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I used Google Veo to bring my selfies and photos to life - and things got hilariously weird

zdnet.com Tiernan Ray 2026-01-20 22:26:00

Tiernan Ray / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Google this week made available the latest iteration of its Veo video-generation tool to users of its Gemini artificial intelligence program who have a "Pro" or "Ultra" account. Also: I used Google's Flow AI to create my own videos with sound and dialogue - Here's how it went Veo has been available in preview for some time now. What's new with the latest implementation is the ability to begin your video by uploading a still image to serve as the init

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Show HN: FFmpeg in plain English – LLM-assisted FFmpeg in the browser

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-17 03:32:49

AI will craft the command and you can run it right in the browser. Waiting for FFmpeg to load... Add new input file submit Examples: “Keep the first 20 seconds of the video”, "Extract the audio into an mp3 file", "Mix the audio from the mp3 file into the video file, keep the length of the video!" Run ✅ Finished

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New Video-Generating AI Trained 100 Percent on Public Domain Films

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-21 08:00:38

Few tech products have been as broadly contentious as video-generating artificial intelligence. These complex algorithms, which cleave millions of datapoints together into seconds-long gobs of video, are notoriously trained on proprietary material, leading to widespread ethical and legal concerns. (That's before we even mention how much energy it takes to synthesize an AI video.) Tech billionaires tend to argue that this is simply the way things need to be — if you want AI, we need to feed it

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Lost Chapter of Automate the Boring Stuff: Audio, Video, and Webcams in Python

news.ycombinator.com Al Sweigart 2026-01-20 22:45:45

The third edition of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is now available for purchase or to read for free online. It has updated content and several new chapters, but one chapter that was left on the cutting room floor was "Working with Audio, Video, and Webcams". I present the 26-page rough draft chapter in this blog, where you can learn how to write Python code that records and plays multimedia content. Working with Audio, Video, and Webcams These days a smartphone is a portable film st

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YouTube’s Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2026-01-20 23:00:46

Remember “Baby Shark Dance?” How about “Gangnam Style?” Those videos were among the most inescapable offerings of the YouTube canon, pumped into our lives by the last vestige of the internet monoculture: the Trending page. Now, a full decade since it was first introduced, YouTube announced it is ending its effort to inject top videos into everyone’s feeds, opting instead to highlight popular content in specific niches. In a blog post, the company admits that the internet ecosystem has changed c

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Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified

wired.com Dhruv Mehrotra 2026-01-22 17:23:55

The United States Department of Justice this week released nearly 11 hours of what it described as “full raw” surveillance footage from a camera positioned nearby Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell the night before he was found dead. The release was intended to address conspiracy theories about Epstein’s apparent suicide in federal custody. But instead of putting those suspicions to rest, it may fuel them further. Metadata embedded in the video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics e

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The best Amazon Prime Day camera deals you can still get during the last day of the sale

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-23 08:16:26

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Amazon Prime Day is always a key period for camera buyers as any discount on such a major purchase is always helpful. Despite the tariffs, this year's sale is particularly strong for photography buffs, with big discounts on most of the major brands including some that don't normally of

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How to Easily Watch YouTube Videos Offline

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-23 22:00:03

There's a good chance you've used YouTube to watch a video at least once in the past month. Over 2.7 billion people use the online video platform every month, according to research from the digital marketing firm Global Media Insight. If you're going somewhere with limited internet or just trying to conserve data on your phone plan, you might want to download some YouTube videos to entertain yourself. Luckily, there are a few ways you can download YouTube videos to watch offline. Subscribing to

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Why I recommend this 8K pocket camera over traditional shooters - especially at this price

zdnet.com Ant Pruitt 2026-01-24 03:00:15

ZDNET's key takeaways The Insta360 X5 delivers fantastic image quality and retails for $549. The improved waterproof and build quality are useful upgrades. I just wish the lens didn't scratch as easily. View now at Amazon For Amazon Prime Day, you can save $30 on the Insta360 X5, bringing the new price down to $519. Almost exactly a year later, the team at Insta360 is back with its latest 360-degree camera: the X5. I previously tested the X4 during a college campus visit with my family and w

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The best Amazon Prime Day camera deals you can still get right now

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-25 03:00:35

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Amazon Prime Day is always a good time to buy a camera as it helps make a major purchase far more palatable. If you've been looking to upgrade your current equipment or get one as a gift, there are a large number of stellar deals available. Many of those deals come from the major bran

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This video doorbell camera successfully replaced my Ring with no subscription (and it's on sale)

