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A new study has found that adults who play certain video games report feeling less lonely and more emotionally resilient than people who don’t play games at all. The findings challenge the idea that gaming is just a way to escape from real life and instead tie specific kinds of games to real, measurable shifts in how people cope with stress and isolation. What the study found The researchers surveyed 2,252 adults aged 21 and older about their gaming habits and their emotional state. People who gravitated toward open-world games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, or…
Talking to Gemini Live no longer means starting from a blank slate every time. Google has quietly extended memory access to Gemini‘s conversational mode, allowing it to recall details from past conversations when answering new questions. What the update brings 9to5Google spotted the change on a Google support page, which describes Gemini Live gaining access to memory of past chats, plus information from select Connected Apps. With this change, Gemini Live can now hold onto specifics shared in earlier sessions, like dietary restrictions or important family dates, so users no longer have to repeat themselves. The feature is rolling out…
Apple has officially unveiled macOS 27 Golden Gate, the next major version of macOS coming to supported Macs later this year. And while last year’s macOS Tahoe update was all about giving the Mac a fresh Liquid Glass redesign, Golden Gate looks more like Apple’s cleanup and Apple Intelligence update. macOS Golden Gate is jam-packed with new features, including the redesigned Siri AI, a new standalone Siri app, Visual Intelligence on Mac, more capable Apple Intelligence features across core apps, performance improvements, and some much-needed design refinements. It is also a notable update, since Intel Macs are no longer part…
Google introduced an AI-powered editing feature in Google Photos called “Edit with Ask Photos” last year, allowing users to make photo adjustments using natural language prompts. It initially debuted in a handful of countries, but Google is now expanding support to five new markets. From four countries to nine Until now, Edit with Ask Photos was available in the US, Australia, India, and Japan. But in a recent community post, Google has announced that it is rolling out in Germany, the UK, France, Spain, and Italy. The rollout is live but gradual, so users in these regions may not see…
Google’s AI Overviews feature is reportedly presenting entries from the SCP Foundation, a popular fan fiction universe built around fake horror “anomalies,” as though they describe real creatures and events. Futurism found at least 20 cases where the AI-generated summaries skipped any mention that the SCP entries are fiction. Confusing made-up monsters as the real thing A search for “SCP-565” reportedly returned an AI Overview describing an “anomalous, ambulatory human head” that moves like a crab and is tied to forensic records and a deceased man’s identity. The summary even pointed users toward an “official” SCP document for further reading.…
Meeting transcription tools have become increasingly popular, but most require a phone, laptop, smart glasses, or a dedicated recorder. Flowtica is taking a different approach with the Scribe, a pen that can write on paper while simultaneously recording conversations and using AI to generate meeting notes and action items. It looks like a pen, but it’s really a meeting recorder At first glance, the Flowtica Scribe resembles a standard refillable gel pen. It features a metal body, supports 0.5mm and 0.7mm tips, and can be used on ordinary paper like any other writing instrument. Inside, however, is a dedicated recording…
For years, AI video tools have mostly lived outside the editing process. You generate a clip, download it, import it into your editor, and continue working. A new app called Palmier Pro aims to eliminate some of those extra steps by bringing AI directly into the video timeline. The newly launched software, available for macOS, is being marketed as a video editor that Claude can use. Instead of treating AI as a separate chatbot or content generator, Palmier is designed to let an AI assistant interact with an active video project and make changes within it. A video editor built…
Rockstar Games has finally revealed when players will be able to secure their copy of Grand Theft Auto 6. In a post published on X, the studio confirmed that GTA 6 pre-orders will open on June 25, giving fans their first official date after months of rumors and retailer leaks. The announcement arrives just over four months before the game’s scheduled launch on November 19, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. So far, two trailers of the game have been released, giving us a glimpse at the protagonists Jason and Lucia and the modern-day Vice City setting. The…
With Grand Theft Auto 6 now just months away, Rockstar Games is giving longtime Grand Theft Auto 5 players a reason to revisit Los Santos. The company has announced that owners of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of GTA 5 will receive a free upgrade to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game. The move comes as Rockstar ramps up excitement for GTA 6, which is currently scheduled to launch on November 19 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. Previously, upgrading from the older console versions to the current-generation release required a separate…
Intel’s efforts to rebuild its chipmaking business may have landed its biggest customer yet. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the United States, a deal that could significantly strengthen Intel’s foundry ambitions. The announcement does not come out of the blue. Earlier reports indicated that Apple and Intel had been discussing a manufacturing partnership for more than a year and had already begun working together on select chip production projects. A major customer win for Intel Trump announced the agreement in a post on Truth…