Of all the once-unthinkable changes Elon Musk had made since taking over Twitter, pulling the rug out from under developers might seem relatively minor. After banning third-party clients without warning, Twitter announced that it would no longer allow any developer to use its APIs for free. So far, Twitter has communicated very little about the … Read more
It wouldn’t be February without a peek at Google’s next mobile OS. Sure enough, the company has released the first Android 14 developer preview (DP1) to help app creators target the new platform. This time around, the initial priorities are accessibility, battery life and security. You can scale fonts to a much larger size (200 … Read more
Turkey may be blocking access to Twitter, two days after a pair of catastrophic earthquakes struck the area. Thousands of people are still trapped in buildings in Turkey and Syria, where the death toll is approaching 12,000. According to Bloomberg, people in Turkey started having trouble accessing Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. Some have resorted to … Read more
Months after a successful vote, Apple Store employees in Glasgow have become the company’s first retail workers to form a union in the UK. Apple and the trade union GMB Scotland have signed a collective bargaining agreement that theoretically gives staff at the Buchanan Street store more clout when pushing for improved working conditions. The … Read more
Last September, Google began rolling out Search with Live View, a feature within Maps that adds search functionality to the app’s augmented reality layer. At the time, that feature was only available if you found yourself in London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Paris or Tokyo. Today, Google announced it’s bringing Search with Live … Read more
If the unofficial debut of Google’s Bard chatbot is any indication, misinformation is about to get a lot worse. The company posted an ad to Twitter this week showing off the natural-language AI model displaying false information about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). In the advertisement (via Reuters), a short GIF shows an example … Read more
At I/O 2022, Google revealed an Immersive View feature for Maps that uses computer vision and AI to combine Street View and aerial photography into a 3D format. The idea is to create a detailed perspective of buildings and other aspects of the environment. The feature is rolling out in five cities today. You’ll be … Read more
If it seems like everyone is rushing to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, you’re not wrong. Chinese online commerce heavyweight Alibaba has confirmed to CNBC that it’s working on its equivalent to OpenAI’s hit AI chatbot. The company isn’t detailing features or offering a release schedule, but says it has been developing generative AI since … Read more
Over the last several months, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has been working to smush HBO Max and Discovery+ together into a single, giant streaming service, which is expected to debut this spring. However, it seems the company has rethought its strategy, as Discovery+ is sticking around as a standalone platform. “Our plan for the enhanced … Read more
As some of you might know, I’m a runner. On occasion I review sports watches, and outside of work I’m a certified marathon coach. So when Engadget wanted to round up the best wireless workout headphones, I raised my hand. In addition to fit and battery life, I considered factors such as style; ease of … Read more