For years, Google has included an extra search box within some search results, encouraging you to dig further and look only within a specific website. But now that sitelinks search box is going away because “usage has dropped.”
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This Samsung soundbar is now $100 and perfect for budget buyers
The best soundbar deals don’t have to cost a fortune, as demonstrated by the offer that Samsung has right now. Currently, you can buy the Samsung B-Series 2.0 channel soundbar with a built-in woofer for $100. Normally it costs $120, so you’re saving 17% off a soundbar which was already great value for such a reliable and highly respected brand. If you’ve already bought one of the best TV deals happening right now, and you’re keen to keep costs down while reaping some great benefits, this is a good opportunity. Here’s a further look at what to expect from it.
Why you should buy the Samsung B-Series 2.0 channel soundbar
The Samsung B-Series soundbars won’t compete with the Samsung 2023 Dolby Atmos soundbars announced last year, but they’re a massive upgrade over your standard TV speakers. With the Samsung B-Series 2.0 channel soundbar, you get all the essentials even if it doesn’t compete with the best soundbars.
To give it its full name, the C400 has a built-in subwoofer so you don’t need to find extra room to store it all in your living space. That means more powerful bass than you would expect for the price. The soundbar is able to expand the optimal listening zone so sound emanates all around you. It also has a night mode so that the volume can be lowered to a more appropriate level, compressing the bass so your little ones aren’t woken by it. The Samsung B-Series 2.0 channel soundbar also has a voice enhance feature so that the equalizer is optimized for dialogue, ensuring any spoken words are amplified and heard more clearly. Sure, sound isn’t on a par with the best Dolby Atmos soundbars, but it’s still a good upgrade for a low price. Team it up with a budget TV and you’ll be delighted.
The Samsung B-Series 2.0 channel soundbar C400 is also convenient as it offers an all-in-one remote which controls both your Samsung TV and your soundbar, saving you from needing to juggle remotes. There’s also a Bluetooth TV connection if you prefer to connect that way, assuming your TV is compatible. Another neat extra is NFC support so you can quickly pair your phone by simply tapping it. It all comes together to be a really appealing product for a bargain price.
The Samsung B-Series C400 2.0 channel soundbar normally costs $120, but right now you can buy it for $100 at Samsung. The $20 saving adds up fast on a product that is already a great value. Take a look at it for yourself by tapping the button below, but expect the deal to end soon.
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Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results
It’s been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks search box in Google Search, and over time, we’ve noticed that usage has dropped. With that, and to help simplify the search results, we’ll be removing this visual element starting on November 21, 2024.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, it will probably make more sense if you see it:
See that little search box beneath the link for The New York Times? That’s what Google’s taking away. You can use the feature as a shortcut to search for something within The New York Times (or any other website that has it). After the November deadline, Google will no longer display the box in all languages and countries.
Had I not seen this announcement from Google, I probably wouldn’t have even noticed its disappearance because I barely ever used the thing. Overall, it’s a smaller tweak among the many changes to Google’s search engine as it leans into AI and shuffles the team in charge of Search.
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Quordle today – hints and answers for Tuesday, October 22 (game #1002)
Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.
Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Quordle today (game #1002) – hint #1 – Vowels
How many different vowels are in Quordle today?
• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5*.
* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).
Quordle today (game #1002) – hint #2 – repeated letters
Do any of today’s Quordle answers contain repeated letters?
• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 1.
Quordle today (game #1002) – hint #3 – uncommon letters
Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?
• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today’s Quordle answers.
Quordle today (game #1002) – hint #4 – starting letters (1)
Do any of today’s Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?
• The number of today’s Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 2.
If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you’re not ready yet then here’s one more clue to make things a lot easier:
Quordle today (game #1002) – hint #5 – starting letters (2)
What letters do today’s Quordle answers start with?
• A
• S
• A
• L
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Quordle today (game #1002) – the answers
The answers to today’s Quordle, game #1002, are…
This was another relatively easy Quordle, with a repeated O in AFOOT but not much more to complicate matters. My trio of start words again came up trumps, there were no major decisions to make between two similarly spelled words and the whole thing only took me about two minutes. If only they were all so simple, eh?
