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Google’s Bard chatbot is now Gemini: If you want a smarter AI, go for Gemini Advanced. It’s $19.99 a month and you get 2TB of cloud storage and Gmail integration. FYI, most people are fine with the free version. Try it for a few weeks before you hand over your credit card.
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A startup from the co-founder of Pluto TV is giving out at least 500,000 free TVs. Yep, you heard me right. The company started shipping them in July last year and planned to send half a million sets by the end of 2023. But it’s still accepting reservations, so it’s not too late to put your name on the list. More on that later.
📺 You might be tempted to change your TV’s picture mode to Game for the Super Bowl. Don’t — that’s for video games. The best setting for football? Cinema or Movie. Sports is generally too bright, making the game look washed out.
AI tech was recently used to isolate which Beatles’ voice from a demo recording to create a new song — A.) John Lennon, B.) Paul McCartney, C.) George Harrison or D.) Ringo Starr?
Greetings, colleague: Dreading writing an email for work? Open ChatGPT or Google Bard and give it a headstart by typing who you are, your recipient and what the email needs to communicate. If the first draft is awful, give feedback (e.g., “Make it sound more conversational” or “Be more confident”) until you get a workable starting place.
… or have a lot of devices, mesh networks are your Wi-Fi’s secret sauce. Instead of a single router struggling to send a signal to every nook and cranny, you’ve got multiple “nodes” working like a tag team.
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🎧 Upgrade your earbuds: The second-gen Apple AirPods Pro are $60 off right now on Amazon. They come with a MagSafe charging case and a USB-C option, so no more looking for another one of those Apple Lightning cords.
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⛈️ Real-time weather in Google Maps: New upgrade for Android folks. Look for a small box in the top left corner to see the current temp and air quality. Tap it to get a 12-hour forecast. Sweet!
Take a screenshot on your iPad: For iPads with a Home button, press it and the sleep/wake button together. No “Home” button? Press the power on/off and volume up buttons at the same time. Find your screenshot in your Photos app gallery.
