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Hey Google, I was using that button!

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Every time another Google app or feature bites the dust — even a small, relatively inconsequential one — I get annoyed. Really annoyed. Here’s the thing: there are Google Assistant-equipped devices in three rooms of my relatively small house: living room, bedroom, and office. Which means, unfortunately, that when I say “Hey, Google” out loud … Read more

Hey Star Wars, Can We Get Movie and Show Titles That Aren’t Just Character Names Again?

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Did The Rise of Skywalker and rampant speculation over just which Skywalker is rising, who a Skywalker is, and why they’re rising break some brains over at Lucasfilm? Almost every bit of Star Wars on the small screen we’ve gotten since (and planned for the big one) is a character title, named for an individual … Read more

Hey is feuding with Apple again — this time over a calendar app

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Basecamp founders’ email service Hey is fighting with Apple again — this time over the rejection of its new calendar app from the App Store. Apple’s reasoning is similar to when Cupertino-based tech giant rejected Hey’s email app four years ago — non-paying users can’t use the app after downloading it. Plus, new users can’t … Read more

Apple’s rejection of Hey calendar app renews an old fight

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The new year was supposed to begin with a brand spanking new calendar app. But roughly 72 hours after the premium email service Hey announced its latest feature — an integrated calendar — co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson received some unwelcome news from Apple: it was rejecting a standalone iOS app for Hey Calendar, because non-paying … Read more

Hey Zuck, Get Those Robots out of My Social Feed

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When I bring up these concerns to Meta’s VP of generative AI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, post-keynote, he accuses me of having “a dystopian point of view.” Adding AI bots to the various feeds will spur human connection, he counters. “I think these AIs are entertaining and can help people learn new skills that help them better … Read more

‘Hey, if these 9-foot beings come again, do not name us alright?’

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Aliens.Shutterstock/Albert Ziganshin The American Meteor Society acquired 21 studies of a fireball streaking throughout the southwest on April 30. Quickly after, a Las Vegas household referred to as 911 to report one thing had crashed of their yard. “I swear to God this isn’t a joke, that is truly — we’re terrified,” a male caller … Read more