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Snapchat’s new Lens lets you create AI images using text prompts

Snapchat’s new Lens lets you create AI images using text prompts

Snapchat is launching a new Lens that lets users create and edit images using a text-to-image AI generator, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The new “Imagine Lens” is available to Snapchat+ Platinum and Lens+ subscribers. Imagine Lens allows users to create, edit, and re-create Snaps by entering their own prompts. They can then share the image with their friends, post …

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Nothing Ear (3) earbuds are launching ‘soon’ as teasers begin

Nothing Ear (3) earbuds are launching ‘soon’ as teasers begin

Nothing has just confirmed that it will soon be launching Nothing Ear (3), its fourth-generation earbuds, are launching “soon.” In its typically vague style, Nothing has revealed in a teaser that the Nothing Ear (3) earbuds are coming “soon.” There’s no date mentioned, but the company’s history makes it pretty obvious that these are right around the corner. The launch …

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These AI glasses hit $1M in pre-orders in 72 hours and have features missing from Meta Ray-Bans

These AI glasses hit M in pre-orders in 72 hours and have features missing from Meta Ray-Bans

Rokid Glasses with the app and case. Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Rokid Glasses are a competitor to Meta Ray-Bans but offer several more advanced features. The company launched a pre-order marketing campaign via Kickstarted and raised over $1 million in pre-orders in the first 3 days. The AI glasses are likely …

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Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is On To Simulate Our Quantum Universe

Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is On To Simulate Our Quantum Universe

Ringbauer’s team was building a quantum computer that used not qubits but qudits — each with five possible states. The extra possibilities allowed each particle to hold more information, often reducing the number of steps needed for a complex computation. Not every simulation would benefit from being run with qudits, but the complexity of quantum fields lent itself to the …

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Tragedy at Microsoft: Family of Indian-origin engineer issues a plea to stop overworking

Tragedy at Microsoft: Family of Indian-origin engineer issues a plea to stop overworking

Image credits: Getty Images Passion and overworking are two different concepts and it’s time we stop evaluating them proportionally. Case in point, a young Microsoft engineer who died at work. Cause of death? Overworking.Pratik Pandey, 35, of Menlo Park, California, badged into Microsoft’s Mountain View office at 7:50 pm on August 19. Around 2 am, he was found face-down in …

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Don’t expect AI Siri to debut at Sept. 9 Apple event

Don’t expect AI Siri to debut at Sept. 9 Apple event

Google I/O 2025. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked. Made By Google. All these big launch events had one thing in common — new artificial intelligence tools were the headline act. Now, Apple has announced its next big event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Will we finally see the newer, smarter, AI-er Siri? Unfortunately, probably not. We, along with the rest of …

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I like the Pixel 10 in spite of Google’s AI, not because of it

I like the Pixel 10 in spite of Google’s AI, not because of it

There’s a lot to love about the Pixel 10. Through four generations of Tensor, we’ve waited for a chipset that could match the thermal performance of Qualcomm’s best, and my experience so far suggests Google’s nailed it. The 5x telephoto lens, while far from the best on the market, helps the camera feel far flexible than non-Pro Pixels in the …

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Former Bethesda Boss Reveals The “Dumbest Thing I Ever Did” At The Company

Former Bethesda Boss Reveals The “Dumbest Thing I Ever Did” At The Company

Former longtime Bethesda marketing and publishing boss Pete Hines retired after Microsoft bought parent company ZeniMax, and in a new interview, he discussed one part of his career where he did the “dumbest thing.” Some may recall that one of the promised items in Fallout 76’s $200 Power Armor Edition was a canvas West Tek bag. However, upon delivery, fans …

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