Google’s Gemini AI can now process and talk about audio files

Google now lets all Gemini users feed audio files to the AI chatbot, ask questions about it, and convert the knowledge into other formats for free.

Notepad's AI writing features will soon run locally on Copilot+ PCs

CoPilot+ PC owners have a new perk in the pipeline. Your AI PC will soon perform Notepad's AI writing features on-device — no ...
The New York Times

How to Cut the Prison Population, Save Money and Make Us Safer

American prisons are fast becoming the world’s worst nursing homes, increasingly filled with aging criminals who can barely walk, let alone commit another crime. The idea that we should lock up people ...
Yahoo News Canada

What is Spotify's Lossless Audio? How to get it and how to use it

Premium Spotify subscribers will soon have access to lossless audio on the streaming app – or they might have it already. Lossless audio is gradually rolling out in select markets around the world, ...
Shacknews

Where to find the Borderlands 4 Steam save file

You’ll spend a lot of time playing on your Vault Hunter in Borderland 4, so knowing where to find the save file for your character is a good idea. Each file is only a few kilobytes, so creating a ...
The Independent

Here’s how many minutes to walk each day to save yourself from a life of back pain

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Yahoo

2 GOP senators break with leaders on vote to release all Epstein-related files

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) broke with Senate Republican leaders Wednesday afternoon and voted in support of an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) ...
AOL

I Bought a Hybrid Car: Here’s How Much I Save on Gas Every Month

The national average gas price in the U.S. as of Sep. 17, 2025, is $3.20 per gallon, according to AAA. As gas prices continue to swing unpredictably, many people are looking for ways to save money, ...
Engadget

Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets

Anthropic has begun rolling out a small but significant update to Claude. Starting today you can use the chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs. In ...
Hindustan Times

The Bengal Files review: Performances save Vivek Agnihotri's powerful film from drowning in a sea of excess

Vivek Agnihotri's The Bengal Files takes its own time to get to the point. In an age when films rarely breach the three-hour mark, Vivek delivers a three-hour 20-minute runtime. Some might rue this, ...
Rolling Stone

MAGA Finally Gets Some New Epstein Files. They’re Not Happy

The right-wing media ecosystem has been clamoring for information on Jeffrey Epstein for years. It was briefly up in arms when Donald Trump’s Justice Department announced in July that it would not be ...