Apple and Google on Thursday evening restored TikTok to their respective app stores in the U.S., nearly a month after they removed the short video app following a national security law that banned it in the country. The companies have also restored other apps owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, (video editor CapCut and social … Read more
It’s a particularly interesting year in the mobile industry, with Qualcomm and MediaTek making sizeable gains with their offerings. Qualcomm switched to a fully-custom design after a decade, and the result is that the Snapdragon 8 Elite has generational gains over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and it is magnificent. MediaTek isn’t sitting idly by … Read more
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has admitted to removing negative user reviews after changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. It is also preventing users from suggesting edits or reporting inaccuracies. It appears mislabeling reports and reviews are triggering Google Maps’ “real-time abuse” protocol. A few days ago, Google officially … Read more
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A groundbreaking NHS trial will attempt to boost patients’ mood using a brain-computer-interface that directly alters brain activity using ultrasound. The device, which is designed to be implanted beneath the skull but outside the brain, maps activity and delivers targeted pulses of ultrasound to “switch on” … Read more
When I started working on the new edition of Head First C# back in 2023, AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot were already changing how developers write and learn code. It was clear that I needed to cover them. But that raised an interesting challenge: How do you teach new and intermediate developers to use … Read more
On Thursday, researchers with the Symantec security firm reported on a collaboration that worked the other way—use by the RA World ransomware group of a “distinct toolset” that previously has been seen used only in espionage operations by a China-linked threat group. The toolset, first spotted in July, was a variant of PlugX, a custom … Read more
TikTok is once again available for download from the App Store, which means it can be installed on iPhones and will be able to receive updates. Apple’s decision to start distributing TikTok again comes after a letter sent from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to Bloomberg, but the letter has not been shared. Apple … Read more
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Summary Microsoft Excel online lacks functionality compared to paid versions that include features including advanced formulas and charts. Powerful data analytics tools like Power Query and Power Pivot are only available with a Microsoft 365 subscription. Desktop Excel offers additional features, better offline use, improved reliability, and more automation capabilities. Full-fat Microsoft Excel is still … Read more
Two years after the generative AI boom really began with the launch of ChatGPT, it no longer seems that exciting to have a phenomenally helpful AI assistant hanging around in your web browser or phone, just waiting for you to ask it questions. The next big push in AI is for AI agents that can … Read more