Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad event is just over a week away, and the rumors in the leadup are starting to get interesting. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the much-anticipated OLED iPad Pro may arrive not with the new M3 chip
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This Special Houseplant Uses Microbiomes to Clean Air 30 Times Faster Than Most – CNET
Houseplants naturally cleanse the air in our homes, but a single plant, or even a handful, can only do so much. A new plant-powered air purification system launched this week by biotech startup Neoplants looks to accelerate the common houseplant’s
Thousands of explicit AI ‘girlfriend’ ads found on Meta platforms
Meta has begun pushing AI on Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp — so much so that you can’t turn Meta AI off. As it turns out, the tech giant’s own features aren’t the only AI proliferating on Meta’s platforms. Explicit ads
Facing ACP’s End: Alternative Internet Aid Options at AT&T, Verizon and More – CNET
The Affordable Connectivity Program has reached its finals days. April is the last month enrollees will receive the full monthly benefit of $30 to $75, leaving more than 23 million households with significantly higher internet bills come May. One in
Meta’s ‘set it and forget it’ AI ad tools are misfiring and blowing through cash
/ Advertisers report that costs per impressions on the automated ad platform Advantage Plus have skyrocketed and performance has dropped. By Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod. Khalid has covered tech, surveillance policy, consumer
TikTok Ban Backups: 6 Similar Apps for Your Daily Dose of Fun – CNET
Byte was developed by Vine co-founder Dom Hoffman, and it’s currently available on Android and iOS. The app’s interface is similar to that of TikTok. You can either upload a video from your phone or film a new one. It
No ‘independent chip makers and system makers and storage makers’: Industry expert paints bleakest picture of future of IT — insatiable tech appetite of Google, Microsoft and other hyperscalers could kill off competition forever
In IDC’s own words, its Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment is “designed to provide clients with a better understanding of how enterprise infrastructure technologies (server, external enterprise storage systems, purpose-built appliances: HCI and PBBA) are being
The space-age Typhur Dome might have solved the big problem with air fryers
Air fryers can be great for saving time and energy, but on a practical level there does appear to be a flaw with the design. Most of today’s best air fryers are tall rather than wide, so while the internal
Overpaid by Social Security? You Might Not Need to Pay Back the Extra Money – CNET
If you’ve received a Social Security overpayment recently, you may not have to pay that money back due to a new way the Social Security Administration is handling overpayments. In March, SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley laid out a four-step plan
So what if OpenAI Sora didn’t create the mind-blowing Balloon Head video without assistance – I still think it’s incredible
Sora fans just learned a hard lesson: filmmakers will be filmmakers and will do what’s necessary to make their creations as convincing and eye-popping as possible. But if this made them think less of OpenAI‘s generative AI video platform, they’re