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If you’ve ever wished to turn your research notes into something more visually appealing than slides, Google’s NotebookLM just made that a reality. The latest update for the research assistant upgrades its Video Overviews feature, allowing it to create “cinematic” videos based on your notes. When Google first debuted Video Overviews last year, the feature could only create basic narrated slideshows from your notes. With the new “Cinematic Video Overviews,” NotebookLM can now “create unique, immersive videos tailored to you.” Google says that this new functionality relies on a trio of advanced AI models, including Gemini 3, Nano Banana Pro,…

The Samsung Galaxy S26, OnePlus 15, and Google Pixel 10 all land within shouting distance of each other on price, run the same operating system, and target roughly the same buyer. But spend any real time with them and it becomes clear that each one is making a completely different argument for why you should hand over your money. This piece breaks down where each phone genuinely earns its price tag — hardware, software, cameras, battery, and everything in between — so you don’t have to figure it out the hard way. Price and availability The Galaxy S26 and OnePlus…

The new MacBook Neo is Apple’s first move in the budget laptop space, and for $599, it’s hard to argue with the value. But tucked into the fine print are a few quirks worth knowing before you pull the trigger. One of those quirks is that despite featuring two USB ports, only one of them supports output to an external display. Thankfully, Apple has also built in a solution that stops users from plugging the monitor into the wrong port. Two ports, but not equal The MacBook Neo’s two USB-C ports are not the same. The first port supports USB…

OpenAI has quietly shipped one of its most meaningful ChatGPT updates in a while. GPT-5.3 Instant isn’t a flashy new model with headline-grabbing benchmark scores. Instead, it fixes the everyday friction points that made GPT-5.2 Instant feel like an overbearing mother rather than an assistant. Fewer lectures, more answers If you’ve ever asked ChatGPT a slightly sensitive question and gotten a three-paragraph disclaimer before the answer, you know what I’m talking about. GPT-5.2 Instant had a habit of responding like it was deeply concerned about your life choices or outright refusing to answer. Its tone felt overbearing and sometimes even…

Android‘s Find Hub now lets you share your lost luggage’s precise location directly with airlines. The feature arrives just as holiday travel hits its peak and bags inevitably go missing. You generate a secure link from a compatible tracker tag and paste it into an airline’s baggage claim form. More than 10 major global carriers including Lufthansa, Air India, and Scandinavian Airlines already accept these links. It puts location control in your hands instead of forcing you to wait for airport staff to conduct manual searches. How the Find Hub location sharing works The feature creates a secure bridge between…

As an astronaut, you have to prepare for all kinds of eventualities, whether it’s staying in orbit for nine months longer than expected due to problems with your spacecraft, or cutting short a space station mission due to a health emergency. And if you’re one of the four Artemis II astronauts, you also need a great deal of composure as you wait patiently for NASA to ready your rocket for what will be the most significant crewed space flight in half a century. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen had been…

Apple has introduced the MacBook Neo, a new entry-level laptop designed to bring macOS to a much wider audience. Positioned below the MacBook Air, the device marks Apple’s first attempt in years to launch a truly affordable MacBook instead of relying on older models to fill the budget segment. The laptop debuted during Apple’s March product announcements alongside the new M5 MacBook Air and updated MacBook Pro models powered by the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The MacBook Neo starts at around $599, making it the cheapest MacBook Apple currently sells through its official stores. The device features a…

After months of leaks and rumors, Apple has finally taken the wraps off the MacBook Neo. While much of the buzz surrounding it focuses on specs and pricing, Apple has quietly delivered something just as significant with its new budget notebook. The MacBook Neo is officially the company’s greenest product yet. Apple says the MacBook Neo packs the highest percentage of recycled content of any product it has shipped to date. In its product environmental report, the company reveals that the notebook contains 60% recycled content, including: Beyond materials, Apple reports that 45% of the manufacturing electricity for the MacBook…

The launch of a new Bungie game is upon us as Marathon, the studio’s Y2K sci-fi extraction FPS, launches tomorrow, on Thursday, March 5. Ahead of its launch, we have all the details you need to know about hopping in on release day, pre-loading the game today, when the game’s servers go live, and more. Everything You Need To Know About Marathon’s Launch Below, we’ll list all of the things you might have questions about related to Marathon’s launch on March 5. If you haven’t already, read about the post-Server Slam feedback and changes being made to Marathon, and then check out…

For years, Apple has leaned on student discounts to lower the barrier to entry and quietly funnel the next generation of phone, tablet, and laptop buyers into its ecosystem. The newly launched MacBook Neo feels like the next evolution of that strategy. Despite all its shortcomings, the Neo’s more affordable price tag makes the jump into macOS easier to justify for students who would otherwise default to cheap Windows laptops or Chromebooks. If Apple’s long-term game is to lock in loyalty early, the MacBook Neo might just be the perfect bait to catch them young. Hook: The price Apple has…