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[Fox News] Fix autocorrect if it’s driving you ducking crazy

Frustrated with how often autocorrect is auto-wrong? Even with new AI features included in many platforms’ latest updates, autocorrect remains annoying. Let’s fix that for iOS and Android.

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Go cold turkey

Yes, you can just turn it off — no more bad guesses or awkward corrections. Just type what you mean letter by letter, like in the early days.

Note: Depending on your Android make, model and OS, steps may differ. There are just too many variations to cover all of them.

Start here on your iPhone

Bonus tip: In iOS, misspellings are underlined. To turn that off, head to Settings > General > Keyboard again and turn off Check Spelling.

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Using an Android?

Bonus tip: Under your keyboard settings, flip the switches next to “Predictive Text” and “Show Predictions Inline.”

Add your own slang

If you’re feeling ambitious, program your phone to replace a phrase with your shorthand. Think turning “brt” into “be right there” or “1234” into “Four Score and Seven Years Ago.” Pretty slick!

Pro tip: In iOS and Android, if you leave the Shortcut field blank, autocorrect will stop bugging you with alternate spellings.

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Why is autocorrect capitalizing random words?

You may notice that autocorrect capitalizes random words in a sentence. If you are typing something like, “I need to call Mom and ask when She needs to go to the Store,” you’ll have to go back and make a change to all the words that shouldn’t be capitalized.

If you don’t know why autocorrect keeps capitalizing Mom and Store, take a peek at your contact list and see how you’re typing names. If you save certain words in your contact list a certain way, autocorrect assumes this is the way you always want it written.

Another simple fix for this issue is to turn off the auto-capitalization setting in your keyboard tab.

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Business

[Fox Business] Free Taylor Swift tickets: Company will pay 2 friends to travel to London, attend Eras Tour

Taylor Swift fans are being offered the opportunity of their “wildest dreams.”

Flytographer, a platform that connects travelers with photographers around the world, is looking to hire two Swiftie BFFs to attend the Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium in London on Aug. 19, 2024.

The company launched three Taylor Swift-inspired photo tours in London, Paris and New York, according to a press release.

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“The Capture Your Era Photo Tours will include stops inspired by iconic moments in history, including Cornelia St. in New York, Pont des Arts in Paris, and the West End in London,” the company wrote.

“To debut these new tours, Flytographer is hiring two best friends as the company’s Chief Memory Makers, tasked with taking the trip of their wildest dreams to test out the new Capture Your (London) Era Photo Tour.”

The lucky new hires will test out the London-based photo tour experience, capturing pictures and videos for Flytographer’s Instagram account.

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The job includes a $5,000 travel stipend, premium tickets to the Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium, and a Flytographer photo shoot.

The two hires will also receive a $100 salon credit and $100 shopping credit to buy the “ultimate Eras Tour outfit,” the release said.

Flytographer founder and CEO Nicole Smith shared her hopes for the future hires in a statement sent to Fox News Digital.

“My hope for this ‘job,’ as a fan of Taylor myself, is that the Chief Memory Makers will be able to make memories that will last a lifetime, at the event of a lifetime, and have photos that help them capture and remember the magic of the entire experience,” she said. 

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“We’ve all seen the tremendous impact Taylor Swift has had, with millions of fans coming together to celebrate the Eras Tour with their best friends. From mothers taking daughters to their first concert to lifelong best friends reconnecting to go to a show together, and some even going solo and meeting fellow fans for the first time to celebrate an icon together, it’s been inspiring to see.”

The CEO noted that Flytographer wanted to be a part of Swiftie history “by capturing the special moments for fans traveling abroad and giving two best friends the experience of a lifetime.”

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Interested applicants can apply and prove their fan “reputation” at flytographer.com until May 9. 

Applicants must be at least 21 years old, though the BFF they bring along can be younger.

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Business

[Fox Business] Meta rolls out upgraded AI assistant across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Meta Platforms launched a new upgraded version of its artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, across its apps on Thursday.

The tool, available on the social media giant’s platforms including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, is powered by Llama 3, the latest generation of Meta’s large language model.

Meta’s AI assistant is the company’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, which took off with enormous popularity when it was released in November 2022. Meta is now touting its own AI assistant as the best free tool available.

“The bottom line is that we believe that Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video announcing the rollout on Thursday. 

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Zuckerberg said Meta has integrated real-time knowledge from Google and Bing into the assistant’s answers, and made the tool more accessible across its apps by building it into the search boxes on the platforms.

The AI assistant is also capable of creating images and animations more quickly, and can update them for users as they type.

The company has also built a new website, Meta AI, so that people can use the tool separately from their apps.

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The announcement comes as Meta has been scrambling to push generative AI products out to its billions of users to challenge OpenAI’s leading position on the technology, involving an overhaul of computing infrastructure and the consolidation of previously distinct research and product teams.

Meta has been releasing models like Llama 3 for free commercial use by developers as part of its catch-up effort, as the success of a powerful free option could stymie rivals’ plans to earn revenue off their proprietary technology. The strategy has also elicited safety concerns from critics who are wary of what unscrupulous developers may use the open-source model to build.

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The Meta AI assistant is expanding to more than a dozen markets outside the U.S. with the update, including Australia, Canada, Singapore, Nigeria and Pakistan.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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