You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t available yet
You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t available yet

The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren’t quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that’s down to programming. But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate. The first sets don’t ship with a number of their sensors enabled, including the […]

Canva can now turn a flat AI image into a fully editable design in seconds

You prompt an AI, it hands you a stunning image, and then — nothing. No layers, no editable text, no way forward without starting over. Canva’s Magic Layers is specifically built to fix that exact, maddening dead end.
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Tembo is a playful drum machine that thinks it’s a checkerboard
Tembo is a playful drum machine that thinks it’s a checkerboard

Tembo looks like a toy, but one of those bougie wooden toys you get on Crate & Kids, not some cheap plastic garbage. Despite its appearance, it is a fully functional drum machine and sampler. Rather than a bunch of buttons and a screen, you build beats on Tembo by placing what are essentially wooden […]

Framework raises RAM and storage prices again
Framework raises RAM and storage prices again

For the fourth month in a row, Framework is increasing prices on RAM and storage for its modular PCs due to ongoing shortages from suppliers. An update to Framework’s blog on Tuesday states that DDR5 RAM will now cost $13 to $18 per GB, up from February’s rate of $12 to $16 per GB. This […]

Chatbots encouraged ‘teens’ to plan shootings in study
Chatbots encouraged ‘teens’ to plan shootings in study

AI companies have repeatedly promised safeguards to protect younger users, but a new investigation suggests those guardrails remain woefully deficient. Popular chatbots missed warning signs in scenarios involving teenagers discussing violent acts, in some cases even offering encouragement instead of intervening. The findings come from a joint investigation by CNN and the nonprofit Center for […]

Facebook Messenger will use AI to read your chats and save you from scams

Meta is rolling out AI-powered scam detection on Messenger and new warnings for suspicious friend requests on Facebook.
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The Witcher 4 will bring a massive visual boost thanks to Nvidia RTX Mega Geometry

The next Witcher game will adopt Nvidia’s RTX Mega Geometry system, which is designed to handle extremely complex scenes in ray-traced environments.
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Asus chief says the MacBook Neo shock will push PC brands to level up their game

Asus’s co-CEO says Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo is a “shock” to the PC industry, and the entire Windows ecosystem is scrambling to figure out how to compete with it.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams
Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger get new ways to protect users from scams

Meta is adding more scam detection tools to Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp that can help users protect their accounts. In its announcement, Meta says the new features aim to alert users about suspicious activities before they engage with them, such as unrecognized friend requests and device linking notifications, because “we know that scammers try to […]

Chrome’s Gemini side panel now speaks your language

Google expands Chrome’s Gemini side panel to India, New Zealand, and Canada with support for 50+ languages including Hindi, French, and Spanish.
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