TECHNOLOGY
Apple adds News integration to Weather app in iOS 16.2
With this feature, users will get to see updates on the weather in their area, i.e. users will find a link to an article in the Apple News section that will show the updates on weather conditions in their areas. According to 9to5Mac, there are no settings to turn off News integration in the current beta, and Apple does not currently allow users to choose which data tiles are displayed in its weather app.
Samsung to bring Light performance mode to Galaxy S23 phones
This mode was introduced for Samsung's foldable phones Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 earlier this year and served as an alternative to the Standard mode. It prioritises battery life by turning down the phone's chipset performance. According to GSMArena, the performance drop will be moderate, but the power consumption reduction will be substantial after enabling the Light mode. Also, this mode is separate from the usual Power saving mode.
Samsung takes a jab at Apple with new 'On the Fence' ad
According to Android Authority, the 30-second commercial was shown on Samsung's US YouTube channel. In an ad called "On the Fence", it depicts a man sitting on an actual fence, with two iPhone users discouraging him from doing so. "But on the Samsung side, they have foldable phones and epic cameras," the man says.
Elon Musk begins laying off Twitter employees, shuts offices 'temporarily'
Employees were set to receive an email by 9 a.m. PST (9.30 p.m. India time) confirming whether they have been laid off or not, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge. The employee badge access to Twitter's offices will be shut off "temporarily".
Samsung building '8K' ultrawide monitor with DisplayPort 2.1
Computer chip company AMD had revealed at its event that a record-breaking 8K resolution version of a large curved screen is about to be unveiled by the tech giant, reports The Verge. The upcoming monitor will feature DisplayPort 2.1 and more details will be out in January next year.
Twitter back after brief outage for some Indian users
Twitter on mobile was working fine but users on the desktop version had some troubles logging into the platform. The Twitter website also went down for some users, with a message saying "Something went wrong, but don't fret - let's give it another shot". According to downdetector.com, a website that monitors online outages, 94 per cent users had issues with Twitter on Web, while just 6 per cent faced issues with the mobile platform.
AMD introduces world's most advanced gaming graphics cards
The RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT are the first graphics cards powered by its new architecture, RDNA 3. AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series graphics cards deliver up to 1.7 times higher 4K gaming performance than the previous flagship graphics cards, the company announced at its flagship event here late on Thursday.
Samsung launches IoT-enabled air purifiers in India
"Our latest range of air purifiers is designed to remove even the most ultrafine dust particles effectively allowing consumers to breathe pure air. We are optimistic that our new range of air purifiers will help improve the lifestyle of consumers," Mohandeep Singh, Senior Vice President of Consumer Electronics Business at Samsung India, said in a statement.
New Nokia 2780 Flip launched with FM radio support
According to GSMArena, the Nokia company launched the feature phone in the US in two colours, Red and Blue, which are priced at $90 and will go on sale starting November 15. The phone runs on KaiOS 3.1 which brings features such as FM Radio, MP3 support, and Wi-Fi support.
Google plans to develop AI model supporting 1,000 most spoken languages
"The company believes that creating a model of this size will make it easier to bring various AI functionalities to languages that are poorly represented in online spaces and AI training datasets (also known as "low-resource languages)," Zoubin Ghahramani, vice president of research at Google AI was quoted as saying.
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