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The Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL phones are $250 off

The Pixel 11 Pro’s HiLight feature in action. During Amazon’s October sale, the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL are discounted by $250 or more. The base model Pixel 11 Pro with 256GB of storage is only $849 (originally $1,099), $50 lower than the usual price for the base Pixel 11, while the 256GB 11 Pro XL is $999 , a $300 price break. Even the regular Pixel 11 with 256GB of storage is cheaper, selling at $749, $150 off the normal price. But with the Pro at just a $100 premium over the Pixel 11 right now instead of $200, its superior cameras alone is a pretty convincing reason to spend more. Google Pixel 11 Pro Where to Buy: $1099 $849 at Amazon $1099 $899 at Google $1099 $849 at Best Buy We praised the Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL for their new camera modes, as well as the Magic Capture mode. We liked some of the Gemini-assisted features, like Rambler for smoothing out voice texting, but others, like proactive assistance, felt a bit more nar...
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Amazon Alexa Plus keeps creepily singing ‘lalala’ for minutes on end

The Amazon Echo Studio is one of the speakers that runs Alexa Plus. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge An unsettling Alexa Plus bug has seen some Amazon Echo smart home speakers reduced to saying - and sometimes singing - nothing but "lalala" on repeat for minutes at a time, often in the middle of conversations with users. When quizzed about the behavior, Alexa is apparently entirely unaware of what it's been doing. The issue has been reported on Reddit repeatedly over the last few weeks, as recently as three days ago , across multiple types of Echo speaker. Multiple users have uploaded videos of the speakers' strange behavior. Here's one that Android Authority uploaded to YouTube: Amazon is aware of the issue, and told Android Authority in … Read the full story at The Verge. from The Verge https://ift.tt/ZinjXyb
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OpenAI is sticking more ads in ChatGPT

OpenAI's latest ad format will put images of sponsored products and services on your screen. The ads, which OpenAI will begin testing in the US later this month, will "initially" appear when you generate images with ChatGPT, according to an announcement on Monday. The company first brought ads to ChatGPT in February. Until now, ChatGPT's ads only showed a company's name, logo, and a link to its product in a "sponsored" section beneath your chat. OpenAI's visual ad format will similarly remain separate from the image you generate and will "not influence the answers ChatGPT provides." Ads won't appear if you subscribe to ChatGPT's Plus, Pro, … Read the full story at The Verge. from The Verge https://ift.tt/RymvkUH
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TCL’s paperlike OLED phone made me more excited for the iPhone Duo

TCL’s P80 Ultra is its first Nxtpaper phone with an OLED screen. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge I've spent most of the last couple weeks using an otherwise unexceptional midrange Android phone with one amazing feature: a matte OLED display. That screen is by far the best thing about the TCL P80 Ultra , and weirdly, it's made me more excited for the iPhone Duo and its matte inner display. 2023's TCL Nxtpaper 40 first brought matte displays to the company's phones, after they appeared on tablets in 2021 . Nxtpaper is more than a simple matte finish on a panel: it also includes a paperlike feel and low-power, monochrome modes that create a reasonable facsimile of an E Ink screen. But the matte effect has always been the biggest draw for me … Read the full story at The Verge. from The Verge https://ift.tt/u7K6X9S
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Google admits not every Android app runs great on Intel Googlebooks

This Asus Googlebook is one of the Intel models that may have issues. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Google has waited until the day its new Googlebook laptops hit the market to admit that Intel-based models may have issues running some Android apps. Before now, Google has emphasized that the Android-based Googlebooks give owners access to the "entire Play Store library" of apps, along with some clever interactions with Android phones and tablets . Today, in a statement to Android Authority , it admitted that while every app is available, some may not offer smooth performance on every Googlebook. The vast majority of Android apps run smoothly across both Intel and Qualcomm Googlebooks right out of the box. Because many Android apps were o … Read the full story at The Verge. from The Verge https://ift.tt/3fdMO5R
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Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

Norbert Wiener, godfather of cybernetics, once said, "The thought of every age is reflected in its technique." For the past century, our thought has been reflected in our computers, including by those in the AI industry. Google's Demis Hassabis calls the brain "a biological approximation to a Turing machine." Elon Musk puts it more bluntly, declaring that "people should just think of the brain as a biological computer." (Musk's brain often worries me.) But humans are more complex than a straightforward comparison to computers gives us credit for - and far more than most of the AI industry seems to appreciate. And as their products push e … Read the full story at The Verge. from The Verge https://ift.tt/PFlO1Yp
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Amazon’s colorful and sturdy new Kindles

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 146, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, it's October already?, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .) This week, I'm wishing I could do Walmart potato drone delivery in Portland , watching Mike Tomlin explain his incredible Minecraft city , pondering if the Gears of War pizza cutter is awesome or terrible, exploring Craig Mod's walks , nodding along with MKBHD's video about YouTube's A/B video testing feature , hoping that more concerts ban phones , and celebrating soup season. It's here! Programming note: David is back ne … Read the full story at The Verge. from The Verge https://ift.tt/aQmrKyl
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