Monthly Archives: May 2023

Drone maker Zipline, on track for 1 million deliveries, adds vitamins, pizzas and prescriptions to cargo

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

Drone maker Zipline broke through with critical medical supplies, but it’s making many more commercial deliveries as it targets one million deliveries.

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Google unveils advanced AI model to beef up Bard, Search, Maps and more

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

With its new PaLM 2 large language model, Google said its key products and services will be simpler and smarter thanks to a huge dose of AI. The post Google unveils advanced AI model to beef up Bard, Search, Maps … Continue reading →

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Daily Crunch: OpenAI, Anthropic and Stability AI receive half of Sound Ventures’ $240M AI fund

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Happy Google Day! There’s been a wall of interesting news coming out of the search-and-everything-else-too giant at … Continue reading →

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Google brings AI to search as it vies with Microsoft

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

The firm is rolling out artificial intelligence to its core search engine, after Microsoft did similar with ChatGPT.

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Disney+ and Hulu content to combine into one streaming app

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

In a significant move made by Disney, the company announced Wednesday that U.S. customers are getting a new app that combines Disney+ and Hulu content. The company also announced that it is raising the price of the Disney+ ad-free tier … Continue reading →

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Google I/O 2023 is a wrap — here’s a list of everything announced

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

On Google I/O keynote day, the search and internet advertising provider puts forth a rapid-fire stream of announcements during its developer conference, including many unveilings of recent things it’s been working on.  Since we know you don’t always have time … Continue reading →

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Google ‘Perspectives’ integrates Reddit, YouTube, TikTok and more in search results

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

Alongside its work to integrate more AI features into Search, Google today also announced it’s introducing a new “Perspectives” filter will be coming to the top of some of its Search results when the results “would benefit from others’ experiences,” … Continue reading →

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Pixel 7A Review: We’re Running Out of Reasons to Splurge on a ‘Pro’ Phone

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

Google’s latest entry-level phone, which costs $500, is just good as devices nearly double its price.

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Google’s latest Project Starline prototype uses AI to make 3D images of people

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

Today at I/O, Google announced the latest prototype of Project Starline, its 3D teleconferencing video booth. On the face of it, the biggest difference a dramatic reduction in hardware. The earlier model, which it showed off late last year, relied … Continue reading →

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Tinder-inspired Cala dares you to swipe left on useless meetings

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Techme101

Move over, meat market and, um… hello, meet market. A two-person team made some waves this week with Cala, a web app they’re marketing as “Tinder for canceling meetings.” The free service integrates with Google Calendar and borrows the tried-and-tried swipe … Continue reading →

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