Other AI Notetakers We’ve Tested This is a nascent category that’s growing. Here are others we’ve tested, but we’ll also be keeping an eye on upcoming new hardware from companies like Omi, Boya, Mobvoi, and SwitchBot. Photograph: Chris Null Plaud NotePin S for $179: The 18-gram NotePin S is one of the smallest and most
Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps’ “Ask Maps” feature is gaining a slew of new agentic capabilities, including the ability to order food, book hotels, and find event tickets. The tech giant is also bringing Personal Intelligence to Ask Maps, allowing the AI tool to personalize its responses by drawing on information from a
If you’re an Android user itching for that iMessage experience, Sunbird Messaging is back and available right now. The company announced its return on Wednesday, three years after it was shut down in 2023 due to privacy concerns. Sunbird’s big selling point is that its messaging app lets you send blue bubble messages to iPhone
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to toss out Apple’s landmark lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing trade secrets, describing the allegations as “meritless.” In a motion filed yesterday to dismiss the complaint, OpenAI says that Apple is mischaracterizing both the actions of the AI startup’s employees as theft, and “generic” product development information
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Another former Uber executive is joining Travis Kalanick’s robotics and industrial AI startup Atoms, just a few weeks after it raised $1.7 billion. Gautam Gupta, the former finance chief under Kalanick, said in social media posts on Wednesday that he has joined Atoms as chief financial officer. Gupta spent more than four years at Uber
