The Download: three-person babies, and tracking “AI readiness” in the US

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world ...
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This $269 Chromebook couldn’t be more portable – here’s why it’s my pick for students

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Lenovo Chromebook Duet Gen 9 is available now for $399. It’s a versatile and highly-portable device ...
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The Download: How to run an LLM, and a history of “three-parent babies”

In the early days of large language models, there was a high barrier to entry: it used to be impossible ...
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Is your Ring camera showing strange logins? Here’s what’s going on

Maria Diaz/ZDNET If a TikTok trend has you spooked about your Ring camera’s security, there’s good news — everything is ...
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How to run an LLM on your laptop

For Pistilli, opting for local models as opposed to online chatbots has implications beyond privacy. “Technology means power,” she says. ...
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Slack will generate thread summaries and AI notes from your huddles now

Begin Again/Getty Images Slack is harnessing AI to make workplace collaboration and communication even smoother. On Thursday, the workplace productivity ...
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Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF

The study, which makes use of a technology called mitochondrial donation, has been described as a “tour de force” and ...
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The best TVs to buy in 2025

If you’re looking to upgrade your home theater with a high-end OLED TV for the ultimate entertainment center or just ...
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The Download: Veo 3’s subtitles problem, and the future of our planet’s resources

Google’s generative video model Veo 3 has a subtitles problem As soon as Google launched its latest video-generating AI model ...
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You can ask Gemini AI anything directly in Google Chrome – here’s how and why you should

NurPhoto/Contributor/Getty Google’s Gemini AI is accessible from its own web page as well as through the respective mobile apps. But ...
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