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I’ve had the Galaxy S24 Ultra for 3 days, and I’m already impressed

I’ve spent the weekend with the new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, and although it may not look all that different from the S23 Ultra, it has really impressed.
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Apple may have already killed Android’s newest iMessage app, Beeper Mini

Beeper Mini put iMessage on Android. But merely two days after its launch, it seems Apple is pulling the strings to kill the ambitious project.
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The keyword search function is already being tested on Threads

Having recently become available to access on the web, a new and possibly even more important feature has been confirmed to be on the way to Threads. Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed via Threads that the X (formerly Twitter) competitor will soon gain the ability to search for keywords. And, if you happen to […]

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Best Google Pixel deals: The 7 Pro already has a $200 discount

Time for a new Android device? We’ve smoked out all the latest and greatest Google Pixel deals right here.
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Already affordable, Visible’s basic plan is now reduced to $25 monthly

It’s not often that we report an actual price decrease for a subscription these days, if at all, but Verizon’s Visible MVNO has announced that it’s dropping the price of its already affordable basic plan from $ 30 down to $ 25 monthly. Now I know what you are thinking, that by dropping the price by $ 5 […]

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We already had a Pixel Tablet 12 years ago — you just forgot about it

We’ve tried the whole tablet-and-speaker dock thing before, going all the way back to 2011. The experience hasn’t gotten any better — not even with the Google Pixel Tablet.
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This phone may have already beat the Galaxy Z Flip 5 in a big way

All eyes are on the Galaxy Z Flip 5, which is set to be one of the year’s best folding phones, but a new competitor may have beaten it even before it launches.
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Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Air is already $49 off at Amazon

Apple announced its newest laptop, the 15-inch MacBook Air, this Monday during the brand’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference — and there’s already at least one retailer offering a nearly $ 50 discount on pre-orders. Apple set the retail price at $ 1,299, but right now Amazon is listing it for $ 1,249.99. You won’t see big red discount numbers or really any indication that its on sale, other than the fact that it’s cheaper than at any other retailer. The discount applies to the 256GB storage configuration in either Silver or Midnight. The larger, 512GB versions are also $ 49 off, but only in the Starlight or Space Gray colorways. 

Amazon has a history of promoting discounts that are small but notable (hey, $ 50 is $ 50) on new and desirable products, in the hopes that you buy your new device from its site over the competition. Apple’s announcement came after many months of speculation that the company would put out a laptop with a screen large enough for serious productivity, without making people spring for the extra cost (and potentially superfluous processing power) of the Pro model laptops. 

Our deputy editor Cherlynn Low was on the ground at WWDC and had a chance to put her hands on the newest MacBook. She was impressed by how light and thin it is at just 3.3 pounds and measuring under a half-inch thick. She reported that the Liquid Retina display was rich, vibrant and sharp. A demonstration of its processing power seemed speedy enough — that’s not surprising as it has the same M2 chip as the 13-inch MacBook Air, which performs remarkably well. But we’ll need to get a unit in for testing before we can properly evaluate it. 

In the meantime, here’s what the new 15-inch MacBook Air offers: A 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display, a 1080p camera and a promised 18-hour battery life. The M2 chip in the base model has an 8-core CPU and a 10-core GPU, instead of the optional 8-core GPU you can get with the 13-inch version. It has the same 8GB of RAM as the smaller model (which is configurable to 24GB) and the same storage options, either 256GB or 512GB (both configurable up to 2TB of SSD). The MBA 15 sadly didn’t add any additional ports — you’ll still just two Thunderbolt 4 ports with MagSafe plug for power and a 3.5mm headphone jack. 

When you pre-order now, your new MacBook Air should ship out next week. 

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The Pixel 7a is already discounted down to $449

The Pixel 7a is a prime example of why it pays to wait a little while when buying the latest Google device, with the A-series handset already available with a handy discount. On sale for barely a week, the $ 50 discount brings the cost of the unlocked Pixel 7a down from $ 499 to $ 449 on […]

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Microsoft is already reversing some of the limits it put on Bing’s AI chat tools

Microsoft was quick to limit Bing's AI chats to prevent disturbing answers, but it's changing course just days later. The company now says it will restore longer chats, and is starting by expanding the chats to six turns per session (up from five) and 60 chats per day (up from 50). The daily cap will climb to 100 chats soon, Microsoft says, and regular searches will no longer count against that total. With that said, don't expect to cause much havoc when long conversations return — Microsoft wants to bring them back "responsibly."

The tech giant is also addressing concerns that Bing's AI may be too wordy with responses. An upcoming test will let you choose a tone that's "precise" (that is, shorter and more to-the-point answers), "creative" (longer) or "balanced." If you're just interested in facts, you won't have to wade through as much text to get them.

There may have been signs of trouble considerably earlier. As Windows Centralnotes, researcher Dr. Gary Marcus and Nomic VP Ben Schmidt discovered that public tests of the Bing chatbot (codenamed "Sidney") in India four months ago produced similarly odd results in long sessions. We've asked Microsoft for comment, but it says in its most recent blog post that the current preview is meant to catch "atypical use cases" that don't manifest with internal tests.