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-25 03:19:56

ZDNET's key takeaways The Eufy Security Video Doorbell E340 is normally available for $150 but is currently on sale. This doorbell features two cameras to give you complete visibility of the person at your door and any packages left on your porch, all with no monthly fees. Although the doorbell comes with 8GB of built-in local storage (enough for up to 60 days of event recordings), you need to add a Eufy Security HomeBase to get the most out of it. View now at Amazon View now at Eufy more buyi

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Reolink Altas Review: As Good as a Battery-Powered Security Camera Gets

gizmodo.com Wes Davis 2026-01-25 03:00:33

I find cameras bolted onto my home supremely useful, although maybe not for the reasons I’m expected to. Yes, I care whether a camera reliably detects that someone is on my porch, but it’s not about break-ins—I mostly want to know when my packages have been delivered. Otherwise, I want a security camera to reliably record, be easy to use, last a long time on a charge, and not need a cloud subscription to work. So far, after more than a week with the Reolink Altas, the battery-powered Wi-Fi camer

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Over 40 Million AI Videos Have Been Made With Google Veo 3 Since May: How My Expert Testing Went

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-25 02:05:04

Google's most advanced AI video model continues to be dominant. Veo 3 made a splash when it was released at Google I/O in May, boasting one big, audible difference from other AI video generators: It can create sound, synchronized to a scene's action. And people have been taking advantage of it -- more than 40 million Veo 3 videos have been created in the last seven weeks, across Gemini and its new filmmaker-focused tool called Flow, Google said in a blog post on Thursday. Upgrades like the ones

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Don’t look now, but YouTube’s video player has a new design

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-25 08:23:03

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube appears to be rolling out or testing a new UI design for its player on the web. The new design places the video controls into bubbles. This UI change was first spotted back in April. Every now and then, YouTube tries to update its look to mixed results. You may remember the backlash the company got last year when it tried to relocate the video title, description, and comments section to the right side panel. Well, the video platform is at it again

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YouTube’s ‘Trending’ section is about to disappear

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-25 08:00:00

YouTube is preparing to sunset the Trending section that shows users which videos are currently going viral on the platform. The Trending page and Trending Now list will be removed within the “next couple of weeks,” according to YouTube, with the platform shifting its attention toward expanding YouTube Charts, which rank top-performing content. YouTube is directing users to lean on personalized recommendations and YouTube Charts to explore new videos ahead of the Trending page’s removal. YouTub

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YouTube is getting rid of its Trending page and Trending Now list

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-25 08:00:00

YouTube is removing its Trending page and Trending Now list in favor of category-specific charts, the company announced on Thursday. With this change, YouTube is moving away from the single, all-encompassing list for trending content to now just displaying the most popular content in specific categories on YouTube Charts. The platform says the update better aligns with the way trending content is discovered today, noting that when the Trending page launched in 2015, it was a lot simpler to capt

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You May See Less AI Slop After YouTube Enacts New Video Policies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-25 11:45:13

YouTube plans to make a change to its monetization policy on July 15 that appears to target "inauthentic" content. The change may be aimed at helping slow down the flood of AI-generated content on the platform to make it easier for viewers to find higher-quality videos. The company says in a short support post, "On July 15, 2025, YouTube is updating our guidelines to better identify mass-produced and repetitious content." In a follow-up video message, video creator and YouTube editorial and cr

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Gemini can now transform your boring stills into lifelike videos

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-25 17:00:44

TL;DR Gemini will now let you generate videos from existing images using its Veo3 model. Google says you can also use actual photos to transform them into videos. Veo3 will limit the output to eight-second clips in 720p resolution. If you’ve recently come across any realistic-looking videos with bizarre tropes, chances are they were generated using Google’s Veo3 AI video generation in Gemini. Its outstanding continuity of video frames, the ability to automatically generate audio, and seamless

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YouTube starts rolling out redesigned video player that gives off Liquid Glass vibes [Gallery]

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2026-01-25 17:39:26

YouTube is rolling out, or at least widely testing, a new video player design for its web experience that feels much different. YouTube has looked, in many ways, roughly the same for a long time. That includes with the video player, which has had basically the same design for years. When changes do arrive, they’re usually met with passionate response. In some cases, UI changes make it through such as the rounded corners redesign that rolled out back in 2023. In other cases, they’re canned due t

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Google's Gemini app can now generate videos from static images

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-25 17:00:52

Starting today, Google is bringing image-to-video generation to the Gemini app. The feature comes courtesy of the company's Veo 3 model, which Google began rolling out more broadly to AI Pro users last week after it was initially only available to AI Ultra subscribers. Google To start using Gemini's image-to-video generation, click the "tools" option in the prompt bar and then select "video." Google is currently limiting Veo 3 to producing eight-second clips at 720p. Gemini will output your re

