You can now generate images with Gemini’s memory without paying a dime

Gemini's most personal image generator is no longer locked behind a subscription. If you're in the U.S., your AI art just got a whole lot more familiar for free.
Hackaday

Hackaday Europe 2026 – Building A Retro PC From Scratch

If you’re big into retrocomputing, you probably spend a lot of time chasing parts and machines on online classifieds or ...
Tech Xplore

Generative AI designs DNA origami to match user-drawn shapes automatically

A joint research team has developed an automated design technology that enables the creation of DNA origami structures that ...
Snopes.com

Google Chrome may have silently installed 4GB AI model on your computer. Here's how to check

Reporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if ...
No Jitter

Computer-Using Agents: Visualizing access to legacy systems

Computer-Using or Computer Use Agents (CUAs) are agentic AI capabilities that enable an AI model to perceive a screen “visually” and control it like a person would — clicking, typing, navigating an ...
VentureBeat

OpenAI drastically updates Codex desktop app to use all other apps on your computer, generate images, preview webpages

Confirming it has reached 3 million weekly developers, OpenAI is massively updating its Codex developer environment via its Mac and Windows desktop apps today to bring it closer to the “Super App” the ...
Wall Street Journal

How to Find Out Whether Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It

WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software is so bad, and how to check whether the malware is installed on your home network. Photo: Sean Havey The price might be right, but if ...
IEEE

Air Canvas: A Real-Time Gesture-Based Drawing Application Using Computer Vision

Abstract: The Air Canvas is a computer vision application offering a natural and touch-free drawing experience with real-time hand gesture recognition. Employing OpenCV and NumPy, the system follows ...
SiliconANGLE

Anthropic’s Claude gets computer use capabilities in preview

Anthropic PBC wants users to give Claude the keys to their computer, announcing new “computer use” functionality for its artificial intelligence assistant so it can now click, scroll and navigate ...
Lifehacker

How to Use Almost Any Computer Without Leaving a Trace

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...
NBC News

Sen. Elissa Slotkin introduces bill to draw red lines for AI use by the military

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, introduced a bill Tuesday to regulate the Pentagon’s use of AI, an opening salvo in how Congress might address the military's ...
ZDNet

Is Perplexity's new Computer a safer version of OpenClaw? How it works

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...