Apple is reportedly preparing a significant update to its iMac lineup, with the 24-inch model expected to debut in mid to late 2026. This refresh is set to feature the highly anticipated M5 chip, promising substantial performance improvements and enhanced storage options. Simultaneously, rumors of a larger 32-inch iMac Pro aimed at creative professionals continue […]
The post Apple iMac 2026 Rumors: M5 Chip, 32-Inch iMac Pro, and Storage Upgrades appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.
Some of the most successful creators on Facebook aren't names you'd ever recognize. In fact, many of their pages don't have a face or recognizable persona attached. Instead, they run pages dedicated to memes, animal videos and yes, AI-generated photos and videos.
The people behind these pages are experts at creating content that can catch Facebook's algorithm and go viral. Successful pages can generate tens of thousands of dollars a month from performance bonuses, revenue-sharing and other monetization programs that pay Facebook creators for popular content.
For years, Meta fostered this industry of viral content on Facebook. As the company transformed Facebook's main feed into a "discovery engine" of recommended posts from random pages and accounts, creators supplied a stream of content crafted for the algorithm. But over the last year, some creators say this dynamic has broken down. Meta has penalized creators for the very same content it once rewarded. Other creators have seen Facebook's payment systems break down due to glitches and other errors.
One creator has become so frustrated, he's filed dozens of lawsuits in small claims court against Meta over the last year. Some of those lawsuits are related to missing payments and account issues he's experienced, but he's also brought 23 cases related to other creators' Facebook pages. As several of those cases are now winding their way through small claims court, he hopes his actions will bring attention to what he says is a wider breakdown in Meta's relationship with Facebook creators.
The cases shine a light on how Meta's lack of human-centered customer service can impact creators who rely on the platform. But it also offers a glimpse into the volatile dynamics of viral Facebook content.
Mel Bouzad is a former photojournalist for Getty Images who for the past eight years has made his living running popular Facebook pages with names like "The Meme Bros" and "FunkiestShitEver." He posts memes, travel content and AI-generated videos. Over the years, he's become an expert at figuring out what type of content is most likely to rack up views and comments on Facebook.
"It's basically jumping on the trends as they're happening," he explains. "If you can jump on the trending topics right at the beginning, then you get the momentum, it kicks in the algorithm, and it sends your content viral. And if one post goes viral, the algorithm is going to send the next post viral, because it thinks the next post is going to get the same type of engagement." He's also learned little tricks for drawing more Facebook comments: adding a small error in a travel-focused listicle, or asking questions like "what's the most boring state in America?"
He estimates that at their peak, his pages collectively earned between $10,000 to $20,000 a month — primarily from performance bonuses and in-stream video ads — though they sometimes earned much more than that. Last September, 12 of his pages earned more than $68,0000 combined in performance bonuses, according to documents viewed by Engadget.
But last year, five of his meme and travel pages were suddenly demonetized. The pages received a "monetization policy violation," a vague, catch-all term that can describe many supposed infractions. After some digging, he discovered they had been flagged for allegedly operating in a country ineligible for Meta's monetization programs. "To monetize, you must reside in an eligible country where the product or feature is available," a notice in the Facebook app said. "You may lose your ability to monetize if you move to an ineligible location or if Facebook changes product eligibility." Bouzad, who lives in the United States, assumed it was a misunderstanding and would be an easy fix.
But, like so many others, he quickly found that getting help from Meta was far from straightforward. "Despite 20+ support tickets and using paid support, I receive only automated replies," he later wrote in his first filing in small claims court last November.
Bouzad had heard of people using small claims court to get Meta's attention and decided to try it for himself. "I thought, I'm going to go in and sue for only one page … something small, just to get in the door [and] speak to somebody." At that point, Meta was withholding $2,498 in payments from the page called "Man Cave USA," according to court documents. He requested Meta pay the outstanding balance, along with $409 to cover court fees and interest.
His filing succeeded in getting a response from Meta. Bouzad said that about three weeks later he received a call from a law firm representing the social media company. After an extended back and forth, Meta eventually restored the page's ability to earn money. By February he officially dropped the case, telling the court that the company had "corrected the issue and remitted the payments owed."
