2025-08-16

Tencent's X-Omni uses open source components to challenge GPT-4o image generation

Tencent's X-Omni team shows how reinforcement learning can fix the usual weaknesses of hybrid image AI systems. The model excels at rendering long texts in images and sometimes sets new performan [...]

2025-08-16

How to use (or turn off) your Instagram Map

Instagram Map, the new Instagram feature copying Snapchat's Snap Map, makes it simple to share your location with friends. So simple you might not understand who you're sharing it without di [...]

2025-08-16

A brilliant puzzle-platformer, Enter the Gungeon on mobile and other new indie games worth checking out

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. Quite a few intriguing games dropped this week and some high-profile ones have been ported to more platforms. Before we get [...]

2025-08-16

ChatGPT's Boss Says You Still Shouldn't Trust It as Your Main Source of Information

The popular chatbot can offer a second opinion but it's still far from perfectly accurate, according to an OpenAI exec. [...]

2025-08-15

Why on Earth would NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?

"Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon" is not a headline I imagined reading before last week. Sure, as a sci-fi loving nerd, I could see a future where nuclear power played a role i [...]

2025-08-15

Tencent releases "Hunyuan World Model 1.0-Lite" for faster, resource-efficient 3D scene generation

Tencent has released Hunyuan World Model 1.0, an open-source generative AI model that creates 3D virtual scenes from text or image prompts.<br /> The article Tencent releases "Hunyuan World [...]

2025-08-15

iOS 26 public beta 2 is now available to download: Everything to know about Apple's iPhone updates

Liquid Glass is a huge new change coming to iOS 26. (Apple)<br /> At the iPhone event expected next month (here's what to expect), Apple will finally announce when we can download iOS 26 on [...]

2025-08-15

The $100 open-ear headphones that made me forget about my Shokz

The OpenRock S2 deliver some of the best sound I've heard from open-style earbuds, with a design that stays comfortable during workouts. [...]

2025-08-15

Louisiana Attorney General has filed a "Child Protection" lawsuit against Roblox

The state of Louisiana is suing online gaming platform Roblox, alleging that it fails to adequately protect its majority underage user base from online predators. In the state’s lawsuit, they allege [...]