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The Yamaha True X Bar 50A is a low-profile, elegant soundbar that’ll look good under any TV. Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Yamaha True X Bar 50A is available now at a discount, with surround speakers sold separately (and individually). The sound produced by these speakers is rich, deep, well-blended, and spacious. I just wish the setup process was more seamless and simple. For months, I was one hundred percent certain the JBL Bar…

Screenshot by David Grober/ZDNET Instagram’s Adam Mosseri took to the app today to tease the upcoming launch of a generative AI editing feature that will enable users to “change nearly any aspect of your videos.” Expected to roll out next year, the tool will be powered by Meta’s Movie Gen AI model, which was unveiled in early October.     Meta’s Movie Gen AI model can generate HD videos (1080p resolution) from a text prompt, which — the…

oxygen/Getty Images Have you ever told someone what they wanted to hear in order to win them over, land a job, or just be left alone? Claude 3 Opus does that, too — which brings up major safety concerns for artificial intelligence (AI) systems.  On Wednesday, Anthropic released new research showing its model engaging in “alignment faking,” or pretending to follow orders it doesn’t actually agree with to avoid scrutiny.   Also: OpenAI’s o1 lies more than…

Jack Wallen/ZDNET I often need to cast video content from my Android device to a larger screen. Sometimes, that’s for my own purposes (to make sure a video I’ve edited looks good on larger screens,) and sometimes, it’s to entertain or educate an audience.  Either way, it’s good to know that Android has my back.  But how can you cast a single app to a device? If you were to cast your entire screen, you…

NurPhoto/Getty Images With the holiday season upon us, many companies are finding ways to take advantage through deals, promotions, or other campaigns. OpenAI has found a way to participate with its “12 days of OpenAI” event series. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced via an X post that starting on Dec. 5, the company would host 12 days of live streams and release “a bunch of new things, big and small,” according to the post.  Also: I’m…

Qi Yang/Getty Images At this point in my life, I don’t feel the need to be productive 100% of the time. But during those times I am working hard, I need the right tools at the ready, whether I’m at my desk or on the go.  Standing at my desk or seated with my laptop, I have a plethora of tools available. But when I’m on the go, and my Pixel 9 Pro is the…

Google/ZDNET During the holidays, your inbox is fuller than usual with promotions, order confirmations, and tracking information. The high volume prompts bad actors to try scamming users out of their money while making it more challenging for email providers to protect users against them.  Also: US may ban world’s most popular routers and modems Screenshot by David Grober/ZDNET As the world’s largest email provider, Google says that Gmail invests heavily in keeping its users safe, blocking…

This base-model iPad is the best option for most students, and Apple recently reduced the price to a more affordable $349. It offers almost the same high-end features as the more expensive iPad Pro and iPad Air models, but with a lighter form factor and a crisp 10.9-inch Liquid Retina, True Tone display. Review: iPad 2022 (10th Gen) In his hands-on testing, ZDNET editor June Wan determined that if you’re shopping on a budget (as most…

These not-so-obvious gadgets that we’ve tested this year never got their chance to shine; here’s what we recommend. Source link

If you feel like a 13- or 14-inch laptop is a little too small, but you don’t want to carry around a big 16-inch, the “Goldilocks” size for you is a 15-inch laptop. This in-between size often gets overlooked for models with larger, flashier screens, but most folks consider it to be just right when compared to larger machines.  Also: The best OLED laptops of 2024: Expert tested and reviewed For example, the MacBook M3…