Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones — in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI), whether it’s […]
What you need to knowGoogle says it has crippled IPIDEA, a massive residential proxy network that secretly turned millions of everyday devices into tools for cybercrime.IPIDEA hid attacks behind real home internet connections, making malicious traffic harder to detect and
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From time to time, OpenAI removes older models from ChatGPT’s model picker, as users become accustomed to newer ones. Here are the models being retired on February 13. GPT-4o is going away for good Last August, when OpenAI released GPT-5,
NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth
Technology companies spent part of the 2010s trying to convince us that we would want an 8K display one day. In 2012, Sharp brought the first 8K TV prototype to the CES trade show in Las Vegas. In 2015, the
Entertainment Google’s Project Genie generates interactive virtual worlds from prompts that look almost like games, if you squint a little. Google’s Project Genie generates interactive virtual worlds from prompts that look almost like games, if you squint a little. by
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Android CallCore is a new app that enables Google’s AI-powered calling protection features on non-Pixel devices. It appears that the Galaxy S26 Ultra has the necessary flag to install this app. This suggests that
I’ll admit it. I like clicking around. So, while testing Google’s new “Auto Browse” feature for Chrome, I was filled with a strange sense of loss as I watched the AI agent open browser tabs and attempt to complete digital
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