Announced just over five years ago, Google Family Link is getting a redesign that offers a streamlined experience for parents by bringing controls to the forefront, as well as Material You and a web app.
It starts with a profile carousel at the top that lets you quickly switch between accounts. This appears in “Highlights” and “Controls,” with the first tab immediately providing an…
After adding support for Kids Profiles last year, Google TV is expanding the ability for parents to control what their kids are watching.
Rolling out over “the next few weeks,” Google TV Kids Profiles will be picking up three new features.
This starts with the…
Report: Google ‘doubling down’ on Pixel with added focus on its own hardware as Samsung bleeds
October 18, 2022
With the launch of the Pixel 7, Google made it clear that it had a vision to make devices in its own hardware family work better together. Now, a new report claims that Google is planning to “double down” on Pixel phones and its own hardware, betting on its own success…
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There’s no shortage of groundbreaking technology underpinning generative AI, but one key innovation is is diffusion models. Inspired by thermodynamic concepts, diffusion models have piqued the public interest, quickly displacing generative adversarial networks (GANs) as the…
Nvidia and Oracle announce expanded cloud AI partnership
October 18, 2022
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Nvidia and Oracle announced an expanded, multiyear partnership today at Oracle CloudWorld to help customers speed artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. It…
Just over three years after Microsoft debuted the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 (and a month after releasing a white version), the company is now helping players fully customize the look of the gamepad. You can personalize nearly every external part of the…
Folding iPhone will cost $2,500, suggests analyst, with a folding iPad first, in 2024
October 18, 2022
CCS Insight, which has most tech giants on its client list, has predicted that a folding iPhone won’t launch before 2025, and that it will cost around $2,500. It says that Apple will first launch a folding iPad, and that we can expect that device in 2024.
This is broadly consistent with earlier reports by display analyst Ross Young, and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo – with CSS saying that going…
Motorola shows off its concept rollable smartphone
October 18, 2022
We’ve seen rollable device concepts from companies like Oppo and TCL, and LG was even working on a commercial rollable smartphone until it quit making mobile devices last year. Now, Lenovo is showing off a laptop with a rollout display, while its mobile division…
Razor relaunches its ankle-smashing iconic 2000s kick scooter as a low-cost electric scooter
October 18, 2022
Remember that shiny aluminum Razor kick scooter from your childhood that somehow every kid on the block had? You know, the one that would inevitably swing around at some point and smack you right in the ankle? Well, now the company has relaunched it as an electric scooter…
Foxconn unveils new electric pickup truck and crossover
October 18, 2022
Foxconn, the Taiwan-based manufacturing giant, has unveiled a new electric pickup truck and a new electric crossover that will apparently make it to the US.
Better known as Apple’s manufacturing partner, Foxconn has been making a lot of moves in the EV space lately.
In 2020, it had developed a platform of open-source hardware and software for EV manufacturing and was working to develop a…
