Copilot’s limitations are ever-present, and it can lead you astray on even the basics.
Nearly a year ago, I wrote that impending tariff policies seemed poised to turn American consumerism upside down. In the months since, many people have said that Donald Trump’s tariffs — and the higher costs passed on to shoppers — could force people to buy less stuff they didn’t need in the first place. But as the Wall Street Journal reports, even sky high tariffs might not be enough to break the habit for good.
Now that the latest AI model from Google has launched, the CEO of Google DeepMind and VP of Google Gemini appeared on the Hard Fork podcast to delve into what their “most intelligent” AI is capable of.
In addition to launching across the Gemini app, in Search, and a new Antigravity platform, Google’s flagship AI model has arrived in preview for GitHub Copilot subscribers, who can now choose Gemini 3 Pro from the model picker menu across GitHub and VS Code.
Aspyr has shadow dropped Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on both Nintendo Switch consoles. For the first time, you’ll be able to play the 2013 game that rebooted the Tomb Raider franchise on the Nintendo Switch family of systems.
But if modern Lara with her modern video game conventions aren’t you’re thing, Aspyr has also released remastered versions of the classic Tomb Raider games as well.
Documents released by the House Oversight Committee shed light on Epstein’s day-to-day, largely via email — including his preoccupation with his Google presence.
Microsoft is previewing its Azure Cobalt 200 CPU today at its Ignite conference. It’s the next generation of the cloud chip that was first announced two years ago, and Microsoft says it will have up to 50 percent higher performance than Cobalt 100. Built on 3nm TSMC, it will also reduce energy consumption for cloud apps on Azure.
Rebecca Heineman, pioneering game developer and trans LGBTQ+ advocate, has passed away. She was a founder or co-founder of many video game studios including Interplay Productions, and worked on a number of projects including The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate, Dragon Wars, Baldur’s Gate, and much more.
Heineman was profiled in Netflix’s video game documentary High Score for winning the Atari National Space Invaders Championship in 1980, making the United State’s first ever esports champion a trans woman.
The next generation of BitLocker, Microsoft’s encryption feature in Windows, will require next-generation Windows devices that are built on unannounced chips. “Hardware acceleration of BitLock requires the capability in the silicon platform,” says Windows chief Pavan Davuluri. “As and when those capabilities are available, the OS will be able to unlock them for users.”
Sysmon was first released in 2014 as a utility for security analysis into the Windows Event Log. Built by Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich with assistance from Thomas Garnier, Sysmon is now making its way directly into Windows 11 in early 2026. It will make it easier for security teams to detect and respond to threats.
Writer and disability advocate Alice Wong has died. She founded the Disability Visibility Project and participated in many other initiatives designed to amplify disabled voices in literature, journalism, politics, and more.
In 2015, she became the first person to visit the White House and meet the president via telepresence robot. She also had a recurring role in Netflix’s Human Resources playing a fictionalized version of herself. She was 51.
Stop letting your streaming service take the reins and start listening with intention.
Some GameStop retail locations will host a “Bring Whatever, Get Store Credit! Some Questions Asked.” initiative, letting customers trade in one item for $5 store credit on Saturday, December 6th. Exclusions include VCRs, guns, jewelry, sex toys, and drugs. On the list of accepted items? Taxidermy. (Terms are at the bottom of GameStop’s homepage).
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Whether your giftee is a fan of Metroidvanias or simply can’t get enough of Netflix’s K-pop juggernaut, we’ve got you covered.
The new trailer for Amazon MGM’s adaptation of Alex Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary teases a bit more of the catastrophe that’s imperiling Earth, but it’s mostly about the friendship that’s going to develop between astronaut Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) and an alien that looks like a pile of rocks.
The $750 KTC H27P3 just showed up. It’s a 27-inch IPS screen with nearly the same pixel density as the $1,599 Apple Studio Display (217 vs. 218 PPI, respectively), plus two display modes: 5,120 x 2,880 at 60Hz refresh rate, or 2,560 x 1,440 at up to 120Hz. Review to come!
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ProPublica writes that Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia — the White House’s Department of Homeland Security liaison — told customs officials to return devices they’d seized from the influencer and alleged rapist and sex trafficker, possibly hindering an investigation and alarming DHS officials, who described the act as “handing out favors” to Tate.
Here’s a couple of facts for you, apropos of nothing: it has been less than a decade since Moana hit US theaters, and not even 12 months since Moana 2 followed it. And yet, here we are.
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The live-action remakes will continue until morale improves
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This latest model update arrives without 4.0’s accompanying Nazi chatbot meltdown, albeit reportedly still without some content filtering.
Its developers claim 4.1 “sets a new standard” compared to other bots, based on prerelease testing, as well as reduced hallucinations and greater speed that users preferred over the previous version 64 percent of the time.
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With just a Gmail account, you’ll be able to “use AI-generated voiceovers, instantly clean up recordings with transcript trimming to remove silences and filler words, or give your visuals some pop with built-in AI image editing,” according to a blog post.
Abidur Chowdhury, who worked on the iPhone Air and introduced it during Apple’s September event, has reportedly left for an AI startup. Even though the phone hasn’t sold well, “his exit is unrelated to the debut of the phone, which has seen its design praised despite underwhelming sales,” according to Bloomberg.
After launching it in beta earlier this month, Valve has officially launched a new feature that lets you keep downloading games even when you turn the display off. I’ve wanted something like this since I first got a Steam Deck more than three years ago.
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