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Apple’s AI Robots, Russia’s App Curbs, Google Content Alerts · Newslit Daily

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  SPEAKER_00: Good morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Thursday,
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  SPEAKER_00: August 14th,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you are listening to Newslit Daily,
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  expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to
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  supercharge your
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  SPEAKER_00: mornings.
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  In today's edition,
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  Apple plots expansion into AI robots,
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  home security,
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  and smart displays.
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  SPEAKER_00: Apple is developing a tabletop robot,
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  SPEAKER_00: life like Siri,
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  SPEAKER_00: smart speaker with a display,
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  SPEAKER_00: and home security cameras as part of its upcoming AI product lineup.
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  Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram,
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  the latest step to control the internet.
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  SPEAKER_00: Authorities in Russia have limited audio calls on WhatsApp and Telegram,
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  framing it as a crime prevention step amid wider moves to curb
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  online access and
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  SPEAKER_00: push a government-run messaging app.
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  SPEAKER_00: Google Messages rolls out sensitive content warnings on Android.
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  A new on-device safety feature in Google Messages detects and
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  blurs nude images
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  SPEAKER_00: with settings that vary for adults,
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  SPEAKER_00: teens,
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  SPEAKER_00: and supervised users.
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  SPEAKER_00: Apple returns blood oxygen monitoring to the latest Apple Watches.
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  SPEAKER_00: A new software update lets Apple Watch Series 9,
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  SPEAKER_00: 10,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Ultra 2 measure blood oxygen on paired iPhones,
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  a workaround to keep the feature available in the US amid
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  Apple's patent dispute
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  SPEAKER_00: with Massimo.
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  SPEAKER_00: I used Microsoft's elusive Surface Neo dual screen Windows PC,
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  SPEAKER_00: its biggest ever hardware failure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Announced in 2019,
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  SPEAKER_00: the dual screen Surface Neo ran Windows 10X on Intel Lakefield hardware,
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  SPEAKER_00: but was canceled in 2021 after performance and thermal challenges.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it for today.
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  SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.