Apple has stepped up its foray into artificial intelligence (AI) by acquiring Datakalab, a Paris-based AI tech startup. The acquisition, finalized on Dec. 17, was quietly noted in a filing with the European Commission and reported by French media. It’s part of Apple’s reported push into AI. Datakalab, founded in 2016 by Xavier Fischer and Lucas Fischer, specializes …
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on making it possible to upload more than just images in the Android Gemini app. The feature doesn’t work yet, but it would allow PDFs and other types of documents to be uploaded. It’s possible this feature will be exclusive to Workspace and/or Gemini Advanced …
Google has reportedly fired more than 20 employees following sit-in protests at its offices in New York and California, according to a report by The Verge. This comes after the company dismissed 28 employees last week, bringing the total number of employees fired for protesting to nearly 50. The protests were against Google’s $1.2 billion …
A few days ago, Google released the first Beta version of Android 15. It is available for compatible Pixel phones and tablets. While it was considered generally stable for smartphone enthusiasts, it had a critical NFC-related bug that could impact day-to-day usage. Google has now fixed it with a new Android 15 Beta update. Android …
Android 14 was publicly launched with the Pixel 8 series back in October 2023. We’re a few months into the new year, and Google has begun testing the next version of Android, now up to the Android 15 beta 1.1. This is still only intended for early adopters, but things are coming along. In this …
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out a second April update for Pixel phones to fix network and connectivity issues. The update is already available on Verizon’s network and will roll out to all Pixel users over the coming weeks. Affected Pixel users can also sideload the OTA package now. Pixel …
Digital wallets are the way to go. Tapping to pay with your phone or smartwatch is way easier than pulling out your wallet, finding the right credit card and tapping that on the card reader. But it seems that Wear OS, which powers smartwatches including Pixel Watch 2, are introducing a change which some are …
15 photos Photo: Google/autoevolution edits Google has already promised several improvements for Android Auto users, and every update is received with much excitement by the user base. While the search giant typically ties new features to a server-controlled rollout, keeping Android Auto up-to-date is still recommended from a stability and reliability perspective. New Android Auto …
SAN FRANCISCO: There’s a problem with leading artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude: We don’t really know how smart they are. That’s because, unlike companies that make cars or drugs or baby formula, AI companies aren’t required to submit their products for testing before releasing them to the public. Users are left …
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Circle to Search could soon let users copy and share the selected areas as screenshots. The selected area has undergone a slight makeover. Circle to Search, the handy Android phone function that lets users quickly search for something by circling an item on their screen, might be getting two …