A few months ago, Google increased the prices of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music in the United States, with the services charging $10.99/month and $13.99/month, respectively. However, some accounts were exempt from this price bump; those being subscribers to YouTube Red or Google Play Music, who were grandfathered into the YouTube Premium service. Now, Google has confirmed that the price hike will also apply to these grandfathered accounts from next month.

If you power on your Windows computer one day and discover that everything on your screen has a yellow tinge, don’t throw it out yet — the problem could be as basic as a haywire setting or calibration issue. Simpler still, a quick restart can resolve it. So, before you buy a new laptop or desktop PC, reboot your computer, and if that doesn't solve the problem, try the troubleshooting solutions below to turn off the yellow screen on Windows 11.

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AMD’s Ryzen 7 7800X3D is the absolute best CPU option for framechasers right now, able to eke out higher scores than the competition. Even though you might think it needs the best AM5 motherboard to reach its peak potential, it’s a relatively easy processor to power and can quite easily be put onto midrange boards to keep costs down. With a modest 120W power requirement and locked core clocks, you won’t need overbuilt VRM solutions to get high frame rates in games like CS: GO:2 and Overwatch 2. To help you out with your choice, we’ve rounded up a list of the best motherboards to pair with the Ryzen 7800X3D.

There's been a lot of momentum around getting iMessage on Android lately, both in terms of third-party solutions and from official sources. Apple even surprisingly announced RCS will come to the iPhone next year. However, that isn't cross-platform iMessage. The few third-party options to debut recently also came with some alarming security concerns.

With the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) still underway, companies are looking to leverage large language models (LLMs) and other machine learning principles to build commercial products to attract both enterprise and personal users. Google recently unveiled a powerful language model called Gemini, and we also know that the firm is implementing a mechanism to let Chrome users generate browser themes through AI. Now, it seems that Google is also working on another major project that aims to tell someone's life story with the power of AI.

The earliest that we will likely see these rules come into force is 2025. | The Verge Following a round of intense negotiations this week, lawmakers in Brussels have now reached a “provisional agreement” on the European Union’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The EU’s AI Act is anticipated to be the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to govern AI and could serve as a benchmark for other regions looking to pass similar laws. According to the press release, negotiators established obligations for “high-impact” general-purpose AI (GPAI) systems that meet certain benchmarks, like risk assessments, adversarial testing, incident reports, and more. It also mandates transparency by those systems that include creating technical documents and “detailed summaries about the content used for training” — something... Continue reading…

Large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing Chat all run in the cloud, and that basically means they run on somebody else's computer. Not only that, they're particularly costly to run, and that's why ChatGPT has a Plus option that you can subscribe to, for example. However, you can run many different language models like Llama 2 locally, and with the power of LM Studio, you can run pretty much any LLM locally with ease.

The Raspberry Pi has found widespread use in hobbyist projects, educational endeavors, and even industrial applications. Adding a camera to your Raspberry Pi opens up a world of possibilities, allowing you to explore photography, video streaming, security systems, and more applications. However, with so many options for Raspberry Pi cameras, users are often confused, especially about considerations like compatibility, resolution, and specific project requirements. To make it easy, I’ve narrowed down some of the best cameras for Raspberry Pi. The options are quite distinctive, so that there’s something for everyone, from beginners to pros.

Less than three days ago, it looked like Android users would finally be able to pass under Apple’s blue-bubble radar without throwing privacy to the wind thanks to an app named Beeper Mini. Unfortunately, that looks to no longer be the case.

Image: The Verge One feature added to Microsoft’s AI Copilot in the Edge browser this week is the ability to generate text summaries of videos. But Edge Copilot’s time-saving feature is still fairly limited and only works on pre-processed videos or those with subtitles, as Mikhail Parakhin, Microsoft’s CEO of advertising and web services, explained. As spotted by MSPowerUser, Parakhin writes, “In order for it to work, we need to pre-process the video. If the video has subtitles - we can always fallback on that, if it does not and we didn’t preprocess it yet - then it won’t work,” in response to a question. In order for it to work, we need to pre-process the video. If the video has subtitles - we can always fallback on that, if it does not and we... Continue reading…

Just a few days ago, I wrote about how 2023 was a pretty boring year for laptops, with most options keeping the same designs as last year while offering iterative performance upgrades. But things are set to be very different in 2024. With brand-new laptop designs, potentially revolutionary processors, and a big Windows update, it looks like it could be one of the best years for laptops in quite some time. Here are a few reasons I'm very excited about what's coming next year.