Aqara releases new Matter hub, security system, and climate sensor

Aqara has been busy as of late. The company announced Matter support for 50 new device types earlier this month, and now it’s launching three new products — the Aqara M100 Hub, Climate Sensor W100, and Camera Protect Kit Y100. All three are now available for purchase. If you’re interested in syncing all your smart … Read more

OpenAI releases a new AI model, but it’s eye-wateringly expensive

OpenAI has released its latest model, o1-pro, an updated version of its reasoning model o1 — but it’s not going to come cheap. “It uses more compute than o1 to provide consistently better responses,” OpenAI said in its announcement. The company went on to say it offered new features including: “Supports vision, function calling, Structured … Read more

Intel releases XeSS 2.0 SDK, but keeps the code under lock and key

Intel has finally released the XeSS 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) to aid game development through upscaling, frame generation, and latency reduction technologies. The SDK is now accessible via Intel’s GitHub repository, providing developers with pre-built tools for integrating XeSS into their projects. Intel expanded its suite of XeSS technologies last year when it unveiled … Read more

NASA releases first pictures of Starliner astronauts after epic mission

NASA astronaut and Starliner crewmember Butch Wilmore just hours after returning to Earth. NASA NASA has shared the first images of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams following their return from an epic nine-month space mission that was only supposed to have lasted eight days. The pair were photographed alongside fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague … Read more

Adobe releases its first commercially safe Firefly video generating AI

Adobe Firefly Following on the success of its IP-friendly Firefly Image model, Adobe announced on Wednesday the beta release of a new Firefly Video model, as well as two subscription packages with which to access its audio and video generating abilities. Generate Video, according to the announcement post, “empowers creative professionals with tools to generate … Read more