As if to counteract the simplicity of the main Quordle, the Daily Sequence was a fair bit harder today, serving up LLAMA and its two repeated letters, COCOA and its two repeated letters, TITAN and its one repeated letter and the far-from-obvious RAMEN. Quordle giveth and it taketh away.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Daily Sequence today (game #1002) – the answers
The answers to today’s Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1002, are…
Quordle answers: The past 20
- Quordle #1001, Monday 21 October: TREAD, NINTH, GRIEF, UNSET
- Quordle #1000, Sunday 20 October: CORAL, WHOSE, HEIST, SOAPY
- Quordle #999, Saturday 19 October: GUSTY, BROKE, ENJOY, HAZEL
- Quordle #998, Friday 18 October: PUPIL, MOCHA, EGRET, NATAL
- Quordle #997, Thursday 17 October: BUILD, BIRTH, LURCH, SASSY
- Quordle #996, Wednesday 16 October: EERIE, SMIRK, HUNCH, EMBED
- Quordle #995, Tuesday 15 October: UMBRA, BRIEF, GRAVY, TORUS
- Quordle #994, Monday 14 October: ROGUE, STORY, EMCEE, AUNTY
- Quordle #993, Sunday 13 October: UNFIT, NYMPH, THUMB, PUREE
- Quordle #992, Saturday 12 October: SAUCY, UNDUE, EGRET, HELLO
- Quordle #991, Friday 11 October: RINSE, ANIME, PUSHY, ZEBRA
- Quordle #990, Thursday 10 October: UNTIL, MARSH, METAL, WINDY
- Quordle #989, Wednesday 9 October: TRIAL, HUSKY, DOWNY, TRADE
- Quordle #988, Tuesday 8 October: TROUT, HATER, BARGE, DOZEN
- Quordle #987, Monday 7 October: CAULK, HALVE, APING, HEATH
- Quordle #986, Sunday 6 October: FUDGE, TENOR, BEGAT, ROUSE
- Quordle #985, Saturday 5 October: ELECT, CROAK, FRISK, JAUNT
- Quordle #984, Friday 4 October: ELFIN, GRAIL, PATIO, RECAP
- Quordle #983, Thursday 3 October: TENTH, REMIT, CURVE, TOAST
- Quordle #982, Wednesday 2 October: ARGUE, CRANE, TOKEN, PRINT
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What’s new on Tubi in November 2024
November is approaching, which means two things: food and sports. I’m a big fan of the former, and have already prepared my Thanksgiving meal. But I need some good movies and TV shows to watch while chowing down, and some streamers just don’t satisfy as much as they used to.
Tubi isn’t one of those streamers. With no subscription fees and a diverse catalog, Tubi truly does have something for everyone. That’s never been more true than in November, which offers a cornucopia of blockbusters, comedies, dramas, art films, and … Nip/Tuck.
All titles below begin streaming for free on November 1, unless otherwise noted:
Originals
Documentary
EVIL AMONG US: GRIM SLEEPER – 11/6 – The Grim Sleeper, one of the nation’s most infamous serial killers, remained undetected for decades—until a shocking breakthrough changed everything.
Thriller
THE STEPDAUGHTER 2 – 11/8 – After surviving a violent showdown, a conniving teen breaks out of a hospital determined to wreak havoc on her father’s new wife and family.
MARRIED TO A BALLA – 11/14 – When a mother suffering from domestic abuse escapes her dangerous, pro-athlete husband, she will stop at nothing to keep her family safe.
TOXIC HARMONY – 11/22 – After parting from her girl group, a singer finds both fame and danger after capturing the attention of a powerful but mysterious record label exec.
Library Titles
Series Spotlight
11.22.63
Ambitions
Dawson’s Creek – 11/15
Deputy
Nip/Tuck
Action
Black Hawk Down
Boneyard – 11/11
Bullet To The Head
Edge Of Tomorrow – 11/7
Furious 7 – 11/16
Hitman
Léon: The Professional
Salt
Taken 2
Taken 3
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Protege
Tomb Raider (2018)
Wrath Of Man
Art House
Apples
Cyrano
Dope
Incendies
Licorice Pizza
Philomena
Reservoir Dogs
Sin Nombre
The Burnt Orange Heresy
Winter’s Bone
Black Cinema
All About The Benjamins
Ambitions
B.A.P.S.
