Google pairs its Genie world model with Street View to create explorable AI worlds based on real places

Google Deepmind connects its Genie 3 world model to Street View imagery: users drop a pin on a map and get a walkable, AI-generated world based on a real place. Google's Street View data, collect [...]

What the hell is going on with Subnautica 2?

If I had to describe the status of Subnautica 2 in just three words, it would be these: messy, messy, messy. That’s not to say the game itself is in terrible shape — this is actually a pivotal cla [...]

How to improve your smartphone photography

These days, thanks to smartphones, almost everyone has a camera with them and that’s mostly a good thing. At any time, you can capture memories with family and friends, painterly sunsets and crazy s [...]

Google tweaked its AI-powered Ask Photos feature and restarted its rollout

Google has improved its AI-powered Ask Photos feature and is restarting its rollout to eligible users in the US. The company paused the launch of Ask Photos in early June over issues with latency and [...]

Meta will shut down VR Horizon Worlds access in June

Horizon Worlds, Meta's first pass at a metaverse, will be inaccessible via virtual reality headset after June 15, 2026. The company shared plans to separate Horizon Worlds from Quest VR platform [...]

Baidu just dropped an open-source multimodal AI that it claims beats GPT-5 and Gemini

Baidu Inc., China's largest search engine company, released a new artificial intelligence model on Monday that its developers claim outperforms competitors from Google and OpenAI on several visio [...]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ third season falls short of its second

This is a spoiler-free preview of the first five episodes of season three.<br /> Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ended its second season with arguably the single strongest run of any streaming-era [...]

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, a cheaper AI model for coding, agents and enterprise workflows

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, a model the company says delivers nearly all the intelligence of its top-of-the-line Claude Fable 5 at half the cost — a launch that signals how the AI ra [...]

The best digital frames for 2025

Making a good digital picture frame should be easy. All you need is a good screen and an uncomplicated way to get your favorite photos onto the device. Combine that with an inoffensive, frame-like des [...]