Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer reveals season two release date
Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was both extremely successful and extremely divisive in the LOTR fan community. (Separate question, has any recent adaptation or new content in a beloved...
View ArticleOne of our favorite Roku streaming sticks is on sale for only $34
The Roku Streaming Stick 4K is on sale via Amazon for just $34, which is a savings of 32 percent and one of the best prices we’ve seen all year. As the name suggests, this is a streaming stick that...
View ArticleThe best iPad for 2024: How to pick the best Apple tablet for you
Figuring out the best iPad for you can seem confusing from afar. With the latest refresh to Apple’s tablet lineup, the company now sells three 11-inch tablets and two 13-inch ones, each with key...
View ArticleA Tomb Raider series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge is on the way to Prime Video
Amazon's Prime Video is riding a high after the success of Fallout and it has more video game-related projects lined up. The streaming service has ordered a Tomb Raider series with Phoebe Waller-Bridge...
View ArticleSenua’s Saga: Hellblade II highlights the next round of May Game Pass titles
Microsoft has unveiled the next round of Xbox Game Pass arrivals. The marquee attraction is Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, which launches as a day-one Game Pass title on May 21. But the second May batch...
View ArticleApple's M1 iPad Air drops to a new low of $399
Apple’s M1 iPad Air has dropped to a new low price of $399, just as the latest model prepares to hit store shelves. This sale is from Amazon and it doesn’t include every color, though both blue and...
View ArticleCastlevania is coming to Dead by Daylight later this year
Dead by Daylight fans can check out the Dungeons and Dragons chapter starting today, but Behaviour Interactive teased another high-profile crossover during an anniversary showcase on Tuesday. A...
View ArticleAsk Google Photos to help make sense of your gallery
Google is inserting more of its Gemini AI into many of its product and the next target in its sights is Photos. At its I/O developer conference today, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai announced a...
View ArticleGoogle's new Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model is lighter than Gemini Pro and more...
Google announced updates to its Gemini family of AI models at I/O, the company’s annual conference for developers, on Tuesday. It’s rolling out a new model called Gemini 1.5 Flash, which it says is...
View ArticleGoogle's Project Astra uses your phone's camera and AI to find noise makers,...
When Google first showcased its Duplex voice assistant technology at its developer conference in 2018, it was both impressive and concerning. Today, at I/O 2024, the company may be bringing up those...
View ArticleGoogle just snuck a pair of AR glasses into a Project Astra demo at I/O
In a video demonstrating the prowess of its new Project Astra app, the person demonstrating asked Gemini "do you remember where you saw my glasses?" The AI impressively responded "Yes, I do. Your...
View ArticleGoogle unveils Veo and Imagen 3, its latest AI media creation models
It's all AI all the time at Google I/O! Today, Google announced its new AI media creation engines: Veo, which can produce "high-quality" 1080p videos; and Imagen 3, its latest text-to-image framework....
View ArticleGoogle Search will now show AI-generated answers to millions by default
Google is shaking up Search. On Tuesday, the company announced big new AI-powered changes to the world’s dominant search engine at I/O, Google’s annual conference for developers. With the new features,...
View ArticleGoogle expands digital watermarks to AI-made video
As Google starts to make its latest video-generation tools available, the company says it has a plan to ensure transparency around the origins of its increasingly realistic AI-generated clips. All...
View ArticleGoogle's Gemini will search your videos to help you solve problems
As part of its push toward adding generative AI to search, Google has introduced a new twist: video. Gemini will let you upload video that demonstrates an issue you're trying to resolve, then scour...
View ArticleAndroid's Circle to Search can now help students solve math and physics homework
Google has introduced another capability for its Circle to Search feature at the company's annual I/O developer conference, and it's something that could help students better understand potentially...
View ArticleGoogle builds Gemini right into Android, adding contextual awareness within apps
Google just announced some nifty improvements to its Gemini AI chatbot for Android devices as part of the company’s I/O 2024 event. The AI is now part of the Android operating system, allowing it to...
View ArticleGoogle's Gemini Nano brings better image-description smarts to its TalkBack...
The Google I/O event is here, and the company is announcing lots of great updates for your Android device. As we heard earlier, Gemini Nano is getting multimodal support, meaning your Android will...
View ArticleWith Gemini Live, Google wants you to relax and have a natural chat with AI
While Google and OpenAI have been racing to win the AI crown over the past year, we've seemingly reverted away from the idea of speaking to virtual assistants. Generative AI products have typically...
View ArticleGoogle announces new scam detection tools that provide real-time alerts...
Google just announced forthcoming scam detection tools coming to Android phones later this year, which is a good thing as these scammers keep getting better and better at parting people from their...
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