While he was dealing with that case, he tried to resolve the issues related to his other pages. Since he was still in mediation with Meta for his "Man Cave USA" page, he asked Meta's representatives if they could help with his other pages. He says that during a mediation session over Zoom, Meta's legal reps told him they wouldn't help with other pages unless they were tied to a lawsuit.
So in February he opened six new small claims court cases against the company. At the time, he said, Meta owed him more than $40,000 in unpaid invoices from accounts that had been wrongfully flagged; $15,000 of which were earnings from a single Facebook page. Because small claims court limits damages to $10,000 per case, he could only sue for a combined $35,000, but hoped that Meta would reinstate the payments if it were to re-examine his accounts.
In the meantime, Bouzad continued to try to resolve his account issues through Meta's official support channels and received confusing, and sometimes downright conflicting, information. In one email, Meta support told him he had been flagged for "limited originality of content," but didn't explain. He also, again, received notifications saying that he was in a country that was "ineligible" for Meta's monetization programs.
In two separate chats with Meta Verified, the social network's paid subscription service for customer support, he was informed that he was ineligible because his page was linked to a bank account in Malta. The representatives then closed the chats without giving him an opportunity to respond, according to screenshots viewed by Engadget. Bouzad was getting more and more frustrated. "One, I've never been to Malta, two, my bank is Wells Fargo and three, I live in Oregon," he says.
He now sees his issues as part of a wider pattern from Meta. While the company had once provided him with a partner manager — a Facebook employee who could help sort out issues and provide advice — he hasn't had a dedicated contact at the company since 2020.
To him, the problem is twofold: Meta has become overly reliant on artificial intelligence for content moderation, which results in too many errors. At the same time, he claims Meta has largely outsourced the customer service it does offer — like through Meta Verified — and these workers aren't able to handle the types of issues he and other creators increasingly encounter.
Some creators who Bouzad has named in his lawsuits claim to have missed out on tens of thousands of dollars in payments for what they describe as glitches in Meta's processes. Brent, a creator who asked to be identified by his first name only, was running a successful Facebook page that posts history-themed AI-generated videos. One recent clip features a group of supposed German prisoners-of-war walking through the snow, accompanied by a caption claiming that some POWs chose to immigrate to Canada following the war after experiencing "humane treatment" from their captors.
The page was doing well for a few months until April, when Meta asked Brent to verify his identity in order to keep receiving payments. His account had more than $11,000 in unpaid earnings at the time, according to documents reviewed by Engadget.
Several months later, Brent has been unable to complete this seemingly mundane step, despite repeatedly providing Meta a copy of his ID. Brent says that the issue stems from Meta mistakenly classifying his payout account as a "private corporation" rather than a "personal account." He says he has spent thousands of dollars on Meta Verified (the highest tier costs $500 a month) and has opened numerous support cases but has not been able to get the issue resolved.
Another creator is stuck after encountering a similar issue that prevented him from confirming the tax information associated with his payout account on Facebook. "My payout earnings were locked due to non editable 'greyed out' details when it came to entering tax information and other fields," the creator explained. "After about a year of trying to get support Meta finally came back with an archaic form to transfer the payout account to a new one associated with my page." But, after filling out the form for the transfer, Meta informed him that the more than $16,000 in unpaid earnings from his page were unable to be transferred to a new account.
The creator, who asked to remain anonymous, has spent more than a decade running music-related pages championing independent artists on the platform. "We're collectively sick of how Meta treats everyone, failing to provide adequate support, reasoning, reports and outcomes for content creators," he told Engadget. "There's little to no consistency or confidence in their ability to fairly reward creators." He's also battling stage 4 cancer, and says the missing funds have interfered with his treatment, and added to the stress he's already facing. His doctors recently informed him he likely has only a few months left to live; he's still hoping to recover the missing funds.
Social media is filled with numerous complaints about the ineffectiveness of Facebook's support tools, including Meta Verified. Daniel Abas, the president and founder of the Creators Guild of America, a nonprofit organization that advocates for creators, says that demonetization is a "chronic issue" affecting creators on many platforms, including Meta's. "What's really difficult is not having consistency in terms of the enforcement and having policies that are opaque, having appeals processes that are inconsistent," he said.
