Following the announcement last week, Google has finished rolling out Video Overviews and a redesign of the Studio interface to all NotebookLM users. Video Overviews use your sources to essentially create a slide deck accompanied by narration. NotebookLM will use “images, diagrams, quotes and numbers from your documents” in the presentation. You can have it focus on certain topics, cater …
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The family of an Alabama teen fatally shot by a Homewood police officer claims body camera footage shown to them by the Jefferson County district attorney was a “small clip of an edited ALEA video.” They are demanding to be shown the unedited footage. “We wanted transparency first and foremost,” said national civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is among …
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Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah has posted a sprawling video about the development of Anthem, EA and BioWare’s ill-fated mech RPG shoot-me-do. We’ve heard about this remarkably torrid period in the RPG developer’s existence from other ex-BioWare honchos and anonymous sources, but perhaps never quite this extensively: the video tops out at an hour long, and this …
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NASA’s interim administrator says his call for the United States to put a nuclear reactor on the lunar surface by 2030 is part of a new race to the moon. Agency chief Sean Duffy made the remarks during a press conference titled “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” hosted by the U.S. Department of Transportation (which Duffy also runs) on Aug. 5. …
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Body camera footage shows that an Alabama teen fatally shot by a Homewood police officer in June was armed with a gun when he was killed, the Jefferson County District Attorney said Wednesday. D.A. Danny Carr said he has ruled the shooting death of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples justified. No charges will be filed and the case will not be sent …
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Sunspot region 4168 is certainly making quite a name for itself! Earlier this week, active region 4168 churned out three M-class flares within 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun. Then, on Aug. 5, it fired off a strong M4.4-class flare, peaking at 11:58 a.m. EDT (15:58 GMT), and hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. But though …
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Seattle Kraken forward John Hayden and the team’s blue-haired troll mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a promotional video shoot in Alaska. Hayden and the mascot named Buoy were on a fly-fishing outing in Katmai National Park as part of a trip promoting youth hockey when the bear approached, video released by the team shows. Knee-deep …
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Back in February we told you about Ludocene, a forthcoming project that was setting out to become the perfect game recommendation machine. And crucially, it was aiming to do this via human curation, rather than any ghastly AI. Well, following a successful Kickstarter and the gathering of a wide selection of gaming experts, it’s out today. Combining a dating app …
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ROSÉ‘s going to sleep tomorrow, but tonight, go crazy after the good news she received on Tuesday (Aug. 5), when the nominations for the 2025 MTV VMAs were announced. The BLACKPINK star snagged eight solo nods, which left her in shock. “So I’ve just heard that I’ve received eight VMA nominations,” the singer, clearly stunned and emotional, said in a …
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MTV announced 2025 VMA nominees MTV announces 2025 Video Music Award nominees 04:45 Lady Gaga tops the list of nominees for the 2025 Video Music Awards, with nominations in 12 categories including Artist of the Year. MTV and CBS announced the nominations on Tuesday for this year’s VMAs, which will be awarded on Sunday, Sept. 8. Other top nominees this …
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