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Google Messages Introduces Customizable Chat Themes

Google Messages has started rolling out custom “Chat themes” with customizable backgrounds. The update appears in the chat menu, replacing the earlier “Change colors” option and adding both color palettes and wallpapers that can be set for individual threads. Users can choose from themed wallpapers in categories such as Animals, Architecture, Cityscapes, Landscapes, and more, […]

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New GTA 6 details may confirm players can switch between Jason and Lucia and complete missions as a duo, encounter random world events, and more

New Grand Theft Auto 6 details might have emerged from an Amazon Brazil listing The game apparently features NPCs with their own routines and “random events” Players may be able to switch between Jason and Lucia during missions Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders have officially begun, and thanks to Amazon Brazil’s listing, new details about […]

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9to5Mac Daily: June 26, 2026 – Apple announces significant price increases

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Roborock: Check out Roborock’s Prime Day Sale featuring up to $1,500 off best-selling robot vacuums and wet dry vacuums, including the […]

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Liquid AI’s smallest model yet LFM2.5-230M beats models 4X its size at data extraction, can run ‘anywhere’

Liquid AI, founded by former MIT computer scientists, today released its smallest AI language model yet, LFM2.5-230M, and enterprises would do well to consider it for their uses in data extraction and local deployment on smartphones, laptops and robotics. This is a 230-million-parameter foundation model explicitly designed for on-device agentic workflows, and as Liquid states […]