Abas says that creators, especially high-earning ones, should have more resources to get support from companies like Meta. "Working with a web chat to get something resolved, or submitting an email to get something resolved, and not having that human touch is a major gap, and contributes to a lot of stress and a lot of uncertainty when you're trying to build a company."
Meta has seemingly been changing some of the standards it has for creators on Facebook over the last year. The company in recent months began to crack down on creators sharing spammy and "low quality" content, though it only described a few specific examples of such activity, like pages that share posts with "long, distracting captions." The company does not prohibit creators from monetizing AI-generated content. In fact, Mark Zuckerberg recently said that Meta plans to add a "huge corpus" of AI content to its systems.
Meta declined to provide a comment for this story. The company maintains Bouzad has violated its policies, and has argued his court cases involving other Facebook users should be dismissed.
Bouzad insists that he has never intentionally violated Facebook's rules, and has grown frustrated with the company's changing explanations for why his pages have been demonetized. In an email with Meta Verified support, a customer service rep told him a recent violation for one of his travel pages was due to "Limited Originality of Contents," but didn't point to a specific post. During mediation, though, Meta's legal team claimed the same page had been generating views via "inauthentic engagement," according to documents reviewed by Engadget. Bouzad pushed back. "This wasn’t manipulation — it was performance-based exposure … we’re being punished for the very behavior the system rewarded," he wrote in an email to Meta's legal team.
In documents reviewed by Engadget, Meta doesn't explain its allegation of inauthentic engagement. But the company did tell Bouzad it would be willing to pay him $5,000 — a fraction of what he claims to be owed — to settle the cases even though it was standing by its decision to demonetize his pages. Bouzad declined. He believes that Meta is unfairly targeting him and other creators who run high-earning Facebook pages.
Bouzad says he's heard countless stories from other creators who have also been hit with vague "monetization page violations" that have stalled their payments. Much like he experienced, these account flags don't describe the supposed infraction and don't give an opportunity for an appeal. This, he says, leaves creators with few options outside of the legal system.
After filing his second batch of small claims court cases in February, he began to reach out to his network and started filing more cases. Bouzad is not a lawyer and has no legal training; he's relied on ChatGPT and Gemini to guide his legal strategy. Much of that strategy relies on showing that other creators have allowed him to sue on their behalf through a process known as an assignment of claims. He filed 25 such cases in 2025.
Becoming a legal assignee is at best an unusual move for small claims court. Multiple legal experts contacted by Engadget said they had never heard of anyone doing so. "Normally, I don't think you see assigned claims in small claims [court]," Richard Slottee, a retired Oregon-based attorney, who has previously advised clients on small claims court cases. He said he was unsure of the legality of the move.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge Lindsay Partridge, who is presiding over Bouzad's small claims court case, seems similarly perplexed by the issue. In an October 23 hearing, he said that "there are some type of claims that under Oregon law, an anti-assignment clause would not be enforceable" but that he was unsure if the statute would apply in this particular case. "I tried to do a bunch of research on this," he said "I just can't find an answer to it."
Meta, on the other hand, has argued that its terms of service clearly prohibit users from transferring their rights to other parties without its consent. "Based on the No Transfer Clause, this Court should not permit Mr. Bouzad to continue recruiting Facebook users from all over the world and flooding its docket with cases where he claims standing based on an invalid assignment," a Meta project manager wrote in a letter to the judge. During the hearing, Judge Partridge said he was "concerned" that "what I have is essentially a very technical legal issue that's being presented by two non-attorneys." He said he would need "a little bit more time" to make a decision on whether Bouzad could move forward as an assignee.
The group Bouzad is helping consists mainly of colleagues, friends and friends-of-friends who had heard about his small claims cases. And though a few of the individuals are people he's partnered with in the past, he says he has no financial stake in the success of their pages. "It's power in numbers, we felt the more people, the more noise we could make, the better the chances of getting issues resolved," Bouzad says. "They gave me their cases to try and get that help [to] force Facebook to fix their pages." But there's also a potentially lucrative payday for him if he succeeds. As an assignee, he has the sole right to collect any judgment that ultimately comes out of the other creator's claims.
