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Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-18 17:29:03

Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM now lets users customize the tone of their Audio Overviews, which are podcasts with AI virtual hosts that summarize and discuss documents shared with NotebookLM, such as course readings or legal briefs. When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted as a “Deep Dive,” “Brief,” “Critique,” or “Debate.” A Deep Dive features conversational dialogues where two AI hosts unpack the t

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Google's NotebookLM now lets you customize your AI podcasts in tone and length

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-19 05:51:02

NotebookLM/Screenshot by Nina Raemont ZDNET's key takeaways NotebookLM introduced new audio formats on Wednesday. The formats offer users more interactive, customizable information distillation. The tool could save students and workers time. Google's NotebookLM audio overview feature went viral because it uses AI to create engaging, realistic podcasts from your content. The feature just got a facelift, making it even more helpful, allowing you to customize the podcast to suit your needs eve

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NotebookLM can now argue with itself over your notes

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-20 05:27:33

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM is adding new Audio Overview formats: Brief, Critique, and Debate. Each format changes how two AI hosts present your notes, from summaries to arguments. The update is rolling out now. NotebookLM has quickly become a favorite of ours. We’ve used it to cut through everything from apartment contracts to car manuals, and it’s consistently proven to be one of Google’s most practical AI tools. But it’s also got a creative side, especially with its p

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Klarna revives IPO plans, aims to raise $1.27B

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2025-10-21 13:30:52

Swedish buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) startup Klarna and its shareholders are reviving its initial public offering, hoping to raise as much as $1.27 billion in a listing that would value the company at up to $14 billion. The company and some of its shareholders are together selling approximately 34.3 million shares between $35 and $37 each, the company said in an update to its registration statement on Tuesday. Klarna would receive proceeds from about 5.6 million shares, while its shareholders are

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Klarna aims to raise up to $1.27 billion in U.S. IPO

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal Ryan Browne 2025-10-22 06:47:35

The Klarna Bank AB logo appears on a smartphone screen in this illustration photo in Reno, United States, on December 30, 2024. Swedish fintech firm Klarna is looking to raise up to $1.27 billion in its long-awaited U.S. initial public offering, according to an official filing out on Tuesday. Klarna plans to offer 34,311,274 ordinary shares priced between $35 and $37 each. The offering will value the company up to $14 billion, according to CNBC calculations. The company will list its shares o

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Starlink's New Customer Deal: Get Half-Off a Dish and Hundreds in Year-One Savings

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-24 20:30:00

For people living in rural areas or places where traditional internet providers don't reach, Starlink has been a game changer. The satellite-powered service makes reliable connectivity possible in areas that were often left out. Now, the company is making it even more affordable for new customers to sign up with the lowest monthly prices we've seen so far. The Starlink standard kit is currently available for $175 - half off its usual $349 cost. Unlike previous discounts that were restricted to

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Infamous ‘Erin Brockovich’ Toxin Polluted Air for Months After LA Fires

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-26 12:00:29

The January wildfires left many scars on the city of Los Angeles, from rubble-reduced homes to torched abandoned vehicles. Though cleanup crews quickly cleared much of the debris, one alarming invisible impact lingered over the city for months, a new study suggests. In late March—more than two months after the flames died out—researchers detected levels of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (a.k.a. chromium-6) 200 times greater than baseline levels for LA air. If this pollutant sounds familiar, y

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Powerful GPUs or Fast Interconnects: Analyzing Relational Workloads

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 05:48:51

Authors: Marko Kabić, Bowen Wu, Jonas Dann, Gustavo Alonso Abstract In this study we explore the impact of different combinations of GPU models (RTX3090, A100, H100, GraceHoppers - GH200) and interconnects (PCIe 3.0, PCIe 4.0, PCIe 5.0, and NVLink 4.0) on various relational data analytics workloads (TPC-H, H2O-G, ClickBench). We present MaxBench, a comprehensive framework designed for benchmarking, profiling, and modeling these workloads on GPUs. Beyond delivering detailed performance metrics,