Barbershop (2002)
Barbershop 2: Back In Business
Beauty Shop
Death At A Funeral (2010)
Juwanna Mann
New Jack City
Proud Mary
Stomp The Yard: Homecoming
Superfly
The House Next Door: Meet The Blacks 2
The Perfect Holiday
Waist Deep
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Comedy
13 Going On 30
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Bill & Ted Face The Music
Code Name: The Cleaner
Hall Pass
Jack And Jill
Knives Out
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde
Little
Major Payne
Mrs. Doubtfire
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Duel – 11/29
The Happytime Murders
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
Documentary
A League Of Ordinary Gentlemen – 11/22
All Light, Everywhere – 11/29
Casino Jack And The United States Of Money
Chevolution – 11/15
Crumb
Honeyland
Drama
Blow
Burlesque
Cool Hand Luke
Deputy
Full Metal Jacket
Gridiron Gang (2006)
Heartbreak Ridge
Heaven Is For Real
Malcolm X
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Silver Linings Playbook
Southpaw
The Patriot
The Pursuit Of Happyness
Horror
30 Days Of Night: Dark Days
Blair Witch (2016)
Carrie (2013)
Hannibal
Jeepers Creepers
Post Mortem
Quarantine 2: Terminal
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
The Blob (1988)
The Cave
The Silence of the Lambs
Truth Or Dare
Warm Bodies
Wolf
Korean Drama
3-Iron
Barking Dogs Never Bite – 11/8
Kids & Family
Aliens In The Attic
Annie (1982)
Annie (2014)
Free Birds
Jumanji (1995)
Little Giants
Monster House
Secondhand Lions
Smallfoot – 11/4
The Star
Uglydolls
Romance
About Last Night (2014)
Burlesque
Closer
Dawson’s Creek – 11/15
Love & Basketball
Nine
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
11.22.63
Chain Reaction
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Demolition Man
I, Robot
Mirror Mirror
Paprika
Planet Of The Apes
Replicas
Short Circuit
The Craft
The Maze Runner
Stealth
Thriller
Assassins
Colombiana
Crescent City – 11/29
Executive Decision
I Am Legend
Out of Time
No Good Deed (2014)
S.W.A.T.: Firefight
The Circle
The Fugitive
The Last Stand
Untraceable (2008)
Western
Django Unchained
Far And Away
Frank And Jesse
The Homseman
Outlaw Johnny Black
We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+.
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HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open
HONOR announced the world’s slimmest and lightest book-style foldable smartphone a couple of months ago, the HONOR Magic V3. That phone went global in September, and in this article, we’ll compare it with a device that is considered to be one of the best, if not the best foldable smartphones out there still. In this article, we’ll be comparing the HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open.
Both of these smartphones are truly compelling, but they’re also quite different. That goes for both their designs, their internals, and so on. As we usually do, we will first list the spec sheets of both smartphones. Following that, we will compare them across a number of categories, including design, display, performance, battery, cameras, and audio, With that being said, let’s get to it.
