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John Krasinski joined Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” on Thursday, and the interview ricocheted through some wild pivots.

GPT-Realtime-2 brings GPT-5-class reasoning to live voice. A separate translation model covers 70+ input languages. A streaming Whisper variant handles transcription. The pricing is aggressive enough to make the comparison unavoidable. OpenAI released …
NordVPN has launched a calculator that helps you work out how much your digital footprint costs on the dark web

The New York Times’ latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.
Google Chrome quietly downloaded a 4GB Gemini AI model onto devices, triggering backlash over consent, bandwidth, and environmental costs.
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When faced with major outages or systemic failures, enterprises become dependent on external providers to restore essential services – or to keep them up and running in the first place.
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Google might soon let you more freely customize your Pixel’s home screen, and there’s also a bug-fixing update being rolled out.
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To succeed in an AI-first world, companies need to install AI-first leaders and middle managers before upskilling workers.
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