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Google unveils Pixel 10 series with improved Tensor G5 chip and a boatload of AI

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The Pixel 10 series arrives with a power upgrade but no SIM card slot. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 27, 2025  Google has shifted its product timeline for 2025. Android 16 dropped in May, an earlier release aimed at better lining up with smartphone launches. Google’s annual hardware refresh is also happening a bit ahead of the traditional October […]

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Is the AI bubble about to pop? Sam Altman is prepared either way.

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“Someone will lose a phenomenal amount of money,” says the CEO while fundraising at record prices. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 24, 2025  Last Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters at a private dinner that investors are overexcited about AI models. “Someone” will lose a “phenomenal amount of money,” he said, according to The Verge. The statement came

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Parallels Desktop 26 offers a lot to enterprise users, a little to consumers

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There are no major new consumer features. Enterprises get a few things, though. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 26, 2025  The new version of Mac virtual machine software Parallels Desktop, which is most often used to run Windows applications on modern Macs, has just arrived. Parallels Desktop 26 has a lot to offer to the enterprise, but for most end

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Google improves Gemini AI image editing with “nano banana” model

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Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is currently atop LMArena’s image-editing leaderboard. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 26, 2025  Something unusual happened in the world of AI image editing recently. A new model, known as “nano banana,” started making the rounds with impressive abilities that landed it at the top of the LMArena leaderboard. Now, Google has revealed that nano banana is

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ChatGPT killed my son”: Parents’ lawsuit describes suicide notes in chat logs

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ChatGPT taught teen jailbreak so bot could assist in his suicide, lawsuit says. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 21, 2025  Over a few months of increasingly heavy engagement, ChatGPT allegedly went from a teen’s go-to homework help tool to a “suicide coach.” In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, mourning parents Matt and Maria Raine alleged that the chatbot offered to draft

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Tiny, removable “mini SSD” could eventually be a big deal for gaming handhelds

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Fast, removable storage could be one way to address soaring game install sizes. Earlier this year, Nintendo helped popularize the microSD Express standard by requiring it for the new Switch 2 console. Created in 2019, the specification had languished in relative obscurity for years because the cheap, plentiful non-Express microSD cards were generally fast enough for the

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Framework Laptop 16 update brings Nvidia GeForce to the modular gaming laptop

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Older Ryzen 7040-based model will stick around at $1,299 as a lower-end option. Andrew Ferrer – Aug 26, 2025 t’s been a busy year for Framework, the company behind the now well-established series of repairable, upgradeable, modular laptops (and one paradoxically less-upgradeable desktop). The company has launched a version of the Framework Laptop 13 with Ryzen AI

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Sony makes the “difficult decision” to raise PlayStation 5 prices in the USHello world!

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Price hikes go into effect August 21; the standard PS5 will now start at $550. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 21, 2025  Sony will join Microsoft and Nintendo in raising US prices across its entire game console lineup, the company announced today. Pricing for all current versions of the PlayStation 5 console will increase by $50 starting tomorrow. The

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YouTube secretly tested AI video enhancement without notifying creators

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Google says this isn’t technically “GenAI,” but it is altering videos without warning. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 25, 2025  Is it a conspiracy? For months, YouTubers have been quietly griping that something looked off in their recent video uploads. Following a deeper analysis by a popular music channel, Google has now confirmed that it has been testing

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Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, revealing his panic over OpenAI dominance

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OpenAI slams Musk’s lawsuit as part of his “ongoing pattern of harassment. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 25, 2025  After a public outburst over Grok’s App Store rankings, on Monday, Elon Musk followed through on his threat to sue Apple and OpenAI. At first, Musk appeared fixated on ChatGPT consistently topping Apple’s “Must Have” app list—which Grok has never

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