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Mashable Selects Look Up Mashable Voices Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Say More Safety Net Creator Hub Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Switch Off Trending Now In My Bag All Series Lauren Allain is a freelance journalist covering deals at Mashable. She graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A. in journalism and holds an M.B.A from Webster Leiden. You can find more of her work online from publications including Reader's Digest, U.S. News & World Report, Seattle Refined, and more. When she's not writing, Lauren prefers to be outside hiking, bouldering, swimming, or searching for the perfect location for all three. All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.
LAIKAs stop-motion Wildwood featurette is the perfect antidote for AI slop
Mashable Selects Look Up Mashable Voices Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Say More Safety Net Creator Hub Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Switch Off Trending Now In My Bag All Series LAIKA's stop-motion'Wildwood' featurette is the perfect antidote for AI slop See the incredible work that goes into bringing'Wildwood's stop-motion horses to life. Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association, as well as a Tomatometer-approved critic. All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.
Google will let you tailor your Discover feed using natural language now
I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen If you're not happy with the algorithm on your Discover page, you can now tell Google what you want in your own words. Google is introducing several personalization updates. You can now describe what you want in your Discover feed. Discover will update immediately and remember what you said. Google has a new way to make sure you see exactly what you want in your Discover feed.
Google now allows you to add your favorite new sources to Search
Google is making it easier for people to support their favorite publications by introducing a new "Preferred Sources" button webmasters can add to their websites. "When readers click this button, it adds the site as a Preferred Source on Google and immediately directs them back to where they left off on the publisher's page," Google explains. After clicking the button, you'll see the publication appear more frequently Google Search, including in Top Stories, AI Overviews and AI Mode. The button formalizes something publishers, including Engadget, had been independently adding their websites for a while now. Even with referral traffic from Google declining in recent years due to products like AI Overviews and AI Mode, the company's search engine remains an important source of revenue for many media outlets.
Tesla's Robotaxi fleet might finally be driving around Austin unsupervised
Tesla appears to have finally allowed its Robotaxi fleet in Austin to go full driverless, according to a report by The Verge. It looks like all vehicles in the city are operating autonomously. This is many months after Elon Musk announced that they had begun operating without human safety monitors onboard. He also said that the entire fleet would remove safety drivers by, well, the end of 2025. This news isn't coming from Musk or anyone from Tesla, which gives it more credence.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
If AI systems are viewed as too advanced to control, the companies that build them can't held liable for the harms they cause. "Runaway" AI, "rogue" agents, and "autonomous" actors--the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly "superhuman" systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations and academic philosophers often aligned with the effective altruism movement, debates whether humanity holds the moral right to govern them at all. Upon closer inspection, they are all calling for the same thing: a view of AI systems as being so advanced and capable that no entity, human or corporate, could possibly be responsible for their actions. While these perspectives seem at odds, they are inadvertently aligned on one goal: making sure the companies that build these systems escape meaningful liability for the harms they already cause. This narrative is gaining traction as AI models become more complex and frontier labs reveal their incapability of containing the agents they've built.
NASA abandons mission to save Swift Observatory from a fiery death
The 22-year-old orbital observatory is expected to plunge back to Earth sometime in October. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy . NASA engineers have confirmed they can't spare the historic Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from a fiery demise, despite their best efforts.
Ring's new 4K doorbell is 70 off for the first time
Ring's new 4K doorbell is $70 off for the first time It's a pretty good deal if you want a doorbell camera with sharp 4K video The newest Ring Battery Doorbell 4K Pro just dropped to $180 at Amazon, a solid $70 off its usual $250 price. It's also the first time we've seen it go on sale (so far). One of the best things you'll get out of buying this doorbell camera is that it can record 4K video. Even better, it captures a wide view of your whole porch and makes it super easy to zoom in on your videos thanks to 10x Enhanced Zoom. This will make it easier to keep an eye on a package left in the corner, for instance, or check out a license plate of someone parked in front of your home. The camera keeps video in full color even after the sun goes down, switching to crisp black-and-white footage when it's truly pitch dark out.