Category: Tech
Google rolls out Gemini Live screen sharing to all Android users
A cool feature, now for more people. Google’s Gemini Live launched for all Android users over the weekend. That means far more folks now have access to the AI assistant’s tool that lets users live-share a video or screen. The feature rolled out last month to Pixel 9, Galaxy S25, and Gemini Advanced subscribers before […]
Apple iPhone 17 Pro leaks highlight major new design change
Get ready for a new avenue of iPhone customization. It looks like the iPhone 17 will give people some new room to express themselves. Prominent leaker Majin Bu shared some images on X over the weekend of purported case designs for the iPhone 17 Pro, specifically. The cases themselves aren’t all that remarkable, but one […]
Instagram tests Storylines, a collaborative twist on Stories
It sounds like a more collaborative version of Add Yours Instagram seems to always be testing a new feature or two, and this week, Storylines is on the docket. App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi posted a screenshot on Threads earlier this month that Instagram was working on Storylines, but posted confirmation of the test …
Congress to investigate 23andMe’s handling of sensitive data
This comes after the biotechnology company filed for bankruptcy last month. Following biotechnology company 23andMe’s filing for bankruptcy, losing its CEO, and trying to find a buyer last month, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce launched an investigation into the genetic data company’s handling of customers’ personal information. On Friday, the committee sent a […]
OpenAI’s o3 and o4-mini hallucinate way higher than previous models
A troubling issue nestled in OpenAI’s technical report. By OpenAI‘s own testing, its newest reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, hallucinate significantly higher than o1. First reported by TechCrunch, OpenAI’s system card detailed the PersonQA evaluation results, designed to test for hallucinations. From the results of this evaluation, o3’s …
New PR? Humanoid robots in China competed in their first half-marathon
But they still have a lot of training to do. Over the weekend, humans running as fast as they could were chased by robots through the streets of Beijing, China. To be more specific, it was a half-marathon race, and the robots lagged far behind the humans. On Saturday, China held what it’s calling the […]
As AI manufacturing grows, so does the tech’s environmental damage
A new report from Greenpeace suggests AI is exacerbating global power inequities. The U.S. still has its sights on winning the global AI race. First stop: Commandeering AI manufacturing. Announced just last week, a $500 billion infrastructure investment from artificial intelligence giant Nvidia will bring domestic AI manufacturing to the U.S. — that’s half a […]
All the AI news of the week: ChatGPT debuts o3 and o4-mini, Gemini talks to dolphins
Here’s all the AI news you missed this week, from safety concerns to advanced image reasoning from OpenAI. Just like AI models, AI news never sleeps. Every week, we’re inundated with new models, products, industry rumors, legal and ethical crises, and viral trends. If that weren’t enough, the rival AI hype/doom chatter online makes it […]
Google Pixel 9a early reviews: Is this the new mid-range mobile to beat?
The reviews are in, and they’re positive to very positive, with few exceptions. We’ve been waiting for this one: The new Google Pixel 9a smartphone has officially landed, and early reviewers are (mostly) praising this affordable smartphone. Mashable’s own review will be going online early next week (we’re still evaluating the phone’s feature set and […]
Everything we know about the new Motorola Razr: Leaks, launch date, price
The next generation of Razr foldables is coming soon. It feels like a lifetime ago now that Motorola rebooted the Razr as a foldable device, reimagining the classic flip-phone for the modern era. Motorola has been iterating on the foldable Razr concept since its inauspicious 2020 debut, eventually settling on something popular enough to warrant […]