This Court should not permit Mr. Bouzad to continue recruiting Facebook users from all over the world and flooding its docket with cases where he claims standing based on an invalid assignment.A Meta project manager who is representing the company in small claims courtFor some of the creators involved, the amount at stake is far higher than what Bouzad has claimed in his flings. One UK-based creator who has assigned their claim to Bouzad runs a dog-themed Facebook page that generated more than $60,000 from in-stream video ads during a one-month period last year, according to documents seen by Engadget. Like Bouzad, their page was hit with an unexplained "MPV" violation that has affected their reach. "Due to its original content and niche audience, the Facebook algorithm regularly rewards it with high reach and frequent placement in the recommendation feed," Bouzad wrote in a small claims court filing that claimed $1,000 in damages. "This natural visibility has now been unfairly disabled by Meta."
Another creator, who asked not to be identified out of fear of retaliation from Meta, asked him to look into three of his Facebook pages, which collectively have more than 1.5 million followers. All three had been demonetized by Meta and, like Bouzad, the creator received conflicting explanations about why.
He was told two of the pages were flagged for "limited originality" even though he told Engadget he only posts videos that are scripted and filmed by him and his business partners. His pages are dedicated to scripted sketches filmed to look like real-life encounters. They often show people in seemingly mundane situations becoming inexplicably angry, with descriptions like "Teacher Karen Demands to Know Why I’m Picking Up My Kid," or "I Gave Candy to Kids and Apparently That’s 'Wrong' Now."
The third page was hit with a "monetization page violation" for residing in an "ineligible country," despite the fact that, according to the creator, it was managed from the United States and the EU, both of which are eligible to participate in Meta's programs. Engadget has also verified the page manager locations using Facebook's page transparency information.
Bouzad filed two small claims court cases related to these three pages. The two that had been flagged for limited originality eventually had their monetization restored and the case was dismissed. "I think Mel's helping immensely," he told Engadget. "The fact that he got us the two pages back helped us as a business a lot."
The second case, related to the page with the "MPV" flag, is still pending. The creator, who has worked with Bouzad in the past, says he's grateful for the legal help, but increasingly frustrated with Meta. The demonetized page was his highest-earning page, making between $3,000 - $5,000 a month from video ads on Facebook, according to documents filed as part of the small claims lawsuit. He doesn't understand why Meta continues to penalize it when the page posts similar content as his other accounts. "We've always been following the rules, because this is our business, it's how we pay the bills," he says. But, he says that Facebook's continued errors has made it "extremely difficult" to maintain a business as a creator.
Of the 32 cases Bouzad has filed, eight were resolved after Meta addressed the underlying issue. Nine cases were dismissed by Bouzad as the creators chose to pursue legal action in other states. Fifteen cases, including six related to Bouzad's own pages, are still open. In July, a judge consolidated Bouzad's remaining cases into a single claim, despite a motion from Bouzad to keep the cases separate. "The cases affected by this order involve identical parties, raise substantially similar claims, and collectively seek damages that exceed the jurisdictional limits of the small claims court," a judge wrote. Bouzad is currently seeking more than $115,0000 in damages, $35,000 of which are from his own pages, over unpaid invoices, filing fees and other expenses related to his months-long battle over Facebook's monetization practices.
According to Bouzad, the actual amount owed to him and the other creators is far higher. "Actual unpaid earnings exceed $220,000," he wrote in a filing, "but amounts have been capped in accordance with small claims jurisdictional limits."
For now, Bouzad's claims can't move forward until the judge rules on whether Bouzad can proceed as an assignee. If the judge decides in his favor, he will be able to make his arguments to the circuit court judge overseeing the case. If the judge rules in Meta's favor, he will only be able to move forward with the claims pertaining to his own Facebook pages.
Bouzad says he is prepared for the fight. He has painstakingly compiled more than 1,000 pages of court documents, screenshots and news clippings for his case. In his filing, he alleges Meta is in breach of contract over the missing payments. He says Meta has consistently flagged creators' accounts with vague "MPV" violations, made enforcement errors, delayed payments and ignored appeals. He acknowledges that his months-long legal battle, and his reduced earnings, have taken a toll on his personal life. "Taking on Facebook, it's not like you're suing a mom and pop shop," he says. "You're suing one of the largest businesses in the world, and it has caused a lot of stress."
