DeepSeek is making waves. This week, Chinese AI lab DeepSeek surged into the spotlight as its chatbot app topped the Apple App Store and Google Play charts. Trained with compute-efficient techniques, DeepSeek’s AI models have sparked discussions among Wall Street analysts and tech experts about the U.S.’s ability to maintain its AI dominance and the […]
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Life guarantees three things: death, taxes, and unpopular design overhauls from tech companies. The latest to spark frustration is Apple Mail, which underwent a major redesign in iOS 18—now rolling out on iPads and MacBooks. The update categorizes emails into sections like Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions while also adding contact photos for senders, aligning
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Next week, Meta will introduce one of its most significant changes to fact-checking across its platforms. Starting March 18, Meta will roll out its version of Community Notes for Facebook, Instagram, and Threads users in the U.S. The system is modeled after the crowdsourced fact-checking approach Twitter introduced in 2021, which later became X’s primary
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Xiaomi announced on Thursday that its Android smartphones in India will come preinstalled with PhonePe’s app store. Previously, Xiaomi’s devices included Google’s Play Store and its own GetApps. However, the company has signed a multi-year agreement with PhonePe to replace GetApps with the Indus Appstore, confirming TechCrunch’s earlier report on the partnership. Google Play Store
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Apple has unveiled new initiatives aimed at enhancing safety for children and teens using its devices. These updates include simplified child account setup and the ability for parents to share their children’s ages with app developers, allowing for more age-appropriate content. The App Store will introduce refined age ratings to provide clearer guidance on app
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On Tuesday, OpenAI unveiled new tools aimed at helping developers and businesses create AI agents—automated systems capable of independently performing tasks—using the company’s AI models and frameworks. These tools are part of OpenAI’s new Responses API, which enables businesses to develop custom AI agents that can conduct web searches, scan internal files, and navigate websites,
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TikTok announced new features on Tuesday to enhance teen safety. Parents can now block their teen’s access to the app during specific hours and view their teen’s followers, following list, and blocked accounts through updated Family Pairing controls. Customizable Screen Time Controls for Parents The new “Time Away” feature lets parents set custom restrictions, preventing
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In 2023, Qualcomm shook up the audiophile world by introducing XPAN, a mobile audio platform that relies on Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth. Now, the first wireless earphones featuring XPAN have been unveiled. For most mobile users, Bluetooth offers sufficient bandwidth for on-the-go music without requiring wired connections. Xiaomi’s standard Buds 5 Pro, for instance, utilize
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Hugging Face’s head of product called Manus “the most impressive AI tool I’ve ever tried,” while AI policy researcher Dean Ball described it as “the most sophisticated computer using AI.” Meanwhile, its official Discord server quickly surpassed 138,000 members, and invite codes are reportedly selling for thousands of dollars on the Chinese reseller app Xianyu.
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Touch-sensitive clothing has already been explored for device control through touchscreen-like taps and swipes on fabric. While impressive, this technology has its limitations. A new “touchless” fabric, however, detects finger gestures without requiring direct contact. Scientists from Nottingham Trent University (UK), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany), and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) are collaboratively developing the
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