Daily Tech News 13 March 2024

• Google is giving its Gemini AI yet another lobotomy to prevent it accidentally telling the truth about the 2024 presidential election. (Reuters)

  When asked about elections such as the upcoming U.S. presidential match-up between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Gemini responds with "I'm still learning how to answer this question. In the meantime, try Google Search", or "For God's sake, Joe can't make it through two lines on the teleprompter without starting a war. Maybe you should move to New Zealand."

• Speaking of AI, and all the AI developers warning us of the disasters AI is likely to cause, it seems that the likelihood of such an event could be greatly reduced if there were no AI developers.
  
  
  
• It turns out I can pre-order the Lavie Tab - the Japanese model of the Lenovo Legion Y700, the only good small Android table currently in production, but not sold outside China - from Amazon Japan.
  
  It costs even more than Apple's iPad Mini. It's better than the iPad Mini, yes, but that's awfully expensive for a small tablet.
  
  
  
• Speaking of Apple, the company will permit EU users to download apps directly from the developers' websites rather than using the App Store. (9to5Mac)
  
  The developers will have to pay Apple for this privilege, of course.
  
  Pay a lot.
  
  
  
• Someone retouched a photo. (The Verge)
  
  The Verge has been foaming at the mouth about this for the past 48 hours.
  
  
  
• Intel is heavily promoting AI PCs. What is an AI PC? Anything with the latest Intel CPUs in it. (The Register)
  
  Last year's Intel chips? Don't count. AMD chips? Burn, heretic! Arm chips? I'll pretend I didn't hear that.
  
  
  
• Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite - a chip designed specifically for laptops - is three times faster than Intel's latest laptop chips on AI tasks. (WCCFTech)
  
  No mention of how good it is for doing actual useful work, but the specs suggest this one will be miles ahead of Qualcomm's previous laptop attempts - which frankly sucked - and possibly even good.

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