Snapchat now has a standalone app for making gen AI augmented reality effects

Snapchat has been experimenting with generative AI-powered augmented reality lenses in its app for the last couple years. Now, the company is allowing users to make their own with a new standalone app for making AR effects.

Snap is introducing a new version of its Lens Studio software that allows anyone to create AR lenses through

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Nintendo's day-one update for the Switch 2 is just a big 'ON' switch

Maybe you’ve camped out all night, or you’ve refreshed furiously at the risk of breaking your F5 key, but tomorrow you are finally getting your hands on the Nintendo Switch 2. After tearing it open and booting it

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Amazon is already making a movie about the 2023 OpenAI and Sam Altman boardroom drama

Amazon's MGM Studios is fast-tracking a movie called Artificial about OpenAI's 2023 boardroom drama that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and then

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Pick up the Apple Watch Series 10 while it's on sale for $100 off

Summer is almost here for those of us in the northern hemisphere, which means that you might be getting more active outdoors. One way to keep track of all your workouts en plein air is with the

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AMC Networks is teaming up with AI company Runway

Marketing teams and pre-visualization artists working with AMC Networks might need to be on their toes. The company has reached an agreement to generate marketing images and pre-visualize projects before they enter production using Runway’s AI tech.

Some other Hollywood companies — such as Lionsgate and Harmony Korine’s unfortunately named EDG

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No Man's Sky's free Switch 2 update adds full multiplayer and 4K support

Here's another game to play on that shiny, new Switch 2 console. Hello Games just announced that it's releasing a free update for No Man's Sky to launch alongside Nintendo's new device. It includes many features that the original Switch version lacked, like 4K texture support.

The update also finally brings full multiplayer to this version of the game, along with cross-play and

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Samsung teases a Galaxy Z Fold Ultra

Samsung has published a blog post teasing the "next chapter of Ultra," and it included an animation of a phone that clearly has the form factor of the Galaxy Z Fold. The phone's silhouette folds out to show a device as big as a small tablet

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How to buy the Nintendo Switch 2

The Nintendo Switch 2 will be available to buy in the US starting tomorrow, June 5. It’s been a long time coming, and if you’re one of the lucky ones who managed to secure a pre-order, you’re likely hoping yours will arrive on launch day. For everyone else, the hunt for the Switch 2 continues. Pre-orders opened at the end of April, but since then, there have been basically no online restocks. That could change in

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Florida's social media law has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Florida's new law that bans some children from using social media and requires parental consent for others, according to

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