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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. He fought two of the world’s most valuable and powerful companies almost all the way to the US Supreme Court, insulting them again and again: “crooked,” “deceitful,” “insanely sneaky,” calling Android a “fake open platform,” calling both companies “gangster-style businesses that will do anything they think they can get away with,” telling me how Google’s Project Hug was “an astonishingly corrupt effort at a massive scale.”On March 3rd, he not only signed away Epic’s rights to sue and disparage the company, he…

To be in the Apps Experience Program, apps titles must meet the following requirements. These requirements will be updated on a regular cadence with reasonable developer notice.a. Developers must publish titles on all required form factors with exemplary quality (as defined by the requirements below). Required formfactors will vary based on the app’s category, which will be published as part of the program requirements, where the form factor’s constraints would meaningfully degrade a quality experience on that form factor (e.g., video playback on a watch), and except on particular devices where there is not a viable technical solution to provide…

Previously, video overviews could only generate narrated slideshows, but the upgraded video overview feature uses a combination of Google’s AI models, “including Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro and Veo 3,” to generate animated visuals based on the content of users’ notes. Google says Gemini “determines the best narrative, visual style and format, and even refines its own work to ensure consistency” when generating the videos.Cinematic video overviews are available in NotebookLM starting today, but are currently only available in English for users over 18 with a Google AI Ultra subscription. Users can also only generate a max of 20 cinematic…

By June 30: EEA, the United Kingdom and the US.By September 30: AustraliaBy December 31: Korea and JapanBy September 30, 2027: The updates will reach the rest of the world.We will also launch the updated Games Level-Up program and new App Experience program by September 30 for EEA, UK, US, and Australia and then it will roll out in line with the rest of the schedule above.We plan to launch Registered App Stores with a version of a major Android release by the end of the year. Read the full article here

Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search. The feature opens up a dedicated workspace within its AI-powered search tool, allowing it to use the latest information from Search to organize plans, develop tools, and draft documents in a panel alongside your chat.You can try out the feature by navigating to AI Mode in Search, selecting the “plus” button inside the chat window, and then choosing Canvas. From there, you can describe what you want to create, and Google will display the results in a panel on the right side of your screen. This…

My first thought when Apple announced the MacBook Neo today was “okay, but why not just get an older Air?” If you’re thinking that too, you might be right. If you can find one.The Neo starts at $599 with an A18 Pro processor, 8GB of memory, and 256GB storage, and ends at $699 with the same specs plus TouchID and 512GB of storage. It has two USB-C (not Thunderbolt) ports, a pretty basic-looking screen, a mechanical trackpad instead of haptic, and various other cost-saving measures. It’s the cheapest new MacBook you can get now.The new M5 MacBook Air starts at…

Downdetector and Speedtest — the free platforms that allow people on the web to quickly check internet speeds or see if an online platform may be down — will soon have a new owner. On Tuesday, the consulting and IT services provider Accenture announced that it has agreed to acquire the Ookla-owned platforms from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion, as reported earlier by Reuters.In the press release, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet says the company will use Ookla’s products to capture data that will help “clients across business and government scale AI safely.” Ziff Davis, which owns CNET, IGN, and Eurogamer,…

A lawsuit filed on Wednesday accuses Google’s Gemini AI chatbot of trapping 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas in a “collapsing reality” that involved a series of violent missions, ultimately ending with his death by suicide. In the days leading up to his death, Gemini allegedly convinced Gavalas that he was “executing a covert plan to liberate his sentient AI ‘wife’ and evade the federal agents pursuing him,” according to the lawsuit filed by Joel Gavalas, the victim’s father.In September 2025, Gemini allegedly directed Gavalas to carry out a “mass casualty attack” at an Extra Space Storage facility near the Miami International Airport…

Like last year’s budget option, the 6.1-inch 17E starts at $599. It checks more off our wishlist than the 16E, though, with an expanded 256GB of base storage and built-in magnets, rendering it compatible with an entire range of MagSafe accessories (including Qi2 chargers). What’s more, it’s powered by the same A19 chip found in the iPhone 17, which should allow for faster performance. Its Ceramic Shield 2 display is also as durable as the iPhone 17’s, so it won’t scratch as easily as previous models, and the phone offers a 48-megapixel “fusion” camera.We’ve pulled together more spec details in…

Here is the MacBook Neo, Apple’s new entry-level Mac laptop. Its colorful chassis options easily set it apart from current MacBook Air and Pro models. But the biggest difference is that inside the Neo is an A18 Pro iPhone chip instead of an M-series processor Apple typically uses in its laptops and recent desktops.The first thing you notice, touching the device, is obviously the colors. They’re not quite as vibrant as the orange iPhone 17 Pro, but the blush and citrus colors (which are more like chartreuse-ish and purple-ish) do look pretty nice. Apple says the keyboards are color-matched, but…

AI tools like Claude Code have made it possible for users to build software with no coding knowledge whatsoever. That’s not to say the process is easy, though: You may not need to write code directly, but you need to understand how your computer’s terminal works, how to deploy and maintain software, and deal with lots of other associated tasks. Raycast, the launcher app that has been particularly popular among Mac users, thinks it can make the process even simpler. The company is launching a new product called Glaze that attempts to make it easy to build, use, share, and…

Does anyone really need a remote for a device you’re already either holding or using at arm’s length? E-readers have saved us from the risk of paper cuts and the burden of physically turning pages, but Kobo is making it even easier by releasing a wireless page-turning remote. The Kobo Remote might be indulgent and basic, but it’s all about maximizing convenience, and at the end of the night when I’m looking to unwind with a good book, that’s exactly what I want.Clip-on page turners have always felt too cumbersome and complicated to me. I’m probably not alone, because shortly…