Microsoft previously said it didn't completely anticipate people using Bing AI's longer chats as entertainment. The looser limits are an attempt to strike a balance between "feedback" in favor of those chats, as the company says, with safeguards that prevent the bot from going in strange directions.

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[Deal] UGreen’s new 65W USB-C Travel Charger is already discounted by 15%

Having only launched its new 65W USB-C Travel Charger a couple of weeks ago, UGreen is already offering a 15% discount on the charging accessory which means you can now pick it up for less than $ 48. Complete with a pair of USB-C charging ports as well as a USB-A port for added ease of […]

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Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has already emboldened the trolls

It’s been less than a day since Elon Musk began his takeover of Twitter, but his move to the top of the company is already impacting the platform. Following the news that the deal was completed, and that he had begun purging some of the company’s executive staff, some groups opted to test Twitter’s moderation rules.

The Washington Postalso reported that “racial slurs were posted rampantly overnight,” in the hours immediately after Musk’s takeover. The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a nonprofit organization that studies disinformation on social platforms, said Friday morning that it had observed a sharp uptick in the n-word on Twitter.

“Evidence suggests that bad actors are trying to test the limits on @Twitter,” the group said. “Several posts on 4chan encourage users to amplify derogatory slurs.”

A Twitter spokesperson didn’t respond to a request for comment. As both The Post and NCRI point out, much of this seems to be organized on platforms like 4Chan and TheDonald, where users are encouraging each other to spread hate.

For now, it’s unclear how widespread these efforts are. As with past harassment campaigns, a small group of trolls can have an outsize impact, particularly at a moment of upheaval for the company. Musk, who according to Bloomberg has temporarily assumed CEO duties at the company, said Friday that he would not be reinstating any banned accounts or making “major” changes to the company’s content policies until he could for a “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.”

He also responded to a Twitter account called Catturd, which had complained about shadowbans and losing followers, that he would be “digging in more.” Musk has previously said that he wants to do away with permanent bans on the platform and that he would “err on the side of, if in doubt, let the speech exist.”

Notably, the uptick in racist slurs comes one day after Musk appealed to Twitter’s advertisers, saying that he didn’t want to turn the platform into a “free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences.”

But the increase in hate speech has further fueled concerns that Twitter’s years-long effort to clean up its platforms could be reversed under Musk. Already, he has fired the company’s top policy executive, Vijaya Gadde, who played a central role in shaping the company’s content rules. That’s concerning, says Paul Barrett, deputy director of NYU’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights.

“The danger here is that in the name of ‘free speech,’ Musk will turn back the clock and make Twitter into a more potent engine of hatred, divisiveness, and misinformation about elections, public health policy, and international affairs,” Barrett said in a statement. “This is not going to be pretty.”

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My new Apple Watch Series 8 already feels old — and that’s great

The Apple Watch Series 8 features such modest improvements that it’s barely distinguishable from what came before, but is that a bad thing?
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The next big thing in science is already in your pocket

By borrowing computing power from millions of smartphones and home PCs, researchers can crack big scientific problems faster than ever before.
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Samsung’s One UI 5 beta is already available for some Galaxy S22 owners

Samsung’s One UI 5 beta is starting to roll out to select Galaxy S22 owners in spite of a botched announcement from earlier today.
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Nothing’s Phone (1) is already receiving its first software update

Having launched a week ago, Nothing’s Phone (1) is already on the receiving end of its first software update which brings a slew of optimizations, camera improvements, and a Tesla control feature. The update bumps the version number of Nothing OS to 1.1.0 and we’ve got the full changelog for you after the break. First […]

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Oppo and Mobvoi are already working on their first Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1-powered Wear OS smartwatches

Qualcomm just took the wraps off its new Snapdragon W5+ Gen 1 chipset which could be the processor that Wear OS has been waiting for, and we already know of two exponents of the wearable platform that are developing smartwatches powered by the new silicon. In Qualcomm’s press release for the new wearable chip, it […]

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Google already kicking off work on the Tensor 2 processor for the future Pixel 7

Not one to rest on its laurels, Google has reportedly already begun work on a second-generation Tensor chipset for the Pixel 7.
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The best Black Friday tech deals that are already available

It’s felt like Black Friday has been upon us for the past few weeks — but now we’re actually only a couple hours from the biggest shopping day of the year. 2020 has been a different year for many reasons, but retailers have continued with a trend tha…
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Uh oh: the Pixel 5 is apparently already coming apart for some users

Have we ever had a Google Pixel phone without some kind of controversy? I don’t think so. This time around, it looks like we might have some manufacturing issues with the Google Pixel 5, and some users are reporting gaps between the display and screen of their brand new phone. Uh oh. Google Pixel 5 […]

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Google has introduced Meet for Chromecast, which is already being deployed to devices around the world

