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OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Enterprise to the executive branch workforce for $1

OpenAI has announced that it will be partnering with the US General Services Administration (GSA) to offer ChatGPT Enterprise practically free of charge to the entire executive-branch federal workforce for one year. The dozens of agencies under this umbrella encompass over two million civilian workers. Each agency will be able to access ChatGPT Enterprise for $1 for the year-long period. The year-long trial will also include an additional 60 days of ChatGPT's most advanced models like Deep Resea

Pixel 10 phones may coach you on how to take better photos

Google TL;DR Google could introduce a Gemini-powered feature called “Camera Coach” with the Pixel 10 series. Camera Coach would give you tips in real-time on how to take the best picture. It will reportedly work by analyzing the scene to provide suggestions. Capturing the best photo can be more difficult than it seems. It requires finding the right angle, the right lighting, making sure the subject is in the right spot, and the list goes on. To help improve your picture-taking skills, it app

8 reasons why I replaced my Kindle with an iPad Mini for reading ebooks

Lance Whitney/ZDNET I like to read in bed before I nod off to sleep. Though I enjoy the feel and texture of a good, old-fashioned printed book, I typically turn to ebooks because they're easier on the eyes. And what do I use as a reader? No, not a Kindle, but my trusty iPad mini. Also: I finally found a tablet that can easily replace my iPad and Kindle (and is affordably priced) I've tried a couple of Kindles in the past, but didn't quite take to them. For me, the iPad mini is a more versatil

LG will give you a free $500 mini-fridge with its latest promotion - here's how to qualify

Along with your TV and computer, a mini-fridge can be the center of a college dorm. But not all mini-fridges are created equal -- and they're even better when you can get them for free. Right now at LG, when you buy an eligible full-size French door refrigerator while it's on sale, you can get a complimentary single-door mini-fridge (a $515 value). That's right -- an extra place to store your favorite drinks and snacks for free. Also: The Samsung Bespoke refrigerator is my favorite kitchen appl

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Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home

Within the titles of the calendar invites, the researchers added their crafty malicious prompts. (Google’s Wen contends that the researchers changed default settings on who can add calendar invites to someone’s calendar; however, the researchers say they demonstrated some of the 14 attacks with the prompts in an email subject or document title as well). “All the techniques are just developed in English, so it’s plain English that we are using,” Cohen says of the deceptive messages the team creat

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Wednesday, Aug. 6

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. I struggled with a few of today's Mini Crossword clues. 3-Down, with the clue "Fab!" really stumped me. I eventually got it, thanks to the other clues filling in some letters. Need some help with today's Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidan

Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one

The head of NASA has decided to move one of the agency's retired space shuttles to Houston, but which one seems to still be up in the air. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), who earlier this year introduced and championed an effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston, issued a statement on Tuesday evening (August 5) applauding the decision by acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy. "There is no better place for one of NASA's space shuttles to be displ

Charter Planes and Bidding Wars: How Bitcoin Miners Raced to Beat Trump’s Tariffs

Twelve minutes after midnight on April 8, a Boeing 777-300ER barreled down a runway at Singapore Changi Airport. In its belly, it carried precious cargo: 3,000 kilograms of specialized bitcoin mining equipment bound urgently for New York. As the plane took to the sky, staff at US-based Luxor Technology could begin to relax. The company, which trades bitcoin mining hardware and provides related software services, was importing the equipment on behalf of a client. The flight’s departure from Sing

Create personal illustrated storybooks in the Gemini app

Today we’re announcing a new way to bring your ideas to life in the Gemini app: personalized, illustrated storybooks complete with read-aloud narration. Simply describe any story you can imagine, and Gemini generates a unique 10-page book with custom art and audio. For a truly personal touch, you can ask Gemini to draw inspiration from your own photos and files. Bring your vision to life in any style imaginable: from pixel art and comics to claymation, crochet, and even coloring books, in more

LG is giving away a free mini-fridge when you buy a full-size one - here's what to know

Along with your TV and computer, a mini-fridge can be the center of a college dorm. But not all mini-fridges are created equal -- and they're even better when you can get them for free. Right now at LG, when you buy an eligible full-size French door refrigerator while it's on sale, you can get a complimentary single-door mini-fridge (a $515 value). That's right -- an extra place to store your favorite drinks and snacks for free. Also: The Samsung Bespoke refrigerator is my favorite kitchen appl

