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Google’s NotebookLM (NLM) is designed to be the ultimate study guide. So, with the new school year already beginning, it’s fitting that the AI tool is now available for younger users. Just be sure to check its work, kids. For consumers, anyone 13 and older can now use the AI-powered learning tool. However, any minimum … Read more
Microsoft has revealed the first batch of Xbox Game Pass additions for August, and there are several tasty options in store over the next couple of weeks. The first one lands today on Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass and Game Pass Standard in the form of Rain World, a difficult survival platform game. In … Read more
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill into law banning AI therapy in the state. This makes Illinois the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services. The law highlights that only licensed professionals are allowed to offer counseling services in the state and forbids AI chatbots or tools from … Read more
Roku just revealed a new ad-free streaming service called Howdy. The service costs $3 per month, making it an enticing prospect for budget-conscious viewers. The company says this isn’t an introductory price and should be permanent. Howdy will stream a whole bunch of content, but it’s mostly pre-existing movies and shows. The company has inked … Read more
After trialing the service in Ireland and Canada last month, Spotify has officially launched its Audiobooks+ service in the US, Europe, Australia and elsewhere. An add-on available to Spotify Premium members, as well as individual users on Family and Duo plans, it adds an extra 15 hours of listening on top of the 15 hours … Read more
At start of December, Google DeepMind released Genie 2. The Genie family of AI systems are what are known as world models. They’re capable of generating images as the user — either a human or, more likely, an automated AI agent — moves through the world the software is simulating. The resulting video of the … Read more
They might be nearly three years old at this point, but Apple’s second-generation AirPods Pro remain some of the most popular wireless earbuds around for a reason, and right now they’re down to $169 on Amazon. That’s a not-insignificant 32 percent off the usual $249 price of the noise-canceling in-ears. Apple’s flagship AirPods were $100 … Read more
Apple has released the beta version of Apple Music version 5.0 for Android, and as 9to5Google reports, it doesn’t feature a Liquid Glass redesign like its counterpart for iOS 26. Liquid Glass is what Apple calls its new visual language, so it’s not quite clear whether the Android iteration of the app will ever get … Read more
Five years since the launch of PlayStation 5 and, naturally, it’s time to ruminate on what’s next. In a YouTube video from Moore’s Law is Dead, the leaker shares what they believe is extensive information on the PlayStation 6’s possible specs, starting price and release timing. Caveat: Moore’s Law is Dead adds in the video … Read more
Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company’s bots appear to be “stealth crawling” sites by disguising their identity to get around robots.txt files and firewalls. Robots.txt is a simple file websites host that lets web crawlers … Read more