Month: June 2025
I tried Google’s new Search Live feature and ended up debating an AI about books
Google’s new Search Live feature lets users hold real-time voice conversations with an AI-powered version of Search The Gemini-powered AI attempts to simulate a friendly and knowledgeable human. Google is keen to have all roads lead to Gemini, and Search Live could help entice people to try the AI companion…
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Forget virtual pets – the next AI video craze is cats doing Olympic diving, and it’s all thanks to this new Google Veo 3 rival
MiniMax’s new Hailuo 02 AI video model has sparked a viral trend of cats performing Olympic dives The videos blend advanced physics-based animation with internet absurdity Though not the quality of Google Veo 3, Hailuo 2 is rapidly gaining in popularity among casual AI users Watching the cat walk onto…
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Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence
At this point, it’s becoming easier to say which AI startups Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t looked at acquiring. In addition to Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence (SSI), sources tell me the Meta CEO recently discussed buying ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab and Perplexity, the AI-native Google rival. None of these…
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This is probably the fastest Linux laptop you can buy right now – but while I love the open source creds, it’s far too expensive compared to the competition
Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen10 sets a new bar for Linux power Cheaper Windows laptops can offer Linux dual boot without the Tuxedo price Ryzen AI 300 chips bring serious speed but also drive up the cost Do you want the fastest Linux machine out there, or something more affordable…
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Your Nintendo Switch 2 probably wants this case as much as I do
I’ve finally gotten my hands on a Nintendo Switch 2, and having come from a Switch OLED (and an original Switch before that) and being a player that almost exclusively uses it in handheld mode, I was also keen to find the right accessories. Sure, Nintendo has its own official…
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ChatGPT threatens to kick Google out of the AI search game almost everywhere, but it can’t crack one huge market – here’s why
ChatGPT now leads AI referral traffic worldwide, leaving Google’s Gemini far behind in usage DeepSeek’s domination in China reveals how tight control can forge domestic AI superpowers fast StatCounter confirms ChatGPT is now the default gateway to websites in most global markets New research claims ChatGPT is dominating AI chatbot…
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