Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
President Trump reportedly asked for Grok’s opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
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Google’s new Guided Vision feature can help you read the fine print
Guided Vision is launching in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices today to use AI to give real-time audio descriptions of anything you point your phone’s camera at. By sharing your camera in Gemini Live, you can have Google’s AI help with things like reading small text, describing your surroundings, finding or identifying objects around […]
Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff
Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central’s staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar, Derrek Lee, Harish Jonnalagadda, and Nicholas Sutrich, and former […]
Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground
Google launched its first advanced chip into orbit to pave the way for space data centers.
Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for?
The Steam Deck is four and a half years old, and handheld gamers are eagerly awaiting a Steam Deck 2 – but Valve has consistently said it needs a new chip with a “generational leap” in performance and efficiency before building the sequel. There’s some reason to believe that chip has now broken cover: AMD […]
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months
Fervo Energy completed its first power plant in less than two years. The next phases promise to connect to the grid even quicker.
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported earlier by Reuters. US District Judge Amit Mehta takes Google’s side in a ruling on Wednesday, writing that PMC […]