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Google has released Gemini 3.5 Flash, an AI model designed to close the gap between speed and intelligence, particularly for complex, multi-step agentic workflows. The model features a 1 million token context window, "th…
Haiku Basic is a suite of portable HTML applications for the Haiku operating system, consisting of Haiku Docs, Haiku Slides, and Haiku Spreadsheets, which function as simplified, browser-based alternatives to Google Docs…
Local video indexing system on a 2021 MacBook using Gemma 4 to solve the problem of searching through a year's worth of unlabeled wildlife and travel footage. The author realized that AI video editing tools are ineffecti…
The Path is a new AI therapy app co-founded by Tony Robbins and former Calm employees Anson Whitmer and Tyler Sheaffer, designed to provide safer, personalized mental health support through AI-driven audio interactions. …
At Google's I/O developer conference, the company introduced a suite of new AI agent features, including an upgraded Google Alerts service, a personal assistant called Google Spark, and a daily briefing tool in Gemini, a…
Google's 2026 update to its Antigravity AI tool automatically replaced users' existing IDE with a new standalone chatbot interface, breaking workflows and deleting chat history and settings. Users discovered that the upd…
Prompt Flow is a visual side project built with React, ReactFlow, and Zustand that allows users to design and trace algorithmic flows on a canvas, replacing spoken explanations or flat text notes. Data is stored locally …
New York City and Los Angeles County have announced a partnership to form a "bicoastal bridge" advocacy bloc, using their combined purchasing power to push automakers to continue producing electric vehicles despite indus…
Author's migration from using a structured "/scratchpad" workflow with JSON step blocks and status flags to a simpler "/note" approach for AI-assisted coding tasks. The author realized that the elaborate scaffolding of /…
In a first-person account, solo indie developer Alla Kuznetsova describes testing Google Play's 2026 I/O updates for her puzzle game, Marble Sudoku. She found that the Play Console now offers AI-powered, intent-specific …
Announcement from *The Verge*'s smart home reviewer, who is hosting a subscriber AMA (Ask Me Anything) to answer questions about robot vacuums. The reviewer, who tests a dozen robot vacuums at home, offers expertise on c…
Audi's upcoming Q9 SUV will introduce adaptive beam headlights to the US market later this year, offering brighter illumination while reducing glare for drivers and other road users. This technology, already common in Eu…
Author's experience using Google AI Studio to rapidly create three Android apps in a single afternoon by simply typing prompts, with the AI generating functional code in minutes. However, the resulting apps—a calorie cou…
Educators must shift from teaching students how to find information to teaching them how to critically evaluate the AI-generated answers they already have. It recommends practical classroom strategies, such as having stu…
Twixt is a daily word puzzle where players must transform a given start word into an end word in exactly four moves, using each of four move types—Anagram, Verb, Homophone, and Compound—exactly once in any order. Each pu…
An ex-restaurant critic and WIRED reviewer tested over two dozen meal delivery services since 2017, evaluating them on recipe quality, ease of preparation, ingredient sourcing, and dietary suitability. The article names …
Guide to the best duffel bags, updated for May 2026, with the Eastpak Duffel Pack S Tarp named as the top overall pick. It also highlights other options tailored to different needs, such as new picks from Patagonia and B…
Vivaldi 8 introduces a unified user interface revamp that gives the browser a cleaner, more polished appearance. Unlike its competitors, the update focuses on design improvements without integrating artificial intelligen…
Long-Horizon, a new tool that creates a persistent graph memory for AI coding agents, allowing them to remember past decisions, lessons, and patterns without relying on cloud services or vector databases. It installs via…
The article reviews the best Android tablets of 2026, naming the OnePlus Pad 3 as the top overall choice for its performance, display, and battery life, while highlighting the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra as the premium …