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OpenAI's answer to Muse arrived this week, and it looks a whole lot like Muse dressed up in a suit and tie. Dots is a business-first product - for now, at least - costing a minimum of $100 per month. And sure, you can make a cute little Dot character, just like you can make a cute little Muse character. But OpenAI's early marketing is all about how you can use it to do Business Things: launch websites, reschedule calls, build slide decks for board meetings. Muse, on the other hand, keeps reminding me to buy a jacket I looked at. This week on The Vergecast , we're talking about Dots and the current state of agentic assistants. Our conversatio … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/podcast/1004059/openai-dots-kindle-homepad-cybercab-vergecast

Sony is launching a new AI upscaling technology specifically for the regular PS5. The new tech, called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), is a "new performance tier of AI upscaling" that's a result of Sony's Project Amethyst work with AMD, according to a blog post . Sony says that PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), which is available on the PS5 Pro , "remains the gold standard," and in Digital Foundry 's early hands-on with the tech , it does seem that QSSR isn't as fast as PSSR because the PS5 doesn't have dedicated machine learning silicon. As a result, you should probably expect closer to an upscaled 1440p resolution on PS5 … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/games/1003549/sony-ps5-quick-spectral-super-resolution-qssr

Last week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hosted an intimate, invite-only event for leaders from some of its key enterprise customers. Instead of a flashy media event, Nadella outlined the future of Copilot directly to the customers Microsoft really cares about, pitching its latest rethink of the AI assistant as the "OS for work." Microsoft is adding coding and agent capabilities directly into Copilot, as well as bringing the full power of Office into Copilot for the first time. Nadella is betting that AI will change the way people work in the same way that Microsoft Office did in the '80s and '90s. "How did a multinational company do a fore … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/1003365/microsoft-copilot-os-for-work-notepad

This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . "I will explode your butthole with this poopmaxxer pesto," a calm Gen Z voice announced from my phone's speakers. "And don't worry, it doesn't taste like poop, unless that's what you're into … I don't know if Italians will approve of this, but it's for my … a-butt-a-hole-a!" What followed in that video was actually a pretty good recipe. Two cups of blanched peas mixed into a fairly standard pesto recipe for a yield of 18 grams … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/column/1002625/optimizer-fibermaxxing-wellness-health

A new update to Lux Optics' anti-algorithm Halide camera app for the iPhone and iPad adds two new photography looks and support for the variable aperture on the new iPhone 18 Pro's main camera . Halide isn't the first alternative to the native iOS camera app to add support for the new feature, but it offers more finite control over aperture settings than other third-party apps. The iOS camera app limits aperture adjustments to just four presets, but both the BlackMagic Camera and Moment Pro Camera II apps expand that to 10 presets in 1/3 stop increments, similar to what most digital cameras offer. Halide Mark III goes even further by lettin … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002642/halide-ios-camera-app-update-iphone-18-pro-max-variable-aperture

The only noticable difference is that the camera oval is shorter. | Image: Android Headlines Google isn't making any significant design changes to its upcoming midrange Pixel update, judging by the leaks shared by Android Headlines . The image renders made by OnLeaks are potentially our first look at the Pixel 11A, which aside from having a slightly rounder oval-shaped rear camera module, looks almost indistinguishable from both the Pixel 10A and Pixel 9A . It seems the chunky display bezels sported by those predecessors will also carry over as they're present in these leaked images. It makes the phone look very dated compared to the wider Pixel 11 series lineup, but a previous report from Mystic Leaks suggests the Pixel 11A will at … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002072/google-pixel-11a-leaked-renders-first-look