Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

Microsoft has had a narrow escape from total embarrassment: A security company uncovered a critical vulnerability that could have compromised all Azure Cosmos DB databases — both those of customers ...

Google added a code-execution engine and a suite of new export formats to NotebookLM on June 8, 2026, turning the AI research ...

NotebookLM is one of the best AI tools available, and it’s been renamed the Gemini Notebook to bring it in line with the rest of Google’s Gemini AI suite, the tech giant announced in a blog post on ...

Google announced today that NotebookLM is now called “Gemini Notebook” and previewed upcoming features that users can soon expect. At I/O 2023, the research tool was unveiled as Project Tailwind and ...

You’ll soon be able to access your notebooks in AI Mode, too. You’ll soon be able to access your notebooks in AI Mode, too. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, ...

Google might launch an AI product with one name during its experimental phase, but it will eventually tie it all to Gemini. In the latest example of this trend, the company is renaming its AI-powered ...

After rolling out to Google AI subscribers earlier this month, the Gemini app has now launched notebooks to free users. On gemini.google.com, you’ll find a new “Notebooks” section in the side panel ...

A critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Marimo, an open-source Python notebook platform owned by AI cloud company CoreWeave, was exploited in the wild less than 10 hours ...

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