Tag: Software
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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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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Adobe Project Indigo is a new photo app from former Pixel camera engineers
Adobe launched its own take on how smartphone cameras should work this week with Project Indigo, a new iPhone camera app from some of the team behind the Pixel camera. The project combines the computational photography techniques that engineers Marc Levoy and Florian Kainz popularized at Google, with pro controls…
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