Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically

Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically

Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall your “key details and preferences” and use them to personalize its output. This expands upon an update that Google introduced last year, which lets you … Read more

Don’t like GPT-5? You can still use GPT-4 and other legacy models in ChatGPT – here’s how

Don’t like GPT-5? You can still use GPT-4 and other legacy models in ChatGPT – here’s how

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model initially replaced prior models at launch last week. Due to popular demand, OpenAI is giving users access to legacy models. GPT-4o is available as a default to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users (in addition to other legacy models).  The appeal of OpenAI’s highly … Read more

Zoë Kravitz tells a wild story about nearly losing a snake in Taylor Swift’s house

Zoë Kravitz tells a wild story about nearly losing a snake in Taylor Swift’s house

If you’re going to nearly lose a pet snake anywhere, you might as well at least nearly lose it somewhere memorable. Appearing on Late Night in the clip above, Zoë Kravitz tells a story of staying at Taylor Swift’s house with her mother, actor Lisa Bonet, and how the latter’s pet snake nearly made its … Read more

Hisense Shrinks Its Giant TV, but It Still Costs a Mint

Hisense Shrinks Its Giant TV, but It Still Costs a Mint

Hisense has unveiled a “baby” version of its monstrous 116UX TV, the 100-inch 100UX. This model has a mini-LED backlight and very high brightness. The Hisense 100UX is a 4K TV with the company’s proprietary RGB (red-green-blue) backlight. Hisense says it achieves 95% of the BT.2020 color space and up to 8,000 nits peak brightness … Read more

Sam Altman’s new startup wants to merge machines and humans

Sam Altman’s new startup wants to merge machines and humans

The Financial Times reports that Altman and OpenAI are backing a new company called Merge Labs developing brain implants, making it a pretty direct rival to Musk’s Neuralink. This has clearly been an interest of Altman’s for a while though — he wrote about “the merge” between humans and machines on his personal blog back … Read more

Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink

Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink

Sam Altman is in the process of co-founding a new brain-to-computer interface startup called Merge Labs and raising funds for it with the capital possibly coming largely from OpenAI’s ventures team, unnamed sources told the Financial Times.  The startup is expected to be valued at $850 million. A source familiar with the deal tells TechCrunch … Read more

Why I recommend this Garmin watch over competing Apple, Samsung, and Google models

Why I recommend this Garmin watch over competing Apple, Samsung, and Google models

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Garmin Vivoactive 6 is available in four colors for $300. The AMOLED display is brilliant, the available activity functions are comprehensive, and the battery lasts 5-11 days. There is no altimeter, the 30 minute smart alarm interval is a bit long, and it’s a bit small for those with larger wrists. … Read more

Get the AdGuard Family Plan for £12 for life

Get the AdGuard Family Plan for £12 for life

TL;DR: Online safety for the whole family is easy with this lifetime AdGuard Family Plan, now just £11.82 with code FAMPLAN. The internet isn’t just cluttered with ads; there are also trackers and other hidden threats. AdGuard keeps you safe online by blocking intrusive ads, stopping trackers, and safeguarding your privacy across all your devices. … Read more