30 Jun 2026
Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash. How to try them now
Google has some new AI tools for users to mess around with. The company announced in a blog post on Tuesday that Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash are now available.
@mashable, Alex Perry
2026
30 Jun 2026
Gemini Spark updates: macOS launch, connected apps and more
Jun 30, 2026 We’re bringing Gemini Spark to macOS app, connecting it with more of your favorite apps, and improving its ability to track your topics in real time Adam Coimbra Director, Product Management, Gemini app Srinivasan (Cheenu) Venkatachary Vice President, Engineering, Google Deepmind
News Desk
2026
30 Jun 2026
Gemini Spark rolling out to macOS app for local tasks, automation
As previewed at I/O 2026, Gemini for macOS now supports Gemini Spark. This is the first of two big desktop app updates coming this summer, with the other being a new voice experience. Gemini Spark is Google’s 24/7 personal AI agent. To date, it has worked by using a remote browser and cloud computer with code execution capabilities. Gemini’s desktop app allows Spark to “help with tasks involving…
@9to5Google, Abner Li
2026
30 Jun 2026
SpaceX's AI boom comes with a perk for Memphis residents: half-price for Starlink
SpaceX is offering Memphis-area residents a steep discount on Starlink internet as its AI ambitions continue to expand in the region.
Katherine Li
2026
30 Jun 2026
A new synthesis recasts sleep as a resilience mechanism for the brain, with lessons for artificial intelligence
Every animal that has ever been studied closely, from the fruit fly to the philosopher, surrenders each day to a state that looks, from the outside, like a small rehearsal for death. A new Perspective published in the peer-reviewed journal Brain Medicine asks why, and answers with a synthesis rather than a single experiment. Drawing together decades of work in neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and…
News Desk
2026
30 Jun 2026
Nvidia mostly sat out the chip sector's best quarter ever. What needs to change?
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Kevin Stankiewicz
2026
30 Jun 2026
Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot
Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic’s latest Sonnet-class model, now available in GitHub Copilot. It brings strong coding performance to everyday development and agentic workflows, giving developers a new Sonnet-class option for tasks across the IDE and CLI.
News Desk
2026
30 Jun 2026
Venture Capital Funding: Nebex, Queue, LeapXpert
Technology startups companies such as Nebex, Queue, Sazabi, among others, announced VC funding from venture capital companies.
Baburajan Kizhakedath
2026
30 Jun 2026
Nvidia resurrects older graphics cards as RAM needs impact industry
Nvidia has reintroduced some old hardware to the market, but not at an especially agreeable price.
@mashable, Alex Perry
2026
