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4 of the best robocall-blocking apps and tools for avoiding phone spam

Mashable Tech

If there's one thing people with iPhones and Android phones can agree on, it's this: Robocalls suck. consumers in 2024, which worked out to nearly 200 robocalls for every adult with a phone throughout the year. consumers in 2024, which worked out to nearly 200 robocalls for every adult with a phone throughout the year.

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Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins

Ars Technica

Researchers might make a little headway on that front soon with the help of Google's open AI model and some Pixel phones. With decades of underwater recordings, researchers have managed to connect some basic activities to specific sounds. They also consistently produce "squawk" sound patterns during fights.

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How to Improve Donor Retention: 3 Surprising Strategies from Top-performing Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If that sounds familiar, you’re in good company. You order coffee ahead through a mobile app, check out quickly online, and tap your phone for nearly everything. It sounds small, but it can tell you exactly why your supporters care. Donor retention can feel like a never-ending cycle. Think about your daily habits.

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Zuckerberg Encourages Theatergoers to Use Their Phones While Movie Is Playing

Futurism

Though that's better than using some sort of creepy geofencing, it also sounds like it requires a non-minimal amount of effort which equals, of course, more light pollution inside dark theaters packed with patrons for the single-night screenings.

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Samsung reportedly set to announce bone-conducting earphones at Galaxy Z Fold 7 launch

Mashable Tech

Samsung is rumored to launch the Galaxy Fold 7 sometime in July, and it appears as though the phone won’t be the only thing Samsung is bringing along to the party. Bone conduction attaches to the side of the user’s head and bypasses the ear by transmitting sound through the skull.

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Verizon debuts Adaptive Sound spatial audio tech in new Motorola One

TechSpot

The phone features Verizon's 5G ultra-wideband, a 5,000mAh battery, a 48MP camera with "Quad Pixel" technology, and ThinkShield security features. But Verizon went to great, albeit cringe-worthy, lengths to tout the phone's built-in Adaptive Sound (video below). On Wednesday, Verizon introduced the Motorola One 5G UW Ace.

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Xiaomi’s new concept phone has a waterfall display on all four edges

The Verge

Xiaomi has announced its latest phone concept: a “quad-curved waterfall display.” This means that the unnamed phone’s screen not only has deep 88-degree “waterfall” curves on the left and right sides, but on the top and bottom as well, leaving no room for ports or buttons.

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