The Pentagon used Project Maven-developed AI to identify air strike targets

The US military stepped up its use of artificial intelligence tools after Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, based on a new report from Bloomberg. Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer of US Central Command, told the news agency that machine learning algorithms have helped the Pentagon identify targets for more than 85 airstrikes in … Read more

AMD’s budget version of the 7900 XT GPU is coming to the US for $549

AMD will begin selling the Radeon RX 7900 GRE (Golden Rabbit Edition) graphics card in the United States, offering users a detuned version of its flagship 7900 XT for $549. For a saving of around $350 over the latter, its performance is comparable to that of NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super for certain games with certain … Read more

Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring as a way to ‘simplify everyday wellness’

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After teasing him (again) yesterdaySamsung has finally Poster the Galaxy Ring in physical form during the Mobile World Conference (MWC 2024) and revealed a few more details. The device is of course focused on health and wellness and will be available in three colors, platinum silver, gold and ceramic black. It is expected to go … Read more

You can now mark up your Google Docs with handwritten notes on Android devices

Google Docs has an annotation feature that will allow you to annotate your documents just like you would with pen and paper. With today's update, announced at MWC 2024, Google Docs users on Android devices can use a finger or stylus to write notes, highlight text, and circle words as they wish. Google says the … Read more

Lenovo and Motorola’s Smart Connect makes it easier to manage tasks across your devices

Motorola and Lenovo announced a new multi-device management tool at MWC 2024 called Smart Connect that allows users to seamlessly switch tasks from one device to another. For example, you can move a podcast from your phone to your tablet without losing your place using just a swipe gesture, or easily share files between connected … Read more

Lenovo debuts Core Ultra-powered laptops and hybrids with dedicated Copilot key

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Lenovo announced several new business and hybrid laptops at this year's MWC, including updates to the ThinkPad T series and ThinkBook line. The company calls them “AI PCs” because they all have a dedicated Microsoft Copilot button that provides immediate access to the digital assistant. The just-announced models include the ThinkPad T14 Gen 5, ThinkPad … Read more

Barbie’s hot pink flip phone is coming to the real world this summer

If you're wondering when brands will finally stop trying to cash in on the Barbie craze, the answer is, one way or another, not yet. HMD (or Human Mobile Devices), which has been manufacturing Nokia phones for several years, announced at MWC its partnership with Mattel to launch an official Barbie Flip Phone this summer. … Read more

Samsung’s Galaxy Ring will officially make its public debut this week at MWC

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We're about to get our first real look at Samsung's Galaxy Ring. In a this weekend, ahead of Mobile World Congress, the company revealed that it will be displaying the Galaxy Ring at its booth at the Barcelona convention, which begins tomorrow. Samsung has yet to say much about what the Galaxy Ring will be … Read more

X starts giving non-paying users the ability to make audio and video calls

X is slowly rolling out audio and video calling to users who don't pay for its premium subscription service, formerly known as Twitter Blue. Enrique Barragan, engineer of the company, shared the news on the platform. The company initially launched the feature for iOS users last year, giving paid subscribers the ability to call other … Read more

Google explains why Gemini’s image generation feature overcorrected for diversity

After promising to repair Gemini's image generation feature, then pause it completelyGoogle published a blog post offering an explanation for why his technology overcorrected for diversity. Prabhakar Raghavan, the company's senior vice president for insights and insights, explained that Google's efforts to ensure the chatbot would generate images showing a wide range of people “did … Read more