Google Gemini now works across multiple apps in a single prompt
…Those phones are also Samsung’s first to feature Gemini as the default on-device assistant, relegating Bixby to the app drawer. Those changes are part of a raft of other…
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Arturia’s MiniLab 37 is the Goldilocks of portable MIDI controllers
…And it also makes using some of the controller’s more advanced features a bit cumbersome. For example, the built-in arpeggiator is great, with a ton of options considering this is…
What is Partiful selling?
…In a corner is a thong in a frame — a gag gift, an employee tells me, themed around the launch of a feature that allows users to anonymously name a crush. …
Samsung’s Fold8 Ultra is its most ambitious yet
…If you tap it, it will open your email app in a split-screen view. Google’s Gemini’s Automated Tasks feature is now optimized for foldables, too. Now when you ask…
Why Microsoft bet on Surface
…Finally, we take a question on the Vergecast Hotline (866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about why Google’s AI search overhaul feels like such a big deal when Google…
Smart rings are looking like my kind of AI gadget
…One underrated feature of the LLM revolution has been a remarkable leap in all kinds of dictation technology — even the fastest, cheapest models are getting very good at understanding and processing…
The confusing state of Apple Intelligence
…The features in iOS 18.1 are fairly basic: summarizing messages, writing emails, that kind of thing. Apple is already letting developers play with iOS 18.2, though, which looks like…
The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused with a single browser tab
…It’s a key feature of his LinnStrument, an expressive 3D controller released in 2014 — three years before the Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI) officially released the MPE standard. Turns out…
Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook
…at a date in an email or selecting images of furniture and a living space to visualize them together. Beyond your mouse pointer, Googlebooks will also feature the custom AI-created widgets…
Google I/O 2024: everything announced
…at or remind you later to respond to an email you’re perusing. Some early testers already have access to these features, but Google says it’s rolling it out…