Google launches Gemini 3 Pro Image, aka Nano Banana Pro, with more control, improved text rendering, and enhanced world knowledge, for free in the Gemini app
except when it gaslit me Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica : Google's new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images Robert Hart / The Verge : Google's new AI image creator too...
SpaceX launches its first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service as part of its Direct to Cell service in partnership with T-Mobile US
On Tuesday, January 2 at 7:44 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites … T-Mobile : First SpaceX Satellites Launch for Breakthrough Direct to Cell Service with T-Mobile Jean-Pierre Joosting /...
Google extends third-party in-app billing to India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area, letting all non-gaming developers participate
but only cuts fees by 4% Google Support : Enrolling in the user choice billing pilot Abdullah / Gizchina : Google Play Store finally allows third-party payments Jay Bonggolto / Android Central : Googl...
CES 2020 show notes: a look at 12 technologies/categories, the raw materials of the primordial soup of innovation that the show has become over the years
CES continues to be an event where you can see the raw materials of the next big thing far more often than you can see the next big thing. Tweets: @backlon , @amritsf , @gassee , @scobleizer , @seikat...
Tidal is now available on Plex for $9.99/month, the first streaming music service to be fully integrated into Plex
Thomas Ricker / The Verge :
Tidal is now available on Plex for $9.99/month, the first streaming music service to be fully integrated into Plex
Thomas Ricker / The Verge :
iPhone XS and XS Max review: terrific display, great speakers, and long battery life, but expensive, very good camera but not great, portrait mode a hit or miss
Three years ago, Phil Schiller was my guest … Rene Ritchie / iMore : iPhone XS + Max Review: The best damn product Apple's ever made, take 2 Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : iPhone X Cases May Have Slightl...
Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrested on charges of bribery, perjury, and embezzlement, after last month's arrest warrant request failed
Lee Jae-yong, the acting chief of Samsung … Carlos Tejada / New York Times : Money, Power, Family: Inside South Korea's Chaebol Thomas Ricker / The Verge : Poll: How do you feel about the Samsung heir...
Sources: BBC websites hit by DDoS attack, services disrupted for several hours
or so Beeb tells Beeb (and best 2015 TV) Mark Scott / New York Times : BBC Websites Said to Be Target of Online Attack Alex Ritman / Hollywood Reporter : BBC Website, iPlayer Goes Down After Cyber Att...