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Apple study shows LLMs also benefit from the oldest productivity trick in the book

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-02 23:53:37

In a new study co-authored by Apple researchers, an open-source large language model (LLM) saw big performance improvements after being told to check its own work by using one simple productivity trick. Here are the details. A bit of context After an LLM is trained, its quality is usually refined further through a post-training step known as reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF). With RLHF, every time a model gives an answer, human labelers can either give it a thumbs up, which re

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You can customize your NotebookLM Audio Overview outputs in-app now - here's how

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-11-05 04:43:44

peshkov/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways: The NotebookLM app now offers new customization options. The platform is positioned as an AI-powered research assistant. More updates can be expected soon, according to the platform. The NotebookLM mobile app just got a little more customizable. You can now specify more elements within the Google-owned platform's Audio Overview tool, which debuted in September of

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What are OKLCH colors?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-05 05:32:04

What are OKLCH colors? OKLCH is a newer color model that is designed to be perceptually uniform. This means that colors are much more accurate in terms of how humans perceive them and it makes working with them much easier. Color Models Before being able to understand how OKLCH differs from the other color models, it is important to understand some of the basic color concepts. Color models are systems to describe colors. These include RGB, HSL, LCH, OKLCH and more. The model determines how e

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David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

news.ycombinator.com Rob Baker 2025-10-31 13:27:33

The illustrator and artist David Klein is best known today for his glorious posters for the Howard Hughes owned Trans World Airlines in the 1950s and 1960s. TWA at the time was one of the world’s most well known and admired airlines. It became the first airline to hire an African-American stewardess, the first to show in-flight movies and one of the first to start using the Boeing 747 or the ‘Jumbo Jet’ as it quickly became known. In 1962, TWA opened their revolutionary and still acclaimed JFK t

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The Pixel Watch 4 can track 12 new sports, and I’m really excited about one of them

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-07 02:30:08

TL;DR The Google Pixel Watch 4 adds support for 12 new sport modes. The watch now tracks more than 50 unique activity types. Among the added sports is Pickleball, a widely popular court sport that I love. The Pixel Watch 4 just gave athletes and casual movers even more reasons to lace up. Google’s latest smartwatch now supports tracking for more than 50 sports and activities, up from just over 40 on the previous generation. That’s a solid bump for anyone who likes to dabble in different worko

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Best Outdoor Games to Play in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-14 18:10:00

Pickleball started to gain attention during the COVID-19 pandemic when people discovered it was a sport that could be played outdoors. Pickleball is a mix of tennis, ping-pong and badminton and is played using a tennis net, wooden paddles and a small ball. It can be played with two people (similar to tennis) or four people with two players making up one team. It's the ideal game to play if you have enough people at your get-together and the best part is it often comes in portable kits. The Fran

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Starlink Deal Makes Satellite Dish 50% Cheaper for New Customers. Here's How It Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 23:45:02

Starlink's satellite-based internet service has been a popular solution for people outside of traditional ISPs' service areas, and it just got a lot easier to give Starlink a try -- it's now featuring its lowest monthly prices ever and cutting the cost of the necessary equipment in half. You can now purchase the Starlink standard kit for $175, down from its usual $349 price tag. Unlike previous deals, this one is available to new customers anywhere in the country. Most Starlink deals in the pas

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Google Reportedly Working on a Mysterious 'Magic View' for NotebookLM

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-21 10:21:00

Google is continually expanding and strengthening the features for NotebookLM, its free AI-powered research assistant. An upcoming feature, code-named Magic View, should eventually land in the Studio panel alongside popular features like Audio and Video Overviews. At the moment, there's no clear indication as to what Magic View is (or will do) when it formally arrives in NotebookLM, but it's clear that Google keeps improving what I'd consider its best AI tool available today. The leak comes fr

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Bask in the Golden Age Hero Stylings of ‘The Boys’ Prequel ‘Vought Rising’

