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Google warns that the tool is still an 'experimental feature.' It also teases a subscription-based NotebookLM Plus with five times more Audio Overviews, notebooks, and sources.

By Will McCurdy
NotebookLM Logo

Meta says Musk and his co-plaintiff Shivon Zilis are 'qualified and well-positioned to represent the interests of Californians in this matter.'

By Will McCurdy
Musk and Zuckerberg

Apple's AI tools can scan notifications and serve up a quick digest on the lock screen. This week, it claimed Luigi Mangione had shot himself despite being safe in police custody.

By Will McCurdy
Apple Intelligence Illustration

You can find out what's in your Drive folders without opening them by reading an AI summary and chat with Gemini about the files inside. But those chats may be seen by Google.

By Jibin Joseph
A screenshot of Gemini's new feature that summarizes Google Drive folders

As its growth in the region continues, Nvidia hires 200 more staff in China and denies rumors it's cutting off supplies to the country.

By Kate Irwin
3D Nvidia logo sign backlit on a white wall.

The 'Deep Research' tool is available for Gemini Advanced subscribers.

By Jibin Joseph
Gemini advanced window showing Deep Research as a listed feature.

Now that OpenAI's Sora is out, AI-generated video is poised to explode. Here's how to recognize it and determine if what you're watching is real or not.

By Chandra Steele
woman looks at computer

OpenAI 'significantly underestimated demand' for its new video generator, Sora Turbo, and will limit signups 'on and off,' says CEO Sam Altman.

By Emily Dreibelbis Forlini
sora on laptop

Cloudflare's AI Audit reveals who's violating your robots.txt and can restrict AI crawlers at the firewall level.

By Kate Irwin
Two people looking at a computer monitor. The man is pointing at the screen.

A ChatGPT integration, custom emojis, and a smattering of new features aim to change the way we use Apple devices. Will it be successful, or just add some fun tricks?

By Emily Dreibelbis Forlini
Apple monitors

Review Insights examines user sentiment around things like food quality, service, and ambiance, and displays aggregate scores at the top of business reviews.

By Jibin Joseph
Yelp's new AI-Powered Review Insights

Called Reddit Answers, the feature will search across discussions and threads to find appropriate responses to your query.

By Jibin Joseph
The hallway of Reddit's NYC office

Surprisingly, China is probing Nvidia over its 2020 deal to buy Israeli-American company Mellanox, which designed networking products for supercomputers and data centers. 

By Michael Kan
Nvidia logo

Itch.io says Funko used AI software that falsely flagged it for phishing. The site was down for hours before it was restored.

By Kate Irwin
Game screen showing pixelated space game with text: "We're almost there! Survive until the timer runs out!"

Morris Chang, TSMC founder and former Texas Instruments executive, argues Intel doesn't have a new strategy yet in the wake of its CEO's exit.

By Kate Irwin
Blue modern building with "intel" 3D sign on it.

The new tech can dramatically reduce AI's energy use and make data centers more efficient and less damaging to the environment, according to the company.

By Kate Irwin
IBM logo on a sign with blurred background.

In the US, the Google Photos 2024 Recap also includes integrations with Google Gemini.

By Will McCurdy
Google Photos

Like the vanilla version of Grok’s image generator, there seem to be few restrictions when it comes to the content Aurora can churn out.

By Will McCurdy
Grok Image

Similar to other chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, free users of Grok will have restrictions on how many times they can use the tool in a day.

By Will McCurdy
Grok image

Could Google's search engine be getting even more AI features next year?

By Kate Irwin
Google Search screen showing logo and search bar on a web browser.