Dominic Preston
A first look at Google Translate’s take on language learning.
Android Authority managed to get an early version of the new Practice feature up and running, and it looks even more AI-centric than Duolingo.
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I’m not sure national security works like that.
Amid reports that Nvidia and AMD will be given permission to sell AI chips to Chinese companies only if they pay the US government a 15 percent cut, some ask how exactly the money solves the national security risks.
oghowie:
So it’s a national security issue unless you give us a cut?
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Cinnamon Bun.
Android Authority reports that’s Google’s internal codename for Android 17, continuing its sweet treat theme. And if you’re confused why we’re back at “c” after all the alphabetical releases, the site explains that too.
This is the Android 17 codename, and it's not what you guessed
[Android Authority]
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Apple Watch-only.
My colleague Allison was humbled by the attempt to ditch her phone and live on her Apple Watch alone, but a few commenters have chimed in to insist it can be done:
scttcnnr1:
I’ve done this for over a year now and have loved it - my phone stays in the office, which lets me check in on anything while at work, but outside of work I have found that an LTE Apple Watch does everything I need to do without any of the distracting apps. Been a huge improvement in my life.
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A third of Ocado’s orders are already packed by machines, and this is just the start.
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Check out Huawei’s extra-wide flip phone.
The Pura X arrived this week, and I’m ready to test this unique flip phone form factor, which opens to the side for a wider main display. And yes, those are Android apps on the post-Android HarmonyOS Next.
What do you want to know ahead of my hands-on?
1/4The Pura X looks like a flip phone turned on its side. Image: Dominic Preston / The Verge
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A Paramount premonition.
Paramount and Skydance’s controversial merger is now complete, and it doesn’t take a genius (or a Verge commenter) to guess what’s coming next.
GHollister:
“Any time a CEO talks about ‘real efficiencies’ you know a bunch of employees are about to lose their jobs.”
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