Specs
HONOR Magic V3 & OnePlus Open, respectively
– Screen size (main):
7.92-inch Foldable LTPO AMOLED (120Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 1,800 nits)
7.82-inch LTPO 3 AMOLED (120Hz, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 2,800 nits)
– Screen Size (cover):
6.43-inch LTPO OLED (120Hz, 5,000 nits)
6.31-inch LTPO3 OLED (120Hz, 2,800 nits)
– Display resolution (main):
2156 x 2344
2268 x 2440
– Display resolution (cover):
2376 x 1060
2484 x 1116
– SoC:
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
– RAM:
12GB/16GB (LPDDR5X)
16GB (LPDDR5X)
– Storage:
256GB/512GB/1TB (UFS 4.0)
512GB (UFS 4.0)
– Rear cameras:
50MP (wide, f/1.6 aperture, 1/1.56-inch sensor size, OIS, PDAF), 40MP (ultrawide, f/2.2 aperture, 112-degree FoV), 50MP (periscope telephoto, 1/2.51-inch sensor size, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom)
48MP (wide, f/1.7 aperture, multi-directional PDAF, OIS), 48MP (ultrawide, 114-degree FoV), 64MP (periscope telephoto, 3x optical zoom, 6x “in-sensor” zoom, macro)
– Front cameras:
20MP (main display, f/2.2 aperture), 32MP (cover display, f/2.4 aperture)
20MP (main display, f/2.2 aperture), 32MP (cover display, f/2.4 aperture)
– Battery:
5,150mAh
4,805mAh
– Charging:
66W wired, 50W wireless, 5W reverse wired (charger included)
67W wired, 5W reverse wired (charger included)
– Dimensions (unfolded):
156.6 x 145.3 x 4.35 mm or 4.4 mm
153.4 x 143.1 x 5.8 mm
– Dimensions (folded):
156.6 x 74.0 x 9.2 mm or 9.3 mm
153.4 x 73.3 x 11.7 mm
– Weight:
226/230 grams
239/245 grams
– Connectivity:
5G, LTE, NFC, Wi-Fi, USB Type-C, Bluetooth 5.3
– Security:
Side-facing fingerprint scanner
– OS:
Android 14 with MagicOS 8.0.1
Android 13 with OxygenOS (upgradable)
– Price:
€1,999
$1,699
– Buy:
HONOR Magic V3 (HONOR)
OnePlus Open (Best Buy)
HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Design
Both of these phones are book-style foldables, but they do both look and feel different in the hand. The HONOR Magic V3 comes in both glass and vegan leather models, while the same goes for the OnePlus Open. Both phones also use aluminum and some other materials in their build, though. The back side of the OnePlus Open is flat, as are its sides. The same cannot be said for the HONOR Magic V3. Its back side does have a bit more of a curve towards the edges, while its sides are definitely not flat.
Both devices do have a flat cover display with a centered display camera hole on it. The bezels are quite thin on both of their displays, actually. You will also spot a display camera hole on their main displays, but they’re located in different spots. The HONOR Magic V3’s display camera hole is centered on the right side of the main display, so it’s about three-quarters to the right. On the OnePlus Open, it’s in the top-right corner.
There is a camera oreo located on the back of both phones. The one on the OnePlus Open does protrude a bit more, though, and it’s also physically larger. It is a good anchor for your finger when you’re holding the phone, though, so I definitely appreciated it being there during my use. The in-hand feel with these two phones is considerably different. Depending on the variant you get, they can be slippery.
The HONOR Magic V3 is the lighter device of the two, that much is obvious. It is also thinner, and it feels as much in the hand. The HONOR Magic V3 is IPX8 rated for water resistance. The OnePlus Open, on the flip side, comes with an IPX4 rating, which means it’s splash resistant.
HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Display
The main display on the HONOR Magic V3 is a 7.92-inch Foldable LTPO AMOLED panel with a resolution of 2156 x 2344. That panel can project up to 1 billion colors and supports HDR10+ content. It also supports Dolby Vision, and its refresh rate goes up to 120Hz. The peak brightness of this panel is 1,800 nits, and the screen-to-body ratio is at around 88%. The cover display measures 6.43 inches, and it’s an LTPO OLED display. It can project up to 1 billion colors, and Dolby Vision is supported. Its refresh rate goes up to 120Hz, while the peak brightness here is 5,000 nits, on paper. The resolution is 2376 x 1080.
The OnePlus Open, on the other hand, has a 7.82-inch Foldable LTPO3 Flexi-fluid main display. That is an AMOLED panel that can project up to 1 billion colors. Dolby Vision is supported too. The refresh rate here goes up to 120Hz, while the peak brightness is 2,800 nits. This display has a resolution of 2268 x 2440 and a screen-to-body ratio of 89%. The cover display measures 6.31 inches, and it’s an LTPO3 Super Fluid OLED display. Its resolution is 2484 x 1116, and it can project up to 1 billion colors. Dolby Vision is supported here too.
All four of these displays are very good. They do look a bit different out of the box, but both phones allow you to tweak their displays. They’re both more than sharp enough, and they’re well-optimized for a high refresh rate. The touch response is good, and the colors are vivid. The viewing angles are great on all displays. All four displays do get bright enough for all conditions, even though there is some difference in that regard too. The bottom line is, you’ll be happy with all of these displays. Both companies used quality panels and did a great job balancing them.
HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Performance
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC fuels the HONOR Magic V3. That is Qualcomm’s 4nm processor, which is, at this moment in time, still the company’s flagship SoC. HONOR paired that with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and UFS 4.0 flash storage. The OnePlus Open is fueled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, which is also a 4nm chip, but a year older than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This phone comes with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 flash storage. Neither device offers storage expansion, by the way.
The performance that both phones offer is outstanding, though. You’ll be hard-pressed to notice the difference between these two chips in day-to-day use. Both phones offer snappy performance without any lag, even though their software implementations are notably different. They open apps really fast, and they’re also great for multitasking of any kind. Both companies also have rather snappy and well-executed animations thrown into the mix.
What about gaming? Well, despite the fact the OnePlus Open has an older chip, it still holds up in the gaming department, even when the most demanding games are concerned. Both of these phones can run anything the Google Play Store has to offer, and they can do a great job of running those games, even at the highest graphical settings. The bottom line is, the performance is not an issue on either of these two smartphones.
HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Battery
A 5,150mAh silicon-carbon battery sits inside the HONOR Magic V3. The OnePlus Open, on the flip side, offers a 4,805mAh battery pack. A larger battery doesn’t always mean better battery life, but in this case, it does. The HONOR Magic V3 did manage to offer better battery life for us, even though the OnePlus Open’s battery life is not bad at all. You can cross the 6-hour screen-on-time threshold on the OnePlus Open, and even go beyond that, depending on what you’re doing on the phone during your use.
The HONOR Magic V3, however, goes above and beyond that, usually. It can go over the 7-hour screen-on-time mark, once again, depending on your usage. The point is, it does offer better battery life, though the mileage may vary in your case. The battery life depends on a ton of factors, so… it will vary from one person to the next, of course. Both of these phones will offer more than enough juice for most people, but if you want a phone with better battery life, the HONOR Magic V3 is the one to get.
The HONOR Magic V3 is more versatile when it comes to charging. However, both phones charge similarly fast, at least in terms of wired charging, as that’s the only charging OnePlus’ foldable offers. The Magic V3 supports 66W wired, 50W wireless, and 5W reverse wired charging. The OnePlus Open only supports 67W wired charging. Both smartphones do come with a charger in the box.
HONOR Magic V3 vs OnePlus Open: Cameras
The two devices have considerably different camera hardware on the back. Still, both are quite compelling and amongst the best camera smartphones in the foldable world. The HONOR Magic V3 includes a 50-megapixel main camera (1/1.56-inch sensor), a 40-megapixel ultrawide unit (112-degree FoV), and a 50-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (1/2.51-inch sensor, 3.5x optical zoom). The OnePlus Open has a 48-megapixel main camera (1/1.43-inch sensor), a 48-megapixel ultrawide camera (114-degree FoV), and a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto unit (3x optical zoom, 1/2.0-inch sensor size).
Both devices are rather capable in the camera department, but the results are different. The HONOR Magic V3 offers well-saturated images, but they’re usually less contrasty than the shots from the OnePlus Open. We preferred the color science of the OnePlus Open most of the time. Their ultrawide cameras do a good job of keeping the color profile of the main cameras, while both telephoto cameras are quite capable. Both of them have a periscope telephoto camera, though the OnePlus Open has a larger camera sensor. Both cameras do a good job, but we preferred telephoto shots from the OnePlus Open, as it balanced them out a bit better.
What about low light? Well, both do a good job in such situations too, it’s also a matter of preference. The Magic V3 tends to brighten up such scenes more than the OnePlus Open, for better or worse. The styles are entirely different, but quite compelling on both sides. The Magic V3 is a major improvement over the Magic V2, that’s for sure. The HONOR Magic V2’s camera was not all that impressive.
Audio
You will find stereo speakers on both of these smartphones. The thing is, the volume that both sets of speakers provide is average at best. It’ll be enough for most people, but don’t expect them to be as loud as you may be used to. The sound quality output is good, though.
There is no audio jack on either one of these two phones. You can use their Type-C ports to hook up your wired headphones, though, if you want. Bluetooth 5.3 is supported on both smartphones.
