Ikea now has a smart LED strip

Ikea

Ikea’s first smart RGB LED light strip, the Ormanäs, is now available in the Netherlands for €29.99 (about $CA44). The four-meter (13-foot) strip works with the Dirigera smart hub, a Zigbee device that connects to various smart home platforms. The Ormanäs is dimmable and can be cut to length, but it can display only one color at a time. It can be controlled by the Ikea Home app, the Styrbar remote, or voice assistants like Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa. Ikea plans to add Matter support to the Dirigera hub, which should make cross-platform setup better in the future.

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Samsung announces Galaxy AI, a live translation feature for its next phone

Samsung

Google's "Live Translate" feature, which can translate phone calls in real-time, is still only available on Pixel devices. But Samsung fans may soon enjoy a similar feature on their phones—without downloading third-party apps. Samsung announced that its next phone—likely the "Galaxy S24" series—will have "Galaxy AI," a combination of on-device artificial intelligence developed by Samsung and cloud-based AI from other providers.

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Microsoft and Inworld AI team up to bring AI tools to Xbox games

Inworld AI

Microsoft is partnering with Inworld AI to develop AI tools for Xbox games, such as AI-enhanced characters and dynamic storylines. The Verge reports that this multiyear deal will enable Xbox developers to use artificial intelligence more effectively in their game design. Inworld AI will focus on creating an AI design copilot and an AI character runtime engine, similar to the ones used by modder Bloc in his AI-powered GTA 5 mod Sentient Streets. That was was shut down by Take-Two, though.

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Apple releases updates for macOS Ventura and Sonoma with M3 support

Apple

Apple released an update on Tuesday that includes macOS Ventura 13.6.2 build 22G320 and macOS Sonoma 14.1.1 build 23B81. The former is for older Macs that cannot upgrade to macOS Sonoma and contains bug fixes. The latter is for any Mac already compatible with macOS Sonoma pre-M3, which contains bug fixes and security updates.

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