Google’s presence sensing detects whether somebody is home using your phone’s location, Nest smart home devices, and now Nest Hubs and speakers.
Previously, presence sensing could better detect activity in your home if you had a Nest Thermostat (using the occupancy sensor/Soli or if you physically change the temperature), Nest Protect (occupancy sensor), Nest Guard (motion sensor and…
Google replacing ‘some’ Nest Thermostat Heat Links in Europe ‘at no cost’ and out of warranty
September 24, 2022
Google Nest announced today that it’s replacing “some 3rd Gen Nest Learning Thermostat Heat Links in the UK and other European countries” following the discovery of an issue.
Heat Links are specific to Europe and come in the box to connect a Nest Thermostat to the…
Samsung has been rolling out Android 13 in beta to some devices over the past month, but it seems the company has plans to launch the update for all users by the end of the year on these select devices.
So far, Samsung has made Android 13 available in beta to the Galaxy…
Google Lens for Android getting shortcut to launch Image Search
September 24, 2022
Google Lens now has a shortcut – introduced on desktop earlier this year – that lets you quickly open the Image Search experience on Android.
After analyzing an image with Google Lens on Android, some users are seeing a new circular button in the bottom-right just above the results sheet. Tapping the globe with a magnifying glass icon opens Google Image Search on the web with that picture…
Google releases a nice ‘Arts & Culture’ watch face for Fitbit
September 24, 2022
Ahead of Google Maps and Wallet, a “Google Arts & Culture” watch face is now available on the Fitbit Sense 2 and Versa 4, which started arriving for the first customers today.
This “Google Arts & Culture Clock” updates with a new piece of art from the…
7 AI startups aim to give retailers a happy holiday season
September 24, 2022
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Nothing is hotter than artificial intelligence (AI) startups that can help retailers win big this holiday shopping season.
According to eMarketer…
Why DeepMind isn’t deploying its new AI chatbot — and what it means for responsible AI
September 24, 2022
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DeepMind’s new AI chatbot, Sparrow, is being hailed as an important step towards creating safer, less-biased machine learning systems, thanks to its application of reinforcement learning based on input from human research participants for training.
The British-owned…
Unlocking AI at the edge with new tools from Deci
September 24, 2022
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Edge devices must be able to process delivered data quickly, and in real time. And, edge AI applications are effective and scalable only when they can…
Marvis Pro music player for iOS updated with new ‘Metadata Builder’
September 24, 2022
There’s a whole market of iPhone and iPad apps that integrate with Apple Music for different purposes, and Marvis Pro has become one of the most popular. Following the release of iOS 16 this month, Marvis Pro has been updated with some cool features, including “Metadata…
NVIDIA is looking to take the sting out of creating virtual 3D worlds with a new artificial intelligence model. GET3D can generate characters, buildings, vehicles and other types of 3D objects, NVIDIA says. The model should be able to whip up shapes quickly too. The company notes that GET3D can generate around 20 objects per second using a single GPU.
Researchers trained the model using synthetic…
