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All eyes are on Google this year as the company is going to bring the first tablet into its Pixel family. At the time of writing this article, the price for it hasn’t been revealed. However, we know how much the charging dock is going to cost, and it’s pretty pricey at $129. So, it seems that Google is gearing up to offer an interesting tablet. The question is, could the Pixel Tablet be a bit too niche to pick up?The mentality behind the Pixel Tablet is the same mentality behind notebook foldable phones: having one…

Whether or not this really amounts to an “iPhone moment” or a serious threat to Google search isn’t obvious at present — while it will likely push a change in user behaviors and expectations, the first shift will be organizations pushing to bring tools trained on large language models (LLMs) to learn from their own data and services. And this, ultimately, is the key — the significance and value of generative AI today is not really a question of societal or industry-wide transformation. It’s instead a question of how…

Buyers of Apple's best iPhone of 2023 can expect to be able to make use of a new 4K live video feature. However, it isn't clear how many people actually will.A new report claims that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will support a feature that takes live 4K video recorded by its cameras and then sends it to an attached display via Thunderbolt.However, the report does note that the feature is as "niche" as it already sounds, with few people likely to need to use it outside of a professional setting.A nice niche…

The new Spotify Niche Mix feature is currently rolling out to the platform’s users globally. If you have a specific style of music that suits your taste and vibes, then this feature might just help you elevate your streaming experience. This is like an improvement to the already existing personalized recommendation feature.This new feature tries to understand your music preferences and serve you what you need when you need it. It studies your music niche from what you listen to regularly. Well, this is quite similar to a…

Last updated: March 29th, 2023 at 15:49 UTC+02:00 It’s a sad day for fans of smartphones dedicated to mobile gaming, as one of the very few OEMs that build mobile gaming phones, Lenovo, is leaving this market segment. The Legion gaming business is officially shutting down, leaving behind a slot that Samsung doesn’t seem to be in a rush to fill, perhaps for good reasons. Lenovo’s Legion line of gaming phones is retreating. After an alleged Lenovo employee claimed to have it on good authority that the company is…

One of the many reasons that Spotify has always been my music streaming app of choice is the strength of its personalized recommendations. I’m always on the hunt for new music, and having spent years contributing to the algorithm, Spotify frequently introduces me to artists that I wind up loving. This week, the personalization aspect of the service got another huge upgrade as Spotify expanded its suite of personalized playlists with Niche Mixes. Spotify introduces Niche Mixes…

Spotify already offers a host of personalized playlists, and now the company is giving users even more control over the generation of those mixes. Building on the mood, decades and genre playlists the platform , Spotify today , a feature the company says combines all of its personalized playlists “in a playful way.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRgDNjFFzp8 In short, you can now prompt Spotify to create an algorithmically generated mix for almost any mood or genre. To do so, navigate over to Spotify’s search bar and…

After introducing an AI DJ, Spotify has introduced a new feature called Niche Mixes, which enables users to create personalised playlists based on a brief description of their preferred activity, vibe, or aesthetic in the Search tab.Users can create a custom playlist by simply adding the word "mix" after their search. This Niche Mixes is now available to all free and premium users but only in English.According to Spotify, the Niche Mixes is “a set of personalised playlists that combines all that our Mixes offer in a…

The PlayStation VR2 is a simultaneously exciting and disappointing development in the virtual reality space. Well-specced, easy to set up and reasonably light and comfortable, Sony’s latest still can’t shake the fundamental issues that have prevented VR from going mainstream: a lack of compelling content and despite a brand new 4K OLED display, distracting image fidelity. It’s the best VR has ever been, and I still can’t bring myself to recommend it to anybody who wasn’t already on board. The PSVR was one of the…

For as long as I had a GameCube, I don’t think I ever once beat a game. When my plane first landed on Isle Delfino in Super Mario: Sunshine in 2002, my main priority was finishing the tutorial. It was the one chore needing completion before I was free to wander around the plaza, pretending to buy fruit from island vendors. Similarly, my brother and I would spend countless hours in Kirby Air Ride but never raced one another. Like with dozens of other games, we’d argue over which virtual sky-rise belonged to our color Kirby…