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🔮 Google unveils its new AI Mode
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- Google is rolling out AI Mode to all its US users, positioning this option within Google Search as the key to understanding the search engine's future.
- AI Mode now includes new features like Deep Search for research summaries and Project Mariner, which can click around the web to complete tasks for you.
- Google's new AI Mode aims to move beyond links, offering a flexible interface for personalized information, custom outputs by Gemini, and direct problem-solving using Project Mariner.
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💥 Nvidia CEO calls US China chip ban a failure
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- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang bluntly called US export controls on AI chips a failure, arguing they actually accelerated China's AI development instead of hindering it.
- Huang explained these restrictions handed Chinese rivals the incentive and state backing to innovate, leading to billions in lost Nvidia sales and reduced market presence.
- As a result, Nvidia’s once-dominant 95% market share in China has halved, with local chipmakers like Huawei now pushing their own Ascend chips for AI.
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🎮 Fortnite returns to US iPhones after five years
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- Fortnite is available again on the US iOS App Store after nearly five years, following a court ruling about Apple's fees on external app purchases.
- Apple initially blocked the game’s return to the App Store, but it was approved after Epic asked a judge to intervene in the review process.
- On iOS, Epic now offers players a 20 percent bonus in Epic Rewards for using its payment system to buy V-Bucks within the newly returned Fortnite.
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👓 Google unveils Android XR glasses with Gemini AI
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- Google unveiled its "Android XR glasses" at the I/O keynote, which have an augmented reality UI in the lenses and are powered by Gemini AI.
- Unlike Meta's camera-only specs, these glasses provide a full AR UI for information search or Maps navigation, though Google called this display "optional."
- With built-in cameras and microphones, the glasses support Gemini AI features like conversational language translation, though the live demo for this tool failed.
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🙏 Apple plans to open its AI for developers
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- Apple reportedly plans to let third-party developers build applications using its large language models, with an announcement expected at its upcoming WWDC conference for developers.
- Initially, developers will access Apple Intelligence Foundation Models that run on-device, through a new software development kit and related frameworks for app creation.
- Apple could integrate its large language models with the existing Core ML framework, possibly making it easier for software teams to adopt them into applications.
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