All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
As the IBM Watson experience shows, the path to AI success is fraught with challenges. Yet overall, it has been a very good year for AI and the companies developing it. So much so that Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, in a recent podcast recorded by BBC, says: “I view [AI] as a very profound enabling technology. If you…
Premier: Iraq Doesn't Need US Combat Troops
July 25, 2021
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi poses in his office during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says his country no longer requires American combat troops…
Hands-on: How Apple’s new iPhone 12 MagSafe Battery Pack compares to Anker’s for on-the-go charging
July 25, 2021
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article where I called MagSafe the defining feature of the iPhone 12 line. Little did I know that Apple was about to release its . So, of course, I bought it immediately because I wanted to see how it compared in day-to-day use with the Anker…
Last week, it was reported that Apple would be delaying its return to mandatory in-person work by at least one month due to rising COVID-19 cases. As expected, this is also likely to have an impact on Apple’s plans for the iPhone 13 unveiling this fall, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now reports that the iPhone 13 event is likely to be virtual rather than in-person…
Apple had originally said…
In his Power On newsletter this Sunday, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman believes Apple will bring Face ID to the Mac within a ‘couple of years.” Gurman notes that even the iPhone SE and non-Pro iPads could receive Face ID. The only reason Apple isn’t doing so right now…
This week’s top stories: iOS 14.7 release, iPad mini and Apple external display reports, more
July 25, 2021
In this week’s top stories: Apple releases iOS 14.7, Apple’s plans for a new iPad mini and external display, the Pegasus spyware affecting the iPhone, and more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories and more.
Apple external display
9to5Mac exclusively reported…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 24, 2021
July 25, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Two weeks after WABetaInfo discovered that multi-device compatibility for WhatsApp was coming, the platform is now releasing version 2.21.150.11 with this feature enabled for some beta testers of the app.
According to the site, multi-device compatibility is rolling out for…
Back in March, Google made Assistant generally available for all enterprise accounts on Android. Workspace users will soon be able to use Google Assistant on the Nest Hub Max and other dedicated devices.
Update 7/24: Earlier this week, Google sent out an email to Workspace…
Last year, Google gave its Groups discussion and mailing list service a complete revamp. Google Groups has now quietly gained a new, more modern logo.
This new logo is somewhat in the style of modern Workspace apps, though Google Groups is not officially part of that productivity suite. You get two overlapping people icons (straight from Google Contacts) with the first figure featuring a message…
