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WhatsApp’s latest iOS update adds picture-in-picture for video calls
/ Now you can easily open up other apps when you’re on a video call.
The AI-powered Seinfeld spoof is set to return to Twitch with new guardrails in place
/ The AI-generated Seinfeld spoof was suspended for making transphobic remarks, but its makers say there are new content moderation systems in place.
Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away
/ Reports are pointing to a buttonless iPhone 15 Pro with solid-state haptic buttons in their place. This is very bad and no good. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Look, I know it’s probably too late, but since reports have been surfacing for a while now that Apple is planning to remove the physical buttons from the iPhone 15 Pro, replacing them with solid-state “taptic” buttons. Some new, alleged renders of the iPhone 15 published by 9to5Mac seem to confirm the news: it’s time to bid the physical volume rocker and power switch goodbye, a...
The Nintendo Switch OLED is nearly $50 off for President’s Day
/ If handheld gaming consoles don’t get you jazzed, you can also save on Anker’s MagSafe-ready charging station, monitors, and the AirPods Max. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Nintendo Hey, y’all. President’s Day weekend has arrived, and with it comes a slew of phenomenal deals on everything from smart displays and robovacs to some of our favorite pairs of wireless earbuds. We’ve rounded up a smattering of the steepest discounts in our guide to the best President’s Day sales, however, today’s deal roundup will fixate on a few highlights we didn’t include — well, at least no...
Instagram Now Lets Users Comment on Posts With a GIF
Instagram has been allowing users to respond to Stories with a GIF for some time now. It will now be expanding the feature to its comment section.Some Instagram users will notice that they’re now able to use a GIF in their comment on a photo or video within the main feed, PiunikaWeb first reported.While Instagram hasn’t formally announced the feature, a few users noticed a GIF button in the space they’d typically type out their comments in text form. Clicking on the button will bring up some sample GIFs, along with a search bar to look for specific ones.Similar to Stories or even iMessage, the GIFs will be sourced from GIPHY, giving users an ample library of content to pick from.It’s still unknown when Instagram will roll out the feature to a wider audience or what countries it’ll be made ...
Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication
/ Only Twitter Blue subscribers will get the privilege of using the least secure form of two-factor authentication.
Microsoft limits Bing chat to five replies to stop the AI from getting real weird
/ Microsoft’s new limits mean Bing chatbot users can only ask a maximum of five questions per session and 50 in total per day.
The NBA app is going to let you digitally possess a live player
/ Have you wanted to be Damian Lillard? With the NBA app, you’ll be able to do that, sort of.
Amazon’s Alexa app gets more Sonos-y with new multiroom audio controls
/ You can easily move music between speakers without using voice commands, and there’s a new overview screen for everything that’s playing. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>You can quickly move music between devices and groups with the Alexa app.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>The new Active Media List (left) gives an overview and fast access to everything playing across your system. It looks similar to Sonos’ System ta...
The best tech gifts for under $50
/ We found a bunch of fun and useful gadgets you can buy for less than $50 that make great gifts, regardless of the occasion. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: JBL If “budget-friendly” and “high-quality” sound like oxymorons to you, you’re in for a surprise. As it turns out, you can buy a number of great gifts without completely draining your savings account, which makes it easy to pick up a present for your anniversary, a birthday party, or one of the many other gift-giving occasions strewn throughout the year. Finding the right gift can still be tough, however, even when th...
Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing
Artificial Intelligence AI chatbots like Bing and ChatGPT are entrancing users, but they’re just autocomplete systems trained on our own stories about superintelligent AI. That makes them software — not sentient. Share this story a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP via Getty Images In behavioral psychology, the mirror test is designed to discover animals’ capacity for self-awareness. There are a few variations of the test, but the essence is always the same: do animals recognize themselves in the mirror or think it’s another being altogether? Right now, huma...
First Look at the New Apple iOS 16.4 Emojis
Apple has unveiled the new emoji designs for its iOS 16.4 beta, previewing what's in store for the next software update across its mobile devices. 31 new emojis in total were introduced on February 16 when factoring in the usual five skin tone modifiers for human-based icons.Highlights this time around include the highly-requested solid pink heart which also debuts in blue and gray color tones. New facial expressions include a "shook" emoji while two new pushing hand gestures for the left and right hand are added with a variety of potential usages when paired together or with other emojis. Animal-related icons added to the mix include a moose, donkey, wings, blackbird, duck, and jellyfish. Other plant and object additions feature a hyacinth, ginger root, edamame, red folding fan, hair pick...
