Mar 19

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Google has rolled out significant updates to its Gemini AI, introducing new features designed to enhance content creation. Among the most notable additions is an AI-powered podcast generation tool, which allows users to create discussions between two virtual hosts using audio files. Alongside this, Google has launched Canvas and Audio Overview, tools aimed at improving workflow efficiency and creative output.

New Features in Gemini AI

Canvas is a dedicated workspace within Google’s AI ecosystem that enables users to create and refine documents and code in real-time. This feature enhances the editing process by allowing users to make adjustments directly within the AI platform. A major advantage of Canvas is its live coding preview, which allows developers to see their code updates instantly and iterate more efficiently.

Audio Overview, the highlight of this update, introduces AI-generated podcast-style discussions. This tool, previously available only in Google’s NotebookLM, enables users to create dynamic, AI-driven audio content featuring two virtual hosts engaging in realistic conversations. The feature is particularly useful for those looking to quickly generate audio content without human voice recordings, making it ideal for podcasters, educators, and content creators.

Global Availability and Language Support

Both Canvas and Audio Overview are launching globally on March 18 for Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers. However, the Audio Overview is currently available only in English, with Google confirming plans to expand support for additional languages in the future.

Catching up with the competition

These updates reinforce Google’s push to integrate AI deeper into content creation, coding, and multimedia production. The addition of Canvas, which is also present in OpenAI’s portfolio since February, provides more flexibility for writers and developers, while Audio Overview opens new possibilities for automated podcast production.

With these recent innovations, including the recent Experimental Model, Google continues to position Gemini AI as a powerful tool for professionals and creators, offering efficient and intelligent solutions for various workflows.

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Mar 19

Disney+ adds a 24/7 stream of The Simpsons

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Starting Tuesday, Disney+ has a 24/7 streaming channel for The Simpsons that broadcasts seasons one through 35 (all but the currently airing one) chronologically.

To be clear, this announcement isn’t about any new content, as you can already watch each of those 767 episodes on-demand on Disney+. All that’s different here is a single stream that runs through each of them in order around the clock. If episodes average 22 minutes long, that would have the stream taking nearly 12 days to refresh.

The advantage for those who like this format (I can only guess) is you don’t have to think about where to pick up; just turn on the stream and imagine you’re popping in on The Cartoon Network’s longest marathon ever.

“The Simpsons Stream will deliver a Simpsons marathon all day, every day — no matter when you tune in, this ultimate Simpsons binge will be there,” current show-runner Matt Selman wrote in a press release.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/disney-adds-a-247-stream-of-the-simpsons-203929882.html?src=rss

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Mar 19

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Google has rolled out significant updates to its Gemini AI, introducing new features designed to enhance content creation. Among the most notable additions is an AI-powered podcast generation tool, which allows users to create discussions between two virtual hosts using audio files. Alongside this, Google has launched Canvas and Audio Overview, tools aimed at improving workflow efficiency and creative output.

New Features in Gemini AI

Canvas is a dedicated workspace within Google’s AI ecosystem that enables users to create and refine documents and code in real-time. This feature enhances the editing process by allowing users to make adjustments directly within the AI platform. A major advantage of Canvas is its live coding preview, which allows developers to see their code updates instantly and iterate more efficiently.

Audio Overview, the highlight of this update, introduces AI-generated podcast-style discussions. This tool, previously available only in Google’s NotebookLM, enables users to create dynamic, AI-driven audio content featuring two virtual hosts engaging in realistic conversations. The feature is particularly useful for those looking to quickly generate audio content without human voice recordings, making it ideal for podcasters, educators, and content creators.

Global Availability and Language Support

Both Canvas and Audio Overview are launching globally on March 18 for Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers. However, the Audio Overview is currently available only in English, with Google confirming plans to expand support for additional languages in the future.