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-11-21 22:00:26

As The Boys prepares to say goodbye in 2026, the Amazon Prime franchise is gearing up for its prequel spin-off. In Vought Rising, some familiar faces, including Soldier Boy (Jenson Ackles) and Stormfront (Aya Cash) are set to feature, alongside some new heroes. The upcoming Amazon series will explore the origin story that establishes the foundation for the nefarious presence of the corporate entity controlling the superhero world throughout the history of the Boys universe. Today, the streamer

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I wasn’t using NotebookLM for YouTube research, but this extension changed all that

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-22 12:30:29

Andy Walker / Android Authority NotebookLM is by far the best AI project Google has piloted, and you can’t convince me otherwise. Sure, there are flashier examples, but none match the practical, everyday usefulness of this research and notebook app. Whether it’s for analyzing insurance or legal documents or helping me navigate my car’s user and care manual, this is one AI product I use almost every day. While importing various documents into the service is straightforward, uploading online medi

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Starlink Cuts the Cost of Its Satellite Dish in Half for New Customers

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-24 06:59:00

One of the biggest barriers to entry for prospective Starlink customers has always been the price: $349 upfront for equipment and $120 every month for service. That’s now starting to change as Starlink is offering its lowest monthly prices ever and slashing the cost of equipment in half. You can now get the Starlink standard kit for $175, down from its usual $349 price tag. Unlike previous deals, this one is available to new customers anywhere in the country. Most Starlink deals in the past hav

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Mercedes-Benz Vision V Concept: Is this the solution or a sideshow?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-25 22:49:42

An orange tint of smoke in the air always contributes to dramatic lighting for sunrise photos in Los Angeles. But this early in the fire season, the coloring serves as an inescapable reminder of greenhouse gas emissions and the mobility solutions that might reduce or at least slightly mitigate the future of radical weather crises. It's fitting, then, that a massive 75,000-acre fire burns in Santa Maria, in addition to a small brush fire on the 110 freeway less than a mile away as I visit the Ely

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Handsoaps Recalled Over Bacteria That Can Cause Sepsis

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-11-30 08:00:01

Four brands of soap and skin products are being recalled by their manufacturer after they were discovered to potentially be contaminated with bacteria that can cause infections, and even lead to sepsis in immunosuppressed people, according to announcements from the FDA and DermaRite Industries. The products, DermaKleen, KleenFoam, DermaSarra, and PeriGiene, have been recalled nationwide in the U.S. and Puerto Rico over the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia (spelled as cepecia in the FDA press relea

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I tested Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in the studio - my take as a content creator

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-12-01 03:00:00

Jason Howell/ZDNET When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording for my smartphone reviews and how-to content. Also: I spent a weekend with Meta's new Oakley smart glasses - t

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Air France and KLM disclose data breaches impacting customers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-07 05:41:32

Air France and KLM announced on Wednesday that attackers had breached a customer service platform and stolen the data of an undisclosed number of customers. Together with Transavia, Air France and KLM are part of Air France–KLM Group, a French-Dutch multinational airline holding company founded in 2004 and a major player in international air transport. With a fleet of 564 aircraft and 78,000 employees, Air France-KLM provides services to up to 300 destinations in 90 countries. In 2024, the avi

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Jeff Buckley died young but is immortalized in a new documentary

theverge.com Robyn Kanner 2025-12-09 12:00:00

Jeff Buckley captivated an audience of generations with his transcendent voice and soaring guitar. After his untimely passing in 1997 at age 30, he gained posthumous, cult-like status. Never one for the charts, his album Grace has stood the test of time and is listed on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. His live performances were famous for transforming any space, regardless of size, into an intimate listening experience. And his unfinished demos are something fans have collected

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Google agrees to pause AI workloads when power demand spikes

news.ycombinator.com Tobias Mann 2025-12-11 17:18:57

Google will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday. The web giant already does this sort of thing for non-essential workloads like processing YouTube vids, which it moves to datacenters where power is available rather than continuing to run them in places demand for energy strains the grid. Under an agreement with Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Google will use the same techniques for AI workload

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2025 Morgan Plus Four review: Apparently, they do still make them like this

