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Google announced two AI updates: a new speech-to-text model, Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, and a feature that lets users import purchased Play Books into Gemini Notebook.
Lorde, Little Simz and Wet Leg will perform at Bristol's Forwards festival this weekend, which is billed as the world's first festival run almost entirely on clean power.
NetEase Youdao unveils OpenPods, the first Agent earphones for iPhone, integrating recording, translation and AI-powered transcription.
RayNeo iO smart glasses topped sales on JD, Tmall and Douyin at debut; 34g frame, proactive AI, price from 1,996 yuan.
BenQ unveils iScreenBar for iMac and ScreenBar Max for multi-monitor workstations, adapting its signature screen light bar to new desktop scenarios.
TechRadar's Father's Day guide highlights 16 practical tech gifts for dads who say they need nothing.
A new project called Afterglow lets modern Mac users run original 68k After Dark screen savers, including Flying Toasters, without vintage hardware or emulators.
Zhipu open-sources a 320B-parameter multimodal model, while Google, NVIDIA and Perplexity launch new AI products.
Apple TV releases the first episode of ‘Dark Matter’ season 2, a 10-episode sci-fi thriller starring Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly and Alice Braga.
GTA VI's extended look is now on YouTube after a Netflix premiere, revealing gameplay and details before the Nov. 19 launch.
Huawei's Pura X View features a 16:9.5 vertical wide screen, offering a display area larger than many Pro Max phones. With a 7,000 mAh battery and 200MP camera, it aims to be a unique 'wide bar' device. ifanr's review highlights its immersive display and solid battery life, while noting hand fatigue from its wide body.
In its Aug. 27 episode, 9to5Mac reported two AirPods 5 models may launch next month, Apple Maps ads have arrived, and Apple is upgrading recent Mac mini orders.
OpenAI is testing a persistent mode for Codex that lets the AI agent keep working until told to sleep, per a Wired report.
Discounted Ugreen FineTrack Duo trackers helped a key-losing housemate and beat AirTag on value, says TechRadar.
Google announced Gemini AI plans tailored for legal and finance workers, per TechRadar.
Apple has announced four new features for Apple Pay, including a redesigned checkout interface and rewards redemption, while Walmart has started accepting the payment service in the U.S.
FDA approved Gilead's Bixlenvo, a once-daily HIV pill combining bictegravir and lenacapavir, for suppressed patients unable to use existing single-tablet regimens.
Anthropic unveils Model Hardware Standard to let AI agents operate lab machines, cutting experiment setup from weeks to minutes.
Fairphone Gen 6 Plus is the company's first direct US release, and Android Authority readers overwhelmingly approve.
Ring's new default encryption, TAKE, deletes its video key copies after 24 hours, limiting what it can give police under legal process.
Rockstar dropped a 26-minute GTA 6 extended look on Netflix, showing new gameplay, a six-star wanted system, and the first non-optional female protagonist. The trailer hits YouTube at 9PM ET.
Some Pixel 11 owners say Google Maps' Immersive Navigation disappeared after upgrading from older Pixel phones. Google is investigating but has not provided a fix timeline.
Generation Lab is offering an anti-aging injection to influencers, claiming it restores youth, but it refuses to disclose the drugs and evidence is anecdotal.
DDN introduces Enterprise AI HyperPOD, a turnkey AI inference storage platform built with Supermicro and Solidigm on Nvidia's AI Data Platform.