A couple of months ago I wrote about Qwen 3.6 27B running locally on my home server PC and how it was quietly closing in on the cloud. It wasn’t winning across the board, but on everyday work it was close enough that I kept reaching for it instead. So I set up a rematch,…
Perhaps one of the most important things you need to consider when buying a new smartwatch is its battery life and how compatible its battery is with your lifestyle. Do you mind charging your watch every single night or even during the day? Or would you rather it lasts for weeks? While some smartwatches are…
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Today, we’re introducing Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS, the latest text-to-speech model that delivers improved controllability, expressivity and quality — empowering developers, enterprises and everyday users to build the next generation of AI-speech applications. Starting today, 3.1 Flash TTS is rolling out: Improved speech quality and controllability We’ve improved the overall speech quality of Gemini 3.1…
Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 12B, our latest model designed to bring agentic multimodal intelligence directly to laptops. Bridging the gap between our edge-friendly E4B and our more advanced 26B Mixture of Experts (MoE), Gemma 4 12B packages powerful capabilities inside a reduced memory footprint. It is also our first mid-sized model to feature…
K. Bhagyaraj, the writer-director-actor widely regarded as one of Tamil-language cinema’s defining creative figures, died Saturday in Chennai following a cardiac arrest. He was 73. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, former actor C. Joseph Vijay, announced that Bhagyaraj’s final rites would be conducted with full state honors, describing his passing as an irreparable loss to Tamil…
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It’s true: Chainsaw Man was a major inspiration for the upcoming Disney movie, Hexed. Hexed tells the story of a young girl named Billie Doe who, after years of feeling like an outcast in her world, finally finds herself when she’s whisked away to the magical world of Hexe and discovers that she’s a witch….
Sharpen your knives one final time and head back to the kitchen for FX’s The Bear season 5, which premieres tonight on Hulu. All eight episodes will release at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. It’s a somber moment for fans because it’s the final season of The Bear. Last month, FX announced that season 5…
