I built 5 fun apps using Gemini AI Studio — including a cat meow translator

Gemini just dropped 17 new AI APIs, and I tested them by building five apps — from a cat-speak translator to a scavenger hunt ...

OpenAI adds reusable ‘characters’ and video stitching to Sora

OpenAI’s Sora app will now let you turn almost anything into a reusable avatar for its AI-generated videos. These “ character ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI’s new social app is filled with terrifying Sam Altman deepfakes

In a video on OpenAI’s new TikTok-like social media app Sora, a never-ending factory farm of pink pigs are grunting and snorting in their pens — each is equipped with a feeding trough and a smartphone ...
Wall Street Journal

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

WSJ dives into how to spot an AI video and the ways it could shape the future of content creation. Photo illustration: OpenAI/Preston Jessee OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora ...
9to5Mac

PSA: The Starbucks app is broken, but here’s how to use it anyway

A slew of people are reporting that the Starbucks app is completely broken. With too-perfect irony, the thing that is breaking it is an app satisfaction survey … Multiple users are reporting that the ...
SlashGear

5 Free CarPlay Apps You Should Be Using (According To Users)

If you have a car that supports CarPlay and you haven't been using it, you've been missing out. CarPlay effectively transforms your iPhone into your infotainment system, replacing the car manufacturer ...
NorthJersey.com

NJ Turning Point leaders react to Charlie Kirk shooting: 'I felt sick to my stomach'

Americans of various backgrounds were affected by the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, including New Jersey chapters of Turning Point USA, the organization he co-founded. "When ...
GamesRadar+

007 First Light devs went through "all the source material" to create their James Bond and really nail his "Bondliness," but without doing "a retelling"

Action Games For the Hitman devs, 007: First Light felt like "coming home" because James Bond has been an "inspiration" for so long Hitman "We actually did put Daniel Craig in there": Hitman ...
Engadget

Google's latest Pixel drop brings the Material 3 Expressive UI to older devices

Now that the Pixel 10 series has been out for a week, Google has begun rolling many of the software features it debuted with those phones to its older devices as part of the September Pixel drop.
Columbus Dispatch

As Powerball jackpot soars, Ohioans can't use Jackpocket app for tickets

The popular lottery app Jackpocket has been suspended in Ohio for violating state terms and conditions. Jackpocket, recently acquired by DraftKings, will remain inactive in the state until its ...
Android Authority

Another Pixel app gets a splash of Material 3 Expressive design

The Pixel Sounds app is getting a Material 3 Expressive redesign. The update rearranges sound collections into grids and introduces new shapes for selections. The redesign is currently officially ...