iCloud.Info

Alongside Google’s ongoing developer-focused I/O conference comes the latest release of Android 15, which is now in its second beta. It’s got some cool new features, like the ability to now hide a collection of apps inside a “private space,” customizable vibrations so you can notice different types of notifications just by feeling, and also richer widget

• A bipartisan Senate group is calling for $32 billion in annual federal AI spending.
• The group wants to ensure the US stays ahead of China — which is also spending big on AI.
• Group leader Sen. Chuck Schumer said the money will "cement America's dominance in

• AOC and Bernie Sanders are two of the most influential figures on the American left.
• It wasn't always that way. When Sanders ran for president in 2016, AOC was bartending.
• In a new podcast, she described how the Vermont senator's first presidential bid radicalized her.

When Rep

• Google is testing its Gemini AI to detect and alert users of potential scams during phone calls.
• The AI alerts users of scam patterns like urgent payment demands.
• Google promised to keep data from the phone calls private.

Google is playing around with AI tech that would listen to your calls and warn

Microsoft’s producing a lot more planet-heating pollution now than it did when it made a bold climate pledge back in 2020. Its greenhouse gas emissions were actually around 30 percent higher

• The Commission on Presidential Debates has set the showdowns for 37 years. 
• But this year, Biden and Trump are doing their own thing.
• The commission told BI it could still host its planned debates, but Biden and Trump seem to

• Ukraine has increasingly attacked Russian military and energy facilities with long-range drones.
• One weapon Ukraine has turned to

Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels dropped a string of bombshells during Donald Trump's $130,000 hush money trial, all pointing toward Trump's knowledge of the bribe.

Threads is inching closer to becoming an actually useful source for real-time news and updates. The app is finally rolling out the ability to search posts in order of recency, after testing the feature last month.

“In an effort to make it easier to find timely, relevant content on Threads, we’re introducing a Recent tab for your searches,” Instagram’s Adam Mosseri wrote in an update. “Search

AST SpaceMobile has ramped up demonstrations of voice calls, texts, and video calls via satellite over the last year, using 4G LTE and 5G connections with download bandwidth reaching 14Mbps. Now the company says that a previous memorandum of understanding with AT&T to work on a space-based broadband network for phones has become a “definitive

We’re officially going to get some answers to the burning questions we had after watching Netflix’s 3 Body Problem: the streamer is bringing back the sci-fi series—which explores what happens as humanity prepares for a slow-moving but inevitably arriving alien invasion—for more.

Read more...

• Google's Sameer Samat says AI offers a unique opportunity for the Android ecosystem.
• Gemini AI on Android operates at the system UI level, providing context-aware capabilities.
• On-device AI with Gemini Nano enhances features like encrypted messaging.

Sameer Samat is a powerful guy these days.

I recently saw him on Netflix's