Author: Awais

Google is rolling out a new Performance Max beta that lets advertisers pull video assets directly from Merchant Center — a small tweak with big implications for retail and e-commerce. How it works. Google Ads will now: Auto-surface product-associated videos from Merchant Center during PMax setup Shorten creative workflows for retailers and e-commerce teams Improve product-to-creative alignment, increasing ad relevance Boost performance, especially for large SKU catalogs Why we care. This update removes a friction point in PMax: getting high-quality, product-relevant video into campaigns. By auto-pulling videos from Merchant Center, Google is tightening the link between inventory and creative, which…

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s so long, it’s almost not a mini version today. Read on for the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York…

Once the temperature drops, it becomes pretty clear that some rooms don’t heat as well as others. Boldr’s Kelvin Smart Infrared Heater is designed to help with that, and right now it’s also more affordable than usual. Through December 22, Boldr is offering up to 25% off all products on its website, with no promo code required. If you’ve been eyeing the Kelvin for a while, this is a great time to grab one. Traditional space heaters rely on fans to circulate air, which often leads to noise and uneven warmth. The Kelvin uses infrared technology, so you feel it…

Ever since I got Whiskey in a Teacup, I can’t stop making Reese Witherspoon’s nostalgic, Southern-style desserts for every occasion that arises. The recipes are fun, easy, and, most importantly, instant classics. This recipe for Mud Pie Trifle is no exception.  I grew up loving Mississippi mud pie—the dense, chocolatey crust and lighter-than-air chocolate fillings are the stuff of my childhood. I hadn’t thought about it in ages until I saw it in the pages of Reese’s cookbook, reimagined as a trifle. What a fun, retro take! And it’s as simple as layering chocolate cake, creamy chocolate pudding, crushed Oreos,…

The PPC platforms rolled out a few meaningful updates this week that shape how we measure, plan, and buy media. Google introduced a new API that makes it easier to bring first party data into Ads. YouTube shared improvements to the Shorts advertising experience. LinkedIn launched Reserved Ads to give advertisers more control over pricing and delivery. Here is what stood out and why these updates matter for day-to-day execution. Google Launches Data Manager API Google announced the Data Manager API, a new way for advertisers to push their offline conversions and business data directly into Google Ads. The goal…

Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant camera. With just a click of a button, you can capture a moment in a photo that you can see and touch almost immediately. Images captured by an instant camera aren’t as pristine or perfect as those produced by modern digital cameras, but their soft images and imperfections are often a big part of the allure.Yet not all instant cameras are the same, and some of them are better suited for different needs and budgets.…

Asus ROG Strix XG27JCG delivers 5K resolution with high refresh and sharp visualsExtreme Low Motion Blur 2 manages backlight zones for clearer, fast-moving scenesThe monitor provides a wide color gamut suitable for video editing workflowsAsus has introduced the ROG Strix XG27JCG to expand its presence in the 5K monitor segment, targeting both gamers and creative users.The display combines high refresh performance with dense visual detail on a 27in Fast IPS panel at 5120 x 2880 resolution.It offers an overclocked 180Hz mode, although sustaining this level requires modern GPUs with enough bandwidth and compatible graphics hardware for stable 5K output. You…

This week Bon Appétit hosted its annual cookie swap in the Test Kitchen—the event of the season, if we do say so ourselves. Staffers baked up a storm at home and proudly toted their treats to work. There were tea-speckled shortbread, no-mixer-required peppermint bark cookies, and date balls with chickpeas! Wow. Also a 12-foot-long sub and coquito in a slushy machine. Read on for our favorite recipes from the swap.Chewy molasses cookiesFor me, a holiday cookie will always be a molasses cookie. The warm spices like ginger, cinnamon, and clove take me right back to childhood, gobbling as many treats…

[Submitted on 7 Apr 2025 (v1), last revised 10 Dec 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Towards Efficient Real-Time Video Motion Transfer via Generative Time Series Modeling, by Tasmiah Haque and 6 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Motion Transfer is a technique that synthesizes videos by transferring motion dynamics from a driving video to a source image. In this work we propose a deep learning-based framework to enable real-time video motion transfer which is critical for enabling bandwidth-efficient applications such as video conferencing, remote health monitoring, virtual reality interaction, and vision-based anomaly detection. This…

SpaceX is planning to raise tens of billions of dollars through an initial public offering next year, multiple outlets have reported, and Ars can confirm. This represents a major change in thinking from the world’s leading space company and its founder, Elon Musk.The Wall Street Journal and The Information first reported about a possible IPO last Friday, and Bloomberg followed that up on Tuesday evening with a report suggesting the company would target a $1.5 trillion valuation. This would allow SpaceX to raise in excess of $30 billion.This is an enormous amount of funding. The largest IPO in history occurred…