Google has introduced Meet for Chromecast, and it’s already started being rolled out to Chromecast devices. The new feature should be deployed to all Chromecast devices around the world by the end of the week. The Google Chromecast team announced the introduction of the new feature via Google’s support pages, explaining the news follows the […]

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Qualcomm has already announced the Snapdragon 768G CPU to keep growing 5G

We’re starting to see phones finally start to ship with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765 CPU, but that’s not going to stop technology from continuing to push forward. Yep, today Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 768G chip that’s just a bit better in a growing 5G market. Snapdragon 768G announcement Don’t feel bad if you’re committed to […]

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LG Velvet officially launches, but we already had the details

The LG Velvet has officially been announced, but you probably already know what to expect out of LG’s new rebranding initiative. But hey, it’s a real phone now. Let’s see what LG is cooking up. LG Velvet officially announced The LG Velvet is a little bit more mid-range than a phone that would typically get […]

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Lotus has already sold out of its electric hypercar for 2020

Did you stare at the Lotus Evija and wonder how anyone could justify an electric hypercar costing over $ 2.6 million, especially from a brand best known for far lighter and cheaper gas vehicles? Apparently, you had no reason to doubt. Lotus told Aut…
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Samsung is already improving the Galaxy S20 camera with updates to fight criticism

The Samsung Galaxy S20 family is still about a week away from release, but early reviews haven’t totally fallen in love with the camera yet. Some users that have already used Samsung’s 2020 flagship have noticed a few issues that keep the camera from really being great, but Samsung wants to fix it quickly. Galaxy […]

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[Deal] TCL TVs are already on sale for up to 40% ahead of Black Friday

November is a great month for buying a TV. That’s typically when we see the best deals on them, and right now TCL has jumped on the bandwagon even ahead of Black Friday. There are several options of TCL TVs discounted on Amazon, some of which are over 40% off. There’s a mix of 5-series […]

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Oops: You can buy the unannounced NVIDIA Shield TV Pro at Best Buy already

NVIDIA hasn’t announced their new Shield TV Pro yet, but from some pretty substantial leaks we already know quite a bit about it. It’s got a slightly upgraded CPU and supports Dolby Vision, for example. But if you don’t want to wait for NVIDIA to actually announce it to try it out yourself, you don’t […]

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OnePlus already pushed out their first update for the OnePlus 7T

OnePlus announced the OnePlus 7T last week, so you wouldn’t think there would be much need for an early software update. But just a few days in and here we are, with Oxygen OS 10.0.3 officially rolling out for the brand new device. It’s not a massive update, mind you; this one’s pretty small with […]

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Apple is already beta testing iOS 13.1

Apple isn't waiting for the release of iOS 13 to start testing its first big update. The tech giant has posted an iOS 13.1 developer beta (plus a corresponding iPadOS 13.1 beta) — apparently the first time an iOS point release has been in a dev bet…
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Recommended Reading: Midterms have already been hacked

The midterms are already hacked. You just don't know it yet. Benjamin Wofford, Vox The concerns regarding voting processes in the US are nothing new, especially when it comes to vulnerabilities. Vox is the latest to take an in-depth look at the tr…
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California has already hit its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions goal

The EPA may be in shambles after Scott Pruitt's short but brutal tenure, but California actually has some good news on the global warming front. The state is well ahead of its schedule for cutting greenhouse gases. According to data released by the C…
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Google’s entire October 4th launch event lineup has already leaked

Invites are out for Google’s Pixel event on October 4th, and thanks to a massive leak from Droid Life, just about everything has leaked. That might remove the surprise element from the show, but it doesn’t diminish how exciting the new products are. Starting with the third generation Chromebook Pixel, now called the Google Pixelbook, we’re […]

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[Deal] Amazon begins selling the U.S. unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, already takes $150 off

The online retailer just started selling one of the best phones you can buy today. Samsung’s 2017 flagship, the Galaxy S8, just went live on Amazon in an official capacity. Both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ were only available on the site through third-party sellers until now. And, on top of that, you couldn’t […]

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Microsoft says it already patched ‘Shadow Brokers’ NSA leaks

Yesterday, the mysterious "Shadow Brokers" posted some hacking tools for Windows that were allegedly stolen from the NSA. All of them were at least a few years old, but exploited flaws in several versions of the operating system to move across networ…
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Sony quietly adds the Xperia XA Ultra to its already existing X lineup

Sony will be moving forward with none other than its X-series of smartphones. The latest addition being the Xperia XA Ultra, aimed at the upper mid-range category. Sony just launched a new smartphone called the Xperia XA Ultra. The handset features a 6-inch display with a Full HD resolution and is powered by MediaTek’s MT6755 processor. […]

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Wearables are already impacting the healthcare industry, and here’s how

With the ubiquity of fitness trackers that promise to keep tabs on your heart rate, your sleeping cycles, and your well-being, it’s no surprise that the healthcare industry has been one of the most heavily impacted by the wearable boom.

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