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Twitch viewers watched a staggering 8.6 billion gaming hours in 2026
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (325+ words) Twitch viewers have spent more than 8.6 billion hours watching gaming content during the first eight months of 2026, according to the platform’s latest State of Gaming report. The figure covers January 1 through September 1 and underlines just how firmly watching games has…...
Renault thinks better aftersales could win over UAE car buyers
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (252+ words) Buying a new car might begin with specifications, styling and a test drive, but the longer-term ownership experience can matter just as much. In the UAE, where cars are heavily relied upon for daily commuting and temperatures can be particularly…...
Google gives Gmail, Docs and Keep a conversational voice upgrade
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (392+ words) Google is pushing Gemini deeper into its productivity apps, but this time the pitch isn’t another chatbot sitting beside your work. Gmail, Docs and Keep are getting new “Live” experiences designed around voice conversations, allowing users to search email, create…...
GPT-6 Astra just landed on ChatGPT Plus, but there’s a catch
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (214+ words) Existing Plus subscriptions include a limited Astra allowance. Users who exhaust that allocation can purchase additional usage through credits, rather than needing to move to another subscription tier. The headline improvements over GPT-5.6 Sol are particularly noticeable in OpenAI’s benchmark…...
Microsoft 365 Copilot just gained a powerful new market intelligence agent
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (346+ words) Euromonitor International is bringing its Passport market research platform directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot, giving organisations a way to query proprietary market intelligence without jumping between Copilot and a separate research service. The new Euromonitor Passport agent is the company’s first…...
Google Gemini can now make music with its new Lyria model
1+ week, 1+ day ago (294+ words) Google is pushing Gemini further beyond text, images and video by bringing its latest AI music technology directly into the chatbot, giving users another way to generate creative media without leaving the Gemini experience. The new capability is powered by…...
This tiny AI recorder could make meeting notes almost effortless
1+ week, 1+ day ago (317+ words) Dedicated voice recorders are getting an AI makeover, and BOYA’s Notra Neo is built around the idea that capturing a conversation is only useful if you can quickly do something with it afterwards. The compact AI voice recorder can capture…...
OpenAI’s AI agents apparently started a jailbreak group chat
1+ week, 2+ day ago (270+ words) If AI agents ever needed a reminder that discussing your escape plans on a public wiki is not exactly master-villain behaviour, this may be it. According to Reuters, the activity began in May and eventually produced thousands of messages on…...
MrBeast is taking Google Gemini somewhere AI cannot afford to fail
1+ week, 4+ day ago (348+ words) Google is putting Gemini into one of the biggest entertainment machines on YouTube, signing a multi-year partnership with Jimmy Donaldson’s Beast Industries that will also extend into Google Health and Fitbit. The first major outing arrives September 5, when MrBeast and…...
Lenovo just built its first Saudi-made laptop in Riyadh
1+ week, 6+ day ago (449+ words) Absolute Geeks Lenovo has produced its first laptop in Saudi Arabia, giving the company an early proof point for its planned expansion into local technology manufacturing and bringing Riyadh closer to becoming a meaningful part of its global supply chain....