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Robert Hart
Robert Hart
Adobe wants to make editing YouTube Shorts easier.

YouTubers will be soon be able to make use of Adobe Premiere editing tools through a new hub, Create for YouTube shorts. It’s launching soon, both inside the new Premiere mobile app and built directly into YouTube itself.

Expect “exclusive effects, transitions, templates and more.”

A picture of Adobe’s Premiere app on a mobile screen editing videos for YouTube.
Cool dog not included.
Image: Adobe
Robert Hart
Robert Hart
Google’s Gemini app just got a tad easier to use.

The AI model switcher has been shunted down to the prompt bar. It’s more convenient, sure, but importantly it means you can now switch AI models without needing to start a new conversation.

I don’t remember Google prodding me to “Upgrade to Google AI Pro” here before, though.

The AI model switcher now sits in the prompt bar.
The AI model switcher now sits in the prompt bar.
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google Meet is getting waiting rooms.

Hosts can enable a waiting room ahead of the start of a meeting, Google says.

A screenshot of a Google Meet waiting room.
Here’s what a waiting room looks like.
Image: Google
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
The Pixel Camera app is crashing on de-Googled Android phones thanks to a new font.

The issue is caused by a font in the latest update to the app (version 10.x) that’s only available through Google Play Services. As a result, it’s crashing or simply failing to launch on phones running GrapheneOS and other “de-Googled” versions of Android, reports Android Authority.

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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
iOS and Android face more UK regulation.

After a ten-month investigation, the Competition and Markets Authority has designated Apple and Google’s mobile platforms with “strategic market status,” describing them as having “substantial, entrenched market power.” The companies now face extra anti-competition regulations in the UK, following a similar ruling for Google Search.