Catching up with the competition

These updates reinforce Google’s push to integrate AI deeper into content creation, coding, and multimedia production. The addition of Canvas, which is also present in OpenAI’s portfolio since February, provides more flexibility for writers and developers, while Audio Overview opens new possibilities for automated podcast production.

With these recent innovations, including the recent Experimental Model, Google continues to position Gemini AI as a powerful tool for professionals and creators, offering efficient and intelligent solutions for various workflows.

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Mar 19

The FTC has removed all business blog posts from the Biden administration

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The Federal Trade Commission has removed all posts from President Joe Biden’s term in office from its business blog. This online publication has historically provided advice about how companies could best comply with consumer-protection regulations, covering topics such as artificial intelligence and how big tech companies have collected and used customer data. Currently, it has no content published between December 21, 2020 and March 7, 2025.

Wired highlighted some of the notable content from the more than 300 blog posts that have been deleted. Several current and former FTC officials spoke to the publication about the change anonymously out of fear of retaliation.

“In terms of the message to industry on what our compliance expectations were, which is in some ways the most important part of enforcement action, they are trying to just erase those from history,” one source said.

The FTC is being led by President Donald Trump’s nominee, Andrew Ferguson. At the time of his appointment, Ferguson said he would use the department to “end Big Tech’s vendetta against competition and free speech.” He and other Republicans have claimed that many platforms are censoring right-wing content, adding a heavy layer of irony to the FTC’s latest actions.

“They are talking a big game on censorship,” another source told Wired. “But at the end of the day, the thing that really hits these companies’ bottom line is what data they can collect, how they can use that data, whether they can train their AI models on that data, and if this administration is planning to take the foot off the gas there while stepping up its work on censorship.”

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/the-ftc-has-removed-all-business-blog-posts-from-the-biden-administration-214734633.html?src=rss

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Mar 19

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Google has rolled out significant updates to its Gemini AI, introducing new features designed to enhance content creation. Among the most notable additions is an AI-powered podcast generation tool, which allows users to create discussions between two virtual hosts using audio files. Alongside this, Google has launched Canvas and Audio Overview, tools aimed at improving workflow efficiency and creative output.

New Features in Gemini AI

Canvas is a dedicated workspace within Google’s AI ecosystem that enables users to create and refine documents and code in real-time. This feature enhances the editing process by allowing users to make adjustments directly within the AI platform. A major advantage of Canvas is its live coding preview, which allows developers to see their code updates instantly and iterate more efficiently.

Audio Overview, the highlight of this update, introduces AI-generated podcast-style discussions. This tool, previously available only in Google’s NotebookLM, enables users to create dynamic, AI-driven audio content featuring two virtual hosts engaging in realistic conversations. The feature is particularly useful for those looking to quickly generate audio content without human voice recordings, making it ideal for podcasters, educators, and content creators.

Global Availability and Language Support

Both Canvas and Audio Overview are launching globally on March 18 for Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers. However, the Audio Overview is currently available only in English, with Google confirming plans to expand support for additional languages in the future.

Catching up with the competition

These updates reinforce Google’s push to integrate AI deeper into content creation, coding, and multimedia production. The addition of Canvas, which is also present in OpenAI’s portfolio since February, provides more flexibility for writers and developers, while Audio Overview opens new possibilities for automated podcast production.

With these recent innovations, including the recent Experimental Model, Google continues to position Gemini AI as a powerful tool for professionals and creators, offering efficient and intelligent solutions for various workflows.

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Mar 19

President Trump has fired the FTC's two Democrat commissioners

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President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the US government continued today with the firing of the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission. This agency has historically had five members: three from the same party as the president and two from the opposing party. The New York Times reported that the president terminated the roles for FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. 

Both Slaughter and Bedoya said today that firing them is illegal. Commissioners’ terms can only be ended early for good cause, such as “inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.” Also, no more than three commissioners can come from the same political party, meaning the pair also cannot be replaced by additional Republicans. It seems likely that Trump will face a legal challenge over the attempt to eliminate these positions.

