Month: August 2024
Fujifilm’s new Instax Mini printer just landed to make your smartphone snapping fun again
Sometimes, you just want the tactile fun of printing Instax photos without the hassle of actually using an Instax camera. If that sounds like you, the new Instax Mini Link 3 printer for smartphones could be your next impulse buy for birthday parties and weddings. The successor to the Instax…
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Valve confirms it’ll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system
Valve once imagined that every PC maker could have their own “Steam Machine,” a PC game console running the company’s Linux-based SteamOS. It took a decade for that dream to evolve into the company’s own internally developed Steam Deck gaming handheld, but the original dream isn’t dead. The company’s long…
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ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode First Impressions: Fun, and Just a Bit Creepy
The new voice feature from OpenAI for ChatGPT is often entertaining and will even do a Trump impression. It likely rolls out to all paid users this fall. Source
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Every time Google dinged Apple during its Pixel 9 launch event
In between the reveal of new Pixel phones and AI features at its event today, Google snuck in a few burns targeted at Apple. Some were subtle — others far from it. While it’s not uncommon for companies like Google to draw comparisons to competitors during big events like this, Google…
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Google took a very un-Apple-like approach to its Pixel launch, but then it was always gonna be about Gemini
If you need a reminder that Google is not Apple, just take a look at how the search giant conducted its Made By Google Pixel product fest rollout on August 13. Instead of regaling us with four new Pixel phones, two new Pixel Watches, and a new Pixel Buds Pro 2, Google spent…
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Florida sued over its ban on lab-grown meat
Upside Foods, a cultivated meat firm, sued Florida over its ban on lab-grown meat, arguing that the state’s legislation prohibiting the sale of cultivated meat is unconstitutional. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the ban into law in May, describing the legislation as a way of “fighting back against the global…
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