Published on: 2025-06-03 17:41:08
Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, a reporter who's covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the video game stories from the past week that you need to know about, including some headlines from outside of Engadget. Please enjoy — and I'll see you next week. It’s the week of Summer Game Fest, so I’m mental
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-03 17:54:21
Microsoft introduced an AI-powered video generator to its Bing search engine. Bing Video Creator is powered by OpenAI's Sora, which creates short clips based on text prompts. The free feature is rolling out to the Bing mobile app starting today and is slated to arrive later on desktop and to Copilot Search. Microsoft has invested multiple billions of dollars into OpenAI in support of its artificial intelligence endeavors over the years. The tech giant integrated the DALL-E image generation capa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-03 17:13:44
In Brief DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg’s venture fund WndrCo co-led a $15.5 million Series A round for Creatify, an AI video ad platform. Creatify’s AdMax platform uses AI to quickly generate dozens of video advertisements, which are geared toward social media marketing — AdMax analyzes high-performing social video campaigns on apps like TikTok and Instagram to shape its output. Tech industry titans have been bullish on AI advertising. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently spoke about
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-03 21:16:55
Microsoft Bing announced today that it is introducing the Bing Video Creator to its app, which uses OpenAI’s Sora model to let users generate videos from text prompts. OpenAI, which has a longstanding partnership with Microsoft, has locked down access to Sora‘s video generation for paying customers only. Its integration in Microsoft Bing represents the first time that it will be available for free. Image Credits:Microsoft Bing At launch, Bing Video Creator is not yet available on desktop, and
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 01:01:21
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More OpenAI’s Sora was one of the most hyped releases of the AI era, launching in December 2024, nearly 10 months after it was first previewed to awe-struck reactions due to its — at the time, at least — unprecedented level of realism, camera dynamism, and prompt adherence and 60-second long generation clips. However, much of the luster has worn off as numerous other AI vid
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 01:20:31
A platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, Character.AI announced on Monday that it is rolling out a slate of multimedia features. These features include AvatarFX, Character.AI’s video-generation model, plus Scenes and Streams, which allow users to use these AI tools to create videos using their characters and then share them on a new social feed. “Character.AI started as 1:1 text chat and today we’re evolving to do so much more, inspired by what our users have told [
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 08:30:16
I spend a lot of time testing and reviewing AI, specifically image and video generators. During my review processes, I've come up with a few go-to prompts that can help orient me and give me a sense of each program's abilities. The first prompt I try is a kind of wishful thinking for me: I ask the program to imagine me and my friends on the beach somewhere warm, where you can smell the salty air and there's a faint sound of Jimmy Buffett playing nearby. (This is more the vibe than the actual pro
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 14:10:57
Apple’s reputation for making the best-of-the-best devices is well deserved. iPhones, iPads, Watches and MacBooks set the benchmark by which everything else is measured within their particular markets. The iPad offers the convenience of a tablet with the functionality to get work, creativity and entertainment tasks done. That convenience just became even greater with the new 11-inch iPad that was released in March 2025. Already, Amazon is selling this latest model for a record-low price: the 12
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 06:00:06
Jesse Orrall Senior Video Producer Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video Producer for CNET. He covers future tech, sustainability and the social impact of technology. He is co-host of CNET's "What The Future" series and Executive Producer of "Experts React." Aside from making videos, he's a certified SCUBA diver with a passion for music, films, history and ecology.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 22:00:00
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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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 03:00:14
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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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 02:00:00
CNET has tested tons of home security cameras over the years, and can help you find the right one for your needs. Chris Monroe/CNET There are hundreds of home security cameras on the market, ranging drastically in price, functionality and quality. With all the options, it can be hard to not become overwhelmed fast, especially when you're considering something as important as your home's safety. After CNET's years of testing home security cameras, I have some tips if you're on the hunt for a new
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 04:00:00
Meta recently released a new video editing app for creators called Edits. The new app is designed to rival ByteDance’s CapCut, a popular short-form video-editing app used by many creators. Meta first shared that it was working on Edits back in January after ByteDance-owned CapCut was removed from U.S. app stores when the TikTok ban momentarily went into effect. Although the app has since come back online and is available to download, TikTok’s future in the U.S. remains uncertain, so Meta is rea
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 23:30:00
As midrange phones designed to plug the gap between flagships, the Honor 400 and 400 Pro might not ordinarily attract much attention. But these devices—unavailable in the US—are among the first to feature Google’s image-to-video AI generator, based on its Veo 2 model (now available to Gemini subscribers). Built into Honor’s Gallery app, it enables you to select a still photo from your camera roll to bring it to life as a five-second video. After much experimentation with different photos, from
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 17:13:33
Right now, you might have read the news that a Chinese paraglider pilot, Peng Yujiang, got sucked into a cloud and ended up at 8,598 meters / 28,000 feet. It's literally on every news website: CNN, BBC, The Guardian. Now, what makes this story really interesting is the accompanying video. Here is one version from The Guardian, which had 300k views in 17 hours: I've been paragliding for 18 years and follow the progress of AI very closely, but even I couldn't say with 100% certainty if this vid
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 05:00:11
I am just a girl who wants to be on a warm beach but most of the time, I'm trapped behind a computer screen. So, like any reporter who tests and reviews AI, I make my days more bearable by using these AI programs to create alternative-timeline versions of myself somewhere where Jimmy Buffett is playing and you can smell the salt. Here's what Google's newest AI video model, Veo 3, came up with. My beach bonfire party dream-turned-prompt is usually my first test as I put a new AI generator throug
