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Gemini’s Native Image Gen Feature Can Go Beyond Removing Watermarks
Last week, Google released an experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash model that generates images natively. Thanks to Gemini 2.0 Flash’s native multimodal capabilities, you can edit images conversationally, producing highly consistent images across multiple generations. I recently tested Gemini’s native image generation feature and came away surprised by its powerful capabilities. Now, a Redditor has showcased that the experimental Gemini 2.0…
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Yikes! Plex is getting a price hike and this key feature is going behind a pay wall
Plex announced a number of updates today, and the biggest is a price increase of its Plex Pass. It’s going from $4.99 to $6.99 a month. The monthly increase is going in effect starting April 29. The subscription levels are also seeing increases with the annual plan rising from $39 to $69. The lifetime plan is leaping from $119.99 to…
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Is Microsoft’s Update a Feature or a Bug?
Microsoft’s March security update became the latest and perhaps most shocking mistake in a string of installation bugs plaguing users of the company’s Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems. Despite promoting 2025 as “the year of the PC refresh” and heavily marketing its Copilot+ PCs as “the fastest, most intelligent and most secure Windows PCs ever built,” Microsoft’s latest…
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I Tried Out Gemini’s New Native Image Gen Feature, and It’s Fricking Nuts
We have been hearing the term ‘natively multimodal‘ in the AI space for over a year, but companies were slow in unlocking full multimodal capabilities of their AI models until now. Google has finally released its latest “Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental” model with the ability to generate and edit images natively. Now, you might be wondering, what is the big…
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Build 27813 for Windows 11 removes location tracking feature in Canary Channel
Microsoft is now rolling out the Windows 11 build 27813 in the Canary Channel of the Windows Insider Program. This is a small update with some improvements and fixes, but it also hides some visual changes in the Settings app. According to the official changes, build 27813 for Windows 11 removes the “Location History” feature that Microsoft used to track…
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Why YouTube’s Time Watched Feature Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
YouTube’s Time Watched feature shows how much time you spend on the platform—but does it really? When I checked mine, the numbers seemed off. But after looking closer, I realized a big chunk wasn’t even screen time. Here’s why YouTube’s watch time stats don’t tell the whole story. My YouTube Watch Time Surprised Me—But Here’s the Catch When I checked…
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A big Pixel Watch 3 feature just got a regulatory OK — here’s what’s coming
The Google Pixel Watch 3 hit the market last year, but a significant feature was missing from the watch in the U.S.: loss of pulse detection. The feature needed to get approval from the Food and Drug Administration to be available in the United States, but Google says that OK has finally come. As noted on Google’s blog today (February…
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Turn Off Uber’s Preferred Currency Feature to Avoid a Fee
Converting between currencies when you’re traveling can make it difficult to know exactly how much you’re spending when you’re making a purchase—which, along with conversion fees, can lead to surprises when you see your card or bank statement. Uber now has a feature that’ll show you the cost of your ride in your preferred or home currency—but you’ll pay a…
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PayPal “New Address” feature abused to send phishing emails
An ongoing PayPal email scam exploits the platform’s address settings to send fake purchase notifications, tricking users into granting remote access to scammers For the past month, BleepingComputer and others [1, 2] have received emails from PayPal stating, “You added a new address. This is just a quick confirmation that you added an address in your PayPal account.” The email includes…
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Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature in the UK
Apple will no longer offer iCloud end-to-end encryption in the United Kingdom after the government requested a backdoor to access Apple customers’ encrypted cloud data. As Apple told BleepingComputer on Friday, the optional Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature introduced in December 2022 will no longer be available for new users in the U.K. starting today. This decision follows a secret order from the United Kingdom…
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