Gemini Goes Beyond Answering Calls With Outbound Calling

From ExtremeTech: Google is testing a Gemini feature called "Call for Me" that can phone businesses on a user’s behalf. The early preview began rolling out in the US on September 24 for select Pixel 11 owners with paid Gemini subscriptions.

With Call for Me, users can ask Gemini to check a product...

Modders bring Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering to AMD Radeon GPUs

From Tom's Hardware: Nvidia officially rolled out DLSS 5 earlier this month, bringing its new Neural Rendering technology to supported games for RTX 50-series GPU owners. While early testing has shown improvements in image quality and rendering, the technology is very resource-intensive, resulting...

Google plans Gemini 4 release before year-end

From ComputerWorld: Google’s Gemini 4 AI model is in the early days of post-training, the phase in which a base AI model is refined to behave reliably, and should be released “much earlier” than the end of this year, Google DeepMind head Koray Kavukcuoglu told The Information at its AI Agenda Live...

Where Did Copilot+ PCs Go? Microsoft Quietly Kills the Name

From PC Mag: Just two years ago, Microsoft launched its Copilot+ PC brand to identify AI-first computers with exclusive artificial intelligence features, but that wording is nowhere to be found on recent Microsoft devices or OEM products.

As spotted by Windows Central, the Copilot+ PC brand hasn’t...

Samsung firmware update bricks refrigerators ahead of Korean holiday

From Tom's Hardware: A “routine” update for a Samsung smart fridge model in South Korea has broken the refrigerators for thousands of users, with the incident happening ahead of a major holiday. According to Seoul Shinmun [machine translated], the company pushed an erroneous update to some customers...

Nintendo wins $4.5 million lawsuit against Switch pirate by default

From Tom's Hardware: Nintendo of America just won a lawsuit against James Williams, who allegedly moderated the r/SwitchPirates subreddit and sold pirated Switch games online. According to Aftermath, the company sued Williams in June 2024 for copyright violations. However, they failed to respond...

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