Tag: computing

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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Apple has finally killed the Mackintosh – and my DIY Mac dreams have died with it

Apple’s macOS Tahoe is the final version to support Intel chips That means the death of the Hackintosh is nigh It’s sad news for the community of tinkerers and custom PC builders Apple lifted the lid on macOS Tahoe at its WWDC 2025 event earlier in June, and one thing…

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Windows 11’s new Start menu falls short in one key area – and it’s making people angry

Microsoft has a Start menu redesign in testing This introduces new layouts for the list of all apps One of those layouts is a category view, and we’ve had confirmation from Microsoft that it won’t be possible to customize this to your liking We’ve just learned more about how Microsoft’s…

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I watched some of the viral ASMR videos made with AI and I feel more confused than soothed

Google’s Veo 3 Fast generates 720p AI videos twice as fast as standard Gemini Pro users can create three videos per day Flow Pro users pay just 20 credits per clip There’s a strawberry made of glass that someone is cutting like it’s made of jelly, then the same thing…

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