Kerry Wan/ZDNET Google Gemini has kicked off a new skill that can proactively carry out tasks for you. Now rolling out to the Gemini app is a feature called “scheduled actions.” With this one, you tell Gemini to perform a future task either once or on a recurring basis, and the AI will carry out your request at the proper dates and times. The sole barrier is that the new skill is available only to…

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Apple will hold its annual WWDC conference today, and the leaks about what might be announced are pouring out at full speed.  I recently told you how the company is reportedly planning a massive UI overhaul called Solarium for every corner of its software ecosystem. Shortly after that, reports emerged that Apple would also rename its operating systems to follow a year-based convention, with iOS 19 being called iOS 26. Now, 9to5Mac has…

“Price cuts on P4d, P4de, P5, and P5en GPU instances suggest a targeted price competition move. These instances, powered by Nvidia A100 and H100-class GPUs, are central to generative AI workloads and already in demand,” said Kaustubh K, practice director at Everest Group. “The reductions can be considered all about removing cost friction for AI buyers and positioning AWS more aggressively against Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in the high-performance compute space. This is designed…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Few things ruin the joy of watching a good show more than suddenly seeing that rotating asterisk symbol or swirly icon that tells you your TV is buffering. Or maybe it’s stuttering, or altogether freezing. If this is happening on your Roku TV, don’t give up on it just yet. Also: Slow Roku TV? This 30-second fix made my system run like new again Like phones and computers, Rokus have caches that accumulate…