Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup - 10/13 - 10/19

Google reveals top Halloween trends

Apple rumoured to work on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses competitor

Apple iPad mini gets more power and AI

Rumoured Apple Macbook Pro M4 laptops went on sale online in Russia

Meta Quest 3S officially launches

Meet Amazon's first full-colour Kindle

Report: Samsung to launch a Galaxy Z Fold6 'Special Edition' next week

Google Messages teardown shows privacy settings for Profiles

Razer Viper Mini Signature Edition mouse now comes in White

Google reshuffles execs to keep up with AI race

Check out the new 'Dune: Prophecy' trailer

Instagram now lets you add songs in posts to your Spotify account

Adobe tests 3D rotation tool for 2D drawings

'Spider-Man 2' is no longer a PlayStation exclusive

Google reshuffles execs to keep up with AI race

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Google is shuffling around its executives as it tries to move more quickly in the artificial intelligence race and deal with several antitrust lawsuits related to its search and ad business. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced in a blog post that Prabhakar Raghavan, the company's search and ads head, will be moving into the role of chief technologist after spending 12 years leading teams across the search company.

Nick Fox will succeed Raghavan as senior vice president of Google's Knowledge and Information division, which includes the company's search ads and commerce products. Fox is a member of Raghavan's leadership team and has been vice president of product and design for Google's Assistant product in recent years.

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Raspberry Pi's AI contribution is a camera with onboard processing

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Raspberry Pi—the creators behind the world's most famous minicomputer—is taking a stab at creating hardware that uses artificial intelligence. Their attempt is a camera module that offers built-in AI processing.

Raspberry Pi collaborated with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation to create the US$70 (around CA$94) Raspberry Pi AI camera module. It's built to help users develop "advanced AI solutions that process visual data" with ease. It combines the company’s RP2040 microcontroller chip with Sony's IMX500 intelligent vision sensor that processes images with AI on the chip.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 series offers AI features

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Samsung's newest premium tablets are getting Galaxy AI built into them, too. The company launched its new Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ and S10 Ultra. There's no base model this time around. You can expect a performance boost over its predecessors. But you'll probably want to learn more about how Galaxy AI enhances the experience on these tablets.

Many of the existing artificial intelligence-powered features come to these slates. You'll get Circle to Search, Sketch to Image, and Note Assist. But there are a few enhancements.

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