Category: Tech
Samsung and Google bring Gen AI to Samsung Galaxy S24 serieds
Samsung and Google Cloud today have announced a new multi-year partnership to bring Google Cloud’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to Samsung smartphone users worldwide. Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S24 series announced today at Galaxy Unpacked in San Jose, California, Samsung will be the first Google Cloud partner to deploy Gemini Pro and Imagen…
Apple overtakes Samsung as top smartphone seller, Motorola unveils £149 5G smartphone
For the first time ever, Apple has unseated Samsung—and all other smartphone manufacturers—to lead in worldwide smartphone shipments. In 2023, Apple shipped 234.6 million iPhones, capturing 20.1% market share and growing 3.7% year over year, according to IDC data. Samsung had led global smartphone unit sales for 13 years, since 2010. Every other top smartphone…
CES 2024: 5 Health and Fitness Gadgets Unveiled
Evolve MVMT Ankle Wearable The health and fitness scene at CES 2024 was buzzing with exciting new gadgets and technologies designed to push the boundaries of personal health and training. Here are some standouts that caught our attention. By Chris Price Evolve MVMT Ankle Wearable $499 Billed as the "first-of-its-kind" ankle…
Xiaomi unveils 5 new Redmi Note phones, Apple prepares to ‘split’ app store in Europe
Xiaomi has started the year with a bang, unveiling five new Redmi Note phones, with the higher-end handsets in particular sporting some impressively high-end features. The new range comprises the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G, the Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G, the Redmi Note 13 Pro, the Redmi Note 13 5G, and the…
Rabbit AI assistant sells out, Tesla halts car production
AI start-up Rabbit is having startling early success with its new Rabbit R1 AI hardware-based assistant. The device made a splash following its unveiling at CES earlier in the week and the initial batch of 10,000 units sold out on day one. The second batch of 10,000 units sold out almost immediately with the third…
OpenAI opens GPT store for customised chatbots, UK government plans porn review
OpenAI on Wednesday launched its GPT Store, a marketplace where paid ChatGPT users can buy and sell specialized chatbot agents based on the company’s language models. The company, whose wildly popular product ChatGPT helped kickstart the boom in AI, already offers customized bots through its paid ChatGPT Plus service. The new store will allow users to…
CES 2024: Samsung AI fridge recommends recipes, Asus to launch smart glasses
The Consumer Electrics Show (CES) is one of the biggest tech events in the world and the 2024 event has certainly thrown up some interesting products and concepts already... Held in Las Vegas, the first CES happened in 1967, and over the years thousands of products have been unveiled at the show - including satellite…
VW to offer ChatGPT integration, LG announces transparent telly
Cerence Chat Pro will be available in the new Golf At CES 2024, the world's leading electronics trade fair held in Las Vegas, Volkswagen will unveil its first vehicles with integrated ChatGPT. Soon customers will have seamless access to the constantly growing artificial intelligence database in all Volkswagen models equipped…
Debunking Seven Winter Heating Myths
Our expert sets the record straight on these seven common misconceptions about winter heating... As the weather gets colder, it’s important to keep yourself and your home warm. But many people have some strange beliefs when it comes to winter heating, many of which might be making their homes less energy- and cost-efficient to heat. …
Apple makes payments over ‘slowing down’ iPhones, 2023 worst year ever for cyber attacks
The payouts to US customers will be restricted to owners of the iPhone 6 Apple has begun making payments in a long-running class action lawsuit over claims it deliberately slowed down certain iPhones in the US. Complainants will receive a cut of a $500m (£394m) settlement which works out to around $92…