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The best Pixel Weather alternative

The best Pixel Weather alternative

[ad_1] Joe Maring / Android Authority Ever since it debuted on the Pixel 9 series in 2024, Google’s Pixel Weather app has been my go-to weather application. I love its simplistic and Pixel-y UI, the customizable home screen, the excellent pollen tracker, and more. For what I want in a weather app, Pixel Weather checks …

Xbox’s weirdest studio is on a roll

Xbox’s weirdest studio is on a roll

[ad_1] For a while there, it seemed like Double Fine might be struggling under the Microsoft corporate umbrella. The game studio led by Tim Schafer is beloved for offbeat titles like Brütal Legend and Broken Age, but after being acquired by Microsoft in 2019, its only new release for years was a long-awaited sequel to …

Exposing Floating Point – Bartosz Ciechanowski

Exposing Floating Point – Bartosz Ciechanowski

[ad_1] Despite everyday use, floating point numbers are often understood in a hand-wavy manner and their behavior raises many eyebrows. Over the course of this article I’d like to show that things aren’t actually that complicated. This blog post is a companion to my recently launched website – float.exposed. Other than exploiting the absurdity of …

Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time

Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time

[ad_1] Manufacturing smartphones is getting much more expensive. Credit: Counterpoint Research Manufacturing smartphones is getting much more expensive. Credit: Counterpoint Research The good news for Samsung is that while the MX division struggles, its semiconductor division is raking it in. Samsung Semiconductor has smashed records in the first quarter of 2026, earning an estimated $38 …

Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha

Why Cohere is merging with Aleph Alpha

[ad_1] Canadian AI startup Cohere is taking over Germany-based Aleph Alpha, with the blessing of their governments, in a bid to offer a sovereign alternative to enterprises in an AI landscape dominated by American players. “Sovereign AI” refers to systems where companies and governments retain full control over their own data — rather than routing …