Top interesting announcements
Google DeepMind unveiled ‘Genie’, an AI Model that can generate 2D platformer games
Genie can take a short description, a hand-drawn sketch, or a photo and turn it into a playable video game in the style of classic 2D platformers like Super Mario Bros. The model was trained on over 200,000 hours of publicly available 2D platformers.
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Google is testing a unified app store called “App Mall” for Chromebooks
Although specific details about the featured apps have not been disclosed, it is anticipated that the store will include a variety of options such as Android and web apps, and even games.
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ChatGPT can now ‘read aloud’ its responses
OpenAI has announced a feature for ChatGPT, which allows the chatbot to read out its answers in five different voices. The option has been integrated into both the web version and mobile applications available on iOS and Android platforms.
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Microsoft announced a Surface and Windows AI event for March 21st
The company promised to unveil “the latest in scaling AI in your environment with Copilot, Windows and Surface”, but it has shared no other details on what its announcements could be.
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A US court ordered NSO Group to hand over the source code of Pegasus spyware to WhatsApp
Meta filed the lawsuit in October 2019 against the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group for using its infrastructure to distribute spyware to approximately 1,400 mobile devices between April and May. The court’s directive mandates NSO to divulge “all relevant spyware” that targeted WhatsApp or its infrastructure in 2019.
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Top new products
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024)
Galaxy Tab S6 Lite will have a 10.4-inch display, Exynos 1280 processor and a 6840mAh battery.
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Lenovo Tab P12 Matte
Tab P12 Matte will have a 12.7-inch screen, MediaTek Dimensity 7050 processor, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Lenovo will be offering four years of security updates.
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Vivo Pad 3 Pro
Vivo Pad 3 Pro will have a 12.95-inch screen, Dimensity 9300 processor, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. It will come with an 11,500mAh battery.
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