Google reveals Nano Banana 2 AI image model, coming to Gemini today

In the Gemini app and on the website, Nano Banana 2 will be the image generator for the Fast, Thinking, and Pro settings.
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

To store information, the laser cuts voxels inside the glass. A voxel is like a pixel, but it stores information in three dimensions, like a cube, instead of in two dimensions. The video game ...
IEEE

Transforming Disability Into Ability: An Explainable Vision-to-Voice Image Captioning Framework Using Transformer Models and Edge Computing

Abstract: Image captioning is an emerging field at the intersection of computer vision and natural language processing (NLP). It has shown great potential to enhance accessibility by automatically ...
The Texas Tribune

A federal tool to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas.

Will you share your thoughts in our annual survey? Never miss a story with The Brief, our free newsletter. Keep tabs on Texas politics and policy with our morning newsletter. The Texas Tribune ...
Forbes

How To Save A City – Using The ‘Creatives And The Crazies’

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how innovation is better in Africa. Nando’s founder Robbie Brozin is bringing his creative energy to resurrecting ...