Month: October 2024
I find songs I love on social media all the time, so this new Instagram feature is music to my ears
Instagram and Spotify have jointly announced a new feature which will allow users to add songs from their Instagram feed to their Spotify library. Now, users will be able to save the songs attached to stories or feed posts to their Spotify library, first by tapping the song title for…
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Canon EOS R5 II review: Canon’s most powerful camera yet puts Sony on notice
Move over Sony, Canon is trying to take the lead in bleeding-edge tech for mirrorless cameras. The company’s new $4,300, 45-megapixel EOS R5 II offers advanced features like eye-tracking autofocus (AF) that can’t be found on any recent Sony model. The new camera is also pushing Sony’s A1 and other…
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Google’s NotebookLM now lets you guide the hosts of your AI podcast
Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize its podcast-like Audio Overviews. Before you generate a discussion using the note-taking app, you can give your AI hosts instructions about what topic you’d like them to focus on, or even tailor their discussions for different audiences. Google launched NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews last month,…
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13 Best Tested Computer Monitors (2024): Budget, OLED, 4K
The Gear team spends countless hours in front of displays while writing for you. So we reviewed those too (including a few portable screens). Source
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FCC says all smartphones must be hearing aid compatible
The Federal Communications Commission announced that going forward, all mobile handsets, including smartphones, in the US will have to be compatible with hearing aids. It’s also established new rules around volume control and improved product labeling so people with hearing aids can make informed buying decisions. The gist is the…
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That Google Meet invite could be a fake, hiding some dangerous malware
Hackers are targeting victims with fake broken Google Meet calls in an attempt to infect them with malware and thus grab their sensitive information, experts have warned. A report from cybersecurity researchers Sekoia claim the campaign is a new variant of the previously-observed ClickFix attack. ClickFix victims are shown a…
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