I didn’t think much of clipboard managers until I installed Ditto on a whim. Months later, it’s the tool I’d least want to lose, quietly saving me from re-typing and re-copying dozens of times a day. What’s Ditto? A free Windows tool with a surprisingly deep feature set Ditto is an open-source clipboard manager for…
Smart TVs have plenty of features, ranging in all shapes and sizes. This means that some are more valuable than others, and a lot of them aren’t automatically enabled from the start. A lot of people might not even realize what their TV can do, and I’ll admit that it’s quite frustrating to have features…
Today, we’re releasing the stable version of Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, our fastest and lowest cost ($0.10 input per 1M, $0.40 output per 1M) model in the Gemini 2.5 model family. We built 2.5 Flash-Lite to push the frontier of intelligence per dollar, with native reasoning capabilities that can be optionally toggled on for more demanding…
Android Auto has always been useful for navigation, music, and quick messages, but Gemini actions take it to a completely different level. Instead of repeating the same long voice commands every time I get in the car, I can now pin specific Gemini actions directly to Android Auto and trigger them like shortcuts. It is…
Counterfeit gadgets have been around for decades. Ever since the ’80s, when Taiwanese companies began reverse-engineering Nintendo consoles and producing unofficial clones, knockoff tech has steadily spread around the world. There’s at least one gadget below that you or someone you know has likely fallen for. I know I have. microSD cards Knockoff memory cards…
Alibaba has not commented on Anthropic’s accusations, but the company has moved to distance itself from Anthropic’s models amid ongoing scrutiny. Last Friday, Alibaba banned its employees from using Claude Code for work, the South China Morning Post reported. According to a memo SCMP reviewed, Alibaba told employees the ban came in direct response to…
Xbox once vowed to “Power Your Dreams.” These days, it just wants to keep the power — meaning the lights at its Redmond, Washington HQ — on. On Monday, new-ish Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced “the most significant restructure in Xbox history,” including the loss of 3,200 jobs (1,600 today) and four studios: Compulsion Games…
10 years ago, director Makoto Shinkai took the anime world by storm with Your Name — a film about two teenagers who swap bodies due to a mysterious phenomenon. Now, this highly influential sci-fi classic is finally returning to theaters in North America. Initially released on July 3, 2016, Your Name is rapidly approaching its…
If you’re looking for an e-reader that allows you to buy expensive bestsellers from your local independent bookshops, your research will inevitably point you to Rakuten’s Kobo eReader. But, as it turns out, this reputation is largely based on outdated methods for buying Kobo books, involving signing up for a Kobo account from bookshops’ websites….