His goal is still to get the monetization restrictions lifted from the Facebook pages and for Meta to resume its payments to him and the other creators. "I just want the pages fixed and the money paid that's owed," he said. He has hundreds of travel videos saved and ready to post on his Facebook pages if and when his monetization is restored.
Have a tip for Karissa? You can reach her by email, on X, Bluesky, Threads, or send a message to @karissabe.51 to chat confidentially on Signal.
Even though I’ve spent most of my life in the digital space, I’m still a firm believer that the analog world is just as relevant and that the two can work together. I’ve built a career in digital marketing and content creation but I’m also a paper and stationery person who prefers to journal and take notes on actual pen and paper. So when new, interesting paper products come out, I always get giddy and see how it can fit into my productivity and lifestyle.
Moleskine has teamed up with Issey Miyake, specifically Miyake Design Studio to come up with NOTE-A-NOTE, a piece that marries the utility of a notebook with the sophistication of a card case. Since people still do carry around business cards, we need a way to keep them organized while at the same time add to our productivity flow.
Designer: Moleskine x Issey Miyake
With this hybrid piece, you don’t know if it’s a business card holder that has a notebook or if it’s a notebook that has a business card holder. This pocket-sized item has a hard cover with rounded corners and inside you get two expandable pockets that can house up to 24 business cards. Or if you want to use it as a wallet, you can put your cards and bills inside as well. It is able to open flat to 180 degrees. It also comes with a color-matched box that can also be used as a storage case as it can be attached to the holder with an elastic band.
Normally, notebooks are made up of many pages but NOTE-A-NOTE actually uses just one long, folded single piece of paper. It’s basically a folded insert in the business card holder that has 14 accordion-style pages. It actually echoes the signature pleating technique that Issey Miyake is known for, bringing their iconic textile innovation to paper form. The acid-free paper is ivory-colored and uses FSC
-certified paper from managed forests. The signature Moleskine elastic band elegantly secures the case with a striking gesture across its central embossed line, making it instantly recognizable as a collaboration between these two design powerhouses.
It comes in eight different colors that can match your aesthetic: Black, Scarlet Red, Myrtle Green, Grey, Blue, Earth Brown, Orange, and Dandelion Yellow. The goal of having this card holder and notebook in one is to have something handy to write down ideas, thoughts, and important details while keeping the exchange of business cards close to you as well. The clean and thoughtful structure actually takes inspiration from traditional Japanese emakimono scrolls.
I can see this being perfect for creative professionals who attend networking events, conferences, or client meetings. It’s compact enough to slip into a clutch or small bag, yet substantial enough to make an impression when you pull it out. The variety of colors means you can choose one that reflects your personal brand or collect multiple for different occasions. For stationery collectors like myself, this is definitely a piece worth adding to your collection—it’s not just functional, it’s a conversation starter that showcases your appreciation for thoughtful design.
The XS size makes it incredibly portable, fitting comfortably in your hand or pocket. Imagine being at a networking event and jotting down a quick note about a conversation right after exchanging business cards with someone. That immediate capture of thoughts and context is invaluable in our fast-paced professional lives.
The NOTE-A-NOTE collection is available now on the Moleskine website for $46 USD, with shipping in 4-8 working days. Released in October 2025, this limited edition collection represents a meeting of minds between two brands that understand the power of tactile experiences in our increasingly digital world.
This collaboration beautifully merges two iconic brands: Moleskine’s legendary notebook craftsmanship with Issey Miyake’s revolutionary approach to pleating and folding, creating a functional accessory perfect for professionals who value both aesthetics and utility.
The post Moleskine Just Turned Issey Miyake’s Iconic Pleats Into Paper first appeared on Yanko Design.
What if your web browser didn’t just help you search the internet but actively worked for you? Imagine a browser that could summarize dense research papers, draft emails, or even manage multiple tasks across tabs, all while learning your preferences to deliver a hyper-personalized experience. This is the bold promise behind ChatGPT Atlas, OpenAI’s latest […]
The post ChatGPT Atlas AI Browser : The Future of Browsing or Just Hype? appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.