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Meta is bringing back facial recognition with new safety features for Facebook and Instagram
Meta is bringing facial recognition tech back to its apps more than three years after it shut down Facebook’s “face recognition” system amid a broader backlash against the technology. Now, the social network will begin to deploy facial recognition tools on Facebook and Instagram to fight scams and help users who have lost access to their accounts, the company said in an update.
The first test will use facial recognition to detect scam ads that use the faces of celebrities and other public figures. “If our systems suspect that an ad may be a scam that contains the image of a public figure at risk for celeb-bait, we will try to use facial recognition technology to compare faces in the ad against the public figure’s Facebook and Instagram profile pictures,” Meta explained in a blog post. “If we confirm a match and that the ad is a scam, we’ll block it.”
The company said that it’s already begun to roll the feature out to a small group of celebs and public figures and that it will begin automatically enrolling more people into the feature “in the coming weeks,” though individuals have the ability to opt out of the protection. While Meta already has systems in place to review ads for potential scams, the company isn’t always able to catch “celeb-bait” ads as many legitimate companies use celebrities and public figures to market their products, Monika Bickert, VP of content policy at Meta, said in a briefing. “This is a real time process,” she said of the new facial recognition feature. “It’s faster and it’s more accurate than manual review.”
Separately, Meta is also testing facial recognition tools to address another long-running issue on Facebook and Instagram: account recovery. The company is experimenting with a new “video selfie” option that allows users to upload a clip of themselves, which Meta will then match to their profile photos, when users have been locked out of their accounts. The company will also use it in cases of a suspected account compromise to prevent hackers from accessing accounts using stolen credentials.
The tool won’t be able to help everyone who loses access to a Facebook or Instagram account. Many business pages, for example, don’t include a profile photo of a person, so those users would need to use Meta’s existing account recovery options. But Bickert says the new process will make it much more difficult for bad actors to game the company’s support tools “It will be a much higher level of difficulty for them in trying to bypass our systems,” Bickert said.
With both new features, Meta says it will “immediately delete” facial data that’s used for comparisons and that the scans won’t be used for another purpose. The company is also making the features optional, though celebrities will need to opt-out of the scam ad protection rather than opt-ion.
That could draw criticism from privacy advocates, particularly given Meta’s messy history with facial recognition. The company previously used the technology to power automatic photo-tagging, which allowed the company to automatically recognize the faces of users in photos and videos. The feature was discontinued in 2021, with Meta deleting the facial data of more than 1 billion people, citing “growing societal concerns.” The company also faces lawsuits, notably from the Texas and Illinois, over its use of the tech. Meta paid $650 million to settle a lawsuit related to the Illinois law and $1.4 billion to resolve a similar suit in Texas.
It’s notable, then, that the new tools won’t be available in either Illinois or Texas to start. It also won’t roll out to users in the United Kingdom or European Union as the company is “continuing to have conversations there with regulators” in the region, according to Bickert. But the company is “hoping to scale this technology globally sometime in 2025,” according to a Meta spokesperson.
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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite as world’s fastest mobile CPU
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Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claimed is the world’s fastest mobile centralized processing unit (CPU).
The CPU features Qualcomm’s second-generation custom Qualcomm Oryon CPU, which the company said will power new era of on-device generative AI. It’s built to handle the complexities of multi-modal AI seamlessly while prioritizing privacy. This means you’ll soon see amazing Unreal Engine 5 visuals in your mobile games.
Speaking at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Maui this week, Qualcomm said leading manufacturers and smartphone brands including Asus, Honor, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, RealMe, Samsung, Vivo, Xiaomi, and more, are poised to launch devices powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, in the coming weeks.
Cisco Cheng, senior director of product marketing at Qualcomm, said in a press briefing that the new system-on-chip product is slated for mobile devices coming later this year where the priority is to balance efficiency and performance.
Cheng said that the Hexagon NPU has 12 times the performance of the previous generation. The Oryon CPU has three times the performance. And the Adreno GPU has three times the performance.
Overall, the device has more than 40 components embedded in a system-on-chip design, where customers can mix and match the features they want in their final designs.
Cheng also said the Oryon’s Prime core is a brand new microarchitecture that is 46% more efficient than the prior version. It runs at 4.32GHz.
