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I met up with a few people from Google at the Encore Villas during CES (which is just 2,500 feet from my hotel but took 28 minutes to walk to, thanks to Vegass pedestrian-averse design [also I got lost]). Once there, I saw what more Gemini will mean for people with a Google TV. The AI integration ranged from useful to probably unnecessary. The most useful bit, for me at least, came at the end. Its admittedly a boring, but now you an adjust your TVs settings just by talking. In the demo, Salahuddin Choudhary, Googles Gemini for Android product lead said, Can you boost the dialogue? and Gemini changed the mode accordingly, without leaving the golf game he was watching. I asked if it could turn off motion smoothing, the first thing I adjust on a new TV (and sometimes other peoples). Yes, it can. The deep dive Gemini feature could prove fairly useful, too. With it, asking for general information turns into a mini lesson on the subject, complete with generated images and narration. When Choudhary asked Gemini to explain the Northern Lights to [his] eighth grader, the screen filled with the standard Gemini answer: a brief definition and images and video tiles for further exploration. But a small Dive deeper button on the screen led to a narrated and illustrated tour of the science behind the phenomenon. My kid is at the age where he asks me questions I cant answer about the fundamental makeup of the universe maybe this could help.The Google TV demo at CES showed an answer on the science behind how the northern lights are created Amy Skorheim for EngadgetGoogle Photos is getting a much deeper integration with Google TVs, too. Choudhary asked for pics from a trip to the beach and snapshots of happy people amongst the sea and sand popped up on the screen. One particular shot would make a nice screen saver, I was told, and he asked Gemini to give the photo an oil painting makeover using the Remix feature. However, if you want your photo recast in a way not offered with Remix, you can use Nano Banana. Choudhary turned one of the personal photos into a cartoon just by asking. Using Veo turned the same image into an short (if slightly glitchy) animation of a person playing fetch with the dog in the photo. Google TV used Neo to recast a picture as a cartoon.Amy Skorheim for EngadgetYour ability to generate video will depend on your Gemini subscription tier, but I was told a purchase of a Google TV device would include most of the other AI capabilities that I saw demonstrated. Id classify the photo manipulation and video generation as decidedly less useful that the other features, but my kid would probably get a kick out of messing with them for a while. For people who use Gemini a lot, being able to do so on the biggest screen in the house may appeal. Ditto for those who like seeing your Google Photos in a giant format. Some folks will appreciate the AI image manipulation and generation, Im sure, but Im mostly excited about the admittedly boring part of not having to leave a show to boost the brightness of a scene. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/home-theater/google-tvs-new-gemini-features-range-from-useful-to-unnecessary-222900001.html?src=rss
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A viral Reddit post purportedly from an employee of a "major food delivery app" may actually be an AI-generated hoax, The Verge reports. The post itself, and an image of an employee ID card the poster, u/trowaway_whistleblow, shared with The Verge, where both flagged as being likely AI-generated when run through online AI detectors and AI assistants like Gemini and Claude.Given the inflammatory nature of the post, it's not hard to see why it received over 80,000 upvotes in the four days it's been up in r/confession. The post includes a series of striking claims about the unnamed food delivery company, like that its "Priority Delivery" option doesn't actually change delivery speeds, that it sorts delivery drivers based on their level of desperation and that it steals tips from drivers. The post doesn't name a specific company, but there's enough real world evidence of driver mistreatment including misleading pay structures that subsidize driver's base pay with tips that it sounds true.Holy fucking shit is right! This is not DoorDash, and I would fire anyone who promoted or tolerated the kind of culture described in this Reddit post. Theres so much wrong with this post. - Dashers are not human assets.- Having a metric like a "Desperation Score is an https://t.co/tStwfQAcpI Tony Xu (@t_xu) January 3, 2026 Executives from DoorDash and Uber Eats have both denied the claims in the post. "This is not DoorDash, and I would fire anyone who promoted or tolerated the kind of culture described in this Reddit post," DoorDash CEO Tony Xu wrote on X. When The Verge reached the poster over Signal, the employee badge u/trowaway_whistleblow provided also appeared to be AI-generated, and notably featured the text "Uber Eats" on it rather than "Uber." The poster provided similar faulty evidence to Platformer writer Casey Newton.No one is being directly harmed by this particular AI-generated Reddit post (other than maybe the companies training AI models on Reddit data), but if there's anything this whole debacle makes clear, it's that the reputation of food delivery apps remains tarnished, to say the least.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/viral-reddit-post-critical-of-food-delivery-apps-may-have-been-ai-generated-210558754.html?src=rss
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TCL introduced the next entry in its flagship line of televisions during CES. The X11L SQD-Mini LED Series is available for pre-order now in three sizes. But like much of the gear on show in Las Vegas this week, it doesn't come cheap. The 75-inch model of the X11L costs $7,000, the 85-inch option is $8,000 and the 98-inch model goes for $10,000. Thats more than double the costs of the QD-Mini LED TV the brand unveiled at last years CES. The most notable addition in TCL's latest screen is the company's new Deep Color System. This tech leverages Super Quantum Dots, combined with its CSOT UltraColor Filter, and the Advanced Color Purity Algorithm. While a mini LED screen can't match the true blacks of an OLED, the X11L has TCL's Halo Control System to reduce the presence of bloom. The television also has 20,000 discrete dimming zones and boasts peak brightness of 10,000 nits. Well-known brand Bang & Olufsen continues to be responsible for the TV's audio system. The models use an upgraded AI processor to deliver enhanced color, contrast, clarity, motion, upscaling and sound. It's also integrated with Gemini for Google TV.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/home-theater/tcl-unveils-its-x11l-sqd-mini-led-tvs-at-ces-2026-205532386.html?src=rss
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