Acer Googlebook leak reveals OLED display, pricing, and more

Acer’s upcoming Googlebook could come with an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. It could also feature a 14-inch OLED display with a 2.8K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. Acer’s Googlebook could be priced around $1,150 and could launch on November 8. According to information found in the […]

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Google could retire a free Gemini feature in favor of a paid one

Joe Maring / Android Authority It’s worth noting that Skills are currently available only to users with a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription and are accessible within Gemini Spark. Gems, on the other hand, are available to all Gemini users, including those with free accounts. If Google sunsets Gems in favor of Skills, it […]

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This wearable patch could get you into REM sleep 43 minutes faster

Something to look forward to: Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a soft patch that helps people enter REM sleep faster and stay in that stage longer, without drugs or surgery. In a study involving 28 people, participants who used the patch, called NEUSLeeP, reached REM sleep 43 minutes earlier than […]

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Apple China publishes then pulls guide to using Qwen AI

Apple Support in China has published detailed instructions on how local Mac users can utilize Alibaba’s Qwen AI with Siri, but the guide was quickly removed. Back in March 2026, Apple Intelligence was finally launched and available in China, except it wasn’t. Apple had released it seemingly accidentally, and certainly without approval from the Chinese […]

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Microsoft Word circa 1990 can now run on modern Windows, thanks to a new native port

Sounding off: Microsoft’s push to bake AI into every product and service it sells is understandably facing some backlash. Even Office is turning into a vessel for Redmond’s chatbots, which may be why one developer decided to go back in time instead, releasing a wild modern port of an early Word release. Developer Justin Marshall […]

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South Korea puts crypto exchanges on a seven-day clock under new seizure rules

South Korea is nearing an Aug. 11 deadline for public comments on proposed crypto seizure rules that could give exchanges just seven days to disclose customer holdings once served with a court order. The Supreme Court’s proposed amendments to the Civil Execution Rules would create a standardized process for creditors to freeze, identify and liquidate […]

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Telecom AI Starts with Openness

  The telecom industry’s journey toward disaggregated, open architectures has reached a decisive stage. Operators who have invested in open, cloud-native network transformation are not only modernizing their infrastructure — they are laying the essential foundations for AI competitiveness. This is no longer a theoretical connection: the data now proves it. Analysys Mason, in partnership […]

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