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Our first five impressions of Googlebooks — exciting but underbaked
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Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy
The AI lab's personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots and Instinct.
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The best deals under $25 during October Prime Day
You could spend a lot on gadgets in our main October Prime Day roundup and get maybe one or two things. That’s all well and good, but you could spend as much (or less) and have a bunch of items arrive at your home instead. If you’re on a tight budget, or you just have […]
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Samsung’s Z Fold 8 is hundreds off ahead of iPhone Duo launch
I don’t suppose there are many iPhone users who might be tempted by the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 now that the iPhone Duo is both real and coming very soon. But if you’ll entertain a great deal, there are big discounts happening for both the passport-style Z Fold 8 and the slimmer, taller Z […]
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Netflix expands TV game lineup with Conjuring spinoff
Netflix just announced The Conjuring: Unspoken, a new horror game set in The Conjuring universe that you can play with your phone as a controller, and it will launch exclusively on the service on October 13th. Here's Netflix's description of the game: The Conjuring: Unspoken is an interactive paranormal investigation you can play from your […]
Wired
OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Again
“There’s a perception of mobster behavior” from leading AI companies, one mathematician tells WIRED as OpenAI prepares to release more than 100 new solutions to unsolved problems.
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Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres
The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.