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Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run locally on ...

Sling and YouTube TV help you cut the cord, but what do they offer?

Google has released (PDF) technical specs and 2D CAD drawings for the Fitbit Air to encourage users to make their own accessories. "These CAD drawings include crucial mating dimensions, tolerances, and mating force specifications -- including attach and detach force -- to help you build a high-quality accessory band," Google says on a store page listing. ...

Microsoft's new MAI-Image-2.5 model bested Google's Nano Banana 2 on an important benchmark. But does that make it the right choice for you?

Strava is adding an incentive to get you moving -- but don't wait, it's only for one day, June 3.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft's Build developer conference kicked off today, and as with almost everything the company has done in the last few years, Microsoft's opening keynote focused overwhelmingly on AI and other closely related technologies. [...] On the hardware front, we didn't get any updates for existing Surface ...

Meta is scaling back parts of its employee tracking initiative after staff objected to software that collected mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and other actions for AI training data. According to Reuters, the company will now let workers pause collection for up to 30 minutes and request exemptions. Reuters reports: [Stephane Kasriel, a vice president ...

The Osmo 360 is a worthy competitor to Insta360 and GoPro, but the FCC's ruling on drones makes a straight-up recommendation more complicated.

A new batch of A24 films, including The Whale, Uncut Gems and more arrive this June on free streaming services.

Microsoft says its new Majorana 2 quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor, with qubits lasting about 20 seconds instead of milliseconds, and claims it could have a commercially useful quantum machine by 2029. The BBC reports: "We will have a quantum machine in 2029 that can solve commercially viable, reasonable problems," said Zulfi ...

An independent company called Supernatural Health is making a new app. It sounds like good news for Supernatural fans like me.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Phone by Google wants to combat the "growing threat of impersonation scams" and protect Android users against "sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks" with fake call detection. [...] Fake call detection requires that both parties are on Android and use the Phone by Google app, while Google Messages ...

You can tap into several new features while watching the tournament.

Hisense has released the RGB Mini-LED UR8, which promises brighter colors than before.

Commentary: Glasses, camera-enabled AirPods, a pendant and perhaps major Apple Watch updates all need a Gemini-powered AI revamp that isn't here yet. WWDC should be where that journey begins.

Commentary: With Siri expected to take the spotlight, where does WatchOS 27 fit in? Here's everything we're expecting, hoping for and firmly opposed to.

The search giant also plans to give publishers more information about the ways their content shows up in AI Overviews and AI Mode.

Commentary: Android foldables are everywhere, but Apple's is still nowhere to be seen. That might be a problem.

We want to know what you really think about your TV.

As younger generations spend less time on screens, Polaroid's Go Generation 3 lets you capture moments in real time, offline.

When they're being eaten, bean plants release chemicals that draw in parasitic wasps.

Commentary: Apple's next iPhone could learn a lot from these powerhouse Android camera phones.