Snap’s AR Spectacles now support a virtual keyboard and GPS
Snap's AR Spectacles now support a virtual keyboard and GPS Snap’s AR Spectacles now support a virtual keyboard and GPS Snap’s AR Spectacles can now access location data so they can point you to your destination. | Screenshot: Snap Six months after introducing its fifth-generation Spectacles and the second version featuring AR capabilities, Snap has […]
Google’s Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal
Google's Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal Google’s Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal Google is shipping the latest “experimental” features of its Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model to more developers across all regions, and people are finding some concerning abilities that include editing out watermarks from photos. The company’s lightweight […]
Xbox 360 consoles can now be hacked with just a USB key
Xbox 360 consoles can now be hacked with just a USB key Xbox 360 modders have discovered a new way to get homebrew apps and games running on the console. A new software-only exploit known as BadUpdate allows you to use a USB key to hack past Microsoft’s Hypervisor protections and run unsigned code and games. […]
Google is switching legacy G Suite users to pooled Workspace storage
Google is switching legacy G Suite users to pooled Workspace storage People who are holding on to free G Suite legacy accounts will soon lose their individual storage allotment perks. In an email seen by The Verge, Google has started informing G Suite legacy free edition plan users that they will be switched to pooled […]
Microsoft accidentally wipes out Copilot in latest Windows 11 update
Microsoft accidentally wipes out Copilot in latest Windows 11 update Microsoft’s Copilot app for Windows is being “unintentionally uninstalled” on some Windows 11 devices thanks to the latest monthly Windows update. The Patch Tuesday updates that started rolling out on March 11th have led to Copilot being unpinned from the taskbar and uninstalled. “We’re aware of […]
Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara
Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara Taara’s current Lightbridges are about the size of a traffic light, but its new chips should deliver smaller designs. Light-based internet project Taara is exiting Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator X, spinning off into an independent company. Taara’s tech uses lasers to transmit data, and is envisaged as a rival to […]
Dude Perfect and Mark Rober may be the next YouTubers to get big streaming deals
Dude Perfect and Mark Rober may be the next YouTubers to get big streaming deals Netflix and other streaming platforms are stepping up efforts to sign YouTubers, which could mean big streaming deals for sports channel Dude Perfect or former NASA engineer Mark Rober, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Journal writes that streaming platformsâ […]
SwitchBot’s next smart hub comes with a control knob
SwitchBot's next smart hub comes with a control knob SwitchBot’s next smart hub comes with a control knob Smart home company SwitchBot is preparing a new Matter-enabled smart hub called the SwitchBot Hub 3, according to a registration with the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) that HomeKitNews spotted. It has a display like the $70 Hub […]
The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left
The head of a Biden program that could help rural broadband has left Evan Feinman is out as the director of the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, reports ProPublica‘s Craig Silverman in a Bluesky post today. BEAD aims to bring high-bandwidth internet to underserved areas of America, much of which is […]
NASA’s Crew-10 mission lifts off as the Starliner astronauts prepare to come home
NASA's Crew-10 mission lifts off as the Starliner astronauts prepare to come home NASA’s Crew-10 mission lifts off as the Starliner astronauts prepare to come home The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission pictured during an equipment test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | Image: SpaceX NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission lifted off […]