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An AI-generated version of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seen in a still capture from a video generated by Sora 2. Credit: OpenAI Under the new agreement with Disney, Sora users will be able to generate short videos using characters such as Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, Iron Man, Simba, and characters from franchises including Frozen, Inside Out, Toy Story, and The Mandalorian, along with costumes, props, vehicles, and environments. The ChatGPT image generator will also gain official access to the same intellectual property, although that information was trained into these AI models long ago. What’s changing is that OpenAI will allow…

John Cena began his WWE retirement tour back in January, and it’s coming to an end this weekend when the wrestling legend headlines WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event. For the last fight of his career, Cena has been matched up with “The Ring General” Gunther on the night’s fight card, which also features matches between Cody Rhodes and Oba Femi, a tag team match featuring AJ Styles & Dragon Lee vs. Je’Von Evans & Leon Slater, and a women’s matchup between Bayley and Sol Ruca. This show starts at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday and will stream with a subscription…

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Today’s NYT Strands puzzle may leave you wanting to make a reservation at a fancy restaurant. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Boch Tassimo Finesse Friendly: one-minute reviewThe Tassimo Finesse Friendly from Bosch is a compact capsule-based coffee maker that’s an affordable alternative to similar machines from Nespresso and Keurig. It works in much the same way as its rivals, accepting proprietary capsules, piercing them, and forcing hot water through to brew your drink.Unlike some other small coffee makers, it can also brew milky drinks such as lattes if you use…

In simple terms, ASUS’s TUF Gaming BE9400 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 router (model TUF-BE9400), which was first announced in May 2025, is the TUF-BE6500 plus a 6GHz band. However, that extra band makes all the difference. Thanks to it, the new gaming router offers a full Wi-Fi 7 experience at a relatively low cost. Here’s the bottom line: At a friendly price of less than $280, the TUF-BE9400 is an overall excellent Wi-Fi 7 router for those with 2.5Gbps or lower bandwdith needs—that is, for example, if you have 2Gbps or slower broadband. And then, the included gaming features are a…

Ed Bayes, a designer on the Codex team, described how the tool has changed his own workflow. Bayes said Codex now integrates with project management tools like Linear and communication platforms like Slack, allowing team members to assign coding tasks directly to the AI agent. “You can add Codex, and you can basically assign issues to Codex now,” Bayes told Ars. “Codex is literally a teammate in your workspace.” This integration means that when someone posts feedback in a Slack channel, they can tag Codex and ask it to fix the issue. The agent will create a pull request, and…

Amazon has responded to viewers catching errors in its AI-generated season recaps by apparently pulling them from Prime Video. The company announced its new Video Recaps feature in November as a way to make it easier to jump into a new season of a show, but the feature had issues: A recap created for Fallout included factual errors about the plot and the setting of the show.On Prime Video, recaps can be played in the “Extras” section if you’re watching on the web, or via a dedicated “recap button” on the show’s page, according to Amazon’s original Video Recaps announcement.…

We’re in the thick of the holiday season right now. So you’re probably shopping around to check off items from your holiday shopping list. With all the commotion going on, it can be hard to know when and where the best deals are happening — and if you’re actually getting a deal. That’s where we come in to save the day.A lot of brands have also been raising prices and then calling it a sale when the price goes back to what it was two weeks ago and, honestly, I can’t stand it anymore. That’s not what I consider a…

Microsoft has analyzed how Copilot users interact with AI across 37.5 million conversationsThere are clear differences between work and personal interactionsThis is how app developers can tailor their chatbot UIA new December 2025 report from Microsoft has uncovered some key difference among Copilot users in terms of how and when people use AI, and it’s based on 37.5 million de-identified Copilot conversations, so there’s reason to believe the insights should be pretty accurate.Drawing a line right down the middle, Microsoft identified that desktop AI use was generally dominated by workers between 8am and 5pm, while mobile use skewed heavily toward…

When it comes to land-based high-speed broadband connections, there are currently two competing technologies: Coaxial Cable vs. Fiber-optic, or Cable vs. Fiber, for short. This post will briefly explain the two and offer tips for handling their broadband terminal devices: the Cable modem vs. the Fiber-optic ONT. You’ll walk away confident about what equipment to get the next time you upgrade or change your Internet service. Tip There is no such thing as the “best” routers or Wi-Fi systems for a particular Internet service provider or type—Fiber-optic, Cable, or whatever. Any standard router, including the primary unit of a mesh…