Jake Peterson
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Google Quietly Made Gemini Available on Older Android Phones
Google launched the Gemini app on Android back in February, alongside the AI’s general rebrand. (Gemini used to be called Bard, if you recall.) With it, you can access Google’s AI to do the general chatbot things you expect from a generative AI model, in addition to the option of setting Gemini as your phone’s…
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Opera’s AI Tools Are Actually Useful
Every tech company is getting in on AI. (Even Apple, soon enough.) Opera, the web browser, has an AI chatbot it calls Aria, that at first doesn’t seem much different than any other chatbot you may run across in 2024. However, Opera has added some clever features here that actually make the bot a bit…
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‘TikTok Notes’ Is Instagram’s Newest Competition
If Instagram stole TikTok’s schtick when rolling out Reels, it seems TikTok is keen to repay the favor. The company is working on a new app, TikTok Notes, that seems remarkably like Meta’s popular photo sharing platform. The company originally teased this idea earlier this month through notifications sent to users, with the title “Your…
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How to Download YouTube Videos on an iPhone
When you have a reliable internet connection, you don’t think about how you watch YouTube on your iPhone. It just works. But there are plenty of times when you either need to go offline, or give your data plan a break. For these situations, it’s pretty easy to download YouTube videos on your iPhone to…