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Nokia classic cell phone relaunch causes nostalgia explosion

05/16/202405/15/2024 Julie Campbell

Nokia Cell Phone 3210 Celebrating 25 Years

The 25th anniversary of the Nokia 3210 brought a new edition including Snake The Nokia 3210 is 25 years old this year, and the company is celebrating by releasing a revamped edition of the greatly loved cell phone for a burst of nostalgia in the electronics market. Yes, the device even includes the classic Snake game The newly revamped 3210 cell phone supports 4G calls, has a 2-megapixel camera, and features the once immensely popular Snake game. For those feeling the deep nostalgia over the device, it comes with a…

OpenAI announces new GPT-4o free for all

05/15/202405/14/2024 John Montgallo

GPT-4o - New AI Model - Person using phone

The tech company unveiled a new flagship model that is faster than its previous releases At the start of this week, OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4o, its newest flagship artificial intelligence model. Also announced were desktop services and voice assistant upgrades When the new GPT-4o was announced, the company also revealed that it was rolling out a new service for desktop, and that it was making upgrades to the voice assistant capabilities. Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd in attendance at the company’s offices,…

Shoppers spend more when they use digital wallets for payments

04/22/202404/20/2024 Jesse Collins

Consumers using online transactions spent 31 percent more than non-users in a recent US survey. US shoppers who use digital wallets spend significantly more across several major categories than their non-user counterparts. This was the finding of a PYMNT and AWS survey of 2,501 people The survey found that people using digital payments spent 31 percent more than non-users across a spectrum of categories. Restaurant sales saw the biggest difference, as people paying digitally spent an average of 33 percent more, since they spent an average of $44 per bill,…

Canadian city uses AI technology to reduce recycling contamination

04/15/202404/12/2024 Jorge Gonzalez

Kelowna, British Columbia used artificial technology to improve recycling bin contents by 23 percent Kelowna, a city in the Canadian province of British Columbia, has implemented AI technology and smart cameras into a new program to reduce recycling contamination in its municipal curbside recycling bin program. So far, the program resulted in a 23 percent improvement According to officials from the Central Okanagan Regional District, to which Kelowna is a part, the improvements in recycling contamination are the result of new smart cameras mounted on collection trucks and that have…

North American internet traffic took a dive during the eclipse

04/11/202404/10/2024 Sam Lambert

Internet traffic - Solar Eclipse - North America

Data collected during the period in which the eclipse was taking place showed a notable drop Throughout this week’s solar eclipse, there was a noticeable decease in the amount of internet traffic in the United States, Canada, and Mexico – all countries that were a part of the eclipse’s path of totality. The “Great North American Eclipse” took people voluntarily offline Data shared by Cloudflare showed that “The Great North American Eclipse” led to a decrease in internet traffic within affected countries. It fell by 8 percent in terms of…