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On Sample news article - Android Authority ·
I said this same thing back when Reddit was going public as a company: The only way it will be a "successful" public company for shareholders is if they ruin the entire site for its users.
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On Apple targets Google Nest in major smart home expansion - Android Authority ·
I hope no one touches these unless Apple puts out a statement that LG has no access to the devices whatsoever, nor do the devices communicate their presence to other LG devices on the network, and is solely a manufacturing partner
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On Survey says one of my favorite Google products remains a luxury for many ·
I can't understand why anyone would be so excited for Android auto. You can do all the same basic things with just using Bluetooth and have a more stable experience from it as well.
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On Google, take note: This phone maker's new chipset looks like an absolute beast ·
Such a beast. Just wish we could get these phones in the US.
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On Fan survey sends Google a pretty blunt message about the Pixel 12 ·
For me personally, I want the pho e hardware to be capable of running every AI feature entirely on device with good performance. Everything we have now and more with cloud based AI, only on the phone. The problem is, hardware in phone size and power draw isn't there yet. So until that sort of thing is possible, then I feel like why even bother making more and more AI features that take away from everything else? I'm not okay with paying a ton of money every month for an AI subscription, so if the phone can't do it on its own the eff off with the features. So basically focus on what customers want with better CPU and GPU, larger battery sizes, more efficient processing and display power use, etc etc. Don't bother with trying to shove more AI performance in for another 6-10 years when it is possible to have the current AI feature set entirely on device.
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On A Snapdragon-powered Pixel might sound amazing. Here's why it's a terrible idea ·
I guess the author doesn't know that the price of these phones from all the main companies has only a little to do with the actual cost of the parts, and much more to do with the price point they have all found people are willing to pay. Switching to Snapdragon wouldn't change the final price, it would only change how much profit Google takes. Which we don't really know how much Tensor truly costs because you do have to factor in the actual development for the design and validation of the SoC as well.
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On My parents' Android phones were ruined by invasive ads. Here's how I fixed them for good ·
Since it looks like they are installing malware onto their devices, you should have also installed a reliable Anti Virus program on their phone. But Defender or something. I know you wanted free solutions, but having deliberately clicked all these things to install a bunch of crap you really should have an AV on there scanning, fixing the damage already done, and blocking future threats. At least for a year right now at the start, then hopefully after everything is cleaned up your ad blocking solutions will keep the problem from happening again. Though since these deceptive ads typically start coming because you already installed shady apps on purpose from the Play Store, it will likely need the AV still going forward to keep the malware in those apps they want to use from executing their injections.
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On I let an AI take over my Google TV for a week — and it solved streaming's biggest problem ·
Projectors are a terrible purchase now days. I have been a projector user for over 15 years, and they used to be great. The cheapest way to get a huge TV with good image quality. But projectors haven't kept up in quality, they stagnated around 10 years ago with very few exceptions. And those exceptions cost insane amounts of money. TVs meanwhile have gotten better and better and for cheaper too. If you want a giant screen, you can now get a 100" TV for $2000-2500 that absolutely blows away any projector under $5000. And in the smaller screen sizes projectors have never made sense over a regular TV.
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On NVIDIA's new chip takes the fight to Apple and Qualcomm ·
I can't wait for this "let AI run your entire PC and you don't need a mouse and keyboard" to be the biggest failure in history.
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On Google just made me look like an idiot for believing in its Tensor chips ·
The absolutely pathetic thing about Tensor is it is supposed to be the absolute best in AI power on mobile chipsets. Yet, both the top Snapdragon and iPhone SoCs have equal AI performance and absolutely crush Tensor on the CPU and GPU side of things, all while also having better battery life.
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On ChatGPT wants to be hooked up to your savings account, and that's definitely fine ·
Right as OpenAI goes public and becomes beholden to investors, and right after OpenAI announced it will not be selling user data. Wonderful. What could go wrong? And yet millions of people will think this is a new amazing feature and love to hand over all their financial details to sell.
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On Google's prototype smart glasses can give you directions by simply looking at a poster ·
"prescription clip-ons for this prototype, but that’s not something that we’d do on final versions.” Very unclear. So the glasses will be order-able with prescription lenses integrated? Or Google won't support anyone who actually needs glasses because no prescription lenses or clip ONS will be supported?
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