Technology

Ikea’s smart home hub now supports Matter

Ikea has announced that the Matter support it announced two years ago is finally available for its Dirigera smart home hub. The software update allows all of Ikea’s Zigbee-based smart home devices (such as lighting, curtains, remotes, air purifiers, and sensors) to communicate with Matter-enabled …

Google’s AI creates podcasts from user notes

Google is rolling out a new feature that can turn your research into an AI-generated podcast. The experimental feature is part of NotebookLM, an AI note-taking app that Google launched last year. Two AI-driven “hosts” discuss and summarize your notes, making connections between topics and …

Bluesky now supports video sharing

Decentralized social media platform Bluesky continues to develop rapidly as an alternative to X. The platform announced in a statement that it now allows video sharing of up to 60 seconds via its desktop site and mobile app. This new feature aims to further enrich …

Adobe unveils new text-to-video AI tools

Adobe has offered a preview of its next-generation AI video tools, announcing a new feature that can create video clips from still images. This latest development comes as part of a model that will support AI video and audio editing features in Adobe Creative Cloud …