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Google details MCP-like ‘AppFunctions’ that let Gemini use Android apps

Following the Gemini automation announcement today, Google is detailing how all this works under the hood on Android.
The Verge

The Alexa app is so bad I’m using Siri again

Amazon’s redesign has made the shopping list feature mostly unusable, so I’ve switched to Apple’s Reminders. Amazon’s redesign has made the shopping list feature mostly unusable, so I’ve switched to ...
IEEE

Privacy-Preserving Task Offloading in Vehicular Edge Computing Using Federated Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: Vehicular edge computing (VEC) systems face critical challenges in balancing computational efficiency, task delay, and data privacy. This paper presents a Federated Multi-Agent Deep ...
TechCrunch

Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings. This figure illustrates the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini ...
ZDNet

7 apps I use to lock down, encrypt, and store my private files - and most are free

File and folder security is crucial in this day and age. There are apps you can use to heighten the security of your files. These apps are free and available for desktop and mobile devices. The need ...
NPR

Here's why people say they're using 'Are You Dead?' and apps like it

Each day, after feeding his cat and tidying up his home, Johnny Miller has one more task left on his to-do list: confirm on his phone that he is indeed still alive. He does this through a Chinese app ...
IEEE

Task Space End-Effector Contact Force Estimation for Robotic Manipulators Using a Bayesian Augmented Interacting Multiple Model-Based Disturbance Kalman Filter

Abstract: Accurate estimation of contact forces acting on robotic manipulators is essential for safe and high-performance physical interaction. However, classical disturbance Kalman filter approaches ...
AZ Central

Is Microsoft PC Manager worth using? Here’s what it really does

Question: What does Microsoft’s PC Manager do, and should I use it? Answer: If you’ve ever searched for ways to “clean up” or “speed up” your Windows PC, you’ve probably seen plenty of third-party ...
WTOP News

Data Doctors: Should I be using Microsoft PC Manager?

Q: What does Microsoft’s PC Manager do, and should I use it? If you’ve ever searched for ways to clean up or speed up your Windows PC, you’ve probably seen plenty of third-party utilities promising ...