Still from “A teddy bear washing dishes,” as generated by Google Imagen Video. (credit: Google) Today, Google announced the development of Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI mode capable of producing 1280×768 videos at 24 frames per second from a written prompt. Currently, it’s in a research phase, but its appearance five months after Google Imagen…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Over the past 15 years, Microsoft has made huge progress fortifying the Windows kernel, the core of the OS that hackers must control to successfully take control of a computer. A cornerstone of that progress was the enactment of strict new restrictions on the loading of system drivers that could run…
Enlarge / Tech decommissioning businesses have been transformed from what some describe as a collection of “man with a van” outfits into a regulated industry. (credit: Lorne Campbell, Guzelian, and SWEEEP Kuusakoski) Mick Payne remembers the moment the madness of the way we dispose of our data was brought home to him. The chief operating…
Enlarge / Amazon has discontinued its Glow children’s gadget. (credit: Amazon) Amazon’s Glow is no more. The tech giant has discontinued the children’s device, which included an 8-inch display and a projector that could display games on a mat, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. You can’t buy the Glow on Amazon’s website anymore. According to Bloomberg, the device was…
Enlarge / Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4. (credit: Samsung) If you want a taste of the foldable future, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold 4 is available on Amazon for one of the lowest prices we’ve seen. Oddly, you can get both the $1,799.99 256GB version or the $1,919.99 512GB model for $1,499.99. That works out to $300…
Enlarge / Windows 11’s new taskbar overflow feature will handle things better when you have too many onscreen icons. (credit: Microsoft) Last month, Microsoft released the Windows 11 2022 Update to the public. Also known as Windows 11 22H2, the update came with several fixes and user interface enhancements for the year-old OS. Microsoft also…
Enlarge / The Pixel 7 Pro colors. The gold one on the end is called “hazel.” (credit: Google) The Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro have been officially unveiled. While these phones were technically officially announced forever ago, Google came clean about all the details today. The big news is that the prices aren’t changing:…
The Pixel Watch colors, and their default bands. There are three watch body colors here: black, silver, and gold. Google is clawing its way back into wearable relevance. Today the company took the wraps off what is officially its first self-branded smartwatch: the Pixel Watch. Google started revamping its wearable platform, Wear OS, in partnership…
The Pixel Tablet in the magnetic dock. Today’s Google show saw the launch of the Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch, but Google really seems to wish its Pixel Tablet was also ready to go. The company spent a while talking about its upcoming tablet, which won’t ship until 2023. The big news is the unveiling…
Enlarge / It’s not specific to Framework, but a number of Framework-owning Linux enthusiasts saw a kernel quirk set their screens flickering this week, potentially with lasting damage. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) For desktop Linux users, updating to a new Linux kernel typically carries relatively small, contained risks: wonky drivers, GRUB pain, maybe a full wipe…