Linus Torvalds has told The Register how Linux went from a solo hobby project on a single 386 PC in Helsinki to a genuinely collaborative effort, and the path involved crowdsourced checks, an FTP mirror at MIT, and a licensing decision that opened the floodgates. Torvalds released the first public snapshot, Linux 0.02, on October
Read MoreLinus Torvalds has told The Register how Linux went from a solo hobby project on a single 386 PC in Helsinki to a genuinely collaborative effort, and the path involved crowdsourced checks, an FTP mirror at MIT, and a licensing decision that opened the floodgates. Torvalds released the first public snapshot, Linux 0.02, on October
Read MoreA three-hour-long period drama about kabuki, a centuries-old form of Japanese theater, doesn’t exactly sound like box office gold. But that’s exactly what happened with Kokuho. Director Lee Sang-il’s adaptation of the Shuichi Yoshida novel of the same name was a surprise hit last year, becoming Japan’s top-grossing live-action film domestically. But star Ken Watanabe
Read MoreTL;DR GameMT has built an Android gaming handheld that swaps the right thumbstick for a physical knob. It appears that the knob can be turned to choose from one of four performance profiles. There’s no indication yet that the knob will be available as an in-game input. The right controls can really make or break
Read MoreGoogle Gemini imagined as a music composer and songwriter. Image created with Gemini. Credit: Gemini TL;DR Gemini can now create entire songs, including lyrics, with just text or image prompts. It will also create an accompanying album art for the track using Nano Banana. The feature is available widely for both free and paid users.
Read MoreThe Gemini app now features our most advanced music generation model Lyria 3, empowering anyone to make 30-second tracks using text or images.
Read MoreGoogle Gemini imagined as a music composer and songwriter. Image created with Gemini. Credit: Gemini TL;DR Gemini can now create entire songs, including lyrics, with just text or image prompts. It will also create an accompanying album art for the track using Nano Banana. The feature is available widely for both free and paid users.
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two government sources said. “You need to meet Orion. This has been developed by
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially available robotic dog made in China as its own creation, two government sources said. “You need to meet Orion. This has been developed by
Read MoreA svelte smart ring can track important activity, sleep, and health metrics. Unlike some smartwatches, a ring doesn’t need to be charged every day.
Read MoreA svelte smart ring can track important activity, sleep, and health metrics. Unlike some smartwatches, a ring doesn’t need to be charged every day.
Read MoreThe initiative builds on Ireland’s extensive semiconductor industry which is comprised of more than 130 indigenous and foreign subsidiary companies. Read more: Ireland commits to semiconductor innovation with I-C3 launch
Read MoreTL;DR Samsung teases a a new Galaxy S26 tool that turns real photos into instant digital stickers. The new Galaxy AI feature automatically generates sticker packs with multiple poses and expressions, with no manual cropping needed. Samsung’s latest teasers for its upcoming Galaxy S26 series are leaning hard into artificial intelligence, and one clip in
Read MoreI watch YouTube every single day, but I don’t like sitting through advertisements before and during my videos. Because of this, I pay $14/month for YouTube Premium to remove those ads and get on with my day — as do millions of other YouTube Premium subscribers. However, some people use a different approach: ad blockers.
Read MoreThe initiative builds on Ireland’s extensive semiconductor industry which is comprised of more than 130 indigenous and foreign subsidiary companies. Read more: Ireland commits to semiconductor innovation with I-C3 launch
Read MoreAnthropic claims Claude Sonnet 4.6 showcases ‘human-level capability’ in multi-step tasks. Read more: Anthropic says new Claude Sonnet 4.6 is much better at computer use
Read MoreMacworld TL;DR: Get real Microsoft Office apps on your Mac for $49.97, forever — no monthly payments. We’ve all done it: opened a free productivity app and said, “This is basically the same as Word.” Until formatting explodes. Or the spreadsheet formulas revolt. Or the file looks completely different when someone else opens it. That’s why
Read MoreFind the latest Lowe’s promo codes and offers, including up to 40% off select major appliances and $5 off $50 with sign-up, here at WIRED.
Read MoreFind the latest Lowe’s promo codes and offers, including up to 40% off select major appliances and $5 off $50 with sign-up, here at WIRED.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Home app is getting pre-defined voice assistant actions in the automation editor. Google is also making it possible to remove pre-made routines. Google Home for web now supports continuous video clip downloads of up to five minutes. Google has rolled out a fresh update to the
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube has acknowledged an issue with the platform, saying its recommendations system is preventing videos from appearing across multiple surfaces. The company says the homepage is working again, but the broader issue hasn’t been fully resolved yet. YouTube TV is also experiencing problems due to the wider disruption.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube has acknowledged an issue with the platform, saying its recommendations system is preventing videos from appearing across multiple surfaces. The company says the homepage is working again, but the broader issue hasn’t been fully resolved yet. YouTube TV is also experiencing problems due to the wider disruption.
Read MoreMeta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia’s hardware for its AI products, this deal “represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment,” which Nvidia says will deliver “significant performance-per-watt improvements in [Meta’s]
Read MoreGoogle is expanding the AirDrop compatibility it first offered in the Pixel 10 (above). | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge When Google announced it had engineered AirDrop compatibility for its Pixel 10 phones late last year, the pessimists among us figured it would be a matter of days before Apple shut it down. But
Read MoreGoogle is expanding the AirDrop compatibility it first offered in the Pixel 10 (above). | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge When Google announced it had engineered AirDrop compatibility for its Pixel 10 phones late last year, the pessimists among us figured it would be a matter of days before Apple shut it down. But
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