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OpenAI ‘pauses’ its Stargate UK data center plan
OpenAI is putting the brakes on Stargate UK, according to Bloomberg. That’s the company’s AI infrastructure project with NVIDIA that’s meant to help the UK build out its sovereign computing...
I tested three Windows laptops in the MacBook Neo’s price range — there’s no contest
The Neo king of affordable laptops. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge When the MacBook Neo arrived last month, I knew Windows laptop makers were in trouble. For $599, the Neo offers...
Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself
YouTube Shorts is rolling out a new AI-powered feature giving creators an easy way to realistically clone themselves on camera. The launch, hinted at earlier this year, reflects the platform's...
Spotify now lets you turn off all its videos
The new controls apply to both individual and family accounts. | Image: Spotify Spotify is adding new toggles to stop any and all video from playing inside the app, for both music and podcasts. The...
The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate
"Occupy Wall Street" demonstrators occupy a park near Wall Street in New York, October 3, 2011. | AFP via Getty Images The heyday of the “high-skill” worker is ending. As corporations find new ways...
Google bakes NotebookLM, its research tool, into Gemini
Google has fully integrated NotebookLM, its AI-powered research tool, into the Gemini app. The company launched a standalone NotebookLM app last year, but as it said in its announcement, “keeping...
The surprising truth about logging
A northern spotted owl in Oregon’s Willamette National Forest. | Greg Vaughn/Getty Images The value of forest ecosystems is hard to overstate. Blanketing roughly a third of the US, they supply clean...
Amflow’s latest e-bikes raise the bar again
150Nm of raw climbing assist. | Image: Amflow Amflow, the e-bike brand spun out of DJI, is back with two impressive electric mountain bike ranges built around its incredibly dense Avinox motors. The...
Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects
Google's Gemini is getting a feature called "notebooks" to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can...
Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, with a motor that spins up to 65,000 RPM
Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, the HushJet Mini Cool. As the name suggests, it uses the company's proprietary HushJet air projection system. This tech first showed up on an...