Instagram has rolled out a new creative tool called “Restyle”, powered by Meta AI, that lets users transform their Story photos and videos through text prompts or preset effects. The feature brings AI-powered editing directly into the app, enabling users to remove unwanted objects, change backgrounds, or add artistic elements – all before sharing their…
On Friday, WordPress.com maker Automattic filed its counterclaims in the lawsuit initiated by hosting company WP Engine in October 2024, which had accused Automattic and its CEO, Matt Mullenweg, of defamation and abuse of power. Automattic believes that WP Engine has been abusing the WordPress trademark and has engaged in deceptive marketing practices, without properly giving back to the open source community….
BenQ has introduced the BenQ ScreenBar Pro, an upgraded version of its popular monitor light bar, designed to enhance comfort and focus for users who spend long hours at their desks. Featuring the company’s 3rd Gen ASYM-Light technology, the BenQ ScreenBar Pro provides perfectly balanced, glare-free lighting that doesn’t reflect on screens, a significant improvement…
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OpenAI is preparing to launch its popular Sora app on Android devices soon, expanding access to its viral AI video platform that has been available exclusively on iOS since launch. The company has not revealed an exact release date yet, but the app is already listed on Google Play for pre-registration in select countries. Sora…
The browser wars are heating up again, this time with AI in the driver’s seat. OpenAI just launched Atlas, a ChatGPT-powered browser that lets users surf the web using natural language and even includes an “agent mode” that can complete tasks autonomously. It’s one of the biggest browser launches in recent memory, but it’s debuting…
Liquid AI released LFM2-VL-3B, a 3B parameter vision language model for image text to text tasks. It extends the LFM2-VL family beyond the 450M and 1.6B variants. The model targets higher accuracy while preserving the speed profile of the LFM2 architecture. It is available on LEAP and Hugging Face under the LFM Open License v1.0….
WhatsApp is testing a new storage management feature that allows users to monitor and free up device space directly from the chat window. The update, spotted in WhatsApp Beta for Android version 2.25.31.13, aims to simplify storage cleanup by eliminating the need to navigate through multiple app settings. With the new shortcut, users can quickly…
The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re…
In this tutorial, we explore LitServe, a lightweight and powerful serving framework that allows us to deploy machine learning models as APIs with minimal effort. We build and test multiple endpoints that demonstrate real-world functionalities such as text generation, batching, streaming, multi-task processing, and caching, all running locally without relying on external APIs. By the…