“The law protects the independence of the Commission because the law serves the American people, not corporate power,” Slaughter said in a statement. “The reason that the FTC can be so effective for the American people is because of its independence and because its commissioners serve across political parties and ideologies. Removing opposition voices may not change what the Trump majority can do, but it does change whether they will have accountability when they do it.”

Bedoya also posted about the action on X, seconding Slaughter’s statement that removing their posts is illegal. “Tomorrow I will testify before the Colorado Joint House and Senate Judiciary Committees, and will have more to say then,” he wrote.

Trump signed an executive order in February attempting to exert more control over several agencies that were formed to intentionally remain outside the White House’s purview. The order targeted agencies such as the FTC, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FTC recently deleted all the posts on its business blog from President Biden’s administration, leaving a four-year gap with no published compliance advice.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/president-trump-has-fired-the-ftcs-two-democrat-commissioners-225952614.html?src=rss

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Mar 19

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

Posted in: Today's Chili

Google has rolled out significant updates to its Gemini AI, introducing new features designed to enhance content creation. Among the most notable additions is an AI-powered podcast generation tool, which allows users to create discussions between two virtual hosts using audio files. Alongside this, Google has launched Canvas and Audio Overview, tools aimed at improving workflow efficiency and creative output.

New Features in Gemini AI

Canvas is a dedicated workspace within Google’s AI ecosystem that enables users to create and refine documents and code in real-time. This feature enhances the editing process by allowing users to make adjustments directly within the AI platform. A major advantage of Canvas is its live coding preview, which allows developers to see their code updates instantly and iterate more efficiently.

Audio Overview, the highlight of this update, introduces AI-generated podcast-style discussions. This tool, previously available only in Google’s NotebookLM, enables users to create dynamic, AI-driven audio content featuring two virtual hosts engaging in realistic conversations. The feature is particularly useful for those looking to quickly generate audio content without human voice recordings, making it ideal for podcasters, educators, and content creators.

Global Availability and Language Support

Both Canvas and Audio Overview are launching globally on March 18 for Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers. However, the Audio Overview is currently available only in English, with Google confirming plans to expand support for additional languages in the future.

Catching up with the competition

These updates reinforce Google’s push to integrate AI deeper into content creation, coding, and multimedia production. The addition of Canvas, which is also present in OpenAI’s portfolio since February, provides more flexibility for writers and developers, while Audio Overview opens new possibilities for automated podcast production.

With these recent innovations, including the recent Experimental Model, Google continues to position Gemini AI as a powerful tool for professionals and creators, offering efficient and intelligent solutions for various workflows.

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Mar 18

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

Posted in: Today's Chili

Google has rolled out significant updates to its Gemini AI, introducing new features designed to enhance content creation. Among the most notable additions is an AI-powered podcast generation tool, which allows users to create discussions between two virtual hosts using audio files. Alongside this, Google has launched Canvas and Audio Overview, tools aimed at improving workflow efficiency and creative output.

New Features in Gemini AI

Canvas is a dedicated workspace within Google’s AI ecosystem that enables users to create and refine documents and code in real-time. This feature enhances the editing process by allowing users to make adjustments directly within the AI platform. A major advantage of Canvas is its live coding preview, which allows developers to see their code updates instantly and iterate more efficiently.

Audio Overview, the highlight of this update, introduces AI-generated podcast-style discussions. This tool, previously available only in Google’s NotebookLM, enables users to create dynamic, AI-driven audio content featuring two virtual hosts engaging in realistic conversations. The feature is particularly useful for those looking to quickly generate audio content without human voice recordings, making it ideal for podcasters, educators, and content creators.

Global Availability and Language Support

Both Canvas and Audio Overview are launching globally on March 18 for Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers. However, the Audio Overview is currently available only in English, with Google confirming plans to expand support for additional languages in the future.

