Interesting announcements
Google DeepMind created an AI that can invent new algorithms
AlphaEvolve is an “evolutionary coding agent” powered by large language models that can discover and optimize algorithms. This AI came up with a way to improve the software Google uses to allocate jobs to its many millions of servers around the world. Google DeepMind claims the company has been using AlphaEvolve across all of its data centers for more than a year.
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Audible will use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Audible said it will “combine its experience producing audio stories with Amazon’s AI technology” to produce the audiobooks. The company added that publishers will be able to choose from more than 100 AI-generated voices in English, Spanish, French and Italian, with multiple accent and dialect options.
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Apple is showing warnings on EU apps that don’t use App Store payments
The company added a warning with a red exclamation mark next to apps that it found were not using its own “private and secure payment system”. The message is seemingly meant to discourage users from using external payment systems, as is now permitted under the new EU law, the Digital Markets Act.
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Google launched its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive
The UI update is a significant step in Google’s ongoing effort to make Android and Wear OS more visually engaging and interactive. It has new motion physics, component updates, fresh color schemes, impactful fonts, and more.
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Top new products
Realme GT 7
Realme GT 7 has a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen, MediaTek Dimensity 9400e processor, 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It will come with a 7,000 mAh battery.
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OnePlus Pad 2 Pro
The tablet has a 13.2-inch scree, 8 GB, 12 GB, or 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. It comes with a 12,140 mAh battery.
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