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Analysis: The Trump administration’s assault on climate action

Last week, the EPA made lots of headlines by rejecting the document that establishes its ability to regulate the greenhouse gases that are warming our climate. While the legal assault on regulations grabbed most of the attention, it was paired with two other actions that targeted other aspects of climate change: the science underlying our current understanding of the dramatic warming the Earth is experiencing, and the renewable energy that represents our best chance of limiting this warming. Co

Gemini storybooks let you be the star of your kids’ bedtime stories

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini now lets you generate illustrated storybooks. You can direct output towards a specific art style, and even upload your own imagery. Gemini lets you direct how the story unfolds, and can read it aloud when completed. As Google builds out its AI-fueled tools and services, we keep seeing impressive new ways the company manages to “connect the dots” and create something new and useful out of existing pieces. Just look at Audio Overviews: Gemini co

Google Gemini can now create AI-generated bedtime stories

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google rolled out a new tool within its Gemini AI chatbot that lets you create an illustrated story by simply describing it. The feature, called “Storybook,” generates 10-page stories, each with a short paragraph of text that Gemini can read aloud, along with an

Trump says he’ll announce semiconductor and chip tariffs

The semiconductor industry’s rollercoaster year continues with another major development. President Donald Trump said on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday that his administration is planning to announce tariffs on semiconductors and chips as soon as next week. However, the specifics of these tariffs remain unclear. Such tariffs could cause quite a disruption for U.S. hardware and AI companies. When the U.S. CHIPs and Science Act was signed in 2022 — providing $52 billion in subsidies to boost domes

We need to relearn how to use AI when it’s on our bodies

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Gemini has arrived on the wrist. It’s now in the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series, the Pixel Watch, and rolling out to a handful of other smartwatches. This is big. Huge, even. AI is out here disrupting life as we know it. Now, it’s making the leap from phones and laptops and onto the body. When the Galaxy Watch 8 launched, severa

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

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

Gemini on Android is getting ready to listen to your audio files (APK teardown)

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR In the latest beta of the Gemini Android app, we spotted an option to attach audio files, such as MP3s, to chats. A “Talk live about this” prompt also appears, but the audio isn’t accurately processed yet. While the feature might not be fully operational, we know that Gemini can comprehend audio. Ever wished you could just throw an MP3 at Gemini and have it explain what it’s about? That might be coming soon, as we’ve spotted early signs of audio file sup

Diet Swap Study Reveals How Ultra-Processed Foods Can Derail Weight Loss

In case you needed more incentive to cut down on ultra-processed foods, a new diet swap study out today reveals that people experienced greater weight loss while eating minimally processed foods than they did when they ate a nutritionally similar, ultra-processed diet. In a six-month trial led by scientists at University College London, study participants were assigned one of the two diet regimes to follow for eight weeks, and then took a four week break before swapping to the other diet for an

Gemini adds powerful new Deep Think model - what it does and who can try it

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Two weeks ago, Google and OpenAI touted their models' award-winning performance at the International Math Olympiad (IMO). Now, Google is making a version of its model available to the public. Also: This one feature could make GPT-5 a true game changer (if OpenAI gets it right) On Friday, Google launched Deep Think in the Gemini app for Google Ultra subscribers, a premium subscription tier that costs $250 per year or $125 for the first three months. Althou

Tired of Google Home not working? This new change will make you furious

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is updating names for certain voice options for Gemini-powered Assistant on Google Nest and Home smart devices. Some of these names are now simpler and easier to recall. These changes do not reflect Google’s plans to fix the ongoing reliability issues with Google Assistant on Home-affiliated smart devices. Google Assistant on Nest and other Google Home devices has been a mess lately, displaying a steadily declining perception of voice commands

