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Poolside, the AI-powered software dev platform, has raised half a billion dollars in new capital. The cash came in the form of a Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures, which also had participation from a who’s who of big tech firms including eBay (via eBay Ventures) and Nvidia. It brings Poolside’s total raised to … Read more

What you need to know Android developers can now experiment with Gemini Nano through the AI Edge SDK on the Pixel 9 series. Currently, developers can only use text-to-text prompts, paving the way for features like rephrasing, smart replies, proofreading, and summarization. This experimental access is for development only, not production use. Google is making … Read more

Paul Jones / Android Authority Apple Intelligence is coming. It’s not coming terribly quickly, and it won’t arrive all at once, but soon enough, compatible iPhones will get an infusion of AI capabilities. Some of those features will look similar to the ones we’ve seen launched by Google and Samsung, too, which is reason enough … Read more

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey advocated for a “warrior class” and autonomous weapons during a talk at Pepperdine University. The defense tech entrepreneur, known for his Hawaiian shirts and mullet, argued that societies need people “excited about enacting violence on others in pursuit of good aims.” Luckey revealed that Anduril supplied weapons to Ukraine two weeks … Read more

We’re planning a live virtual event later this year, and we want to hear from you. Are you using a powerful AI technology that seems like everyone ought to be using? Here’s your opportunity to show the world!  AI is too often seen as an enterprise of, by, and for the wealthy. We’re going to take … Read more

Federal prosecutors have charged a man for an alleged “hack-to-trade” scheme that earned him millions of dollars by breaking into the Office365 accounts of executives at publicly traded companies and obtaining quarterly financial reports before they were released publicly. The action, taken by the office of the US Attorney for the district of New Jersey, … Read more

Well-known electronics repair website iFixit today shared an AirPods 4 teardown video that offers a look inside Apple’s latest wireless earbuds. Specifically, these are the entry-level AirPods 4 without active noise cancellation (ANC). Unsurprisingly, iFixit said AirPods remain a “nightmare to take apart,” with the earbuds earning a lowest-possible 0/10 score on iFixit’s reparability scale. … Read more

The Windows 11 2024 Update, otherwise known as version 24H2, started rolling out yesterday, but if you’ve already updated, you might notice something is missing. WordPad’s deprecation has become a reality, as it has been completely removed from the new version of Windows 11. This might not be a big deal to most users — … Read more

Quick Links Disable Do Not Disturb Mode Disable Battery Optimization The Gmail app on my last Android phone bugged me so much because it wouldn’t send me any email notifications whatsoever. I eventually had to figure out how to get notifications through some trial and error. If you’re having trouble with Gmail notifications on your … Read more

When NASA decided in the 1970s that the Hubble Space Telescope should be serviceable in space, the engineering challenges must have seemed nearly insurmountable. How could a machine that complex and delicate be repaired by astronauts wearing 130-kilogram suits with thick gloves? In the end, spacewalkers not only fixed the telescope, they regularly remade it. … Read more