Technology News for Monday 1st April 2024

1. OnePlus Nord CE4 Launch Today: Check expected price, features, other details

OnePlus is set to launch its latest mid-range 5G smartphone, the OnePlus Nord CE4, in India today. The new device is expected to be placed in the highly competitive price range of smartphones under Rs 30,000.

2. "Don't Be A Fanboy": BoAt's New Ad Takes Dig On Apple, Internet Divided

Many companies employ unique techniques to gather customer's attention and gain an edge in the market. Similarly, electronics brand boAt recently took a dig at tech giant Apple and asked people to "think better" and switch from Apple AirPods to boAt's new ...

3. I tried the new Google. Its answers are worse.

Google's AI-'supercharged' Search Generative Experience, or SGE, sometimes makes up facts, misinterprets questions and picks low-quality sources — even after nearly 11 months of public testing.

4. Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day joke

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool's Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. ByMICHAEL LIEDTKE AP technology writer.

5. Sony Working On PlayStation 5 Pro? Everything We Know So Far

Consumer electronics major Sony is said to be working on a beefed up version of its popular console, PlayStation 5. The 'Pro' variant of the PS (as it is popularly known) is expected to be unveiled later this year, according to The Verge.

6. Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day joke

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool's Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago.

7. The Chess Master Trying to Propel Google's AI Push

Demis Hassabis is tasked with keeping Google ahead on a technology that its CEO has called more profound than the invention of fire or electricity. Demis Hassabis is the head of Google DeepMind.

8. iPhone 16 Camera Rumors: All the Buzz Surrounding Apple's Camera Upgrades

According to Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo, the base iPhone 16 Pro will be equipped with a 5x optical zoom lens. This was something only found on the larger iPhone 15 Pro Max so it'd be good to see the same zoom level offered in a smaller, more pocket- ...

9. How an iPhone Powered by Google's Gemini AI Might Work

Supercharged Siri. AI image editing. Smart “snapshots” of your day. We asked some experts to forecast how Apple might use Google's Gemini platform to enable new AI-powered applications in iOS.

10. You will no longer need to log in to use ChatGPT

Between the lines: To help mitigate the added risk, OpenAI said it will block prompts and results for a broader range of queries. A company representative told Axios that OpenAI worked with internal teams dedicated ...

11. Clinical Reasoning of a Generative Artificial Intelligence Model Compared With Physicians

We recruited internal medicine residents and attending physicians at 2 academic medical centers in Boston, Massachusetts, from July to August 2023. We used 20 clinical cases, each comprising 4 sections representing sequential stages of clinical data ...

12. SunChips announces sweepstakes as rare as upcoming eclipse

“SunChips draws inspiration from the sun so there's no better moment to spotlight this snack than during the extraordinary solar eclipse,” says Rhasheda Boyd, vice president of marketing at Frito-Lay. “With this ...

13. OnePlus Nord CE4 launches in India with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 at Rs 24999

OnePlus has just unveiled the Nord CE4 - a mid-ranger with 100W charging, 120Hz AMOLED screen, and Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip. Advertisement.

14. Gaza Aid, CA Fast Food Minimum Wage, NCAA Elite Eights

The United Nations' main judicial body says Israel must allow more aid into Gaza, but can the court's order be enforced? Many California fast food workers get a big raise Monday, but restaurant owners say the increase to $20 an hour puts them in a bind ...

15. DeepMind Co-Founder Warns of AI Hype and Grifting

DeepMind's Demis Hassabis touted the potential of AI technology, but warned that the attention on AI could attract scams the same way cryptocurrency did.

16. Team demonstrates an ultra-broadband tunable terahertz absorber of graphene and hierarchical plasmonic ...

Perfect absorption arises from the strong interaction of valence electrons with light in a conducting material. Optical metamaterial is an effective approach to exploit the superior photon capture capability. Thus, the perfect absorbers could be ...

17. Chatbot outperformed physicians in clinical reasoning in head-to-head study

Date: April 1, 2024; Source: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Summary: ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence program designed to understand and generate human-like text, outperformed internal medicine residents and attending physicians at two ...

18. Research reveals language barriers limit effectiveness of cybersecurity resources

Date: April 1, 2024; Source: University of South Florida; Summary: Non-English speaking internet users share the same concern about cyber threats and the same desire for online safety as any other individual. However, they are constrained by a lack of ...

19. 1 Magnificent S&P Dividend Stock Down 12% to Buy and Hold Forever

When it comes to Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Meta (NASDAQ: META), and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which one is not like the others? They are all iconic tech companies, sure. But only one of these stocks is actually down year to date ...

20. Is AI the new crypto? DeepMind cofounder says 'hype' and 'grifting' threaten the emerging sector

DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis in a chair. DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis warned that the “hype” around AI could have negative consequences as the industry comes of age. Pau ...

21. SIU professor leads citizen-science project to listen to nature during eclipse

Brent Pease, assistant professor in the forestry program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, works with Rebecca Ducay, a graduate research assistant, to hang a nature listening device. Pease is partnering with the Eclipse Soundscapes project, ...

22. For Data-Guzzling AI Companies, the Internet Is Too Small

Firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic are working to find enough information to train next-generation artificial-intelligence models. Data is among several essential AI resources in short supply. Emil Lendof/The Wall Street Journal, iStock.