“This ground-up approach and our well-established understanding of mobile experiences allow us to optimize every aspect of the CPU and all that it is attached to it,” Cheng said.
It also fetches data faster than in the past, allowing the core to execute the next instruction faster. Along side two Prime cores are six performance cores. Over the years, Qualcomm has reduced its number of “efficiency” cores and it has now replaced them altogether with the performance cores. The performance cores offer a balance of performance and efficiency, reaching higher speeds of 3.53GHz. It has a 24MB cache.
Qualcomm has also optimized for in-app experiences, multitasking, generative AI, video rendering and streaming, as well as gaming.
“No other use case will benefit more than gaming,” he said.
It will provide smoother gameplay with higher framerates and extend gaming time as much as 2.5 hours with 40% better battery efficiency and 40% better GPU performance. It supports Unreal Engine’s Chaos Physics system, running the game physics simulations on device in real time.
There can be as many as 9,000 objects on screen at once. The chip can store 12 megabytes of data directly on GPU. The result is longer sustained gameplay sessions, as well as better ray-tracing benchmark performance.
The Snapdragon mobile team has been working with Feral Interactive on the Grid Legends mobile racing game. It will launch exclusively with Qualcomm Adaptive Performance Engine 4.0 for Snapdragon 8 Elite users.
And for the first time ever, Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite solution will run on the Snapdragon 8 Elite. It enables a massive increase in film-quality environments in mobile games.
This platform debuts industry technologies such as the latest Qualcomm Adreno graphics processing unit (GPU) and enhanced Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, all of which deliver game changing performance improvements.
These new components empower the Snapdragon 8 Elite to transform user experiences with their devices – making on-device multi-modal generative AI applications a reality on smartphones powered by Snapdragon.
These technologies also fuel many other experiences across camera capabilities, with our most powerful AI-ISP, as well as next level gaming, super-fast web browsing and more.
Gen AI applications that have emerged in the past two years will run on Snapdragon 8 Elite. It is integrating multimodal gen AI applications and delivering these experiences directly on device, swiftly and with ultra-low latency.
Cheng said the new Qualcomm AI Engine will tap the Oryon CPU for latency-critical AI tasks. The Hexagon NPU has higher throughput across accelerators for faster inferencing performance. It lets AI and computer vision workloads to coexist in the memory. AI assistant experiences can run entirely on the device.
AI assistants running on your smartphone can also be tailored to you, running on the device itself to ensure privacy, Cheng said. AI expansion will expand a photo beyond your device’s borders, AI super resolution boosts clarity, and AI segmentations enhances and identifies individual objects in each scene.
The AI ISP (image signal processing) works with the Hexagon NPU for tasks like auto white balance. The ISP used to process an image and pass it to the NPU. Now the NPU can access the native raw sensor data and implement real-time AI enhancements at 4K and 60 frames per second. This results in more accurate results and flexibility for device makers to implement their own algorithms at any stage.
It also brings AI features previously only available on the cloud right into the device.
“We call this Insight AI” to elevate photography to new heights, Cheng said. You can capture natural skintones in the toughest lighting conditions, like when you’re heavily backlit, Cheng said. You can eliminate objects in a video using an “eraser” feature. You highlight the object and you can erase it without ever having to send video to the cloud.
It has a second-generation 5G AI processor, as well as AI-enhanced WiFi 7, for better connectivity at lower power consumption.
“We are so excited to bring the power of Qualcomm Oryon to our Snapdragon mobile platforms for the first time. Earlier this year we debuted it in PCs, delivering remarkable experiences and unparallel battery life to PC users, energizing the industry and getting the attention of consumers,” said Chris Patrick, senior vice president and general manager of mobile handsets, Qualcomm, in a statement. “Today, our second generation of the Qualcomm Oryon CPU debuts in our flagship mobile platform – it’s a major leap forward and we expect consumers to be thrilled with the new experiences enabled by our CPU technology.”
He added, “With leading CPU, GPU and NPU capabilities, the Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers dramatic performance enhancements and power efficiency. In addition, it revolutionizes mobile experiences by offering personalized, multi-modal generative AI directly on the device enabling the understanding of speech, context, and images to enhance everything from productivity to creativity tasks while prioritizing user privacy.”
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