Google Defends AI Search Features as Publishers Report Traffic Losses
Google says its new AI Overviews haven’t hurt referral traffic. In a blog post, it explained that the number of organic clicks going out from Search has stayed more or…
Gemini AI can turn prompts into picture books, but I still prefer Paddington
Gemini’s Storybook feature lets you instantly generate 10-page illustrated storybooks You can pick art styles and themes The results can be cute but are far from the quality of beloved…
Grok rolls out AI video creator for X with bonus “spicy” mode
X’s AI video maker Grok Imagine is live for SuperGrok and Premium+ subscribers Grok Imagine turns prompts into looping six-second clips The tool includes a controversial “spicy mode” for some…
Two teens charged in attack on former DOGE official Edward “Big Balls” Coristine
Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking after allegedly attacking Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, the teenage software engineer and former Neuralink intern who became a prominent figure in the…
Can you run OpenAI’s new gpt-oss AI models on your laptop or phone? Here’s what you’ll need and how to do it
As you may have seen, OpenAI has just released two new AI models – gpt‑oss‑20b and gpt‑oss-120b – which are the first open‑weight models from the firm since GPT‑2. These…
NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1510, Thursday, August 7
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’…
This 10,000mAh power brick is incredibly small and impressively sweet-colored – and yes, we want one
INIU Pocket Rocket P5 is super small It has 10,000mAh and multiple ports It comes in macaron colors but not flavors, for obvious reasons If you like your power banks…
‘Clients are increasingly looking for unique, human creativity’ – research finds demand for creative freelancers is surging despite AI going mainstream
Many freelancers are now thriving by offering emotional nuance which AI consistently fails to deliver Visual content creation roles are rising as personal style outperforms algorithmic predictability The backlash against…
Researchers Uncover ECScape Flaw in Amazon ECS Enabling Cross-Task Credential Theft
Aug 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananDevOps / Container Security Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated an “end-to-end privilege escalation chain” in Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) that could be exploited by an attacker to…
Internet Boosts Solo Brainstorming but Reduces Idea Variety in Groups, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Report
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon examined how internet access influences creativity. The study, published in Memory & Cognition, looked at whether using Google helps or hinders people when brainstorming. While individuals…