Shapor Naghibzadeh learned the value of a good story in 2009 as a Google sysops engineer. When hackers backed by China set their sights on the search giant as part of an effort dubbed Operation Aurora, he was called into a hastily assembled war room to explain what exactly was going on in the company’s […]
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Making AI agents work is turning out to be a lot harder than many companies expected. Luckily for them, there’s help on the way: A new crop of startups is finding better ways to test and train agents before they are deployed, particularly on the complexities of the modern enterprise. Arga is one such company.
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When we ran a poll last month, the overwhelming majority of 9to5Mac readers agreed that Apple should exit the ad business. Ads have now landed in Apple Maps in the US and Canada, and my view is that they are every bit as bad as expected … Apple warned us back in March that we
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Microsoft has begun testing new privacy controls that will let Windows 11 users choose which desktop applications can access their camera, microphone, and precise location. This new feature is shipping to systems upgraded to Windows 11 Insider Experimental Preview Build 26340.9233, and the goal is to make privacy permissions easier to understand in Windows 11
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Hearing loss affects an estimated 50 million adults in the United States, but only around 20% of those with diagnosed hearing loss seek treatment. Legato, a new hearing tech company, aims to close that gap. The startup is emerging from stealth on Wednesday with $12 million in funding and a first look at its AI
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Samsung has officially kicked off the One UI 9 Watch beta program for the Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, extending its Wear OS 7-based experience beyond its current-generation Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Tipster Tarun Vats notes
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Instagram now has a new iPhone-exclusive feature that can create reels automatically. You just select your video clips and it creates an edit with a single tap. However, Meta is being extremely careful not to upset creators by implying that the app can replace their manual editing skills … That caution even extends to the
Certain brands have become synonymous with the products they create. Think Kleenex, Sharpie, Band-Aid and even Vitamix. That notoriety can make it easier for consumers to know which brands to turn to for quality tissues, permanent markers, adhesive bandages or blenders. But choosing becomes tricky when you realize these brands offer multiple versions of their
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Sometimes a headline is the complete inverse of the real news in the story, and that’s the case with a new survey measuring interest in the upcoming iPhone Ultra. The headline says 75% of US adults aren’t interested in a folding iPhone, while the real surprise is that as many as 25% are. Apple shouldn’t
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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. Apple’s Liquid Glass design language has been hit-or-miss, depending on whom you ask. Our survey last year showed that readers overwhelmingly prefer Google’s Material 3 Expressive over Liquid Glass. That doesn’t change the fact that this is a core design element of iOS
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