2025-01-15

Google brings real-time information from The Associated Press to Gemini

Google is partnering with The Associated Press to bring real-time information from the news agency to its Gemini app, the search giant announced on Wednesday. The financial terms of the agreement were [...]

2025-01-14

Mecha Comet is a modular open source handheld computer that reminds me of the Indian PDA that may have inspired the iPhone

You can snap on new extensions, like a keyboard or game controller. [...]

2025-01-14

Why I've used this foldable phone for more than a year - and it's not a Samsung or Google

OnePlus excelled with its first foldable phone, and more than a year of use later, the Open continues to challenge rivals. Here's to hoping the successor is even better. [...]

2025-01-14

How to talk to ChatGPT on your phone

ChatGPT has had support for voice conversations since the end of 2023, but if you’re new to OpenAI’s chatbot, figuring out how to converse with it can be tricky since there are a couple of ways to [...]

2025-01-14

Pixelfed, Instagram's decentralized competitor, is now on iOS and Android

Pixelfed is now available as a mobile apps for both iOS and Android. The open source, decentralized platform offers image sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed has no advertisements and does [...]

2025-01-14

MiniMax unveils its own open source LLM with industry-leading 4M token context

The LLM, MiniMax-Text-o1, is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context window — equivalent to a small library. [...]

2025-01-14

The best air purifier for 2025

You’ve probably heard the statistics about indoor air being more polluted than outdoor air. Cleaning products, pet dander, cooking emissions off-gassing furniture and decor — they all contribute. [...]

2025-01-14

As LA Fires Burn, the Watch Duty App Offers Timely Info on Wildfire Conditions

Volunteers help source information to the service, which gives updates on wildfires and sends out alerts on threats to life and property. [...]

2025-01-14

I used the OnePlus Open for a whole year - why it's still the foldable phone to beat in 2025

OnePlus excelled with its first foldable phone, and 16 months after launch, the Open continues to challenge rivals. Here's to hoping the successor is even better. [...]