Today, during the Google I\O conference, Google announced some new features for Gemini, its large language model AI family. The reveals include a new lightweight Gemini 1.5 Flash model and more.
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As part of Google I/O 2024, the company unveiled Veo, which uses typed in text prompts to create videos in a way that's similar to OpenAI's Sora AI video tool. It's currently in a private preview.
As part of Google I/O 2024, the company announced some new AI features it is adding to its standard Search engine. They include AI Overviews, which will offer a summarized answer to search inquiries.
During the I/O 2024 conference, Google revealed what it calls Project Astra. It is an experimental project that's being developed as an AI assistant that uses video and audio to answer questions.
Netflix has confirmed that it will be making an update for its app for Windows 10 and 11 PCs. The biggest change is that the app will no longer support downloads of videos for offline viewing.
Games Workshop will stream the 2024 Warhammer Skulls event on May 23. This will reveal news and updates for current and upcoming video games in the Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000 franchise.
Microsoft has announced it is making changes and improvements for its Teams channels, such as making it easier to create a channel, along with changes in retiring channels that are no longer needed.
You can get this compact Anker 5,000mAh power bank that doubles as a charger with a USB-C cable and an AC adapter for an all-new low price of $26.99 at Amazon with a $3 digital coupon.
Microsoft has announced that GPT-4o, the latest AI large language model from OpenAI, is now available to access from its Azure OpenAI Service in a preview version with text and image support.
There have been some interesting statements, plus a trademark filing, that suggest a reveal of the next game in id Software's Doom first-person shooter series could happen at the Xbox Games Showcase.
Sony has announced that Hideaki Nishino and Hermen Hulst will be the two CEOs of its Sony Interactive Entertainment business, which covers its PlayStation division, to replace former CEO Jim Ryan.
Members of Microsoft's Xbox Insider Program in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring can get a new update that will let them test out a way to get updates for some games before they become generally available.
During a recent private event, Google reportedly showed off a special version of its Chromium OS that was running, via a virtual machine, on one of its Android-based Pixel 8 smartphones.
The current version of the big 55-inch Samsung Odyssey Ark gaming PC monitor, with its support for four connected devices at once, has just hit a new low price of $1,799.99 at Amazon.
Square Enix has reportedly decided to lay off a number of team members in North America and Europe. It will also launch a new business plan that will involve launching AAA games for multiple platforms
OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT desktop app, but for the moment, it is only for people who own a Mac. A Windows version is in the works, but there's no word on when it will launch.
OpenAI has announced its latest AI large language model, ChatGPT-4o. This new model has the same intelligence as the standard ChatGPT-4 but will be available for everyone, including free users.
Microsoft has announced it will roll out improvements to the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web, along with other platforms, that will fight off unwanted spam emails for those clients.
Microsoft has announced Places, a new app coming to Teams Premium subscribers. It will help remote workers to schedule time with managers, book desks when they come to the office, and more.
Project Starline, the 3D video conferencing hardware system that was shown off at Google I/O in 2021 will leave the labs and be sold as a commercial product in 2025 with the help of HP.
TCL has announced the pricing for its 2024 smart TV lineup. That includes a massive 115-inch QD Mini-LED TV with up to 5,000 nits of brightness. It will be available for sale very soon for $26,999.
Microsoft has announced plans to launch System Center 2025, the latest version of its suite of IT software management products, this fall alongside the release of Windows Server 2025.
The Logitech MX Mechanical Mini wireless keyboard has tactile quiet switches, low-profile keys, and backlighting for its buttons. It's hit a new all-time low price of $124.99 at Amazon.
It's been a week since Sony decided not to require Helldivers 2 players on Steam to sign up for a PlayStation Network account, but the game is still unavailable to play in over 170 countries.
The Linksys Velop Pro 7 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router has download speeds of up to 10 Gbps. You can get the router at Amazon for its lowest ever price at $269.99, and you can get discounts with 2 and 3 packs.
Rumors from two sources claim that Microsoft may finally show off the long-in-development reboot of the Perfect Dark first-person shooter game franchise at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 9.
We have updated the list of our most anticipated upcoming PC games that are currently due in 2024 with the forthcoming titles Frostpunk 2, Tempest Rising, and Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut.
In this week's look at the past seven days on the Microsoft 365 roadmap, users of the Loop collaboration tool will soon be able to use Copilot to create pages from scratch and more.
A new entry on the Microsoft 365 roadmap site this week shows that the Edge web browser will be adding a way to type in text prompts to create images that can be used for new browser themes.
Bethesda Game Studios' 2015 release of Fallout 4 surged to the top of the UK video game sales lists for April 2024, according to GSD data. Other games in the series also had huge sales boosts.
Microsoft has revealed that more improvements have been made for inking annotations on PDF printouts and images in the OneNote for Windows app. They can be tested by Microsoft 365 Insiders members.
Some people who have preordered the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima PC version are getting refunds from some digital stores if they live in an area where they cannot make a PlayStation Network account.
We have updated our list of the most anticipated upcoming Xbox Series X|S games of 2024, including the addition of the upcoming relaunch of Multiversus, and the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
The Razer Basilisk V3 X wireless gaming mouse can last up to 535 hours on one AA battery and has 9 programmable buttons. It has hit its lowest price on Amazon at the moment at $59.42.
The first game in Bungie's Marathon series of sci-fi shooters from the 1990s is now available to download from Steam. The other two games in the series will also launch for free on Steam soon.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated today that the company will not be revealing a new search engine when it makes some announcements on Monday, May 13, despite a number of rumors to the contrary.
Microsoft President Brad Smith has been asked by the US House Committee on Homeland Security to attend a hearing on May 22 to answer questions about the company's recent security breaches.
Microsoft has announced it has improved the experience of adding a poll inside an email for users of Outlook on the web so users won't have to switch between the main email body and the side panel.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 build for members of the Insider Program in the Beta Channel. The 22635.3575 build has added a way for people to copy files from the share window.
Microsoft Xbox President Sarah Bond stated that the decision this week to close a number of its game development studios was made to make sure "the business is healthy for the long term."