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are an easy way to keep tabs on where your family is, but if you're an Android user, seeing where friends and family are just got a little easier.In the latest version of the Contacts app, Google has quietly enabled the ability to let someone see your exact location in real-time via Google Maps. It's worth noting that this isn't a new feature itself, as the ability to share your location through Google Maps has been around for a while. But the new addition to Contacts is more convenient since if you're headed to call…

Apple announced Metal 3, which is the company’s latest graphics framework, at WWDC 2022. It comes with MetalFX, which helps GPU offer better graphics performance. So far, people have been assuming that Apple has developed MetalFX in-house. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case. According to a new report from NotebookCheck, MetalFX is based on the FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) technology from AMD. The publication found the information in the Legal & Regulatory section of the software. AMD made FSR available…

Parents, schools and even attorneys general have increasingly been raising concerns about how TikTok may be hooking children to the app and serving them inappropriate content. But some lawyers say bringing legal action against the company could be more difficult after TikTok quietly changed its terms of service this summer.In July, TikTok removed rules that had required user disputes to be handled through private arbitration and instead said that complaints must be filed in one of two California courts. While arbitration…

Yesterday, Google declared its big artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions after its DeepMind division unveiled the company's largest AI model Gemini, which is a multimodal foundation model, to the world. However, it wasn't the only tech company to make a big move towards AI. In order not to be left behind, Apple looks to have joined the AI war that is currently raging in Big Tech by releasing a new machine learning (ML) framework called MLX, but without much fanfare. Many reports are now suggesting that Apple can use…

The news that Ambrose Akinmusire likes owls comes as no surprise once you start pondering the watchful patience and swooping accuracy of this California-raised trumpet virtuoso’s jazz creativity for the past 15 years. Showered with plaudits in that time (with comparisons with Miles Davis often among them), Akinmusire shares Miles’ belief that less is more. He called this beautiful trio album Owl Song because his favourite birds’ cool occupancy of their world mirrors this project’s search for space and precious time in a…

Google has been accused of quietly placing search ads on non-Google websites, posing a potential risk to brand safety. Google denies the accusation, saying Adalytics, publisher of the report, has a track record of publishing inaccurate reports that misrepresent Google’s products and make exaggerated claims, according to Dan Taylor, Vice President, Global Ads at Google. Why we care. Compromising ad placement can harm brand reputation and reduce ad effectiveness. Advertisers need accurate and transparent data on ad…

CloseSamsung Galaxy A15 is now official. Samsung has quietly expanded its Galaxy A-series of lineup with the launch of Galaxy A15 in the US. The smartphone is backed by a 5000 mAh battery and is powered by a MediaTek chipset. The affordable smartphone sports a 50MP main camera and comes equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.Samsung Galaxy A15 comes in a price tag of $139 and it is available on Walmart, Boost Mobile and Cricket Wireless. Samsung Galaxy A15 can be purchased in Striking Blue colour option. The…

Neuralink, the Elon Musk-founded company developing implantable chips that can read brain waves, has raised an additional $43 million in venture capital, according to a filing with the SEC. The filing published this week shows the company increased its previous tranche, led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, from $280 million to $323 million in early August. Thirty-two investors participated, according to the filing. Neuralink hasn’t disclosed its valuation recently. But in June, Reuters reported…

Apple reportedly asked Amazon to stop competitor ads from appearing on its product pages. In response, the retail giant allegedly agreed to only serve ads and recommendations at the very bottom of Apple product pages – a gesture it doesn’t provide to rival brands like Samsung and Microsoft. This preferential treatment has supposedly enhanced Apple’s product pages, creating a more streamlined user experience, which has caused frustration amongst the company’s rivals, according to Business Insider. Why we care.…

Allow me to translate for you: Many of Microsoft's customers are still running Windows 10. Some of them are doing so by choice; others are doing so because they have perfectly functional PC hardware that runs Windows 10 but doesn't meet Windows 11's strict compatibility requirements. For all of those PCs in all of those homes and offices, Microsoft is going to stop sending security updates in less than two years, when that end-of-support date rolls around. Those customers will have the difficult choice of continuing to…