As part of the LaMDA announcement in May of 2021, Google cited Assistant, Search, and Workspace as products where it hopes to “incorporat[e] better conversational features.” A new report today looks into Google’s reluctance to launch and incorporate LaMDA into products before OpenAI and Microsoft.
The Wall Street Journal today detailed Google’s history with chatbots. Before LaMDA, there…
After testing in October, Google Messages looks to be widely rolling out a redesign of read receipts with icons replacing words (sent, delivered, and read).
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Google I/O 2023 must be just around the corner, as the company has launched a new “input/output” puzzle that should reveal the date and location for this year’s event.
History of Google I/O
For over a decade, the Google I/O developer conference has served as the…
Google I/O 2023 takes place May 10
March 8, 2023
Following the literal input/output puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2023 is taking place Wednesday, May 10.
There was no developer conference in 2020. The next year saw a live presentation in front of some employees on a smaller, on-campus stage. In 2022, Google returned to its usual concert venue and invited some developers to watch the keynotes live as part of a one-day…
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When it comes to phones, Google’s big Pixel differentiators…
One of the best note-taking apps for iOS — GoodNotes — is launching an Android beta for selected Samsung tablets.
On iOS, high-quality note-taking applications are not all that difficult to find. Sadly, on Android, it’s a more difficult proposition with few…
Despite support officially ending in late 2022 after four years, the Galaxy Note 9 has received a surprise update with the February 2023 security patch.
In recent years, Samsung has cleaned up a murky reputation when it comes to Galaxy devices software support windows and update cadence. After launching with Android 8.1 Oreo, the Android 10 update with One UI 2.5 arrived in early February 2020.
Industry sources claim that Samsung is building a team to develop its own CPU cores for the rumored “Galaxy Chip” for phones and laptops, but Samsung denies this report.
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Batteries naturally degrade over time and the Galaxy Watch 5 is no different. Through an extra app on your Galaxy device, you can check exactly what the battery life status is on your Galaxy Watch 5. Here’s how.
Overall battery health, which differentiates from battery…
Historically, Google updates its Pixel phones on the first Monday of the month at 10 a.m. PT. That’s today, but there’s no March update yet in an unexpected delay for Google Pixel.
Update 2: March 2023 Pixel Feature Drop changelog leaks out
Update 1: As of 10:30 a.m. PT, there’s still no Pixel update, but the Android Security Bulletin—March 2023 has been published. There are 31 security…