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  Brave Search Gets AI-Powered Chat Feature With Support for Follow-Up Queries

  Brave, the San Francisco-based software company, rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Brave Search on Thursday. Earlier this year, the company introduced ‘Answer with AI’ to its search engine, a feature that shows AI-generated summaries for searched queries. Now, it has added an extension to this feature dubbed AI chat mode...

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  Apple Reportedly Working On AI-Powered Conversational Siri With ChatGPT-Like Capabilities

  Apple is reportedly planning a major overhaul for its virtual voice assistant Siri that will make it more conversational. The Cupertino-based tech giant has already released the new interface for the voice assistant, and other features are expected to be added early next year that will make it capable of handling app-related tasks and developing a ...

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  Google Lets Users Share Files Directly With Gemini from Any Android App for Quick Analysis: Report

  Google has rolled out a new functionality for Gemini — its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant on Android smartphones, according to a report. It lets users share a document with the AI assistant using the Android share sheet, negating the need for opening Gemini and then manually uploading a file for analysis.

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  YouTube Shorts’ Dream Screen AI Feature Upgraded With Video Background Generation Capability

  YouTube first began testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Shorts dubbed Dream Screen in June. The feature earlier could generate AI-generated image backgrounds for the vertical short video format, but on Thursday, the company announced a new capability. Dream Screen can now generate video backgrounds alongside image backgrounds all...

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  Google Messages Rolls Out Merged Camera and Gallery UI, Adds Image Quality Selection in Beta: Report

  Google Messages has rolled out a redesigned user interface (UI) for sending photos and videos via rich communication services (RCS) that merges the camera viewfinder and the gallery picker, according to a report. Instead of the combined view including the camera UI, up to four recent images, and the folders option, the viewfinder now takes up most ...

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  Threads Algorithm Updated to Show Users Less Recommended Content

  Threads has updated its algorithm to show users more posts from people that they follow. Users will see fewer recommended posts, which are published by accounts that they don't follow, according to details shared by Instagram head Adam Mosseri, who said that content creators on Threads will see a drop in 'unconnected' reach, while 'connected' reach...

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  Spotify Tests Video Clips, Author Pages and More Features for Audiobooks

  Spotify has rolled out several new features in the pilot phase to improve the audiobook listening experience. One of the most notable changes is the introduction of video clips in audiobooks, enabling users to view a short snippet containing information about it or even a message from the author before pressing play.

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  Coldplay Concert In Ahmedabad: Hotel Inflates Price After Booking, Social Media Users Fume

  The management claimed that owing to the Coldplay concert in Ahmedabad, hotel rooms were in high demand, prompting the price increase.

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  WhatsApp Rolls Out Voice Message Transcripts With Support for English and Other Languages

  WhatsApp rolled out a new feature on Thursday that aims to make sharing voice messages more convenient. It introduces voice message transcripts on WhatsApp for Android and iOS platforms, enabling users to see a text-based transcription of the voice message received from others. The feature is said to come in handy while on the move or in a loud env...

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  Reddit Faces Outage For Second Time In A Day, Services Slowly Restoring

  Reddit users experienced widespread outages on November 20 and 21, 2024, due to a bug in a recent update.

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  ChatGPT Live Video Feature Spotted on Latest Beta Release, Could Launch Soon

  ChatGPT might soon get vision capabilities. As per a report, evidence for the Live Video feature, which is part of OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode, was spotted in the latest ChatGPT for Android beta app. This capability was first demonstrated in May during the AI firm’s Spring Updates event. It allows the chatbot to access the smartphone’s camer...

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  Chinese DeepSeek-R1 AI Model With Advanced Reasoning Capabilities Released, Can Rival OpenAI o1

  A Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model was released on Wednesday which claims to take on OpenAI’s o1 AI model in terms of advanced reasoning. Dubbed DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview, the large language model (LLM) is said to have outperformed the o1 model on several benchmarks. Notably, the AI model is available to test on the web for free, althoug...

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  Android Switch App for iOS Users Launched; Google Says Improved Data Transfers Coming to More Phones in 2025

  Google has launched a redesigned app called Android Switch as it attempts to simplify the process of transferring data from an iPhone to a new Android smartphone. The company has also announced that the delayed data transfer feature, first seen on the Pixel 9 series, will be available on other Android devices in 2025.

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  "Will Miss Birth Of My Child": Man Slammed For Pranking SpiceJet Staff With Fake Emergency Story

  An Instagram user is being slammed online for sharing a video of himself pranking the SpiceJet staff and fellow passengers after his flight to Mumbai was delayed.

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  Meta Rolls Out AI-Powered Backgrounds, HD Video Calls and More for Messenger Calling

  Meta Platforms has introduced new features for Messenger which aim to improve the experience during audio and video calls. Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), users will be able to take advantage of custom backgrounds during Messenger video calls for better expressivity. It also brings HD video calls to the app, in addition to other updates su...