Google Gemini can now do more in-depth research
Google is upgrading Gemini, its chatbot platform, with the ability to “reason” through a research problem and compile a comprehensive report.
The updated Gemini offers a feature called “Deep Research” that Google says uses “advanced reasoning” and “long co
Google’s AI Overviews will soon be able to answer math and coding questions
AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries Google supplies for certain Google Search queries, will soon be able to handle “more complex topics” and “multimodal” and “multistep” searches, the company says, including advanced math questions and coding problems.
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Google unveils Project Mariner: AI agents to use the web for you
Google unveiled on Wednesday its first-ever AI agent that can take actions on the web, a research prototype from the company’s DeepMind division called Project Mariner. The Gemini-powered agent takes control of your Chrome browser, moves the cursor on your screen, clicks buttons, and fills ou
Gemini 2.0, Google’s newest flagship AI, can generate text, images, and speech
Google’s next major AI model has arrived to combat a slew of new offerings from OpenAI.
On Wednesday, Google announced Gemini 2.0 Flash, which the company says can natively generate images and audio in addition to text. 2.0 Flash can also use third-party apps and services, allowing it to tap
Electrified Thermal Solutions has a plan to help industry replace natural gas with bricks
Getting rid of fossil fuels is relatively simple for some things. Housing? Replace furnaces with heat pumps. Cars and light trucks? Ditch internal combustion for batteries and electric motors. Yet for many industries like cement, steelmaking, and more, it's hard to replace the heating power of
Reveal Technology raises $11M to scale ‘decision dominance’ tools for DOD
Military operators need to rapidly make decisions in high-stakes environments, but they're often stuck with technology that's unable to deliver accurate information about their surroundings. Military leaders have made clear that they're prioritizing “decision dominance” for troops,
YC-backed Finny is using AI to match financial advisors with prospects
Financial advisors have a big hurdle when it comes to finding new clients: Cold outreach rarely works. Often, the only way to find a good prospect is to tap your network for warm intros, or trawl platforms like LinkedIn, Pitchbook or ZoomInfo in hopes of landing a meeting, which may or may not conv
Learn how to use Apple Intelligence's 'Image Playground'
Apple announced Wednesday that iOS 18.2 is now available, which comes with exciting image generation features, such as “Image Playground,” Apple’s image creation feature that creates cartoon-like images from text descriptions.
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Here's how to create a custom emoji with the Apple Intelligence feature Genmoji
Apple's latest iOS 18.1 software update introduced a series of Apple Intelligence features, including Writing Tools and notification summaries. However, some features were missing from the lineup, like Genmoji, which allows users to create emojis from written prompts.
Now, with iOS 18.2,
Researchers uncover Chinese spyware used to target Android devices
Security researchers have uncovered a new surveillance tool that they say has been used by Chinese law enforcement to collect sensitive information from Android devices in China.
The tool, named “EagleMsgSpy,” was discovered by researchers at U.S. cybersecurity firm Lookout. The company sa
Mantel’s app lets collectors show off their sports cards and other treasures
Back in February, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian teamed up with Brent Montgomery (“Pawn Stars” producer) and Evan Parker (former general manager at The Athletic) to launch Mantel, a social network allowing collectors to share their latest finds, such as sports cards, TCGs (trading card games)
Numia’s software brings offline and online customer interaction data into one place
In the U.S. it’s common for companies that have both physical branches and online services to use customer relationship management (CRM) software that tracks all of their interactions with customers in one place. In LatAm that isn’t the case, though, as many enterprises and banks keep t
Flare raises $30M to thwart info-stealers like those used on Snowflake customers
Cybercrime became easier in 2024 with the rise of info-stealer malware, or software that collects login credentials. Instead of breaking into target networks using vulnerabilities, hackers can just log in with those stolen credentials. They don't even have to steal them themselves, but can buy
YC-backed EzDubs is chasing consumer market for translation
The global translation service market is worth around $40 billion, according to various analysts. Within that market, enterprise services represent a significant share. For consumers, apps like Google Translate and Apple Translate are dominating, but they don’t work with calls or voice messag