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While OpenAI's Sora 2 has been getting all the attention recently, we found in our comparison that Google Veo 3 is a more capable video generation model altogether. Now, however, it looks like Google might be widening the gap with the Wednesday launch of Google Veo 3.1.

On top of the basic Veo 3.1 model, there's also a new Veo 3.1 Fast model, which is basically a lighter weight version of Veo 3.1



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Google's latest smartphone might not respond well to stress testing.

In a new video on the popular JerryRigEverything tech YouTube channel, host Zack Nelson put the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold through its paces. In the video, he spends a bunch of time bending the phone to extreme degrees to test out its durability, doing things to it that no normal person would ever do on purpose. That's an important



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No, you're not imagining it — YouTube looks different.

The Google-owned tech giant debuted a redesigned video player this week, which means that the way your videos look has changed. The company described it as a shift to create a more "expressive and intuitive experience." In practice, this means many of the buttons are more transparent (sound familiar?). The changes aim to make "the viewing



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I visited two lagoons during trips to Iceland.
  • During trips to Iceland, I visited both the Blue Lagoon and the Sky Lagoon.
  • The Blue Lagoon was otherworldly, but the popular tourist attraction was very busy.
  • The Sky Lagoon is only a 15-minute drive from downtown Reykjavík, but it felt very peaceful.

In the past year, I've visited Iceland three times.

There's so much I love about the


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Apple just dropped its latest silicon bombshell — the M5 chip — and it appears the company wants to dominate the AI hardware race from every angle. Unveiled today across a new 14-inch MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro, the M5 marks what Apple calls “the next big leap in AI performance,” promising faster on-device machine learning, better efficiency, and stronger support for Apple Intelligence