Topic: on-device processing
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Google Launches Rival to Apple's Private AI Cloud
Google has launched Private AI Compute, a secure cloud platform that enables advanced AI processing on personal devices while ensuring data privacy, mirroring industry trends like Apple's Private Cloud Compute. The platform addresses the limitations of on-device AI by handling complex tasks in a ...
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Ex-Google X Trio Raises $6M to Build Your AI Second Brain
TwinMind is an AI-powered app that captures ambient speech to build a personal knowledge base, operates entirely offline, and recently secured $5.7 million in seed funding. The app distinguishes itself by running unobtrusively in the background on mobile devices, offering real-time translation an...
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5 Hidden AI Features You Missed From Apple's Event
Apple introduced subtle yet powerful AI enhancements across its ecosystem, focusing on utility over hype to make daily interactions smoother and more intuitive. Key AI-driven features include real-time conversational translation via AirPods Pro 3, intelligent camera framing for selfies, and healt...
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Google's Pixel 10 Magic Cue Gets Faster with Cloud AI
Google's latest Feature Drop for Pixel 10 introduces Private AI Compute, a platform that enhances the Magic Cue feature with faster, context-aware suggestions while ensuring user privacy through a secure, isolated environment. Private AI Compute combines the power of cloud-based AI models with on...
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Hance demos tiny AI audio software at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Hance is a Norwegian startup developing compact, AI-powered audio processing software that enhances communication in high-stakes environments like Formula One by reducing noise and improving clarity in real-time. The company's key innovation is compressing its models to just 242 kB, enabling on-d...
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Apple Reportedly Taps Google Gemini to Power Siri Revamp
Apple is reportedly developing a major Siri upgrade using Google's Gemini AI, with a custom model set to launch in spring 2026 on Apple's Private Cloud Compute infrastructure. The decision to partner with Google over Anthropic was driven by cost savings, as using Anthropic's Claude would have exc...
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Apple's Siri to Power Features With Google Gemini AI
Apple is integrating Google's Gemini AI into Siri starting with iOS 26.4, enabling it to handle complex queries and process data on Apple's Private Cloud Compute servers for enhanced intelligence and privacy. The new Siri architecture includes a query planner, knowledge search, and summarizer, wi...
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One UI 8.5 Brings AI Notification Summaries to Galaxy Devices
Samsung's upcoming One UI 8.5 for the Galaxy S25 Ultra will introduce an AI-driven feature to summarize lengthy notifications, though it is currently inactive in early builds. The feature aims to condense multiple alerts into a brief, easy-to-read summary to save users time, but app selection for...
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Apple's Major Siri Overhaul: Coming This March
Apple is planning a major Siri overhaul for March, leveraging large language model (LLM) technology to create a more capable, conversational, and less error-prone voice assistant. Key new features include **App Intents** for controlling apps via voice, **onscreen awareness** to interact with disp...
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Apple Taps Google & Microsoft Veteran to Lead AI Strategy
Apple has appointed Amar Subramanya, a veteran of Google and Microsoft, as its new vice president of AI, succeeding John Giannandrea who will retire in 2026. Subramanya will oversee core AI technology, including Apple Foundation Models and AI safety, reporting directly to software chief Craig Fed...
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Google's Gemini Cloud Matches Local Privacy with AI Compute
Google is launching Private AI Compute to bring advanced cloud-based AI capabilities to Android devices while maintaining strong privacy protections similar to on-device processing. The service offloads complex AI tasks to secure cloud servers using encryption and Google's Tensor Processing Units...
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Android Outshines iPhone in Scam Protection
Android devices, particularly Google Pixels, demonstrate superior scam protection with users significantly less likely to receive scam texts compared to iPhone users, based on Google and independent research. Independent analyses reveal Android employs AI across nine security layers for proactive...
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