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We recently learned that Google was prepping a new feature that would allow users to ask Gemini questions about their NotebookLM notebooks. Although Google still hasn’t made anything official, this feature now appears to be rolling out to users. According to recent X posts from Sai Nemani and TestingCatalog, the attachment menu in Gemini on the web now includes a NotebookLM button. This option lets users attach a notebook and ask Gemini questions about the attached notebook to get more relevant responses. TestingCatalog reports that the feature lets users attach multiple notebooks as sources. In addition, the NotebookLM integration works…

Google is rolling out a major upgrade to Translate, using its Gemini AI models to deliver more natural text translations, real-time speech translation through headphones, and expanded language-learning tools. The changes aim to help users understand not just words, but intent, tone, and cultural nuance. What Happened: Google Translate Gets Gemini-Powered Text and Live Speech Translation Google has begun deploying state-of-the-art translation improvements across Google Search and the Translate app, powered by Gemini. The most immediate change is smarter text translation that better understands context, idioms, slang, and local expressions. Instead of literal word-for-word translations, Gemini analyzes meaning and intent…

ChatGPT just got a massive upgrade with the rollout of OpenAI’s latest GPT-5.2 model, bringing faster, smarter responses and improved reasoning and long-document processing. However, the new model doesn’t come with the adult mode CEO Sam Altman promised earlier this year. Back in October, Altman outlined plans to bring back a less restrictive version of ChatGPT that would have a more expressive personality similar to GPT-4o. At the time, he also teased an adult mode that would “allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.” We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health…

Samsung’s upcoming devices could get more expensive, and the price hike may extend beyond its flagship Galaxy S26 series. A report from early last month suggested that the company could raise prices of its next-gen flagships due to rising costs of key components like SoCs, camera modules, and RAM. Now, a new tip indicates that the South Korean giant may soon increase the prices of existing Galaxy A models in one market, fueling speculation that its next-gen A series devices could see similar hikes. According to a recent post by tipster Abhishek Yadav on X (via SamMobile), Samsung reportedly plans…

I just finished a group video call with my siblings in an utterly dark cabin surrounded by pine trees. And for the first time, I didn’t hear a complaint that goes something like “please turn up the brightness, I can’t see your darn face.”  It was the same Mac as usual, my go-to video call app, and a familiar cellular internet situation. The only difference this time around was the new display-driven light fill feature that has arrived with the macOS 26.2 update, which is now rolling out widely to Mac users.  Apple calls it Edge Light. Think of it…

Google is quietly laying the groundwork to turn Health Connect into a far more comprehensive health hub on Android, going well beyond basic fitness tracking. New discoveries in recent Android builds show changes to the interface, smarter permission controls, and early signs of support for tracking alcohol intake and medical symptoms. Health Connect Gets Smarter and More Central in Android What happened: Health Connect, Google’s backend service for syncing your health apps, is getting a serious glow-up in Android 16. It started back in 2022 as a way to just move data around, but now it’s becoming much more powerful.…

Google is trying out a major tweak to how AI works inside Chrome, specifically by mashing up Google Lens with the browser’s native AI side panel. Right now, this is popping up in Chrome Canary – the experimental playground where Google tests new features before they go mainstream. The big shift here is that Lens isn’t just acting as a standalone tool for looking up images anymore. Instead, it now triggers Chrome’s full AI interface right in the side panel, blending image search, page reading, and chat into one unified spot. In this new setup, activating Lens does more than…

SpaceX livestreams every single one of its rocket launches, most of them involving its workhorse Falcon 9 vehicle. The vast majority of the Falcon 9 launches take place from Florida’s Space Coast, but the company also uses Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for occasional missions. Its latest launch from the West Coast took place on Saturday, with a Falcon 9 deploying 27 Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit. It was the ninth flight for this particular first-stage booster, which previously launched SDA T1TL-B, SDA T1TL-C, and now seven Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the rocket’s first stage landed on…

Amazon is trying to solve the biggest headache of reading a long novel: forgetting who everyone is but being too scared to Google it. The company just launched Ask this Book, a new tool for the Kindle iOS app in the U.S. that acts like a spoiler-free guide, keeping you in the story without breaking your flow. What Happened: Kindle Gets an In-Book AI Reading Assistant If you are reading on an iPhone, the Kindle app just got a lot smarter. Amazon quietly rolled out Ask this Book, which lets you query the text directly. Instead of closing the app…

If you’ve nothing better to do in the run-up to Christmas, then how about enjoying a mesmerizing hour-long video of a humanoid robot sorting packages? The clip was posted by the founder and CEO of Figure AI, the California-based company behind the Figure humanoid robot. Brett Adcock was responding to a post on X by AI commentator Mehmet Aykul, in which he questioned the ability of Figure’s robot to handle “boring” tasks like sorting “10,000 messy packages without a single error.” Adcock shot back with a video showing Figure sorting packages for a full 60 minutes, adding: “Boring enough for…