Apple’s macOS 26.1 update brings a host of enhancements, new features, and bug fixes aimed at refining the overall user experience. While Apple’s official announcement highlighted some of these updates, several subtle yet impactful changes were quietly introduced. These updates improve design, functionality, and performance, while also strengthening integration with Apple’s ecosystem, including iOS, iPadOS, […]
The post macOS 26.1: The Hidden Features Apple Didn’t Tell You About! appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.
What if you could relive the golden era of gaming while enjoying the conveniences of modern technology? That’s exactly what Retro Games Limited and Play on Replay are promising with their latest announcement: the A1200. A bold reimagining of the iconic Amiga 1200 from 1992, this console is more than just a nostalgia trip, it’s […]
The post A1200 Release Date, Features and Pricing Revealed : Nostalgia Meets Modern appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.
If you’ve ever dreamed about finding pirate treasure in underground caves or sliding down secret passages to escape the bad guys, you’re about to lose your mind over what LEGO just dropped. And with Halloween just around the corner, the timing couldn’t be more perfect for The Goonies set (21363), a 2,912-piece tribute to skeletons, pirates, and underground adventures that practically screams spooky season.
Here’s the thing that gets me about this release. It’s not just a model you build and stick on a shelf. This is a full-blown tribute to one of the most beloved adventure movies ever made, with actual thought put into recreating those iconic moments that blend adventure with just the right amount of creepy. We’re talking about the Fratelli hideout (basically a haunted house for criminals), the terrifying boulder trap, skeleton-filled caves, and yes, One-Eyed Willy’s legendary pirate ship, the Inferno, complete with sails, treasure, and plenty of bones.
Designer: LEGO
What really makes this set special are the minifigures. All twelve of them. You get the whole gang: Mikey, Mouth, Data, Chunk, Brand, Andy, and Stef, plus Sloth in his Superman shirt, Mama Fratelli, Francis, Jake, and even One-Eyed Willy’s skeleton. Speaking of which, how perfect is it to have an actual skeleton pirate minifigure just in time for Halloween? LEGO actually created brand new elements specifically for this set, like Sloth’s pirate hat and Mama Fratelli’s hair and beret combo, which shows you the level of detail they’re committed to.
The build itself is pure genius in how it captures the movie’s spooky underground energy. One side shows the Inferno in all its glory with full sails, looking exactly like the moment when the Goonies discover it in that eerie cavern. Flip it around, and you’ve got an interactive play area with all the booby traps and secret passages that could easily double as Halloween decorations. There’s the skeleton organ where if you hit the wrong note, your minifigure falls through the floor (talk about a Halloween party trick). There’s a trap door for Data to avoid, and even a slide to the octopus from a deleted scene that superfans will totally appreciate.
At $329.99, this is definitely an investment piece. But you’re getting nearly 3,000 pieces and enough spooky detail to keep you discovering new Easter eggs every time you look at it. Think truffle shuffle references, the treasure map that started it all, and little callbacks scattered throughout the build. The underground cave aesthetic with its dark corners and hidden dangers fits perfectly with Halloween vibes, making it an ideal conversation piece for your seasonal decor.
Now here’s where it gets even better. If you’re quick and grab this set between November 1st and 7th, you’ll also score a free gift with purchase: The Walshes’ Attic set (40773). This 179-piece bonus includes minifigures of Mikey’s parents, Irving and Irene Walsh, plus a brick-built recreation of that cluttered, slightly creepy attic where the whole adventure began. You know, the scene with the dusty suit of armor, random nautical stuff everywhere, cobwebs implied, and that fateful moment when the kids discovered the treasure map behind a painting? It’s the perfect companion piece that sets up the entire story and adds another layer of atmospheric Halloween fun to your display.
What I love most about this release is how it captures that perfect blend of adventure and spookiness that makes The Goonies such a timeless film. Based on a fan submission by Delusion Brick, it shows that LEGO is actually listening to what fans want. This is the 10th and final LEGO Ideas set of 2025, and honestly, what a way to close out the year, especially launching right at the beginning of November when Halloween decorations are still fresh in everyone’s minds.
