The floodgates for generative Al have been opened by ChatGPT, Bing, and others; today, Google is releasing access to their Google Bard Al. Google Bard AI: a competition? Google announced in a blog post on The Keyword that access to Google Bard AI is now available in certain places. This isn’t the first time Bard and its Al tricks have been seen in public, but it does provide the general public early access by signing up for a waitlist. During this early access period, users who advance through the waitlist will be able to use Bard’s ChatGPT-like research large language…
Author: Onyebuchi Uche
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, the successor to the Galaxy Flip 4, will be soon unveiled. Of course, different leaks of the foldable will surface online before its scheduled date. Recent leaks of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 reveal the outer display of the smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 display Ice Universe, a trustworthy Samsung leaker, has compiled a few continuing details about the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 to provide updates and explanations. Ice initially reiterates in the tweet that both smartphones would use Samsung’s new “droplet” hinge design. This revised…
Here’s the crux of the matter: Google Pixel Watch March 2023 update is now rolling out. This is after the Google Play system update for the month as well as the March security patch has been rolled out. The Pixel Watch is currently on the March 5, 2023 security patch level as a result of this Google Pixel Watch March 2023 update. RWDA.230114.008.R1 is the new build number for watches in Japan and Taiwan, with a RWDA.230114.008.J2 version. It is no longer RWD9.220429.x as it was in the previous three versions. This is a larger update than the previous three…
Immersion view gained a lot of popularity at the Google I/O 2022 and the feature seems to be a very interesting one. However, since its announcement back in 2022, Google Map users haven’t gotten the immersive view. Well, that is changing now as the feature is rolling out on Google Maps currently. Finally, Google Maps’ immersive view Immersive View, which is marketed as a “whole new way to explore” using Google Maps, augments the current photorealistic aerial views of prominent destinations and landmarks with time and weather contextual flyovers of the specific mapped regions. Google Maps Immersive View combines scenic…
Apart from the Samsung Exynos modem problem, the March 2023 security update for Android 13 QPR2 patches the Pixel Markup screenshot vulnerability as well. Simon Aarons discovered and submitted this vulnerability (CVE-2023-21036) to Google in early January, with David Buchanan developing the initial proof-of-concept exploit: “Screenshots cropped using the built-in “Markup” app on Google Pixel devices may be retroactively un-cropped and un-redacted under any circumstances.” For reference, the built-in Markup feature on Pixel phones, which debuted with Android 9 Pie in 2018, allows you to modify screenshots (crop, add text, draw, and highlight). The Pixel Markup screenshot vulnerability Let’s imagine…