Technology
What will Googlebooks offer that make them worth Google changing direction from Chromebooks?
I had a Pixelbook years ago and was excited — until I wasn’t. ChromeOS already baked in Android apps and it wasn’t that great. So will a full Android-based OS actually change things, or just move the problem around?
I want a full desktop experience. Android can’t match iPadOS in app quality and desktop experience, despite Android’s AI edge. I just bought a MacBook Air. If Googlebook matures into a true desktop experience, it could make my next laptop shortlist. Give it a couple of years.
I am guilty. I am one of those who pay for AI subscriptions. But I don’t hate AI. I paid almost $200 for 4 Generative AIs. I am trying to decide which ones I want to keep…I used the most in order:
Claude (pretty almost everything)
Gemini (general chats/questions and checking website/app coding when Claude is stuck on)
ChatGPT (Generative images)
Notion AI (do whatever I need within pages or docs)
Source: Survey: Paying for AI subscriptions is more popular than you think
“Humanoid robots have been everywhere lately.” Yes, I noticed it lately and it is scary that the future is already here.
Humanoid robots have been hyped as the future of everything, from completing household chores to caring for elders to doing the dirty work on the factory floor, while Elon Musk is pivoting Tesla from cars to humanoid robots, claiming they’ll soon outnumber humans.
Source: Humanoid robots: Can Tesla and other companies deliver on the hype? | Vox
I can’t wait to get One UI 8.5 update for my Samsung Fold 7 soon. I always am curious about potential new features to try. Check out the features and what is in the update below.
Samsung One UI 8.5 now available: What Galaxy users should know
I tried going full monochrome on Android years ago and lasted maybe a day. I prefer seeing photos and everything else in color. Bedtime mode is the one exception — monochrome on, phone down.
Whenever I turn on the colour, I feel a bit overwhelmed. — James G
For him, grayscale. For me, color. Just comes down to preference. What's yours?
AI will set to become a part of our daily lives eventually. This one is no surprise!
The main part of these plans is Wonder Create, an initiative that lets anyone—whether food entrepreneurs or social media influencers—to design and launch their own restaurant brand in less than a minute w/ AI. This virtual restaurant would then be introduced across Wonder’s growing network of tech-enabled kitchen locations, which currently number 120 & are expected to reach 400 next year.
🔁 Reblogged from @techcrunch
Marc Lore states that AI will soon enable anyone to open a restaurant
Meta is threatening to pull Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico rather than comply with child safety demands following a $375 million verdict.
Even if Meta were to “take their ball and leave the state,” it may soon find fewer places in the US to go. — New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez
Dozens of AGs are pushing similar actions. If platforms would rather exit than comply, the social media map could start looking very different.
Creepy, isn’t it?
“In the past, our view of the world was shaped in part by how artists saw the world, how Picasso painted changed how we saw the word, how Warhol talked about consumerism, pop culture, that changed how he saw those things.” — Artist Beeple, Mike Winkelmann