Is there a ‘right’ way to use AI in art?
Is there a 'right' way to use AI in art? Is there a ‘right’ way to use AI in art? The arguments against AI in art are obvious. Most visual artists hate Midjourney, Stability AI, and similar image generators, decrying the scraping of training data without compensation and the onslaught of generic âslop.â But is it possible […]
How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab
How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab Not your average office park. Itâs kind of impossible to grasp the enormity of a cooling tower until itâs suddenly right next to you. Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and […]
Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Start menu is bigger and fixes a major pain point
Microsoft's new Windows 11 Start menu is bigger and fixes a major pain point Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Start menu is bigger and fixes a major pain point Microsoft is working on a new Windows 11 Start menu design that’s bigger and more customizable than what exists today. Windows watcher phantomofearth discovered the new design […]
Switch 2: the good news and bad news
Switch 2: the good news and bad news In most ways, Nintendoâs Switch 2 is exactly what we wanted: a Switch, only better. Nintendo has an occasional tendency to follow its best and most successful consoles with some of its weirdest ideas â Wii U, anyone? â but this time seems to have stayed the course […]
Meta got caught gaming AI benchmarks
Meta got caught gaming AI benchmarks Over the weekend, Meta dropped two new Llama 4 models: a smaller model named Scout, and Maverick, a mid-size model that the company claims can beat GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash âacross a broad range of widely reported benchmarks.â Maverick quickly secured the number-two spot on LMArena, the AI […]
Gemini Live’s screensharing feature is rolling out to Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 devices
Gemini Live's screensharing feature is rolling out to Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 devices Gemini Live’s screensharing feature is rolling out to Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 devices Just press the cooresponding button in Gemini Live to activate video or screenshare. Google’s Gemini Live camera and screenshare functions, which let the conversational AI chatbot answer […]
Framework stops selling some of its cheapest laptops due to Trump tariffs
Framework stops selling some of its cheapest laptops due to Trump tariffs Framework says it’s “temporarily pausing” US sales on some of its laptops due to the Trump administration’s tariffs that went into effect on April 5th, according to a post on X. The affected models are “a few base Framework Laptop 13 systems (Ultra […]
Some Shein and Temu ‘haul video’ creators are stocking up
Some Shein and Temu 'haul video' creators are stocking up Some Shein and Temu ‘haul video’ creators are stocking up TikTok creator @pwinpudding specializes in âhaul videos,â specifically all things pink, pastel, and cute. Her videos show a collection of packages received from sites like the Chinese retailer AliExpress, as well as Amazon and the […]
You can build these marble runs and connect them to your smart home over Wi-Fi
You can build these marble runs and connect them to your smart home over Wi-Fi Using suction cups, sticky putty, and even Lego plates, Marblelous marble runs can be built on flat vertical surfaces. | Image: Marblelous Marble run toys typically rely on just gravity to send a marble careening through a complex maze of […]
Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a 'war profiteer' Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ Microsoft has fired one of the employees who disrupted the company’s 50th-anniversary event. In an email seen by The Verge, Microsoft told Ibtihal Aboussad that their employment has been terminated due to “acts […]