Google has released new content for its Gemini assistant called Canvas — a split-screen feature that lets you chat to Gemini on the left and see your changes appear in real-time on the right.
The idea is to make editing and iteration a smoother experience — instead of scrolling up and down the chat to copy sections of output you’re not happy with, you can just highlight the text in question on the right and tell Gemini what to change. The assistant will then edit the specified section and update the document, rather than generating a whole new version or spitting out additional paragraphs you need to splice together yourself.
Asking an LLM like Gemini to make revisions to its responses can be a bit of a chore, so this will hopefully make the process less painful.
Canvas also works with programming projects, allowing you to view code on the right and chat with Gemini to explain, revise, and debug it on the left. It can also display your HTML or React code as a visual representation of your software, allowing you to preview what your email subscription form might look like, for example. When you request changes, the preview will update, allowing you to try out different ideas quickly and efficiently.
To try out these new features, you’ll need to be a Gemini or Gemini Advanced subscriber and click the Canvas button in the prompt bar. Google is marketing these updates as features for “collaboration” but just to be clear — it doesn’t mean collaboration with other people. The features are designed for you to collaborate with Gemini and, according to Google, “if you want to collaborate with others on the content you just made, you can export it to Google Docs with a click.”
The update also includes Audio Overview, a feature from NotebookLM that essentially transforms documents into podcasts. It’s similar to any summary and analysis generation tool in its purpose, but it presents the information in an audio format with two AI hosts holding a podcast-style discussion.
The feature has been popular with NotebookLM users who want to multitask while consuming information. To use it, upload your documents to Gemini and click the suggestion chip that appears.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.