Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google has sent an email to some users saying that it accidentally deleted Google Maps Timeline data. The email was only sent out to affected users, but urges them to restore their data from a backup. Unfortunately, you’re out of luck if you didn’t have Timeline backups enabled. Update: March 22, 2025 (11:30 …
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Aria Bendix / NBC News: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praises cell phone restrictions in schools, saying their electromagnetic radiation causes neurological and cellular damage — Kennedy pointed to evidence-based links between social media use and depression, but shared an unfounded claim that cell phones increase cancer risk.
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Especially in its early years, OLED’s standout concern has been its increased risk of burn-in, or image retention, over traditional backlit displays. Due in part to the use of organic compounds, OLED panels can more easily degrade at different rates over time, which could potentially lead to variations in brightness and colors. Thankfully, OLED burn-in is increasingly less common in …
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Sundar Pichai at the Google I/O 2017 Keynote. Image: Steven Zimmerman/Creative Commons Google has expanded the capabilities of its Gemini platform, promising to transform the way users collaborate on projects. With a focus on real-time editing, intuitive coding support, and audio content creation, the new features aim to redefine creative workflows for professionals and students. Audio overview: Bringing documents to …
Read More »Three super-practical suggestions to put boundaries around your screen time.
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On March 4, a Trump appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs circulated a memo to senior leadership. The agency, it said, would “move out aggressively” to improve efficiency, with an “initial objective” of cutting the work force to 2019 levels. The next morning, someone posted a copy of this “reduction in force” memo to a Reddit group called VeteransAffairs, …
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Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on a change to Android’s early boot process that improves how quickly kernel modules are loaded. This change has resulted in a 30% reduction in loading time for the Pixel 10, according to a Google engineer. As a result of this change, the Pixel 10 and other Android devices should boot …
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“When there are great tools out there, GSA’s job is to procure them, not make mediocre replacements,” a colleague added. “Did you use this AI to organize the [reduction in force]?” asked another federal worker. “When will the Adobe Pro be given back to us?” said another. “This is a critical program that we use daily. Please give this back …
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OpenAI researcher Hyung Won Chung. Image: OpenAI/YouTube Reasoning models, which dedicate time to thoroughly thinking through prompts, are at the front of the generative AI pack. OpenAI announced on March 20 o1-pro, a heavy-duty version of one of its reasoning models. Developers on any of OpenAI’s paid tiers can find o1-pro in the OpenAI API starting today. Those with higher …
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