Google Veo 2 takes on Sora in the battle for AI video supremacy

The point-and-shoot camera is back, next-gen Nvidia GPUs leak, and more
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Artificial intelligence
Google launches its Veo 2 AI video maker
A still from a video generated by Veo 2 (Google)
AI video generators continue to get more and more powerful, and Google has announced the arrival of its next-level Veo 2 tool – though you'll have to join a waitlist to make use of it. From the examples we've seen, it's a worthy competitor to OpenAI Sora.
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Cameras
Panasonic is bringing back the point-and-shoot
The brand new Panasonic Lumix ZS99 / TZ99 (Panasonic)
In something of a surprise move, Panasonic has launched a new Lumix point-and-shoot camera for your consideration – and the new model comes with 30x optical zoom capabilities that even the most impressive smartphone can't hope to get near.
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Computing
Nvidia's next-gen graphics card series just leaked
An Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 card (Future)
We're more than ready for Nvidia's next-gen RTX 5000 series of GPUs, and a new leak may have just revealed lots of details about this hardware update ahead of time. The leaked cards include a top-of-the-range RTX 5090 with 32GB of VRAM installed.
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Phones
Samsung's next foldable could be thinner than ever
The Galaxy Z Fold 6 launched in mid-2024 (Future)
Samsung should be launching the Galaxy Z Fold 7 at some point around the middle of year, and a well-known tipster has made two key predictions about it: it'll be the thinnest device of its type yet, and it'll offer support for an Apple Pencil-like stylus.
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Tablets
An OLED iPad mini is tipped for 2026
The 2024 iPad mini – without OLED (Future)
Looking further into the future, another credible leak has suggested the iPad mini could be making the jump to OLED display technology by 2026 – which would deliver a number of display improvements for the smallest tablet in Apple's iPad range.
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