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Google's new AI tool Opal turns prompts into apps, no coding required

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-12-24 18:41:07

MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty Historically, building an app required an intimate understanding of the intricacies of writing code. Thanks to AI, those days are over. Google unveiled Opal, an experimental tool out of Google Labs that allows developers to create apps using natural language prompts and interactive visual aids, Thursday. Opal harnesses a suite of Google's proprietary AI models to help users create various visual assets for their apps. Gemini 2.5 can assist with the written copy for a

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Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-26 00:22:51

AI-powered coding tools have become so popular over the past few months that almost every major tech company is either using one or making its own. Makers of these so-called “vibe-coding” tools are a hot commodity at the moment, with startups like Lovable and Cursor fending off buyers and investors keen to tap a hot trend. Google’s now become the latest to hop on this bandwagon: the company is testing a vibe-coding tool called Opal, available to users in the U.S. through Google Labs, which the

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'Gentle parenting' my smartphone addiction

news.ycombinator.com Kyle Chayka 2026-01-11 16:17:12

On a recent weekday, I sent an Instagram message to a friend of mine, an art adviser in New York named Stephen Truax, to gossip about an exhibition. Instead of messaging me back in the app, he texted me to say that he’d blocked Instagram on his smartphone during daytime working hours. Impressed, I asked him how he was accomplishing such a feat. Truax said he was using Opal, an app that makes your smartphone a little more like a so-called dumbphone, without requiring you to trade in your device a

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'Gentle Parenting' My Smartphone Addiction

news.ycombinator.com Kyle Chayka 2026-01-12 16:17:12

On a recent weekday, I sent an Instagram message to a friend of mine, an art adviser in New York named Stephen Truax, to gossip about an exhibition. Instead of messaging me back in the app, he texted me to say that he’d blocked Instagram on his smartphone during daytime working hours. Impressed, I asked him how he was accomplishing such a feat. Truax said he was using Opal, an app that makes your smartphone a little more like a so-called dumbphone, without requiring you to trade in your device a

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This countertop ice maker makes the 'good ice' you only get in restaurants

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-18 14:52:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The GE Profile Opal 2.0 nugget ice maker is a smart kitchen appliance that sells for $599. This machine will do the trick if you want those satisfyingly munchable ice pellets often served at fast food restaurants It's also operable via a mobile app. It's pricey, especially given what it is, but I've found the machine well worth the investment. View now at Amazon Whether you call it the good ice, Sonic ice, nugget ice, or pellet ice, there's no denying that the small, mu

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