The set launches November 1st for LEGO Insiders members, with general availability starting November 4th. And yeah, it’s going to look incredible displayed on your shelf, whether you keep it up year-round or bring it out as part of your Halloween rotation. Part of the charm is in all the interactive elements: sending Sloth sliding down the mast, activating the boulder trap, playing with the skeleton organ. These aren’t just static display pieces meant to gather dust.
For anyone who grew up in the 80s or simply loves adventure movies with heart and a hint of danger, this is more than a LEGO set. It’s a trip back to that feeling of infinite possibility, of exploring dark caves with nothing but a flashlight and your courage, of believing that treasure maps really do lead somewhere magical. Goonies never say die, and clearly, neither does our love for pirates, skeletons, and Halloween adventures.
The post This $330 LEGO Goonies Set Is Pure Halloween Treasure first appeared on Yanko Design.
What if you could transform overwhelming, disconnected datasets into a living, breathing map of relationships, one that not only organizes your data but also reveals insights you didn’t even know you were missing? Enter the world of knowledge graphs, where data isn’t just stored but connected, visualized, and enriched with meaning. By combining the graph […]
The post Unlock Hidden Insights with Neo4j and n8n : The Future of Knowledge Graphs appeared first on Geeky Gadgets.
Google’s AI ambitions are global in scale, so much so that it has just agreed to give Gemini away for free in India to people using the country's biggest mobile provider. Thanks to a deal with Reliance Intelligence, an AI-focused subsidiary of Reliance Industries, people signed up to Jio’s Unlimited 5G plan will be offered Google AI Pro at no extra cost for 18 months.
That means that qualifying users will have access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google’s most advanced AI model. They will also benefit from higher limits for the Nano Banana and Veo 3.1 AI image and video generators, plus expanded access to NotebookLM. The plan also includes 2TB of cloud storage across Google’s apps, for a total combined worth of around 35,100 rupees ($396) per user.
The offer will initially be exclusive to Jio customers between the age of 18 and 25, but will eventually extend to all people on an eligible plan via the MyJio app. Jio is India's largest mobile network operator, and a company in which Google purchased a 7.7 percent stake worth $4.5 million in 2020.
India is fast becoming a key battleground for AI expansion. Back in July, Perplexity AI partnered with Bharti Airtel, Jio’s rival carrier, to offer a year-long Perplexity Pro subscription worth $200 to all of Airtel’s 360 million customers. OpenAI is also adopting an aggressive strategy in the country, recently debuting its cheapest ChatGPT subscription to date, at 390 rupee ($4.60), in India first. ChatGPT Go offers users 10 times more message limits, image generation and file uploads than the free version.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-brings-free-gemini-access-to-indias-largest-carrier-130627625.html?src=rssNVIDIA has teamed up with with South Korea's biggest companies and the country itself, as they build out their AI infrastructure. One of those companies is Samsung, which is building a new AI factory that will use 50,000 NVIDIA Blackwell server GPUs and other NVIDIA technologies to make its own chips. This "AI-driven semiconductor manufacturing," as the companies call it, will help Samsung improve its processes, better predict maintenance needs and improve the efficiency of its autonomous operations. NVIDIA will help Samsung adapt its chipmaking lithography platform to work with its GPUs, and it will apparently result in 20 times greater performance for Samsung.
Korean carmaker Hyundai will also use 50,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to develop its AI models for manufacturing and autonomous driving. Meanwhile, the SK Group conglomerate, which includes SK Telecom and DRAM and flash memory chip supplier SK Hynix, will use 50,000 NVIDIA Blackwell server chips to launch an industrial AI cloud. The facility, NVIDIA says, will power the "next generation of memory, robotics, digital twins and intelligent AI agents." As Bloomberg reports, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who's in South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit, was recently photographed with Samsung's Jay Y. Lee and Hyundai’s Chung Euisun in a local restaurant.
Finally, NVIDIA is working with the South Korean government for its sovereign AI infrastructure, or AI it will have control over. The Korean government will deploy 50,000 NVIDIA GPUs to the National AI Computing Center it's establishing, as well to facilities owned by local companies that include Kakao and Naver.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/samsung-is-using-nvidia-chips-to-build-its-new-ai-chip-factory-130057773.html?src=rss