Technology News for Thursday 25th July 2024

1. Adobe Illustrator's new tool makes hi-fi product mock-ups as easy as drag and drop

It's just one of the updates to Photoshop and Illustrator that Adobe announced recently. Illustrator's Mockup tool, now available in beta, gives designers the ability to place and move logos and graphics onto images of products like cans or product ...

2. Solving Wanderlust With the Puzzles Beneath Your Feet

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is full of solutions that slide and stump. Play follow the leader in Flock, and take on bulbous hordes in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.

3. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra review: A rugged new prospect for Android Wear fans

The Galaxy Ultra has a very specific audience in mind. Like the Apple Watch Ultra before it, and the Garmin Fenix range of devices, the latest Galaxy watch offering is more for the sports enthusiast than your everyday user.

4. Wordle Review No. 1133, Friday, July 26, 2024

Open the comments section for more hints, scores, and conversation from the Wordle community. Today's Difficulty. The difficulty of each puzzle is determined by averaging the number of guesses provided by a small ...

5. Young men are chewing extra-hard gum for a more chiseled look. Docs warn against trend.

TikTok has fueled the explosion of innocuous fitness trends like “hot girl walks” and “biohacking.” But health experts worry a new facial fitness craze could become more harmful than beneficial: Videos of young men chewing rock-hard gum to achieve the ...

6. Microsoft's 'World of Warcraft' development workers are unionizing

The game's development team employees — which include designers, engineers, artists, quality assurance testers and more — are joining the Communications Workers of America, the union announced Wednesday. CWA says Microsoft subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment ...

7. Vt. insurance company to argue for rate increase

The insurance ...

8. Daily briefing: Hybrid AI supercharges climate models

Jacklyn Gates at the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator in Building 88 of the Lawrence Berkeley. Jacklyn Gates, leader of the Heavy Element Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, is heading up the ...

9. How AI is revolutionising weather forecasting

AI tools look for patterns in data over years to forecast weather accurately and faster than traditional methods. Jeremy Plester. Thu 25 Jul 2024 01.00 EDT. Share. 0. 0. In the past year, something of a revolution has hit the world of weather ...

10. OpenAI tests new search engine called SearchGPT amid AI arms race

OpenAI is testing a new search engine that uses generative artificial intelligence to produce results, raising the prospect of a significant challenge to Google's dominance of the online search market. SearchGPT will launch with a small group ...

11. A Chicago Restaurant Was On The Brink Of Closure. Then, Keith Lee Showed Up

The hugely popular TikTok food critic is back in Chicago and made a stop this week at Amici, a little-known restaurant in Buena Park specializing in homemade arancini. by Patrick Filbin 31 mins ago July 25, 2024 ...

12. RIT experts make their mark on Hollywood at digital AI summit

Professor Shaun Foster, pictured, joined faculty members Frank Deese and Cecilia Alm at the virtual Digital Hollywood AI Summer Summit, which featured presentations on generative AI in the entertainment and media industries from those leading the charge of ...

13. One Tech Tip: To hide your internet activity or your IP address, use a virtual private network

LONDON (AP) — On the move and looking for an internet connection to check email or post a video to TikTok? It's tempting to jump onto the free Wi-Fi at the coffee shop or the shopping mall. But don't do it unless you've got protection.

14. Is Samsung Changing Its Galaxy Ring Price Decision?

Samsung has put a lot of effort into highlighting a clear dividing line between its Galaxy Ring and the wearable's main competitor, the Oura Ring: that is the lack of a monthly subscription. The company made that clear to me at a pre-launch product ...

15. OpenAI is testing web search features for ChatGPT, challenging Google

SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI showed off a new web search product Thursday, directly challenging search giant Google and laying out its vision for how chatbots may change the way people interact with the broader web.

16. Surprising Health Benefits of Potatoes

In Nordic countries — Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland — potatoes are a staple food, along with fish, berries, whole grains, root vegetables and rapeseed oil. Studies have linked this diet to lower blood pressure, cholesterol and inflammation.

17. SearchGPT Is OpenAI's Direct Assault on Google

After months of speculation about its search ambitions, OpenAI has revealed SearchGPT, a "prototype" search engine that could eventually help the company tear off a slice of Google's lucrative business. OpenAI said that the new tool would help users ...

18. ChatGPT reveals search feature in Google challenge

OpenAI is working on adding new powers to its artificial intelligence (AI) bot, as it seeks to edge out Google as the go-to search engine. The company said it was trialling a search feature that incorporates real-time information into its ChatGPT ...

19. No, CrowdStrike didn't send $10 gift cards to customers after its outage. Here's what happened.

A massive technology outage linked to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. may have been the largest tech disruption in history — and the company has tried to make up for it with some of its partners. CrowdStrike.

20. News at a glance: Pricey Stegosaurus, Alzheimer's drug company resignations, and monitoring CO

The remains of a dinosaur dubbed “Apex,” one of the most intact Stegosaurus specimens yet found, was auctioned last week for $44.6 million, shattering the record for fossil sales. The Tyrannosaurus rex specimen “Stan” went for $31.8 million in 2020.

21. Beats Pill vs. JBL Charge 5: Which portable speaker is best?

It's been a scorching hot summer, and the current influx of portable Bluetooth speakers has only raised temperatures. New models such as the redesigned Beats Pill (2024) are bringing the heat with enhanced audio, functionality and battery life never ...

22. How Europe's biggest rocket came to be: Ariane 6 montage

Huge engines, boosters and outer shells met tiny screws, electrical boards and masses of supercooled fuel. All this came together at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, for the spectacular first launch of Ariane 6 on 9 July 2024, restoring Europe's access ...