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Google’s AI Is Churning Out a Deluge of Completely Inaccurate, Totally Confident Garbage Google's AI search, which swallows up web results and delivers them to users in a regurgitated package, delivers each of its AI-paraphrased answers to user queries in a concise, coolly confident tone. Just one tiny problem: it's wrong. A lot. Continue Reading . . . https://futurism.com/google-ai-inaccurate-garbage

Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Social media is abuzz with examples of Google’s new AI Overview product saying weird stuff, from telling users to put glue on their pizza to suggesting they eat rocks. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai

Apple needs to explain that bug that resurfaced deleted photos Earlier today, Apple issued a fix in iOS and iPadOS 17.5.1. Patching buggy software is a good, normal thing. But that’s not the issue here. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24161152/apple-ios-17-photo-bug

Adobe Lightroom gets a magic eraser, and it’s impressive Adobe is adding some new generative AI tools to Lightroom that aim to make the photo editing platform easier to use for both professional creatives and inexperienced users alike, even from a phone. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24161490/adobe-lightroom-generative-remove-object-removal-tool

Google all in on AI and Gemini: How it will affect your Google searches For Google, Gemini season has arrived early. Gemini, Google's language model that powers its Gemini AI chatbot and other multimodal tools, is expanding into other apps and features in the coming months, the tech company announced earlier this week at their annual developer conference, Google I/O. Continue Reading . . . https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/05/17/google-ai-overview-search/73728192007/

The Acolyte's New Promo Whips Up a Sick New Weapon In more than ways than one, The Acolyte is being poisitioned as a different Star Wars show than the other live-action offerings. Continue Reading . . . https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-acolyte-lightwhip-weapon-1851486594

Android 15 could reach iPhone levels of standby battery life Summary Android 15 will offer better battery standby thanks to Doze Mode upgrades, potentially adding up to three hours of standby time. The new software will be able to go into doze mode 50% faster than Android 14, according to Google's Dave Burke. Continue Reading . . . https://www.androidpolice.com/android-15-doze-mode-improved-battery-life/

Google Messages notifications will show names of unknown people who contact you Wish you could know who that unknown sender who just contacted you out of the blue is? Google appears to be working on a feature for Messages that will tell you that person’s name in the text message notification you receive. Continue Reading . . . https://www.androidauthority.com/google-messages-name-notifications-3441178/

US revokes Intel and Qualcomm's licenses for chip sales to Huawei The US has stopped Intel and Qualcomm from selling and sending chips to Chinese-based Huawei Technologies. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/us-revokes-intel-and-qualcomms-licenses-for-chip-sales-to-huawei-125304886.html

Apple TV Plus is turning into the best place for streaming sci-fi Since it launched in 2019, Apple TV Plus has won awards and generated hits, but it still sits in an odd spot in the streaming landscape. It’s not as big as competitors like Netflix or Disney Plus, nor is it as prolific. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/24150193/apple-tv-plus-sci-fi-streaming-dark-matter-constellation

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The 2025 Real ID deadline for new licenses is really real this time, DHS says If you plan on flying around the country in 2025 and beyond, you might want to listen up. The Real ID compliance is part of a larger act passed by Congress in 2005 to set “minimum security standards” for the distribution of identification materials, including driver’s licenses. Continue Reading . . . https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2024/05/07/real-id-license-deadline-2025/73590391007/

Here's what the long-rumored Sonos wireless headphones will look like A Dutch website published images and pricing for Sonos' upcoming headphones ahead of their official launch. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/heres-what-the-long-rumored-sonos-wireless-headphones-will-look-like-054450404.html

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‘The Boys’ season 4 trailer is bloody and a little bubbly When we last left The Boys, Homelander’s (Anthony Starr) political dabbling was humming along and Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) had a terminal illness. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/4/24148798/the-boys-season-4-amazon-prime-video-homelander-butcher

Apple Watch feature becomes first digital health tech to receive this FDA approval The FDA just gave the Apple Watch a historic first approval for a digital health tech device. According to the U.S. Continue Reading . . . https://mashable.com/article/apple-watch-fda-mddt

Microsoft’s latest Windows security updates might break your VPN Microsoft says the April security updates for Windows may break your VPN. Oops! Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/microsofts-latest-windows-security-updates-might-break-your-vpn-202050679.html