Technology News for Friday 15th November 2024

1. Google's rival to Siri, Gemini AI, now available on iPhone: Here are all the features

Google launched a dedicated Gemini AI app for iPhone users globally, offering voice conversations and integration with Google services. The free app, available in 35 languages, allows interaction through text, voice, or camera.

2. WhatsApp brings 'Draft' indicator for managing unfinished messages: Details

Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a Message Drafts feature to help users manage unfinished messages. In a press release, WhatsApp stated that the feature is designed to provide an easy and efficient way to locate and ...

3. OpenAI, Google expand AI app options

Google released a Gemini app for the iPhone Thursday, while OpenAI updated ChatGPT for the Mac with a feature allowing the chatbot to interact directly with coding programs. Why it matters: Having native programs allows AI chatbots to interact more ...

4. Why it Matters That Google's AI Gemini Chatbot Made Death Threats to a Grad Student

AI chatbots put millions of words together for users, but their offerings are usually useful, amusing or harmless. This week, Google's Gemini had some scary stuff to say.

5. Tech wrap Nov 15: WhatsApp Draft, Gemini iOS app, Xiaomi HyperOS 2, more

WhatsApp, the messaging platform owned by Meta, has launched a Message Drafts feature to assist users in handling incomplete messages. According to a press release, this functionality aims to make it easier for users to find and complete messages they ...

6. Dietary zinc deficiency promotes Acinetobacter baumannii lung infection via IL-13 in mice

Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and a critical public health threat due to increasing rates of multidrug resistance. Patient populations at increased risk for A. baumannii pneumonia are also at increased risk ...

7. Turns out finance bros, HR managers and entrepreneurs are exactly what you think they are, researchers find

Finance workers fit the mold, as extroverts that can be disagreeable—find researchers. Cavan Images—Getty Images. There may not be ...

8. Multimodal evaluation of network activity and optogenetic interventions in human hippocampal slices

Optogenetics has been effective at stopping seizure-like activity in non-human disease models by increasing inhibitory tone or decreasing excitation, although this effect has not been shown in human brain tissue. Many of the genetic ...

9. Earth Copilot: Nasa, Microsoft team up to make Earth Science data available

In a blog post, Microsoft stated that Nasa collaborated with the technology giant to create a proof of concept model using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform and AI capabilities. This partnership aims to transform how users can search, discover, and analyse ...

10. These are the best early-winter ski trips to know about this season

Nothing transforms early winter quite like a ski trip. One day you're mired deep in late-November or early-December darkness; the next you're staring slack-jawed at some snaggle-toothed mountain, with the new season's snow beneath your skis, ...