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Advancing the frontier of video understanding with Gemini 2.5
Gemini 2.5 marks a major leap in video understanding, achieving state-of-the-art performance on key video understanding benchmarks and being able to seamlessly use audio-visual information with code and other data formats.
2025-05-09 14:00
Want to try creative iPhone videography? This is the one accessory to buy
Apple recently cited an award-winning cinematographer arguing that “we’re living in the age of democracy in filmmaking.” Anyone who owns an iPhone today can create a short film or creative video – and it’s a really fun and satisfying thing to...
2025-05-09 14:00
I love DOOM: The Dark Ages' brutal dark fantasy so much that I'm awarding it a perfect score — eager for more
DOOM: The Dark Ages shakes up the established formula, inventing awesome new ways to rip and tear in a dark fantasy setting. Here's my review.
2025-05-09 14:00
LegoGPT creates Lego designs using AI and text inputs — tool now available for free to the public
A Carnegie Mellon University research team builds an AI LLM called LegoGPT, which allows you to generate LEGO brick designs from text.
2025-05-09 13:41
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The LEGO Apple Store has moved one step closer to reality
Last May, I wrote about a proposed LEGO Apple Store that was entered into LEGO’s ‘Ideas’ initiative. Now, that proposal has moved one step closer to reality. more…
2025-05-09 13:27
The Xbox app on Windows 11 gets a handy feature just in time for the Project Kennan handheld
The Xbox app on Windows 11 now shows additional system information in Compact Mode, particularly useful on gaming handhelds like the upcoming Project Kennan.
2025-05-09 13:16
Huawei's Kirin X90 may be the company's 'Apple Silicon' moment — Matebook Pro 2025 features in-house hardware and software
Huawei's upcoming Matebook Pro not only uses the homegrown HarmonyOS operating system, but rumors say it might also include its in-house Kirin X90 SoC.
2025-05-09 13:00
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Overwatch 2 joins up with Street Fighter 6 in this dream-come-true collaboration
Blizzard has announced that Overwatch 2's next big crossover event will be with Capcom's flagship fighting game, Street Fighter 6, and it will go live later in May.
2025-05-09 12:57
Google Rolls Out On-Device AI Protections to Detect Scams in Chrome and Android
Google on Thursday announced it's rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered countermeasures to combat scams across Chrome, Search, and Android. The tech giant said it will begin using Gemini Nano, its on-device large language model (LLM), to...
2025-05-09 12:43
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Build the ultimate Surface Pro 12-inch with these new accessories
Kensington’s new Surface Pro 12-inch accessories include a rugged case, privacy screen, and an elevated stand.
2025-05-09 12:13
Microsoft fixes broken spellchecker in Edge
Microsoft Edge received a small update, which addresses security issues and bugs with the built-in Microsoft Editor spellchecker. Read more...
2025-05-09 12:12
Nvidia's GB10 Superchip trails Apple's M3 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite in latest benchmarks
Preliminary Geekbench 6 results show Nvidia's GB10 Superchip trailing Apple's M3 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite in both single- and multi-thread tests, which could mean a bug or the processor's focus on AI workloads.
2025-05-09 12:00
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Samsung announces brand new Gorilla Glass for Galaxy S25 Edge
Samsung announced that its upcoming Galaxy S25 Edge will feature a new Gorilla Glass made in partnership with Corning. Read more...
2025-05-09 11:56
Nvidia's RTX 5060 will launch without reviews since chipmaker opts not to supply press drivers to reviewers
Nvidia confirmed that it will only release drivers for the RTX 5060 on May 19 and that reviewers won’t get access to a pre-release driver for testing.
2025-05-09 11:20
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Best Build Plates for 3D Printers
The best aftermarket build plates to improve your 3D printer.
2025-05-09 11:00
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Nvidia RTX 5090 can crack an 8-digit passcode in just 3 hours — password cracking benchmarks show tremendous performance
Hive Systems discovers that 12 RTX 5090 graphics cards can crack a basic numerical eight-digit password in 15 minutes.
2025-05-09 11:00
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GNOME Replaces Totem Video Player with Showtime
Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have cast a new video player for a staring role in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream change now merged, the aged GTK3 video player Totem has been replaced by newer, fresher...
2025-05-09 10:12
GNOME Replace Totem Video Player with Showtime
Roll credits on Totem, roll camera on Showtime — GNOME developers have officially cast a new video player in GNOME 49, out in September. Per an upstream merge, GNOME has formally replaced the aged GTK3 Totem video player with the newer, fresher and...
2025-05-09 10:12