As Google revamps itself for the AI era, offering AI overviews within its search results, the company is introducing a new way to filter for just text-based links. With the new “Web” filter that appears at the top of the results page, users will be able to filter for text links the way they can today filter for images, video, news, or shopping. The news was announced on Tuesday via a post on X … [Read more...]
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and longtime chief scientist, departs
Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s longtime chief scientist and one of its co-founders, has left the company.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the news in a post on X Tuesday evening. pic.twitter.com/qyPMIcvcsY — Ilya Sutskever (@ilyasut) May 14, 2024 “This is very sad to me; Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a guiding light of our field, and a dear friend,” Altman … [Read more...]
I'm building a Windows PC inside an old Apple Mac G5
The Apple Mac G5 is a gorgeous computer. Regardless of whether you're a fan of Apple's PC division, there's no denying the fact this giant aluminum cheese grater certainly looks incredible, but it had proprietary parts and wasn't available with a standard PC in mind. Having the ability to test many ATX cases that pass through XDA for review, I enjoy where the industry has progressed, but there has … [Read more...]
Soup up your Raspberry Pi storage with the M.2 HAT+ that brings support for NVMe SSDs
The Raspberry Pi 5 is one of the best SBCs you can buy in 2024. The board is powerful, affordable, and offers plenty of versatility thanks to its ample expansion ports, making it the perfect starting point for any project that you might think of. Of course, you can always make the experience better with expansion boards, and now, Raspberry Pi has released its M.2 HAT+, which will make it easier to … [Read more...]
Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard launches on May 19
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday. The NS-25 mission will launch from Blue’s launch site in West Texas on May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. The six-person crew includes Ed Dwight, the first Black astronaut candidate (but for whom this would be the first … [Read more...]
Google is building its Gemini Nano AI model into Chrome on the desktop
At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced that it is building Gemini Nano, the smallest of its AI models, directly into the Chrome desktop client, starting with Chrome 126. This, the company says, will enable developers to use the on-device model to power their own AI features. Google itself plans to use this new capability to power features like the existing “help … [Read more...]
Android apps will soon let you use your face to control your cursor
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Engadget Podcast: The good, the bad and the AI of Google I/O 2024
We just wrapped up coverage on Google's I/O 2024 keynote, and we're just so tired of hearing about AI. In this bonus episode, Cherlynn and Devindra dive into the biggest I/O news: Google's intriguing Project Astra AI assistant; new models for creating video and images; and some improvements to Gemini AI. While some of the announcements seem potentially useful, it's still tough to tell if the move … [Read more...]
Meta will shut down its Teams competitor Workplace next year
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Agatha All Along will cast a spell on Disney Plus this September
You can never be sure what to expect out of Disney’s upfront presentation, but this year’s showcase of the studio’s new projects brought a slew of news about Disney Plus’ upcoming WandaVision spinoff series.While there’s been a bit of confusion about what the Agatha Harkness-focused series would ultimately be called, Kathryn Hahn, Patti Lupone, and Joe Locke revealed today that it will, in fact, … [Read more...]
What is thermal paste (TIM) and why are there so many kinds?
Thermal paste is a type of Thermal Interface Material (TIM). Thermal paste (Putty/Grease/Compound) is the primary type of TIM used when it comes to PCs, although sometimes thermal pads are also used. The job of thermal paste is to transfer heat from one component to another. Most of the time, you will see it used on the CPU or GPU to transfer the heat from the chip to the heatsink, so it can then … [Read more...]
iPads finally get battery health info and adaptive charging, but only the new ones
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThe just-released iPad Pro and iPad Air have a new Battery Health menu option that includes an … [Read more...]
Eight TikTok creators file their own suit against the divest-or-ban law
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty ImagesEight TikTok creators are suing to stop a law that would ban the app unless its Chinese … [Read more...]
Sonos customers unleash frustrations over redesigned app in community AMA
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Photo: SonosA week after introducing a redesigned, sleeker app that omitted many core features, Sonos held an Ask Me Anything event on its … [Read more...]
Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps
At the Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced an addition to its Firebase platform that aims to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered applications in JavaScript/TypeScript, with Go support coming soon. Firebase Genkit is an open source framework, using the Apache 2.0 license, that enables developers to quickly build AI into new and existing applications. Some of … [Read more...]
X now treats the term cisgender as a slur
The increasingly discriminatory X (Twitter) now considers the term “cisgender” a slur. Owner Elon Musk posted last June, to the delight of his bigoted brigade of blue-check sycophants, that “‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform.” On Tuesday, X made good on the regressive provocateur’s stance and reportedly began posting an official warning that the LGBTQ-inclusive terms could … [Read more...]
Patreon and Grammarly are already experimenting with Gemini Nano, says Google
Mobile app developers, including Patreon and Grammarly, are already integrating with Gemini Nano, its smallest AI model, the company announced during its I/O developer keynote on Tuesday. The companies, along with other select developers were invited to work with Gemini Nano through an early access program announced last year, the company said. In the coming months, Google says it will open up the … [Read more...]
Everything announced at Google I/O 2024 including Gemini AI, Project Astra, Android 15 and more
At the end of I/O, Google’s annual developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the company had said “AI” 121 times. That, essentially, was the crux of Google’s two-hour keynote — stuffing AI into every Google app and service used by more than two billion people around the world. Here are all the major updates that Google announced at … [Read more...]
Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration: The VergeGoogle says its new AI model, LearnLM, will help students with their homework.LearnLM, a family of AI models based on … [Read more...]
Google unveils PaliGemma, announces Gemma 2
Google has expanded on its Gemma family of AI models, introducing the PaliGemma vision-language model (VLM) and announcing Gemma 2, the next generation of Gemma models based on a new architecture. The company also released the LLM Comparator in open source, an addition to its Responsible Generative AI Toolkit.Google announced the new products on May 14. The company described PaliGemma as a … [Read more...]
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