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Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-25 17:02:08

wGoogle's Veo 3 videos have propagated across the Internet since the model's debut in May, blurring the line between truth and fiction. Now, it's getting even easier to create these AI videos. The Gemini app is gaining photo-to-video generation, allowing you to upload a photo and turn it into a video. You don't have to pay anything extra for these Veo 3 videos, but the feature is only available to subscribers of Google's Pro and Ultra AI plans. When Veo 3 launched, it could conjure up a video b

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Gemini AI can now turn photos into videos

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-25 17:00:00

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Google just launched a new Gemini AI feature that lets you transform photos into video clips. The new photo-to-video capability is powered by Google’s Veo 3 video model, and it can transform reference images into eight-second videos complete with AI-generated audio, including background noises, environmental sounds, and speech. The Gemini v

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Google adds image-to-video generation capability to Veo 3

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-25 17:00:00

Google said on Thursday it’s adding an image-to-video generation feature to its Veo 3 AI video generator through its Gemini app. The company had already rolled out this feature in its AI-powered video tool called Flow, which was launched in May at Google’s I/O developer conference. After launching Veo 3-powered video generation in May, Google made the feature available in over 150 countries as of last week. At the moment, only Google AI Ultra and Google AI Pro plan users can generate videos wi

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Aqara’s G410 Doorbell Camera Hub launches with HomeKit Secure Video, Matter, and RTSP support

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-01-26 17:40:00

Aqara has announced the release of its new Doorbell Camera hub, the Aqara G410 (use code AQARAUS7 to save 15% through 7/13). This smart video doorbell also functions as a Matter smart home hub. For those of us in the Apple ecosystem, the standout feature is full support for HomeKit Secure Video and Matter, making it one of the few battery-powered doorbells on the market to support Apple’s smart home video storage feature. Some of my favorite gear Aqara Smart Lock U50 Upgrade your doors with App

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The best webcams for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-26 16:00:35

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Whether you're working from home, streaming on Twitch or just catching up with friends and family on Zoom, a good webcam can make a huge difference. Built-in laptop cameras still leave a lot to be desired — most struggle with low light, color accuracy and sharpness — which is why upgra

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Aqara’s feature-packed G410 video doorbell is now available

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2026-01-26 16:34:06

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Aqara’s successor to the popular G4 video doorbell is now available to buy. The $129.99 G410, announced in January, remains one of the few (only?) doorbells to support Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video and both wireless and hardwired installations, while adding an absolute ton of new features to make it one of the most capable video doorbell

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Prime Day Is the Prime Time to Add a SanDisk Memory Card to Your Camera or Laptop for Peanuts

gizmodo.com Mike Fazioli 2026-01-28 06:50:02

It’s not here quite yet but the day may come when SanDisk enters that rarified category of brands that are synonymous with their entire product category, like Kleenex or Band-Aids or Popsicles. When you think of a SD card to add to your camera, laptop, or other device, you think of SanDisk, and Prime Day is a great time to think of adding a SanDisk or two to your tech collection now that the 256GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II model is just $53. SanDisk did not come by its stellar reputation lightly.

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This video doorbell camera successfully replaced my Ring with no subscription - and it's on sale

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2026-01-28 12:01:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Eufy Security Video Doorbell E340 is normally available for $180 but is currently on sale. This doorbell features two cameras to give you complete visibility of the person at your door and any packages left on your porch, all with no monthly fees. Although the doorbell comes with 8GB of built-in local storage (enough for up to 60 days of event recordings), you need to add a Eufy Security HomeBase to get the most out of it. View now at Amazon View now at Eufy more buyi

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The best doorbell cameras

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2026-01-28 12:47:03

Editor’s note: Amazon Prime Day 2025 is officially underway. If you’re looking to make the most of the four-day shopping extravaganza, we’ve put together a guide to the best Prime Day deals you can get. With a smart video doorbell, your front door’s communication skills go from 1980s landline to a modern smartphone. Combining a motion-activated camera with a microphone, speaker, and buzzer, a doorbell camera sends alerts to your phone, allowing you to see who’s at the door without needing to op

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A Flustered Pam Bondi Tries to Explain Why a Minute Was Missing From the Epstein Jail Video

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-30 22:50:32

Attorney General Pam Bondi was asked by reporters Tuesday about Jeffrey Epstein, causing President Donald Trump, who was sitting near her at the White House, to become indignant that anyone was still asking about the sex offender who was found dead in a jail cell in 2019. Bondi gave a very confusing response about both her past comments on Epstein and a one-minute gap in the video released by the U.S. Department of Justice. But only after Trump berated the reporter for even asking about Epstein

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I used Google Veo to bring my selfies and photos to life - and things got hilariously weird

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