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Content Type: News
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OpenAI announces prototype search engine, SearchGPT, to rival Google, Bing
This might be the birth of a serious competition to Google’s monopoly
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Microsoft brings AI Generative Search to Bing
And it’s even more pervasive than Google’s AI Overviews
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Google abandons plans to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome
Tech giant reverses course on privacy initiative, opting to keep user tracking tools in place.
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CrowdStrike update causes major IT outage as Windows systems crash and go into BSOD error
The outage has still not been resolved but CrowdStrike is actively working to put out this fire.
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OpenAI unveils GPT-4o Mini, it’s cheapest small AI model yet
OpenAI hopes to bring affordability to developers with the new model.
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Microsoft integrates Designer in-app in Photos on Windows 11
Designer brings more free AI editing capabilities to the Photos app.
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Apple approves first PC emulator in the App Store for iPhone
With the PC emulator now in the App Store, you can emulate a wide range of OS on your iPhone.
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List of Snapdragon X Elite laptops launched in India so far
These Snapdragon X Elite laptops from Microsoft, ASUS, and HP are now available in India.
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What’s new in Safari 18 on Mac with macOS Sequoia
With macOS Sequoia, Safari is getting some much-needed updates.
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AI brings old Apple blog TUAW back to life and it’s pretty weird
Remember TUAW, that cool Apple blog from back in the day? Well, it’s suddenly back online, but not in the way you’d expect. Turns…