Catching up with the competition

These updates reinforce Google’s push to integrate AI deeper into content creation, coding, and multimedia production. The addition of Canvas, which is also present in OpenAI’s portfolio since February, provides more flexibility for writers and developers, while Audio Overview opens new possibilities for automated podcast production.

With these recent innovations, including the recent Experimental Model, Google continues to position Gemini AI as a powerful tool for professionals and creators, offering efficient and intelligent solutions for various workflows.

Google’s Gemini AI Introduces Podcast Creation And Enhanced Content Tools

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Mar 17

The Pixel 9a has leaked so thoroughly that YouTubers are reviewing it

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The release of the Pixel 9a is apparently very near, because after a regular cadence of leaks about the yet-to-be announced budget phone, at least two YouTubers have reviewed it early. Both The Mobile Central and Sahil Karoul have Google’s new phone and released reviews that confirm a lot of the information that trickled out about the budget phone since the Pixel 8a was released.

The biggest and easiest to grasp are the visual changes. The Pixel 9a doesn’t have Google’s trademark camera bump, opting instead for cameras that are nearly flush with the plastic back of the phone. The aluminum frame and front of the 9a are more familiar if you’ve used Pixel 9, though the 9a does have to have a lower-resolution 6.3-inch 1080p display, with what looks like slightly larger bezels, too. 

The main reason you opt for a Pixel over another budget Android phone is access to Google’s custom camera and AI features, powered by the company’s in-house Tensor chips. Both videos confirm the Pixel 9a uses the Tensor G4 and features a 48-megapixel wide and 13-megapixel ultrawide for photos and video. Photography performance seems on par with the Pixel 9, but video seems to suffer at night. The phone is rumored to come in multiple finishes: a light purple “Iris,” black “Obsidian,” hot pink “Peony,” and a white “Porcelain.” Only the purple and white models are shown in the videos, but that seems like as good a confirmation as any that the other colors will be available, too.

Google originally released the Pixel 8a a week before its I/O developers conference in 2023, so a March announcement of a Pixel 9a would be a bit earlier than usual. It does fit with the rumored March 19 launch Android Headlines reported, though.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/the-pixel-9a-has-leaked-so-thoroughly-that-youtubers-are-reviewing-it-200943966.html?src=rss

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Mar 17

Warner Bros. Discovery pulled the original Looney Tunes shorts off Max

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The original Looney Tunes animated shorts that aired between the 1930 and 1969 are no longer available to stream on Max, Deadline reports. Warner Bros. Discovery removed them from the streaming service as part of its ongoing shift away from children’s shows and towards adult and family programming.

For now, newer Looney Tunes series and spin-offs remain, like New Looney Tunes and Baby Looney Tunes, but the decision still feels odd because Warner Bros. Discovery just released The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Story in theaters on March 14. Of course, the company is no stranger to ill-conceived (frequently anti-art) decision making.

The original Looney Tunes were last on the chopping block in 2023, when a press release covering shows and movies that were being added and removed from Max included the iconic animated shorts. Warner Bros. Discovery walked back that announcement, saying it was an error, but apparently plans change. While it seems strange to remove something Warner Bros. Discovery owns and doesn’t have to pay an exorbitant licensing fee to offer, pulling shows and scrapping the release of movies has been the company’s recent strategy to save money and earn tax breaks — see another Looney Tunes-related release, Coyote vs. Acme, or Batgirl.

As far as this recent deprioritization of children’s programming on Max goes, Warner Bros. Discovery has been working on it for a while. The company shutdown Boomerang, Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service for classic cartoons, in 2024. Warner Bros. Discovery decided to not renew its distribution deal for Sesame Street last year, too, but removing around 200 old episodes of the show in 2022 was probably a good sign the company had lost interest way earlier.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/warner-bros-discovery-pulled-the-original-looney-tunes-shorts-off-max-190500556.html?src=rss

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