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-11 17:24:41

Lift up either side of the new Morgan Plus Four’s engine decklid and no carburetors or velocity stacks materialize on the engine of this otherwise eminently classic-looking car. The latest generation of Plus Four returns to the American market this year for the first time since 2005. But to make it happen, Morgan spent five years homologating the little roadster with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, technically as a replica. That's why, underneath the left-hand hood, a hilari

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Google’s NotebookLM is now available to younger users as competition in the AI education space intensifies

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-12-11 17:03:39

Google’s AI note-taking app is now open to younger users, having previously been limited to users 18 and older. The tech giant announced that NotebookLM is available to Google Workspace for Education users of any age and for consumers ages 13 and up. The removal of age restrictions is intended to provide younger students with access to the AI research tool, allowing them to better understand their class materials. Now, students can access features such as the ability to convert notes into podca

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Gemini is getting ready to work with our favorite Google AI tool (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-12 21:00:50

Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR NotebookLM asks users to upload collections of documents which are organized into notebooks. Right now, NotebookLM draws only from these notebooks when answering your questions. Gemini support for notebook uploads may let users combine those resources with the wider internet. NotebookLM is arguably one of Google’s most useful AI tools, and has helped introduce us to impressive features like Audio Overviews. Perhaps its greatest strength stems from how fo

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Hiroshima (1946)

news.ycombinator.com John Hersey 2025-12-10 08:59:38

I—A Noiseless Flash At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning her head to speak to the girl at the next desk. At that same moment, Dr. Masakazu Fujii was settling down cross-legged to read the Osaka Asahi on the porch of his private hospital

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Best Outdoor Games for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-15 10:26:00

Pickleball started to gain attention during the COVID-19 pandemic when people discovered it was a sport that could be played outdoors. Pickleball is a mix of tennis, ping-pong and badminton and is played using a tennis net, wooden paddles and a small ball. It can be played with two people (similar to tennis) or four people with two players making up one team. It's the ideal game to play if you have enough people at your get-together and the best part is it often comes in portable kits. The Fran

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Latest Tech News

Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts

Google's NotebookLM now lets you customize your AI podcasts in tone and length

NotebookLM can now argue with itself over your notes

Klarna revives IPO plans, aims to raise $1.27B

Klarna aims to raise up to $1.27 billion in U.S. IPO

Starlink's New Customer Deal: Get Half-Off a Dish and Hundreds in Year-One Savings

Infamous ‘Erin Brockovich’ Toxin Polluted Air for Months After LA Fires

Powerful GPUs or Fast Interconnects: Analyzing Relational Workloads

Apple study shows LLMs also benefit from the oldest productivity trick in the book

You can customize your NotebookLM Audio Overview outputs in-app now - here's how

What are OKLCH colors?

David Klein's TWA Posters (2018)

The Pixel Watch 4 can track 12 new sports, and I’m really excited about one of them

Best Outdoor Games to Play in 2025

Starlink Deal Makes Satellite Dish 50% Cheaper for New Customers. Here's How It Works

Google Reportedly Working on a Mysterious 'Magic View' for NotebookLM

Bask in the Golden Age Hero Stylings of ‘The Boys’ Prequel ‘Vought Rising’

I wasn’t using NotebookLM for YouTube research, but this extension changed all that

Starlink Cuts the Cost of Its Satellite Dish in Half for New Customers

Mercedes-Benz Vision V Concept: Is this the solution or a sideshow?

Handsoaps Recalled Over Bacteria That Can Cause Sepsis

I tested Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in the studio - my take as a content creator

Air France and KLM disclose data breaches impacting customers

Jeff Buckley died young but is immortalized in a new documentary

Google agrees to pause AI workloads when power demand spikes

2025 Morgan Plus Four review: Apparently, they do still make them like this

Google’s NotebookLM is now available to younger users as competition in the AI education space intensifies

Gemini is getting ready to work with our favorite Google AI tool (APK teardown)

Hiroshima (1946)

Best Outdoor Games for 2025

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