Topic: ai-powered features
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Pocket is shutting down: 7 best read-it-later alternatives
Mozilla retired Pocket in May 2025, with a hard data export deadline of October 8, 2025, prompting users to migrate to alternatives like Instapaper and Matter, as well as new indie apps. Key alternatives include Matter (with AI co-reader and podcast transcription), Instapaper (free unlimited savi...
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Pixel 11 embeds Gemini in OS weeks before Siri
Google unveiled the Pixel 11 lineup with Gemini Intelligence, a system-level AI layer embedded in the OS that proactively connects apps and services to anticipate user actions, moving beyond the standalone chatbot model. Google is now competing directly with Apple, which is rebuilding Siri on Gem...
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Microsoft Advertising launches bulk editing for disapproved ads
Microsoft Advertising now offers bulk editing and appealing for disapproved text and image assets, available across all accounts to streamline policy violation resolution. Appeals must cover every disapproved asset within an ad, image assets require uploading replacements (not edits), and up to 5...
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First-Gen Kindle Scribe: Big E-Reader & Notebook, $150 Refurbished
Woot is offering a refurbished 16GB Kindle Scribe with Premium Pen for $149.99 until August 8th, using promo code KINDLE25,a $220 discount from its 2022 launch price, though it includes only a 90-day warranty. The Scribe features a 10.2-inch, 300ppi E Ink display with adjustable warm light, ideal...
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Spotify's Running Mode Syncs Music to Your Pace
Spotify's new Running Mode uses AI to create playlists that match users' exercise intensity, musical preferences, and target beats per minute (BPM), with customizable presets and optional coaching tools. The feature builds on the Prompted Playlists technology and is available exclusively to Premi...
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Yope raises $12.3M for ad-free, algorithm-free social network
Yope raised $12.3 million in a funding round led by Northzone to build an ad-free, algorithm-free social platform centered on small, private "micro communities" for genuine connection. The app, which has nearly 15 million registered users, uses AI to strengthen interpersonal bonds through feature...
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Samsung Health to delete data if users refuse AI training
Samsung is requiring users to consent to their health data being used for AI training and human review, or risk losing data syncing and having their data deleted. The data collected includes step counts, sleep patterns, medication logs, cycle tracking, and comprehensive health records. This polic...
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Apple releases public betas for iOS 27 and more
Apple has released public betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, with a full rollout expected this fall. The key new feature is Siri AI, an AI-driven overhaul of the virtual assistant that delivers on its promises but tends to keep responses concise. Users should be ca...
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Google launches Finance Android app, iOS version coming later in 2026
Google Finance launched its first standalone Android app after two decades as a web-only service, with an iOS version promised later this year. The app includes AI-powered features, such as "key moments" that generate summaries explaining why stock prices shifted at specific points. Users can bui...
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Google integrates Display Ads into Demand Gen campaigns
Google is integrating Display Ads management into Demand Gen campaigns, allowing advertisers to manage GDN placements within a centralized campaign environment while still offering the option to run ads exclusively on GDN. This consolidation gives Display advertisers access to newer AI-powered fe...
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Google Photos AI turns Clueless virtual closet into reality
Google Photos is introducing a new AI-powered feature that creates a digital closet from your clothing photos, allowing users to generate outfit ideas and virtually try on combinations, inspired by the "Clueless" film. The AI automatically scans your Google Photos library to identify and catalog ...
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Uber enters hotel business with AI-powered platform
Uber is expanding its services by allowing US customers to book hotel rooms directly in its app, partnering with Expedia Group to offer access to over 700,000 hotels worldwide, with Vrbo rentals coming later this year. Uber One members receive a 20% discount on a rotating selection of 10,000 hote...
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Uber expands into hotel bookings with new app feature
Uber is adding hotel booking to its app through a partnership with Expedia, offering access to over 700,000 properties and aiming to create a seamless travel loop combining rides, hotels, and food delivery. The feature is built from scratch using Expedia’s API, with Uber One subscribers getting e...
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Google Translate Adds Pronunciation Help
Google Translate has launched an AI-powered "pronunciation practice" feature that provides real-time feedback on speech to help language learners improve their enunciation. The feature is currently available only to Android users in the United States and India, supporting English, Spanish, and Hi...
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Spotify targets fitness content as next growth area
Spotify has launched a dedicated "Fitness" hub with full workout sessions, partnering with wellness creators and Peloton to offer music and video content across mobile, desktop, and TV apps. Premium users in select markets can access over 1,400 ad-free, on-demand Peloton classes (no equipment nee...
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Earn $10K+ by Unplugging Ring Doorbells From Amazon Cloud
The Fulu Foundation is offering a cash bounty starting at $10,000 for developers to create software that modifies Ring doorbells to store video locally, disconnecting them from Amazon's cloud. This initiative responds to privacy concerns and limitations of Ring's current paid cloud storage, aimin...
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Arctera InfoScale Uses AI to Detect and Stop Ransomware
Arctera's InfoScale platform now uses AI to detect and neutralize ransomware threats in real time by analyzing behavioral patterns across applications, storage, and infrastructure. The system provides full-stack visibility and application-aware actions, enabling immediate protective measures to l...
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Google Pixel 10 Pro XL vs. Galaxy S25 Ultra: Which Android Phone Wins?
The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL offers a streamlined software experience with seven years of updates, strong AI integration, and computational photography that excels through intelligent software enhancements. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra provides extensive customization options, a top-tier display wi...
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Google Pixel 10: 10 Game-Changing Features for Phone & Watch
The Pixel 10 series introduces AI-powered tools like Camera Coach, which provides real-time photography guidance and suggestions to help users capture better shots. Magic Cue in Google Messages and Gboard uses personal data from linked services to generate context-aware, personalized responses an...
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Open-Source Pentesting Platform for Red Teams | Cervantes
Cervantes is an open-source collaborative platform for red teams and security professionals, centralizing project management, vulnerability tracking, and reporting to improve efficiency in security assessments. The platform offers native collaboration features, a customizable knowledge base, and ...
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