars Technica in addressing this topic: “We recently discovered that the Pokémon Go account creation process on iOS erroneously requests full access permission for the user’s Google account. However, Pokémon Go only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your user ID and e-mail address) and …
Read More »Pit People launches via Xbox One Game Preview, Steam Early Access on January 13
Pit People, the strategy RPG from Castle Crashers and BattleBlock Theater developer The Behemoth, will launch for Xbox One via Game Preview and PC via Steam Early Access on January 13, 2017, the studio announced. According to The Behemoth, the core gameplay is complete and new content will be added …
Read More »Dataplicity lets you access your Raspberry Pi from anywhere
Say you’re just a small-town girl living in a lonely world and you took the midnight train going anywhere. How would you reconnect to your Raspberry Pi while on the road? You would go into a smoky room, fire up your laptop and try Dataplicity. Dataplicity is essentially a VPN …
Read More »Remaining Galaxy Note 7 Users Won’t Get Cellular Access in Australia
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is discontinued for good and the Korean company is still in proces of refunding the customers. Majority have returned their devices, but there are still a few of those who are holding off to the Galaxy Note 7. Samsung is trying to make sure all Galaxy …
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