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Arturia's MicroFreak gets sample playback, granular synthesis and gorgeous...
I routinely state that the Arturia MicroFreak is one of my favorite budget synths. But honestly, I’m doing it a disservice. I think the MicroFreak is one of the best synths out there at any price. That...
View ArticleThe best sous vide machines for 2023
Learning how to cook sous vide (which translates literally to “under vacuum” in French) can be intimidating. Not only do you need to have a sous vide machine (aka an immersion circulator), some people...
View ArticleAnker charging accessories are up to 42 percent off on Amazon
If your charging gear is in need of a refresh, now might be a decent time to upgrade, as Anker has once again discounted a range of wall chargers, cables and power banks on Amazon. For more heavy-duty...
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The best soundbars for 2023
It's no secret that the built-in speakers in most TVs are trash. They don't project enough sound out to the front so you can hear well — especially subtle details. Thankfully, you don't have to splurge...
View Article‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ delayed and there's no updated release window
Hollow Knight: Silksong, the long-awaited sequel to 2017’s indie blockbuster Hollow Knight, has been delayed, as announced by Team Cherry developer Matthew Griffin on Twitter. The sidescrolling...
View ArticleGoogle Maps is expanding Immersive View to routes
Google Maps is expanding the Immersive View format it revealed last year to an important part of the app: routes. When you look for directions in Google Maps on iOS and Android in select cities, you'll...
View ArticleGoogle Photos will use generative AI to straight-up change your images
Google is stuffing generative AI into seemingly all its products, and that now includes the photo app on your phone. The company has previewed an "experimental" Magic Editor tool in Google Photos that...
View ArticleGoogle is incorporating Adobe's Firefly AI image generator into Bard
Back in March, Adobe announced that it, too, would be jumping into the generative AI pool alongside the likes of Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech industry heavyweights with the release of Adobe...
View ArticleGoogle's Bard AI is now available without a waitlist in 180 countries
For the past two months, anybody wanting to try out Google's new chatbot AI, Bard, had to first register their interest and join a waitlist before being granted access. On Wednesday, the company...
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Google’s Duet AI brings more generative features to Workspace apps
After OpenAI’s ChatGPT caught the tech world off guard late last year, Google reportedly declared a “code red,” scrambling to plan a response to the new threat. The first fruit of that reorientation...
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Google Search Generative Experience preview: A familiar, yet different approach
Knowingly or unknowingly, Microsoft kicked off a race to integrate generative AI into search engines when it introduced Bing AI in February. Google seemingly rushed into an announcement just a day...
View ArticleGoogle Search's new Perspectives tab will highlight forum and social media posts
Search is, a quarter-century since its launch, arguably still Google's most impactful and familiar creation — a way in this day and age to sort through the chafe of unsourced nonsense on Twitter or...
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Google's Search Labs lets you test its AI-powered 'products and ideas'
It's fair to say that Google was caught flat-footed by Microsoft's launch of Bing search powered by ChatGPT, as it didn't have anything similar when it unveiled its own conversational AI, Bard. Now,...
View ArticleGoogle adds more context and AI-generated photos to image search
Google announced new features to its image search function to make it easier to spot altered content, the company announced at Google I/O 2023 on Wednesday. Photos on the search engine will soon...
View ArticleWatch Google’s I/O keynote here at 1PM ET
It’s Google I/O time, which means the company is about to host a keynote that will likely be packed with announcements and updates. We’ll be covering all the news as it happens on our liveblog and...
View ArticleGoogle I/O 2023 live updates: Pixel Fold, Bard AI, Android 14 and more
Google is hosting its first full-on in-person I/O developer conference since the pandemic and we expect the company to announce a biblical amount of news at breakneck pace. Engadget is here at the show...
View ArticleGoogle unveils its multilingual, code-generating PaLM 2 language model
Google has stood at the forefront at many of the tech industry's AI breakthroughs in recent years, Zoubin Ghahramani, Vice President of Google DeepMind, declared in a blog post while asserting that the...
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Sony's Xperia I V phone is a photo and video powerhouse
Yes, Sony is still making smartphones, and its latest is the flagship Xperia 1 V designed for both photographers and vloggers. It features a new stacked, backside-illuminated (BSI) sensor along with...
View ArticleDisney+ and Hulu will merge into a single app later this year
A "one-app experience" that combines Disney+ and Hulu content will launch in late 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced during the company's latest earnings call. He said the company will continue...
View ArticleAmazon includes a $50 gift card when you order the Google Pixel 7a
Google's excellent Pixel 7a just hit the market for an already solid price of $499, but you can now save more thanks to a deal at Amazon. If you order now, you get a free $50 Amazon gift card that can...
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