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    Google Chat will be able to suggest how to finish a sentence.

    It’s the same smart compose tech that Google uses in Gmail, and based on a GIF in a blog post, it indeed looks as if it will work just like you might be used to already while writing an email. Wonder if Slack will get this someday.

    A GIF showing smart compose in Google Chat.
    GIF: Google
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    AirPlay is coming to hotels.

    The idea is to make it easier to connect to things like a hotel’s Wi-Fi network right from your iPhone. Seems really handy — assuming hotels actually decide to take advantage of it.

    A phone showing a QR code to scan for AirPlay in hotels.
    Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    An app did rewrite the clickbait headline.

    On Friday, I published an article about Artifact’s new feature that rewrites headlines using AI. It was headlined: “An app might rewrite this clickbait headline — here’s why.”

    Well:

    The new headline: “Instagram co-founders’ app Artifact to rewrite clickbait headlines with AI Assistance.”
    Artifact’s new AI-written headline: “Instagram co-founders’ app Artifact to rewrite clickbait headlines with AI Assistance.”
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
    Google’s AI-powered search experience is way too slow

    Why wait for an AI-generated summary when I can just scroll down the page?

    Jay Peters
    Apple transformed the iPhone 10 years ago — and we’re still feeling it today

    iOS 7 brought a bold new design, but much of what was introduced in that release still serves as the foundation for what we see on our iPhones today.

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