Category: computing
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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I adore my Meta Ray-Bans, but these new Oakley smart glasses are making me jealous
Meta and Oakley are officially making smart glasses They’re based on Oakley’s HSTN glasses design Launching later this summer, they’ll start at $399 / £399 It’s official. Following a teaser earlier this week, Oakley and Meta have made smart glasses, and as an owner of the almost two-year-old Ray-Ban Meta…
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New research says using AI reduces brain activity – but does that mean it’s making us dumber?
Amid all the debates about how AI affects jobs, science, the environment, and everything else, there’s a question of how large language models impact the people using them directly. A new study from the MIT Media Lab implies that using AI tools reduces brain activity in some ways, which is…
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Google Gemini’s super-fast Flash-Lite 2.5 model is out now – here’s why you should switch today
Google’s new Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite model is its fastest and most cost-efficient The model is for tasks that don’t require much processing, like translation and data organization The new model is in preview, while Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro are now generally available AI chatbots can respond at a pretty…
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Windows 11 user has 30 years of ‘irreplaceable photos and work’ locked away in OneDrive – and Microsoft’s silence is deafening
A Redditor was moving a huge slab of data from old drives to a new one They used OneDrive as a midpoint in an ill-thought-out strategy that left all the data in Microsoft’s cloud service temporarily When they came to download the data, they were locked out of OneDrive, and…
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Framework Laptop 12 review: Doing the right thing comes at a cost
Earlier this year, Framework announced it was making a smaller, 12-inch laptop and a beefy desktop to go alongside its 13- and 16-inch notebooks. A few months later, and the former has arrived, putting the same modular, repairable laptop into a slightly smaller body. Unlike its bigger siblings, the Laptop…
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