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 05:30:00
As midrange phones designed to plug the gap between flagships, the Honor 400 and 400 Pro might not ordinarily attract much attention. But these devices—unavailable in the US—are among the first to feature Google’s image-to-video AI generator, based on its Veo 2 model (now available to Gemini subscribers). Built into Honor’s Gallery app, you can select a still photo from your camera roll to bring it to life as a five-second video. After much experimentation with different photos, from landscapes
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 12:38:13
Vera Vita/Getty Images With dozens of image generators on the market that can produce hyper-realistic pictures from text prompts, many developers have started tackling a new challenge: video generation. AI lab Odyssey has launched a video generator that unlocks a new kind of interactive experience. Also: Hume's new EVI 3 model lets you customize AI voices - how to try it Interactive video On Wednesday, Odyssey launched a research preview of its first interactive video experience, which gener
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 00:17:14
Tesla vehicles have often been described as “computers on wheels”. They also include cameras for assisted driving features. In the Mapillary community, these features have raised the question whether the imagery from the car’s cameras could be collected and uploaded to Mapillary. In this post, we present a solution to do exactly that. About two years ago, Tesla enabled a dashcam feature in their vehicles, which allows Tesla drivers to access the imagery collected by the vehicle’s cameras. The m
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 07:58:09
Last week, Google introduced Veo 3, its newest video generation model that can create 8-second clips with synchronized sound effects and audio dialog—a first for the company's AI tools. The model, which generates videos at 720p resolution (based on text descriptions called "prompts" or still image inputs), represents what may be the most capable consumer video generator to date, bringing video synthesis close to a point where it is becoming very difficult to distinguish between "authentic" and A
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 09:21:35
Google's rapid adoption of AI has seen the Gemini "sparkle" icon become an omnipresent element in almost every Google product. It's there to summarize your email, add items to your calendar, and more—if you trust it to do those things. Gemini is also integrated with Google Drive, where it's gaining a new feature that could make it genuinely useful: Google's AI bot will soon be able to watch videos stored in your Drive so you don't have to. Gemini is already accessible in Drive, with the ability
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 05:00:20
Blink ZDNET's pick for the best budget-friendly video doorbell is now getting an upgrade, as Amazon has announced the launch of a new generation of the Blink Video Doorbell. The second-generation Blink Video Doorbell is being released four years after the first; it comes alongside the new Blink Sync Module Core and, unfortunately, sports a price increase. The new Blink Video Doorbell is available now for $70, a $20 price increase compared to the first model, which cost $50 when it was released
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 05:00:00
Amazon’s budget security camera company, Blink, has launched the second generation of its popular video doorbell. The new Blink Video Doorbell adds a head-to-toe view and improved video resolution. It can also now alert you when a person is at your door instead of just the neighborhood cat or a strong gust of wind triggering its motion sensors. The doorbell camera comes with a new, more basic hub, the Sync Module Core, which, unlike the first-gen model, is required to use the buzzer. Blink’s la
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 09:30:34
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 . After watching its fixed-lens X100 VI camera do stratospheric sales numbers, Fujifilm decided to build a bigger and badder version that could go up against Leica’s full-frame Q3. The result is the $4,899 GFX100RF, the first-ever 100-megapixel medium format compact camera. The GFX100RF
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 09:49:33
is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Nintendo released an update to its Switch Online mobile app yesterday renaming it to simply the Nintendo Switch App and adding support for the Switch 2, which releases on June 5th. Alongside Switch 2 support comes new features, first announced in early April, making it easier to access screenshots on other devices and adding mobile notifications
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 13:30:00
Mystic Moose has launched MovieFlo.AI, an AI-powered story and movie-making app designed to empower anime creators, filmmakers, and storytellers of all kinds to make movies and videos. The idea is to transform the ideas of amateur filmmakers into stunning visuals and videos instantly. MovieFlo.AI aims to upend the creative process, offering an all-in-one tool that gives creatives power to bring their ideas to life, from concept to video, without the traditional barriers to entry. “Having spent
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 13:20:30
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini in Google Drive can now summarize and answer questions about videos. The feature is available in English only and is accessible through Google Drive’s overlay previewer or a standalone file viewer. Gemini’s video analysis feature is rolling out to Google Workspace customers and those with a Google One AI Premium subscription. Gemini offers several handy features in Google Drive, including the ability to summarize files, discuss topics based on
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 13:37:28
Google’s latest Drive features can give Workspace users more information about the videos they’ve saved. A Gemini AI feature that summarizes documents and PDFs in Google Drive is now expanding to video files, allowing users to gain insights about what’s in the video without having to watch it themselves. The Gemini in Drive feature provides a familiar chatbot interface that can provide quick summaries describing the footage or pull specific information. For example, users can ask Gemini to list
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 20:17:58
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify has added video podcast recommendations to the Home screen, below shortcuts. Videos now have comment threads and links to more content, similar to YouTube. Some users complain that these new features move too far from the core music experience. Spotify made its name as the be-all and end-all music streaming app, but recently, the company has shifted its strategies toward podcasts and video. Now, the company is pushing video even harder by add
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 22:00:54
We talk a lot about AI hallucinations nowadays—and for good reason. “Hallucinations” is basically AI-speak for “making sh*t up,” and most of the time—like in the case of web search, which relies on surfacing real, useful information—that’s a Very Bad Thing. I don’t think I’m alone when I say AI shouldn’t be recommending that we put glue on our pizza, even if we know enough not to actually do that. But hallucinating doesn’t always have to be bad. Sometimes, just like in real life, it can be a he
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