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Google announced Nano Banana 2.1, an update to its image generation model that follows Nano Banana 2.0's February release of 4K output support. The company says the new version improves visual design, mask-based editing, and subject consistency, with fixes for tiling artifacts, better text rendering, multi-image fusion of up to 14 reference images, search grounding, and adjustable thinking levels.
Developer Jason Kopp (ArcadeJason) has built a Doom demo for the 1982 Vectrex vector-graphics console, giving the shooter a Tron-like line-drawn look derived from the console's electron-beam display. The game runs via Kopp's Ultimate Vectrex Multicart 2 cartridge, which acts as a plug-in PC handling processing while the Vectrex's CRT renders the image and the cartridge outputs audio separately; the project also uses an SDK built by Daniel Ferrer Guerrero.
The original Auk Mini indoor garden is now priced at $199, down from its usual $260, following the early 2026 release of the Auk Mini 2. Auk has confirmed this is the lowest price the original model has ever reached.
iOS 27.2 beta 3 introduces several design changes to Apple's Books app, including new progress bars to track reading location and a redesigned bottom-right menu using Liquid Glass styling. The bookmark button has moved out of that menu into a standalone icon in the upper-right, while the 'X' button shifted to the upper-left and the 'Back' button moved to a larger position in the lower-left.
Apple released iOS 27.2 beta 3 to developers, a build that rolls out a redesigned Apple Music logo with a bolder typeface and lowercase 'm'. The update also contains unreleased code referencing per-app controls for Messages' suggested actions, plus Liquid Glass design changes and a new progress bar in Apple Books. A companion macOS 27.2 beta 3 includes further hints at touch-interaction support ahead of an expected touchscreen MacBook Pro.
Amazon's fall Prime Day sale has dropped Apple's AirPods Pro 3 to $179, down $70 from their $249 list price and just $10 above the lowest price ever tracked for the model. The 2026 AirPods Max 2 are also discounted by $120 across all five colorways, marking only the second time they've reached this price since release.
Apple has released the initial release candidates for macOS Sequoia 15.8.2 and macOS Tahoe 26.7.2, skipping the usual preceding beta builds as it typically does for point updates to older macOS versions. Apple's notes describe the updates only as containing important security fixes recommended for all users, without further detail. The builds are identified as 24H219 for Sequoia and 25G320 for Tahoe.
Google unveiled EmbeddingGemma 2, a 740-million-parameter multimodal AI model built on the Gemma 4 architecture and released under an Apache 2.0 license, designed to run locally on devices like Pixel phones using minimal RAM. The company also launched Google AI Edge Foresight, a Mac app that uses the model to transcribe meetings, expand shorthand notes into polished text, and answer questions by searching local files, calendars, and Google Drive content—all processed on-device.
Apple has rolled out public beta 2 of iPadOS 27.2, along with similar updates for tvOS 27.2 and HomePod software, to members of its public beta program. These builds mirror developer beta 3 released the previous day, and include minor design changes such as an updated Apple Books interface and a redesigned Apple Music logo.
Apple has pushed macOS 27.2 public beta 2 to users enrolled in its public beta program, a day after seeding developer beta 3. Build 26B5101f matches the developer release, and the main addition is support for five new Siri AI languages—French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish—alongside English.
Apple has released the second public beta of iOS 27.2, bringing its redesigned Health app to iPhone users testing the preview. Other changes carried over from the first beta include dual capture for Group FaceTime, expanded Siri language support, Apple TV app profiles on iPhone, and renamed sections in Apple Podcasts. Apple is expected to release iOS 27.2 officially later this month.
Amazon is selling the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro wireless gamepad for $94.99, down from its $199.99 list price, a 53% discount. The controller includes HyperSpeed 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity, Chroma RGB lighting, hall-effect triggers, an 8,000 Hz polling rate, and a 20-hour battery, with USB-C wired play also available.