I’ve tested smart home gear and high-tech party gadgets at every holiday party I’ve hosted so far this year. Here’s how to automate your party so you can actually enjoy the holiday season.
Read MoreI’ve tested smart home gear and high-tech party gadgets at every holiday party I’ve hosted so far this year. Here’s how to automate your party so you can actually enjoy the holiday season.
Read MoreCredit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Ever since I heard about the OnePlus 15, I was sure of one thing — even without using the phone: while it might fall short of a true upgrade to the OnePlus 13, it would be excellent for gaming. It had to be, owing to the Snapdragon 8 Elite
Read MoreCredit: Tushar Mehta / Android Authority Ever since I heard about the OnePlus 15, I was sure of one thing — even without using the phone: while it might fall short of a true upgrade to the OnePlus 13, it would be excellent for gaming. It had to be, owing to the Snapdragon 8 Elite
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR ChatGPT on Android may soon let you add homescreen shortcuts for specific chats. We’ve found OpenAI testing this feature with ChatGPT’s latest Android version. It could allow shortcuts for an unlimited number of chats to be added to the homescreen. Do you often use ChatGPT for a specific
Read MoreAlex Heath / Sources: Meta’s head of Threads Connor Hayes says that fediverse compatibility isn’t a priority for its current roadmap, but it is something that it’s “maintaining” — Connor Hayes wants Meta’s X rival to be “the place on the internet to talk about what’s going on in the world.”
Read MoreMacworld Solid-state drives – aka SSD – used to be really expensive, but prices have really fallen in the past few years, and you can now pick up fast, reliable SSDs that cost only slightly more than their hard drive counterparts. Even the slowest SSDs are generally faster than mechanical hard drives. As well as
Read MoreTL;DR Google has expanded Gemini’s detection capabilities, enabling users to upload videos to verify whether they were created or edited using Google AI. Gemini scans audio and visual tracks within the video for imperceptible SynthID watermarks, identifying specific segments of AI-generated content. While available globally for files up to 100MB, the tool only detects SynthID,
Read MoreCredit: Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR You can now create tables in Google’s NotebookLM service. These data tables can be exported into Google Sheets. Pro and Ultra subscribers can access the feature now, but free users will have to wait a few weeks. NotebookLM is a handy AI tool that lets you create virtual
Read MoreCredit: Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR You can now create tables in Google’s NotebookLM service. These data tables can be exported into Google Sheets. Pro and Ultra subscribers can access the feature now, but free users will have to wait a few weeks. NotebookLM is a handy AI tool that lets you create virtual
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Actors have voted to refuse digital scanning to prevent their likeness being used by artificial intelligence in a pushback against AI in the arts. Members of the performing arts union Equity were asked if they would refuse to be scanned while on set, a common practice
Read MoreTL;DR Samsung has officially announced the Exynos 2600 processor, the world’s first smartphone SoC built on a 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) manufacturing process. The chip features a 10-core CPU based on Arm’s latest v9.3 architecture, using new C1-Ultra and C1-Pro cores. Samsung is promising notable gains in performance, efficiency, and thermal behavior. Samsung has officially announced
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Actors have voted to refuse digital scanning to prevent their likeness being used by artificial intelligence in a pushback against AI in the arts. Members of the performing arts union Equity were asked if they would refuse to be scanned while on set, a common practice
Read MoreAfter briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law targeting ByteDance that went into effect on January 19th, TikTok quickly came back online. It eventually reappeared in the App Store and Google Play as negotiations between the US and China continued, and Donald Trump continued to sign extensions directing officials not
Read MoreTL;DR TikTok has agreed to the plan that would see it divest ownership of US operations to a new group of investors. The final deal could close by as soon as January 26. Remember how TikTok is such a huge threat to the United States that it was immediately, permanently banned it’s still on half
Read MoreAfter briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law targeting ByteDance that went into effect on January 19th, TikTok quickly came back online. It eventually reappeared in the App Store and Google Play as negotiations between the US and China continued, and Donald Trump continued to sign extensions directing officials not
Read MoreThe OhSnap Snap Grip 5 next to a Syncwire magnetic ring. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge In 2022, we called a simple magnetic ring from Anker the best MagSafe phone grip, but things have evolved dramatically since then! You can buy two or even three magnetic rings joined at the hip these
Read MoreThese days, you get a fantastic camera with the purchase of just about any modern smartphone. [Abe] missed some of the charm of earlier, lower-quality digital cameras, though, and wanted to recreate that experience. The way forward was obvious. He built a nostalgic digital video camera from scratch! [Abe] figured he could build the entire
Read MoreTL;DR Gemini has begun replacing Assistant in Google Home as part of an Early Access program. So far, Gemini for Home has only been available to users in the US. Google now shares that access is spreading to Canada, including French support arriving next year. Gemini has finally landed on Google Home in full force
Read MoreTouted as an extremely fast Python type checker and language server, ty has moved to beta. Developers can install ty with uv tool install ty@latest, or via a Visual Studio Code extension. A stable release is eyed for 2026, according to ty steward Astral. Written in Rust, ty is positioned as an alternative to tools such as
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI has held preliminary talks with some investors about raising funds at a valuation of around $750 billion, the Information reported on Wednesday. The ChatGPT maker could raise as much as $100 billion, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the discussions. If finalized, the talks would represent
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI has held preliminary talks with some investors about raising funds at a valuation of around $750 billion, the Information reported on Wednesday. The ChatGPT maker could raise as much as $100 billion, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the discussions. If finalized, the talks would represent
Read MoreWelcome to our end-of-year Decoder special! Senior producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt here. We’ve had a big year, including nearly 100 episodes, a new YouTube channel, an ad-free podcast feed, and a slate of great guest hosts while Nilay was on parental leave. It’s been a lot. We’ve also had a lot of great
Read MoreTrump Media, the company that runs social network Truth Social, is pivoting to nuclear fusion. It has announced a merger with California-based fusion power company TAE Technologies, and plans to start construction on a fusion power plant in 2026. Trump Media & Technology Group will become the holding company of the new organization, though shareholders
Read MoreCredit: Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR The latest Samsung One UI 8.5 beta update offers a white balance slider in the camera app. The slider isn’t functional at the moment, but will let you quickly adjust white balance levels in the default photo mode. Samsung kicked off the One UI 8.5 beta program earlier
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