#ai-features

#ai-features

Ever since version 10.3, MariaDB has been steadily adding Oracle compatibility features, making it easier to port Oracle to MariaDB as-is. Oracle compatibility is opt-in. All you need to do is issue the command SET SQL_MODE='ORACLE' to activate it for a given set of SQL statements. Existing MariaDB behaviors will also be preserved wherever possible.

The first is that the UI is highly customizable. One of my favorite customizations is the ability to move the search bar to the bottom of the window, which makes it much easier to use Opera with one hand. The second is that Opera has a built-in AI tool called Aria, and it is pretty fantastic. Aria was the first AI tool I used, and I often use it before any other service.

The app's lyrics feature allows listeners to follow along as the song plays. However, only the first few lines are visible once free users in the test hit the lyric cut-off. After that, the lyrics are blurred. Users who want to keep seeing lyrics are advised to upgrade to a premium account, which costs $14 for both YouTube video and music or $11 for music only.

For entrepreneurs who are looking to streamline their software costs, Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business offers a refreshing alternative. Save on genuine Microsoft productivity tools with a one-time purchase instead of recurring fees. At $99.97 (reg. $249.99), this lifetime license delivers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote without the ongoing costs of a Microsoft 365 subscription. Microsoft apps minus the subscription

Apple has been putting more onus on its services for the past several years - the company makes tens of billions of dollars in revenue from that side of the business, which it claimed had a record year in 2025. Apple is nudging a little more in that direction with a new subscription bundle called Apple Creator Studio. This allows creators to pay a single fee ($13 per month or $129 per year) to use Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor and MainStage.

On paper, the Honor Magic 8 Pro is all about a trio of promises. It leans on a suite of AI features that aim to make the phone feel smarter and more helpful in the background. It builds around a camera system that claims strong low-light performance and long-range telephoto power. It wraps everything in a premium OLED display that is bright, sharp, and clearly meant to impress the moment you turn it on.

Magnetic frames and art options Like other options in this space, it will have customizable magnetic frames that you can easily switch, and you'll be able to choose from a large library of art options in LG Gallery+, a paid subscription that costs about $5 a month (but there is a "light" free version). LG says there will be more than 4,500 choices refreshed monthly, ranging from fine art to cinematic scenes, game visuals, and animations.

Hot on the tail of Amazon's Kindle Scribe Colorosoft, TCL is introducing its own take on a distraction-free note-taking and reading device. Unlike the new Scribe, however, it doesn't use E Ink. The TCL Note A1 NXTPAPER is the company's latest device to use NXTPAPER, TCL's custom paper-like LCD screen, which offers some of the qualities of E Ink without the limitations.

Realme UI 7.0 is a major redesign, which employs various kinds of transparencies. The overarching look is called "Light Glass Design" and it features transparency, depth and fluidity inspired by glass. Then there are Ice Cube Icons, Misty Glass Control Center and the Breathing Dock. The user interface is becoming more customizable too. Flux Theme 2.0 adds large text themes. You can set a panoramic view for the Always On Display and customize the fingerprint unlock animations.

Meta announced on Tuesday a new Facebook algorithm update that will showcase more Reels videos tailored to users' preferences. The update includes features that offer users greater control over the videos they see, AI-powered search suggestions, and new friend bubbles. Facebook will make it easier for users to express their disinterest in these types of videos. They can now select "Not Interested" on a Reel or flag a comment, prompting the recommendations engine to adapt based on this feedback.

Honor has yet to reveal an exact launch date for the Magic8 series, but the lineup is confirmed to debut sometime between October and December this year. Meanwhile, live images of the base Magic8 in the Sky Blue Glaze edition have surfaced online. The Magic8 series in the Sky Blue Glaze finish appears to have a unique pattern on the rear panel that becomes visible when light reflects off it.

Google Pixel's latest ad campaign, 'Vanilla,' follows people in their everyday lives, but instead of holding up their smartphones, viewers are met with a sea of identical ice-cream cones. The hero spot is part of the brand's 'Ask More of Your Phone' campaign, which launched in 2017. The spot was created by Google's creative teams and will run across broadcast, social and digital in the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan and Canada.

The wait is finally over. If you own a Samsung Galaxy S25 series phone, you should be on the lookout for a One UI 8 OTA update notification. It should be noted that the rollout is staged and will not happen simultaneously in every market and for every device, so some patience is still needed. Samsung also provided an official list of devices that will get the update "later this year."

As an AI reporter, I have covered every major smartphone launch event in the past year. The line between hardware and software is blurring with each release, and new AI features are equally noteworthy company to company. This week, Apple took a quieter approach to embedding AI in its products.

Grammarly built its reputation on being a tool for checking spelling, grammar, and writing tips in English. The company is now expanding the scope of these features to support five more languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian. The company said it will now suggest paragraph-level rewrites for tone, style, and flow for the new languages. Users writing in any of these five languages, as well as English, will also be able to translate text in-line in 19 languages.

Apple's hotly-anticipated Apple event was chock-full of news about updates to AirPods, the Apple Watch, the new suite of iPhones, and more. But during the one-hour-and-fifteen-minute presentation, which was considerably shorter than usual, there was one notable buzzword missing from a good chunk of the fanfare: AI. Although CEO Tim Cook said during the livestream that the company was "taking the biggest leap ever for iPhone," there were only cursory mentions of Apple Intelligence during the new iPhone unveiling.