GeForce NOW Launches on Select LG TVs

Nvidias GeForce NOW cloud gaming app has exited beta and is officially being released on select LG TVs. And to celebrate, people who buy a supporting LG TV will get a free six-month Priority membership. Five new titles will be added in the coming week, includingMortal Online 2andAssassins Creed III Deluxe Edition. Nvidia/LG As part of the new update, three new resolution upscaling modes are also being added for better-looking graphics....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Mark Thompson

Gemini 2.0 and Project Astra Make Google's AI Your Know-It-All Assistant

Project Astra will first land with people in its trusted tester program. A time frame for when it might go public wasn’t given. Project Astra’s ocular capabilities will certainly raise privacy concerns. Google’s latest wave of announcements come as majorAI advancements have slowed and Wall Street investment has softened. Some analysts believe that AI development will be awinner-take-all race, with the best tech leading the market. The company says Gemini 2....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Christopher Castillo

Gen AI Needs Synthetic Data. We Need to Be Able to Trust It

He and the other panelists were speaking on Sunday at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. The hard part is ensuring you’re free to trust it. The problem with simulated data Simulated data has a lot of benefits. For one, it costs less to produce. He used the case of the bats that make spectacular emergences from Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge. The risks come from how a machine trained using synthetic data responds to real-world changes....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · Stephanie Wells

Gen Z and Millennials Are Leading a New Wave of Streaming Piracy—Here's Why

You could cancel it or look for cheaper alternatives, but for some people, piracy is the answer. Age also plays a significant role in piracy habits. In contrast, less than half of older generations reported ever dabbling in digital theft. Pirated movies are free, which could be a big reason some people download them.glegorly / Getty Images The motivations behind piracy are diverse, but cost is a primary factor. Interestingly, the study revealed that piracy isn’t necessarily an all-or-nothing proposition....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 160 words · Sheena Anderson

Gen Z's Financial Independence Comes From Social Media, Not Traditional Work

Asurveyfrom Credit Karma earlier this year found that 45% of Zoomers consider themselves digital side hustlers. Juggling four digital revenue streams, she netted about $107,000 in 2023. Fischer eventually decided to quit her corporate job in data analytics to become a full-time digital creator. More young folks like Fischer are sustaining themselves by earning cash through social media and online channels. In the process, they’re finding greater autonomy and financial stability through their enterprising use of technology....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Karen Hamilton

Gen Zers Like Me Are Struggling With FOMO. How I Keep Mine in Check While Still Doing What I Love

Dinner or drinks with friends; family holiday gatherings; and birthdays were the most common events people missed. Here’s how I avoid missing out without falling into a debt trap. Overall, 72% of shoppers said they would make financial sacrifices or tradeoffs to afford the holiday season. One friend recommends a ritzy bar and a few others eagerly agree. Before you might look up the restaurant’s prices, your friends are already solidifying their plans....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Kristin Mckenzie

Gender inequality online costs governments $1 trillion, says web inventor's foundation

When women and girls don’t have access to the internet, it costs governments a lot of money. How much money, exactly, has only been estimated, until now. Those countries include India, Nigeria and the Philippines. These groups can be defined by their geography, their gender,their raceor all three. Women in low- and middle-income countries are even less likely to have internet access than their male counterparts. “But I think we want to bring the message that this will affect everyone....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Amy Bass

Generac Pwrcell Review: A Modular Solar Battery

You’ll need ahome battery systemfor that. An installer can optimize the solution for their particular homeowner customer." Can solar panels save you money? Interested in understanding the impact solar can have on your home? Enter some basic information below, and well instantly provide a free estimate of your energy savings. Solar batteries are big, bulky, expensive and part of a holistic home energy system. That makes them difficult to put through hands-on testing....

April 15, 2025 · 4 min · 813 words · Richard Black

Generac's New Home Battery Adds Power to Modularity

Generac is a big name in home generators, but it’s also offered a home battery for years. Now it’s launching the second generation of that home battery with a more powerful output. The new model announced at this year’s RE+ trade show in Anaheim, California, is thePWRcell 2. The new battery system keeps its modular design, with capacity offerings from 9-18 kilowatt-hours per battery cabinet. Can solar panels save you money?...

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Erin Jones

Generative Extend in Premiere Pro: Adobe's AI Tool That Could Change Video Editing

AI seems to be in everything these days, and Adobe’s products are no different. Adobe initially unveiled the AI video capabilitiesback in April. Now, they’re available in beta in Adobe Premiere Pro. Adobe Adobe showed off a few of the features, including Generative Extend and Mask Tracking. There are some limitations, of course. It’s pretty incredible to see a video that did not exist suddenly appear in your timeline. These are just a couple of the new features that Adobe showed off during the Max keynote....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Jasmine Valentine

Gentleminions on TikTok: Why People Are Putting on Suits to Go See 'Minions'

Whatever brings you here, you probably have questions. Minions: The Rise of Gru debuted on Friday afterdelays due to the COVID-19pandemic. What is the Gentleminions trend? You do look dapper, after all. It gets even more absurd. Lots of videos, like the two mentioned above, use the songRich Minionby rapper Yeat. TikToks tagged with #Gentleminions have overall amassed 28 million views. It isn’t entirely clear why suits are the choice here....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 173 words · David Briggs

Geofencing: What It Is and How It Works

What Is Geofencing? To perform this function, the geofencing app accesses the real-time location data sent by the tracked machine. Livestock Monitoring One of the earliest uses of geofencing was in the livestock industry. Snapchat A small percentage of cattle in a herd would be outfitted with GPS tracking devices. In addition, some of these systems allow for scheduling. One example of geofencing combined with smart home technology is HomeKit....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Jesse Willis

Georgia Solar Panel Incentives: Solar Loans, Efficiency Rebates

Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, isone of the sunniest major citiesin the country. It has anaverage of 110 sunny daysa year and other cities in the state aren’t far behind. However, Georgia isn’t the most generous state when it comes to incentivizing solar installations. Here’s a guide to solar incentives available in the state of Georgia. Can solar panels save you money? Interested in understanding the impact solar can have on your home?...

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Andrew Craig