Starting June 17, Amazon will begin showing ads on movies and TV shows on Prime Video in India—over a year after launching ads in countries like the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada. On Tuesday, Amazon informed Prime members in India via email that “limited advertisements” would soon be included in their streaming experience. The company […]
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TikTok announced on Tuesday the launch of its first image-to-video AI feature, named “TikTok AI Alive,” which lets users convert static photos into videos within TikTok Stories. According to TikTok, the feature is available exclusively through the Story Camera and uses AI to generate short-form videos with “movement, atmospheric, and creative effects.” For example, if
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A report from Epoch AI, a nonprofit research organization, warns that rapid progress in reasoning-focused AI models may soon hit a plateau. The analysis suggests that within the next year, performance gains from these models could begin to slow. Reasoning models—such as OpenAI’s o3—have recently shown strong improvements on AI benchmarks, particularly in areas like
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xMEMS has launched the Sycamore-W, which it claims to be the “world’s thinnest speaker designed for wrist-worn wearables.” At just 1 mm thick and weighing only 150 mg, the Sycamore-W is about 70% smaller than typical smartwatch speakers. xMEMS adapted the micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology used in cell phone microphones to create drivers for earphones. Last
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Google is preparing to host its biggest developer event of the year, Google I/O 2025, on May 20 and 21. Major announcements from CEO Sundar Pichai, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and other top executives overseeing Search, Cloud, and Android are expected to showcase significant product updates. AI will be a dominant theme—expect Google’s Gemini AI
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AllTrails, the popular hiking and biking app crowned 2023’s iPhone App of the Year, is launching a new premium tier called “Peak.” Priced at $80 annually, the subscription adds advanced features like AI-generated custom routes, real-time trail condition updates, trail traffic heatmaps, and a tool to identify trees and plants using your phone’s camera. AllTrails
On Monday, Apple launched iOS 18.5, bringing emergency satellite features to iPhone 13 users for the first time. Previously, these satellite capabilities were exclusive to iPhone 14 and newer models. The iPhone’s emergency satellite system helps users in critical situations when cellular or Wi-Fi signals are unavailable. It lets users contact emergency services, send satellite
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Two University of Waterloo graduates are reshaping Major League Baseball (MLB) with a data-powered pitching simulator that mimics the experience of facing a pro pitcher. Joshua Pope (BASc) and Rowan Ferrabee (BASc) founded Trajekt Sports in their fourth year with support from Dr. John McPhee. The technology idea, however, originated during Pope’s time as president
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple intends to raise prices for its upcoming iPhone models, set to launch this fall. However, the company is reportedly aiming to avoid directly linking the price increases to U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. Instead, Apple is considering attributing the hikes to other factors, such as new features and
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The tech world appears to have two main views on where human workers fit in an AI-dominated future: one assumes that nearly all jobs—aside from their own—will be handled by bots. (Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, for example, seems confident his role as an investor is beyond automation.)
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