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Googlebook Runs Key Google Services as Web Apps, Not Native Android Apps
Google is running Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Sheets and YouTube as web apps on Googlebook, and some early users are unhappy.
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Google is running Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Sheets and YouTube as web apps on Googlebook, and some early users are unhappy.
Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre is partnering with Ultrahuman to bring its algorithms to the nationwide Sahatna app, adding biological age estimates without requiring Ultrahuman smart rings.
FOX Nation has released a three-part documentary that retells Harry Houdini's life through an AI-generated likeness assembled from more than 400 photographs, timed to the 100th anniversary of the magician's death. The series streams only in the United States.
OPPO has detailed ColorOS 17, its Android 17-based software that debuts on the Find X10 series. OnePlus and realme will begin rolling it out on Oct. 29, 2026, with flagships first and the schedule extending into early 2027.
RUNTO data shows China’s handheld smart camera online sales reached 345,000 units and RMB 1.01 billion during the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holiday weeks, with DJI taking 78.7% unit share and its Pocket series 90% of gimbal cameras.
Huawei's Hubble Investment joined an angel round for Shenzhen electronic-skin maker Vistra Robotics, DeepSeek plans to lead a seed round in Winverse AI, and HINA invested in AI music hardware company SUAVE, according to media reports.
Z.ai has released GLM-Legal, a legal AI model built on GLM-5.3-Flash. It scores 19.17% on Harvey LAB, ranking No. 7 of 79, but API access is application-only with no published price or weights.
Mozilla has launched Firefox Enterprise, giving organizations control over data storage and governance, with France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland first in line.
No Man's Sky will launch on iPhone and iPad on October 28 for $19.99 with a free trial. It will run on iPhone 11 and third-generation iPad Air, but multiplayer is unsupported and some settlement features require iPhone 15 Pro or later.
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, saying the agent-focused models rival leading systems on some benchmarks, while early users report mixed coding and 3D results.
SpaceXSI has launched the X Subscription, a single monthly membership bundling Grok, Cursor and X Premium across four personal tiers priced from $8 to $200 a month, plus team and custom enterprise plans.
One UI 9 restores tablet DeX taskbar auto-hide and adds left, center, and right positioning, per Android Authority.
Sifted reports on Luxembourg scaleups in Fit 4 Scale, including Financial Navigator, Partao, Kidola and ClimateCamp.
New iPhone app Pikko orders tasks by the user's energy level instead of deadlines, targeting Perceiving-type and ADHD users.
TechRadar reported that CMF by Nothing launched milk carton-shaped portable speakers. No pricing or specs given.
Apple's iPhone Duo hinge contains a flexible graphite pipe that spreads heat when folded, Android Authority reports.
Bambu Lab announced its first 3D scanner, the S1, to go on sale in November, extending its personal manufacturing business into 3D scanning.
XGRIDS has completed an air-ground integrated 3D Gaussian model of Minning Town covering 23.5 square kilometers, built from 6.2 billion Gaussians, 15 billion radar point-cloud points and 186,000 images. The model was used in China Media Group's documentary Minning Avenue, Leiphone reported.
Broadcom introduced VMware HyperArmor at VMware Explore in Frankfurt, adding virtual patching, script controls and multifactor authentication for the ESX hypervisor that underpins VMware Cloud Foundation.
TechRadar's October 13 review praises Castlevania: Belmont's Curse for its platforming, combat and level design, while flagging audio and visual glitches and a thin story. The Evil Empire and Konami title launches October 15 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC.
Google has upgraded Nano Banana to version 2.1 inside Gemini. A TechRadar side-by-side test against ChatGPT's Images 2.5 found the image generators close, with different artistic strengths.
Two college applicants in Seoul were caught this month using prohibited AI glasses during entrance exams, Yonhap News reported Tuesday. One was admitted at Yonsei University, and the other was removed from the University of Seoul and banned from its exam for three years.
Qwen opened an experience application page for its Personal Agent “Qwen Go!” inside the Qwen app on Oct. 13, saying the assistant can handle flight compensation claims, bookings, shopping and job applications.
Kakao unveiled Kanana Space, an AI assistant for KakaoTalk, at a developer event. A closed beta is set for December.