This smartphone has a tiny detachable removable screen that becomes a smartwatch or earpiece

The Oukitel WP200 Pro is a rugged smartphone with a sturdy design, an 8800 mAh battery, a MediaTek 8200 processor, 24GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. But what really makes this phone weird are its displays. Yep, two of them. One is a 6.7 inch AMOLED disp…

The Oukitel WP200 Pro is a rugged smartphone with a sturdy design, an 8800 mAh battery, a MediaTek 8200 processor, 24GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. But what really makes this phone weird are its displays. Yep, two of them. One is a 6.7 inch AMOLED display on the front of the phone. And the […]

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Google announces Maps screenshot analysis, AI itineraries to help you plan trips

Google wants to help you get away this summer with, you guessed it, AI.

After a long and gloomy winter, many people are looking forward to some summer travel. Google has some new tools to help you plan, but like most of what Google does now, the new features lean heavily on AI. And unusually, the most interesting of these additions is launching first on iOS.

Google says that lots of people tend to take screenshots when they're planning a trip. Instead of letting those images become lost in your camera roll, Google will let you feed them into Maps. The new screenshot list feature will let you add those images to Maps, where Gemini will scan them to identify locations.

This feature is opt-in, and the AI doesn't appear to detect locations with image recognition. Instead, it looks for place names in text, allowing you to review the results before marking them on the map for later perusal.

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Discord is planning an IPO this year, and big changes could be on the horizon

IPO will mean more revenue pressure and possibly more ads.

As previously rumored, Discord, a popular communications platform, is working with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase to plan an IPO as soon as this year, according to a recent report by Bloomberg. The report cites people familiar with the matter and notes that more advisors may come on board as the talks progress.

This isn't the first we've heard about plans for an IPO; an article in The New York Times claimed that Discord had begun exploratory meetings with bankers earlier this month. Even way back in 2022, Discord was exploring the option of a direct listing, but it now seems the company plans to go with a traditional IPO.

Launched in 2015, Discord was initially conceived as an improved way to facilitate communication while playing video games—and gaming-related uses still account for more than 90 percent of its activity. While some previous tools focused mainly on in-game voice chat, Discord supports text, voice, and video, as well as game streaming. It also has robust features for managing communities outside the game and has developer APIs for developing bots, tools, and games that can be used within its channels.

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Koalitionsverhandlungen: Amthor will Informationsfreiheit nicht ganz abschaffen

Die Union will das IFG “in der bisherigen Form” abschaffen. Über eine IFG-Anfrage wurden brisante Dokumente über den Verhandlungsleiter Philipp Amthor bekannt. (IFG, Vorratsdatenspeicherung)

Die Union will das IFG "in der bisherigen Form" abschaffen. Über eine IFG-Anfrage wurden brisante Dokumente über den Verhandlungsleiter Philipp Amthor bekannt. (IFG, Vorratsdatenspeicherung)

Elon Musk and Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work secret

Musk and DOGE don’t have to comply with discovery order, appeals court rules.

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) don't have to turn over information related to their government cost-cutting operations, at least for now, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.

A federal judge previously ruled that 14 states suing the federal government can serve written discovery requests on Musk and DOGE. Musk, DOGE, and President Trump turned to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in an attempt to block that order.

A three-judge panel at the appeals court granted an emergency motion for a stay in an order issued yesterday, putting the lower-court ruling on hold pending further orders from the appeals court. "Petitioners have satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay," the panel ruling said. "In particular, petitioners have shown a likelihood of success on their argument that the district court was required to decide their motion to dismiss before allowing discovery."

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