TECHNOLOGY Archives

On: February 26, 2024

Lenovo, known for its active research and development initiatives, made waves last year with its Rollable Laptop Concept and sister device Motorola Rollable Phone, both probably inspired by LG, This year, Lenovo is coming to MWC 2024 with the ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept, a notebook equipped with a 17.3-inch translucent display and a digital keyboard. The ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept features a 17.3-inch MicroLED display withContinue Reading

Android 15 set to add extra protection to OTP notifications

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: February 21, 2024

Third-party apps are to be blocked from reading sensitive notifications. What you need to know With the increased threat of having accounts hacked, two-factor authentication (2FA) plays a valuable role in making it harder for others to steal your information or access your accounts. One form of 2FA is one-time passwords (OTPs),Continue Reading

Google is bringing Android’s reading mode to Gmail and social media apps

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: February 6, 2024

The feature previously did not support those applications. What you need to know For people who want or need to listen to text on Android rather than reading it, there’s a convenient text-to-speech option available called Android Reading mode. However, it was fairly limited before a server-side update today addedContinue Reading

First Human To Receive Neuralink Brain Chip Implant Recovering Well: Elon Musk

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: January 30, 2024

KEY POINTS Tech titan Elon Musk on Monday said the first human to receive an implant from Neuralink Sunday is “recovering well.” “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” he announced on X (formerly Twitter), months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the brain-chip startup clearance toContinue Reading

Microsoft Graveyard: a new website for tracking dead and soon-to-be-dead Microsoft products

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: January 29, 2024

You probably heard about the Killed by Google project, a website where you can find all the apps, products, services, and other things made by Google that later went six feet under. Microsoft, another tech giant (recently passed a $3 trillion market cap), also has plenty of products it no longerContinue Reading

Google is adding voice support to Gmail’s AI drafting feature

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: January 22, 2024

Google is expanding the AI capabilities of its Gmail app with a new “Draft Email with Voice” feature. Spotted in beta by TheSpAndroid, the feature allows users to verbally prompt the app’s AI to help them draft emails. The email app’s existing “Help Me Write” feature uses AI to suggest email textContinue Reading

Computer RAM gets the biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: January 17, 2024

LPCAMM2 is a revolution in RAM, but it faces an uphill struggle. It won’t stop Apple, Intel, and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU Today’s computers use either SO-DIMM or Low-power DDR (LPDDR) RAM. LPDDR surpasses DDR5 in terms of speed and comes in a form factor thatContinue Reading

Google Chrome to get “choose your search engine” prompt

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: December 11, 2023

Google Chrome users will soon get a “choose your search engine prompt” when they start the desktop web browser. This prompt allows them to select a search engine out of several popular ones in the user’s region. The change is not global but will roll out in early 2024 toContinue Reading

Google unveils Gemini, which it claims is its largest and most powerful AI model

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: December 7, 2023

Google has unveiled Gemini, which it claims is its largest and most powerful AI model to date. Gemini’s capabilities surpass that of ChatGPT and other competing AI models, according to Google. Gemini is a multimodal AI that is able to incorporate information from different sources. This capability means that it can “generalize and seamlesslyContinue Reading

Instagram and Facebook Messenger Chats to Disconnect This Month

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By: Ubong Abasi

On: December 5, 2023

Meta has revealed plans to end Instagram users’ ability to chat with Facebook accounts later this month, rolling back a feature that it introduced over three years ago. In September 2020, Meta (then Facebook) announced it was merging its Facebook Messenger service with Instagram direct messaging, allowing Instagram users to chatContinue Reading

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Lenovo Unveils ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept

Android 15 set to add extra protection to OTP notifications

Google is bringing Android’s reading mode to Gmail and social media apps

First Human To Receive Neuralink Brain Chip Implant Recovering Well: Elon Musk

Microsoft Graveyard: a new website for tracking dead and soon-to-be-dead Microsoft products

Google is adding voice support to Gmail’s AI drafting feature

Computer RAM gets the biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late

Google Chrome to get “choose your search engine” prompt

Google unveils Gemini, which it claims is its largest and most powerful AI model

Instagram and Facebook Messenger Chats to Disconnect This Month

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