Build Your Own Minisforum N5 Inspired Mini NAS: A Comprehensive Guide

The N5 Mini: A 3D-Printed 5-Bay NAS for 3.5″ Drives. The 175x175mm answer to the Minisforum N5. Use Whatever Mini PC You Want! First of all, can we just acknowledge the beauty that is the Minisforum N5? 5 Bays. A pullout tray for the brains. The magnetic faceplate. Easy access IO. All tucked into a neat little package. I love and adore this thing. The ($729 USD) Ryzen 7 255 packs 8 cores/16 threads, a 58-TOPS NPU and Radeon 780M for balanced home media, storage and light AI, while the ($1,299

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I want Gemini to be my DJ in YouTube Music

Stephen Headrick / Android Authority Imagine having your very own DJ in your pocket, ready to mix your favorite songs at a moment’s notice. No, not your dad’s 3-5 second crossfade, but instead a completely customized mix that makes the two songs you’re transitioning between meld together like they were designed that way by the artists themselves. That’s the idea behind Apple Music’s upcoming AI-powered AutoMix feature, which is coming with this fall’s iOS 26 release. As a former Spotify user a

This dock transforms the Mac mini into a retro classic Mac

It’s becoming increasingly rare to find a tech accessory in 2025 that’s both functional and fun to use. As so many of these accessories become more commoditized, they begin to function and look the same, making them fade into the background. So when I saw the Wokyis Retro Docking Station for the M4 Mac mini, I was immediately intrigued. It transforms the Mac mini into something straight out of 1984. On paper, it had all the functions I needed out of a dock, but it was also such a cool-looking pr

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, Aug. 2

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. The Mini Crossword today sure covers a lot of ground. We've got tech, math, perfume and history on tap. My favorite clue is the punny 8-Down. I'll try that one out the next time I'm at an art museum. Keep reading for an assist with today's Mini Crossword. If you could us

Google's Powerful New AI Model Can Solve Your Most Complex Problems. If You Can Afford It

A supercharged version of Google's Gemini 2.5 large language model recently reached gold medal status at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Now you can ask a version of it (only a bronze medalist) to answer your toughest math questions. Like, how am I going to pay $250 a month for this AI subscription? Naturally, this new version of Google's Gemini 2.5 Deep Think is designed for complicated questions that require much more work than you'd expect from a free or cheap AI chatbot. Google sai

Lego’s Newest Collectible Minifigures Swing Into the Spider-Verse

Lego’s Collectible Minifigure series has crossed with a bunch of licenses at this point, from Dungeons & Dragons to The Muppets and many more—including both Marvel Comics and the MCU. But we’ve never had an entire wave dedicated to Spider-Man before, and Lego is entering the Spider-Verse in style. Revealed today as part of the Spider-Man Day celebrations, Lego confirmed that its next wave of blind-boxed collectible minifigures will draw on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to give fans 12 dif

Google releases Olympiad medal-winning Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’ AI publicly — but there’s a catch…

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Google has officially launched Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, a new variation of its AI model engineered for deeper reasoning and complex problem-solving, which made headlines last month for winning a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) — the first time an AI model achieved the feat. However, this is unfortunately not the i

Google’s Advanced AI Model Is Now Available to Try—for $250 a Month

Google just made one of its most advanced AI reasoning models available to the public. Like other advanced models, Gemini 2.5 Deep Think uses more than one AI agent to brainstorm answers in order to boost accuracy and result in more creative solutions. Google says the model outperformed several of its competitors in key AI benchmark tests and a variation of the model even achieved the gold-medal standard at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), solving five out of the six IMO p

Google releases Gemini 2.5 Deep Think for AI Ultra subscribers

Google is unleashing its most powerful Gemini model today, but you probably won't be able to try it. After revealing Gemini 2.5 Deep Think at the I/O conference back in May, Google is making this AI available in the Gemini app. Deep Think is designed for the most complex queries, which means it uses more compute resources than other models. So it should come as no surprise that only those subscribing to Google's $250 AI Ultra plan will be able to access it. Deep Think is based on the same found

Vast majority of new US power plants generate solar or wind power

The United States added 22,332 megawatts of power plant capacity in the first half of this year, and the vast majority of it was utility-scale solar, batteries, and onshore wind. Natural gas was next, and there was zero new coal or nuclear, according to the Energy Information Administration. Through 2030, the US energy landscape looks a lot like these last six months in terms of the mix of new power plants, with solar and batteries leading the way, according to the EIA’s list of planned power