DeepMind co-founder joins Microsoft to lead Copilot development under new ‘Microsoft AI’ org

What you need to know Microsoft has announced an internal reorg to better position the company for an AI future. It’s forming a new “Microsoft AI” organization, lead by DeepMind and Inflection co-founder Mustafa Suleyma. The reorg moves Bing, Edge, Copilot and potentially Windows under this new Microsoft AI org. Microsoft is firmly an AI […]

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Samsung joins Princeton’s 6G initiative as a founding member

Samsung released the first 5G phone in 2019 and that very same year it started work on the next generation of networks with the foundation of the Advanced Communications Research Center (ACRC) under Samsung Research. Now the Samsung Research America branch has partnered with Princeton University as a founding member of the NextG Initiative Corporate […]

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Apple Joins US Commerce Department’s AI Safety Institute Consortium

Apple and other top tech companies have joined a new U.S. consortium to support the safe and responsible development and deployment of generative AI, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday (via Bloomberg). Apple, along with OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Amazon, will join more than 200 members of the AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) under […]

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Xbox joins Spotify and Epic in criticizing Apple

Apple released its plans on how it will comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in March, and major companies quickly voiced their concerns the implementation will hurt competitors more than help them. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney called the plan “hot garbage,” Spotify CEO Danel Ek called it “extortion,” and today, Xbox President Sarah […]

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Acer’s latest Swift laptop refresh joins the AI boom with Intel Core Ultra and the new Copilot key

What you need to know Today at CES Acer announced new laptops as part of its Swift line-up. These new laptops are the Acer Swift Go 14, Swift Go 16 and the Swift X 14. All three are powered by Intel’s new Core Ultra processors bringing AI features and Microsoft Copilot. Following on from Acer’s […]

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Another Apple Designer Joins Jony Ive to Work on Hardware for OpenAI

Apple’s vice president of product design Tang Tan is set to join Jony Ive’s LoveFrom to design hardware products for OpenAI, Bloomberg reports. Tan will become the latest Apple designer to join LoveFrom, a design company founded by Jony Ive after he departed Apple in 2019. A total of 14 members of Ive’s former design […]

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Sam Altman joins Microsoft’s advanced AI research team after shock firing, and over 70% of OpenAI’s employees may follow him

What you need to know Microsoft announced that it is hiring Sam Altman, ex-CEO of OpenAI. Altman was fired by OpenAI last week after the board said they had lost confidence in his leadership. Altman will be joined by Greg Brockman to lead a new AI research team at Microsoft. Updated November 20, 2023 at […]

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Samsung joins Google to pressurize Apple into RCS adoption

It looks like Samsung is joining Google in pressurizing Apple to support RCS. The company has released a short video that shows how people might feel when they’re left out of group chats when their phone doesn’t support Apple’s iMessage. The video shows not to distinguish between blue bubbles and green bubbles. Samsung suggests Apple […]

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Former Sony executive joins Xbox to lead Japanese partnership operations

What you need to know Mena Sato Kato worked previously as the Vice President of Mobile Business for Sony Interactive Entertainment. She was with Sony for about 8 years before leaving in 2021. According to an announcement on her LinkedIn, she has been hired by Xbox as the Director of Partnerships in Japan as part […]

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Former Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth joins Honor, teases new smartphone launch in India

Honor withdrew from the Indian market back in 2020 and has not released any new phones in the country since then but that’s about to change as the brand confirmed it is re-entering the market soon. In addition, former Realme CEO Madhav Sheth announced he is joining Honor India with a post on X (formerly […]

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Galaxy A54 joins list of devices that received July 2023 security update

Over the past three weeks, Samsung has been updating several phones and tablets with the July 2023 security patch. Now, the South Korean firm has released the new security update to the Galaxy A54 in several countries across Asia, Europe, and Latin American regions. The latest software update for the Galaxy A54 comes with firmware […]

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BREAKING: Galaxy Tab S8 series joins One UI 5.1.1 beta program

Galaxy Tab S8 users can now finally look forward to the next big One UI update. As you may have heard, a One UI 5.1.1 beta program just went live for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 in South Korea, but the foldable device is not alone. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S8 series is also joining a […]

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Android 14 Beta 3 is out, Pixel 7a joins the fun

Google’s beta test of the next iteration of its mobile operating system is ongoing, and on schedule. Today the company released Android 14 Beta 3, and this one marks what Google calls “platform stability”. This means that the developer APIs and all app-facing behaviors in the OS are now final, and won’t change until the […]

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New Moto G 5G unveiled with Snapdragon 480+ and lower price tag, new Moto G Stylus joins it

A few years ago Motorola unveiled the Moto G 5G as its cheapest 5G phone, then in 2022 came the sequel, now that phone a new model. Also new today is the latest Moto G Stylus. Both phones have undergone cost cuttings, which has reduced their price but also limited their features. Moto G 5G […]

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Brave Search joins the AI party with its new Summarizer tool

What you need to know Brave, best known for its Chromium-based web browser now has its own AI tools built into its search engine.  Summarizer, powered by Brave AI, will provide a smart summary of information at the top of search based on the question asked.  It’s enabled by default on desktop and mobile but […]

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Samsung joins hands with IISc to boost semiconductor research in India

Samsung India’s semiconductor subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR), has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to promote semiconductor R&D in India. This collaboration between SSIR and IISc will help boost research in the field of on-chip Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection. The research agreement was exchanged by Balajee Sowrirajan, CVP and MD […]

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Samsung joins Internet Matters to celebrate Safe Internet Day

As great a tool as the internet is, the world wide web can be a dangerous place where unsuspecting users could get tricked into giving away their personal information or be led to malware-infested websites. And that’s not even the worst of it. But some organizations aim to make the internet a better, safer place. […]

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Xiaomi unveils Poco X5 Pro with Snapdragon 778G, Poco X5 joins

The Poco X series typically delivers a high refresh rate screen, a large, fast-charging battery and a value for money chipset (leaving flagship performance to the F-phones). The X5 series checks all those boxes and while the camera is rarely the focus, the new Pro model flaunts a 108MP sensor. This time around there is […]

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Galaxy A53 joins older cousins, gets new update with January 2023 security patch

The Galaxy A53 is currently the best mid-range Samsung phone available on the market, but its maker isn’t discrimating against other models when it comes to updates. That is probably be why the Galaxy A53 5G is only getting an update with the January 2023 security patch after some of its predecessors, like the Galaxy A50, […]

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