Google announced Thursday that the Gemini app is getting its Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model. The upgraded model “delivers fast responses and stronger performance across a number of key benchmarks, providing everyday help with tasks like brainstorming, learning or writing,” the company said in a post. The change is rolling out to Gemini’s web and…
The Video Game History Foundation has unveiled its digital library, a massive undertaking that makes the organization’s own materials as well as some private collections available for anyone to read. This project was first announced in December 2023, and the collection is still in early access. The VGHF said it would continually be working to…
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies took down two hacking forums that had more than 10 million users, according to Europol, one of the agencies involved in the operation. On Thursday, Europol and Germany’s police the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) announced the seizures of Cracked and Nulled. The BKA called them “the world’s two largest trading…
Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Video creation is still the frontier of generative AI, and OpenAI leads the pack with its Sora AI video generator. The generator, which launched last month during the 12 days of OpenAI, has caused quite a buzz because of its highly realistic output quality. On Wednesday, OpenAI shared with ZDNET that there are…
In context: Microsoft has been working for a while to improve interoperability between Windows PCs and smartphones, with modest success. The latest updates have integrated the Phone Link app into the Start Menu, and most recently, this functionality has extended to iPhone users. However, Microsoft’s efforts still fall far short of the iPhone connectivity features…
The Patriot Transporter 2TB external portable SSD retails for under $90 at AmazonIt has read/write speeds of up to 1GB/s, twice that of comparably priced internal SATA SSDsIt is still more expensive than 2TB portable hard disk drives but the price gap is at its lowest ever The 2.5-inch USB-C Patriot Transporter 2TB external portable…
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 is reportedly receiving its first software update. The company’s latest truly wireless stereo (TWS) headset was launched in India in August 2024, alongside the Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel 9 series of smartphones. The Mountain View-based tech giant has yet to announce the rollout of the update, or publish a detailed changelog….
Ever wondered how to fly a spacecraft? Well, you’re in luck then, as NASA has just shared a video with lots of juicy details on how to fly the Orion spacecraft. Orion has already traveled around the moon once, in the Artemis I mission in 2022. But that flight was crewless. Next, the spacecraft will…
As US households have grown frustrated with years of high borrowing costs, President Donald Trump rode into office with a bold pledge to lower interest rates. Last week, he took a dig at the Federal Reserve, saying, “I’ll demand that interest rates drop immediately.” Except there’s virtually no chance the Fed’s rate-making body will cut rates…
So many of the symbols and icons we use every day are learned without ever knowing the meanings behind them. We just go about our days, pressing and clicking on buttons, without a second thought — and a lot of them have become unrecognizable to younger generations, like the shape of a phone icon or…
