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Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Google Flow Music is getting a dedicated mobile app.

It’s already available on iOS, and coming to Android soon. Google is also adding granular editing tools for changing portions of an AI-generated song, tweaking beat drops, or rewriting lyrics. It’s also adding the ability to generate “covers” and music videos, so you can countrify that punk song you prompted.

If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can

Google has been working on agentic AI for years. Building on the viral success of OpenClaw could finally tip the scales.

Hayden Field
The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah

Kevin O’Leary wants to cover 40,000 acres. Residents say, ‘Not in my backyard.’

Emma Roth
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Kobo is once again raising the price of its e-readers.

Following price hikes in 2023 and last year, the Kobo Clara BW is now $159.99 (up from $139.99,) the Kobo Libra Colour is now $259.99 (up from $229.99), and the Kobo Clara Colour is now $179.99 (up from $159.99). When first released the Clara BW was $129.99, the Libra Colour was $219.99, and the Clara Colour was $149.99.

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An image of two ereaders, the one on the left is larger.
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Summer Game Fest is getting off to an early start.

June is always packed with video game events, and it looks like Sony is getting a jump on things with its next State of Play, which will stream on June 2nd. The event will last more than an hour, and include another look at Insomniac’s Wolverine game.

‘It’s in the air’: Apple TV’s hottest new shows explore different sides of OnlyFans

With Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, there’s a trend brewing on Apple’s streaming service.

Andrew Webster
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Google’s big ask.

Yesterday Emma Roth wrote that Google’s pitch for AI at I/O demands both your trust and your personal data. Going by the comment section, that’s a trade many of you are no longer willing to make.

monterxz:

Google lost the first long ago and will never get any more of the second out of me.

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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Google’s Find Hub gets location sharing notifications.

The Find Hub app on Android has been updated, allowing you to create notifications for when someone arrives or leaves a set location, like home or work. The person you’re tracking will be alerted to the notifications, and can disable them at any time.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Discord calls are now end-to-end encrypted.

The encryption is enabled by default for every voice and video call, though the company has no plans to extend that to text messages on the platform. “Call quality and performance remain at the level our users expect,” Discord’s Mark Smith said in a blog post. “E2EE happens transparently.”

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
You can now feel every intense PowerPoint image alignment through your mouse.

Logitech has announced its vibrating MX Master 4 mouse that debuted last September now natively supports Windows 11’s Advanced Haptics. A new firmware update now available adds haptic feedback effects to mundane actions like snapping windows during a resize and aligning PowerPoint objects, with additional effects being rolled out in the coming months.

The Logitech MX Master 4 mouse on a desk next to a keyboard, glass of water, and monitor displaying Windows 11.
Image: Logitech
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Dreame’s stair climbing robovac is coming soon, and there’s a bionic arm, too.

Today, the company announced that on May 27th, it will reveal when its Cyber X bionic quad-track stair-climbing system will launch and, presumably, how much it will cost. The robot that can transport a robot vacuum up a flight of stairs will arrive alongside three new X60 Pro series robots, the most intriguing of which features Dreame’s first dual-joint bionic robotic arm that can extend a mop pad into tight corners and under furniture.

<em>The X60 Pro will work with the Cyber X and features a mopping pad that extends 7 inches from the robot.</em>
<em>There’s also a baseboard brush.</em>
<em>The X60 Pro can climb double-layer thresholds up to about 4 inches.</em>
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The X60 Pro will work with the Cyber X and features a mopping pad that extends 7 inches from the robot.
Image: Dreame
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google is launching an Android version of its AI Studio vibe coding tool.

The app, which you can pre-register for on Google Play, will let you use AI and prompts to starting building other apps.

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A screenshot from the Google Play listing for the AI Studio app.
Image: Google
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Xbox is launching a new “goal post”-shaped adaptive thumbstick topper.

The new shape will be available via the Xbox design lab’s 3D printable configurator page, where you can also check out other accessibility-focused joystick toppers, starting May 21st.

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