Here’s how to create a custom emoji with the Apple Intelligence feature ‘Genmoji’

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

Apple’s latest iOS 18.1 software updates introduced a series of Apple Intelligence features, including Writing Tools and notification summaries. However, some features were missing from the lineup, like Genmoji, which allows users to create emojis from written prompts.  Now, with iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 public betas officially available, the highly anticipated […]
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Zoox rolls outs custom robotaxi in San Francisco, Las Vegas

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

Zoox is testing its custom robotaxis, which are built without a steering wheel or pedals, on public roads in San Francisco and the Las Vegas Strip.  The rollout of the autonomous vehicles, which Zoox CTO Jesse Levinson first announced at TechCrunch Disrupt, is a public show of force from the Amazon-backed company. Federal regulations prohibit […]
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Waymo opens robotaxi service to anyone in Los Angeles, marking its largest expansion yet

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

The expansion makes Los Angeles the largest city in which Waymo operates its self-driving robotaxi service.

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Shopify stock skyrockets 25% on revenue beat, rosy holiday forecast

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

Shopify beat analysts’ revenue expectations for the third quarter, with executives saying the company attracted a growing number of large customers.

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Now anyone in LA can hail a Waymo robotaxi

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

Waymo has opened its robotaxi service to everyone in Los Angeles, sunsetting a waitlist that had grown to 300,000 people. The Alphabet-backed company said starting Tuesday anyone can download the Waymo One app to hail a ride in its service area, which is now about 80 square miles in Los Angeles County. Waymo has had […]
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Apple needs all four of its iPhones to be popular if it’s going to reignite sales

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

Every year since 2020, when Apple moved to a four-model lineup, one of them has lagged in terms of sales.

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How Technology and Loneliness are Interlinked

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

Technology and loneliness are interlinked, researchers have found, stoked by the ways we interact with social media, text messaging and binge-watching.

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She Was a Child Instagram Influencer. Her Fans Were Grown Men.

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

“Jacky Dejo” was introduced to social media by her parents as a snowboarding prodigy. Now 18, she has seen the dark side of the internet — and turned a profit from it.

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Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

The media industry today may not have a very favorable view of AI — a technology that’s already been used to replace reporters with AI-written copy, while other AI companies have scooped up journalists’ work to feed their chatbots’ data demands, but without returning traffic to the publisher as search engines once did. However, one […]
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TikTok launches integration with Lemon8, as US ban looms

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Techme101

Users will be able to directly access Lemon8, ByteDance’s newer social media app, with their TikTok account, the company announced Tuesday. ByteDance says the integration will make photo-sharing more feasible, and give creators the ability to cross-share photo content between the apps. Lemon8 will remain a separate app, but the two platforms will share a […]
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