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In case you missed it, Apple announced a host of new devices this week, including both a new phone and a cheaper laptop . It also unveiled the M4-powered iPad Air, which is already receiving a preorder discount ahead of its March 11th debut. Right now, the 128GB / Wi-Fi model is available at Amazon , Best Buy , and Walmart starting at $559 ($40 off), while the LTE config is selling for $709 ($40 off) at Best Buy . If you want more storage space, Amazon and Walmart are also both selling the 11-inch model with 256GB and Wi-Fi for $649 ($50 off). The larger 13-inch variant, meanwhile, can be found at the same retailers, including Amazon and Walmart , in its base configuration with Wi-Fi and 128GB of storage starting at $749 ($50 off). 11-inch iPad Air M4 Where to Buy: $599 $559 at Amazon (128GB, Wi-Fi) $599 $559 at Best Buy (128GB, Wi-Fi) $599 $559 at Walmart (128GB, Wi-Fi) 13-inch iPad Air M4  Where to Buy: $799 $749 at Amazon (128GB, Wi-Fi) $799 $749 a...

OpenAI is launching GPT-5.4 , the latest version of its AI model that the company says combines advancements in reasoning, coding, and professional work involving spreadsheets, documents, and presentations. It's also OpenAI's first model with native computer use capabilities, meaning it can operate a computer on your behalf and complete tasks across different applications. The new model is a step toward the agentic future that AI companies are aiming to build, where a network of AI-powered agents operates in the background to complete complex jobs online and within software. OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Agent amid a flurry of other agentic tool … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/889926/openai-gpt-5-4-model-release-ai-agents

Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and phrases with "#" symbols. Now, Roblox says those words and phrases can be "translated into more respectful language that remains closer to the user's original intent." For instance, if a user posts "Hurry TF up!" in chat, Roblox's AI will alter the message to say "Hurry up!" instead. Whenever this happens, Roblox says "everyone in the chat is notified that the text has been rephrased to keep things civil. … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/games/889954/roblox-ai-real-time-chat-rephrasing

Meta's AI-powered smart glasses could be sending sensitive footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, Kenya, according to an investigation by the Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten . The report, which was published last week , claims Meta contractors in Kenya have seen videos captured with the smart glasses that show "bathroom visits, sex and other intimate moments." So far, at least one proposed class action lawsuit accusing Meta of violating false advertising and privacy laws has emerged in response to Svenska Dagbladet 's reporting, citing the company's claim that its smart glasses are designed for privacy: By affirmativel … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/889637/meta-ai-smart-glasses-human-reviewers-kenya

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers , a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. I still remember the first time I tried the kids edutainment system Osmo back in 2014: I was sitting in front of an iPad, placed vertically on a white iPad stand, that showed me pieces of a tangram puzzle, its squares and triangles arranged to make a shape. In front of the iPad were matching wood puzzle pieces strewn across the table. I went to work to re-create the shape in question with those wood pieces. When I had managed to do so, the iPad played an animation and a sound, … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/column/889879/osmo-is-trying-to-crack-ar-edutainment-again

The friend-shaped phone. After over four months of teasing, I've finally been able to see Honor's Robot Phone in action. And after all that, it looks pretty legit - just so long as you weren't actually expecting a robot. The Robot Phone could more accurately be called the Gimbal Phone, though I suspect the company's marketing department would disagree. Its big hardware innovation is a 200-megapixel camera mounted on a gimbal arm, which unfolds from the back of the phone when you need it, and retracts behind a cover when you don't. It unlocks a set of camera features much like you'd find in a DJI Osmo Pocket . There's improved stabilization thanks to the gimbal, mea … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/889023/honor-robot-phone-gimbal-stabilization-mwc