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Google Maps Unveils 4 Major Updates for European Commuters

Google has announced four Maps updates across Europe designed to reduce reliance on driving and promote sustainable transportation choices. Google says it’s expanding its AI-powered alternative transport suggestions to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Warsaw, and additional cities in the coming months. The feature predicts when walking or transit will match driving times, which aims to help users

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Video: Here’s a first look at using Apple Vision Pro with PlayStation VR controllers

At its big software event last week, Apple officially announced that support for was coming to the Apple Vision Pro headset, along with other six-degrees-of-freedom spatial controller accessories. This is in addition to the Vision Pro’s primary input methods of eye and hand tracking. While interest in support for PSVR2 will no doubt center on

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2027 iPhone Air Could Debut Power-Saving LTPO3 OLED Display

Apple is considering introducing displays that use a lot less battery power in its iPhone lineup starting in 2027, according to a new report from The Elec. According to the Korean-language report, the technology would involve upgrading Apple’s current LTPO (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) OLED displays by incorporating oxide semiconductors in both switching and drive transistors.

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Apple’s New Transcription APIs Blow Past Whisper in Speed Tests

Apple’s new speech-to-text transcription APIs in iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe are delivering dramatically faster speeds compared to rival tools, including OpenAI’s Whisper, based on beta testing conducted by MacStories‘ John Voorhees. Call recording and transcription in iOS 18.1 Apple uses its own native speech frameworks to power live transcription features in apps like Notes

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Apple devices offer amazing speech to text transcription in developer betas, shows test

If you ever need to transcribe audio or video to text, most current apps are powered by OpenAI’s Whisper model. You’re probably using this model if you use apps like MacWhisper to transcribe meetings or lectures, or to generate subtitles for YouTube videos. But iOS 26 and Apple’s other developer betas include the company’s own

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