Month: May 2024
Google I/O 2024 live blog: breaking news about Gemini AI, Pixel, Android 15 and more
Refresh 2024-05-14T17:11:58.020Z I use Google Photos, and I’ve used it in the past to find the licence plate of my car, so the demo that Sundar Pichai just showed was of particular interest to me! If it works as well as the demo suggests, I’ll definitely be using it to…
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On The Vergecast: iPad wins, Sonos misses, and right-to-repair tales
The new iPads are out, and they’re terrific. They’re also expensive, and they’re a lot of iPad. Do you really need an OLED screen, an M4 processor, all that engineering to make it so thin and light, and the increasingly great but also increasingly expensive new controllers? On this episode…
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Prime Video movie of the day: Nicolas Cage finds a role to sink his teeth into in Renfield
As we said in a Halloween horror round-up, if you want to know what Renfield is like then “Imagine What We Do In The Shadows with a massive body count and gallons of gore.” Nic Cage is Dracula in a role that sees him chewing necks as well as scenery; Nicholas Hoult…
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IKEA’s new smart home app feature could help you save you big money on your energy bills
IKEA is piloting a new smart home app feature designed to help people keep an eye on their power consumption and save money on their bills. Announced this week, the Energy Insights feature provides real-time data on how much power your devices are using, alongside the price of electricity at…
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The best pizza ovens for 2024
In recent years, outdoor pizza ovens have become popular options for upping your culinary game at home. Whether it’s on the deck, patio, porch or anywhere else in your backyard, these products are more versatile and easily stored than a permanently installed setup. All the options I’ve selected in this…
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The mission to retrieve a Mars sample is running into turbulence
Hundreds of millions of miles away, on the frigid surface of Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is hard at work, diligently gathering fresh samples of Martian rock, sealing them in pristine tubes, and leaving them on the surface ready for collection. If they can be brought back to Earth, these would…
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