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While the tech industry went gaga for generative artificial intelligence, one giant has held back: Apple. The company has yet to introduce so much as an AI-generated emoji, and according to a New York Times report today and earlier reporting from Bloomberg, it is in preliminary talks with Google about adding the search company’s Gemini AI model to iPhones.Yet a research paper quietly posted online last Friday by Apple engineers suggests that the company is making significant new investments into AI that are already…

The Pretenders will be spending their summer on the road in support of their latest studio album Relentless. The headlining run, making more than a dozen stops throughout North America in July and August, will overlap with the band’s appearances as special guests at select shows on Foo Fighters’ upcoming stadium tour. The Pretenders will kick off their summer run on July 13 in Red Bank, New Jersey at the Count Basie Center for the Art. The tour will make stops in Philadelphia, Boston, Milwaukee, Chicago, Austin,…

In the future, the ideal time to eat a burger won’t be when you’re hungry and really hankering for one. It’ll be the oddest, most awkward hours — late mornings or afternoons, the middle of the night on a Tuesday — the slices of time when prices will be lowest. Not unlike your Uber ride, fast food prices will go up or down depending on demand. At least, this is the world people imagined when fast food chain Wendy’s revealed it would be tinkering with “dynamic pricing,” a broad term that describes any strategy where…

Florida’s Surgeon General Shows the Danger of Politicizing of MedicineFlorida state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo’s rejection of evidence-based policy stems from political rather than scientific motivations and puts innocent people at riskBy David Robert GrimesFlorida state surgeon general Joseph Ladapo at a press conference held by Governor Ron DeSantis on May 16, 2022, in Sanford, Fla. Credit: NurPhoto SRL/Alamy Stock PhotoAs a measles outbreak tears though Florida, the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, is openly…

In February, Samsung obtained a regulatory certification for the Galaxy Tab S10+’s battery from India’s BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards). The agency certified the battery with model numbers EB-BX828ABE and EB-BX828ABY. The company has also received a similar certification from Safety Korea, which has published a live photo of the battery. Galaxy Tab S10+’s battery seen in live photo Unlike smartphones, Samsung doesn’t launch new flagship Android tablets every 12 months. It launched the Galaxy Tab S7 series in August 2020…

Donald Trump has talked about electric cars in a new interview, and as usual, he has decided to trash them and show that he doesn’t know much about them. Disclaimer: we don’t like to get too political at Electrek. We are biased toward electric vehicles and we do like policies that encourage them, especially those that incentivize them in a way that represents their benefits for the environment. Since Trump has a real chance of becoming president again, it’s important to cover his views on electric…

Ensuring the health and safety of employees in the workplace is one of the top priorities of companies. But even under the best conditions, injuries and illnesses still occur, and how they’re addressed can make all the difference.Unfortunately, the boss of this worker didn’t handle their wrist accident as well as she could have. The employee struggled for a few months, going to doctor’s appointments and requesting lighter work, only to be completely ignored by the manager. Knowing that would be the end of their work…

OpenAI left a lot of jaws on the floor last month when it shared the first footage made by Sora, its AI-powered text-to-video generator. The quality, while not perfect, was extraordinary, and left many wondering about the kind of transformational impact that such technology will have on the creative industries, including Hollywood. OpenAI has yet to release Sora to the public — that’s expected to happen later this year — but the company is happy to continue impressing everyone by dropping regular Sora-generated…

Ramadan is a significant month for Muslims, spiritually and physically, but between bouts of prayer and deliberation, some might feel inclined to sit down for a bit of Netflix browsing. And since you have to stay halal in Ramadan, you should probably forget Netflix and chill. Now is the time to Netflix and fast! The month of Ramadan is important to Muslims for a number of reasons. Chief among them is the belief that the Quran, their holy book, was revealed to Muhammad during this month. The people who follow the Islamic…

Leigh Whannell has started shooting Wolf Man. Kim Kardashian goes behind the scenes for American Horror Story: Delicate. Plus, what’s to come after Michonne and Rick’s reunion on The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Spoilers, away!Is Netflix’s DareDevil Canon to Echo?BladeAaron Pierre has told Variety that he’s “no longer involved” with Blade, after its myriad delays and re-writes.IckVariety reports Brandon Routh, Mena Suvari and Malina Weissman are attached to star in Ick, a horror-comedy aiming “to evoke the timeless…