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In a new post on its blog, Google has announced that Android, Google Home, and Google nest devices are now Matter-enabled. Some of the devices to get Matter support include Google Home, Google Home Mini, Nest Hub Max, Nest Hub (1st and 2nd gen), Nest Mini, Nest Audio, and Nest Wi-Fi Pro. While the devices in the Google Nest and Google Home lineups are getting support for Matter through a firmware update (installed automatically), the company seems to be rolling out support for Matter to Android smartphones and tablets…

Seldom does Apple announce what’s changed with AirTag and AirPods firmware updates. After two new firmware versions available for the company’s item tracker, it has announced the new features and fixes that arrived with updates 2.0.24 and 2.0.36. Apple updated a support page a few days ago, and MacRumors spotted it. While the latest AirTag firmware update, version 2.0.36, only resolves an issue with the accelerometer not activating in specific scenarios, it was version 2.0.24 that brought an important update.…

This Thursday, Google officially launches support for Matter on Google Nest and Android devices. Matter is a new unified smart home platform that aids the interoperability between ecosystems and lets one platform borrow an incompatible device's support. Google has added support for the Matter platform on the Nest Mini, Nest Audio, Nest Hub (1st and 2nd gen), Nest Hub Max, Nest Wi-Fi Pro, Google Home, and Google Home Mini. That means if you already have any of these devices, it will act as a bridge between the…

Stop, Alexa!!! Alexa, NO MORE. Image: AmazonAmazon would like to help you use your Echo Show without talking. The company is rolling out an update this week that it hopes will “make interacting with Alexa more natural.”First up is a new gesture that lets you raise your hand to stop a timer. The feature is an additional method to interact with the smart display and can be used if you can’t immediately shout “stop!” or physically tap the Echo Show to dismiss an alarm. It’s also a helpful accessibility feature. But that’s…

by Meghmala December 7, 2022 Adobe Stock specifies new standards for generative AI-generated material, enhancing human creativityIn order to increase how users can improve their creative endeavors, Adobe Stock, a global marketplace with more than 320 million creative assets, has established new rules for submissions of graphics made with generative AI. Early developments in generative AI have led to concerns regarding its right use. Adobe has given these issues careful thought, and they have created a new submissions…

Map of Mesopotamia, Iran, and Central Asia showing simplified bedrock geology, sampling or excavated locations (sample types of vegetation, water, faunal or human samples for Sr isotopes, and surficial or riverine detrital sediments for Nd isotopes, and plant-ash glass), and major ancient cities. The map was created with QGIS (https://www.qgis.org/) by adapting two overlaid layers: CGMW Bedrock and Structural Geology and Natural Earth II with Shaded…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain If Denmark is to reach the goal of 1 million electric vehicles on the roads in 2030, the number of charging stations will have to keep up. DTU has created a calculation tool that enables cities and municipalities to analyze how many charge points they will need in the future.…

FP TrendingNov 28, 2022 10:47:45 ISTFrom health monitoring to the option of listening to audiobooks, an Apple Watch comes with plenty of features. Apart from the beneficial features, it also offers a lot of customisation options related to its look. Users can choose a variety of watch faces to decorate their Apple Watch as per their mood. When the Apple Watch first debuted in 2014, there were just 10 standard faces. However, since then, the variety has considerably increased and the number has reached as many as 31…

Robots like ads too, you know. Image: cjmacer (Shutterstock)As you read this, there’s an army of bots pretending to be Apple users surfing the web and looking at ads, according to new research shared exclusively with Gizmodo. The ad fraud scheme is weaponizing a privacy feature called Private Relay, coopting a vast swath of traffic to show ads to robots and costing advertisers tens of millions of dollars in the process, researchers’ tests found. Apple has promised that the tool has “built-in fraud detection” and that…

Faster delivery, that too last mile delivery is crucial and constitutes around 2/3rds of total logistics costs. However, logistics is rife with numerous challenges all because they lack the structure to support current-day technologies. Issues such as delays incurred by inefficient planning mismanaged reconciliation, and muddled sorting and sifting inhibit optimal performance in logistics. COGOS logistics, a frontrunner in leveraging IoT and AI in logistics, helps shippers reduce transportation costs by 60%. Analytics…