Author: Allen Kurian Thomas
The modern DOOM franchise has cemented the Doom Slayer as a near-unstoppable force whose mission is simple: annihilate demons. He speaks little, acts relentlessly, and his inhuman intensity is exactly what makes DOOM: The Dark Ages so compelling. Unlike DOOM Eternal—where the Slayer moved with balletic agility, soaring through the air before slamming back down—The Dark Ages mostly keeps him earthbound. This design choice shifts focus toward the variety of enemy attack patterns and projectiles, while introducing a brand-new defensive tool. Since you can’t simply leap over every incoming salvo, the Slayer’s trusty shield becomes indispensable. Far from a throwaway…
Google’s flagship developer conference, Google I/O, is almost here. Taking place May 20–21 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, the event will cover announcements spanning Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube—and, notably, the company’s AI chatbot, Gemini. Gemini and AI AI is front and center this year, and Google is widely expected to reveal enhancements to its Gemini model lineup. Leaks suggest we’ll see a refreshed Gemini Ultra—the priciest, most capable tier yet. To accompany the new Ultra, Google may roll out higher-end subscription plans beyond its current Gemini Advanced ($20/month), possibly dubbed “Premium Plus” and “Premium Pro,” though pricing…
Google is introducing “implicit caching” in its Gemini API, which it says can cut the cost of using its Gemini 2.5 Pro and 2.5 Flash models by up to 75% on repeated context. Now enabled by default, this feature automatically reuses any overlapping request prefixes you’ve previously sent, passing the savings directly back to you. To qualify for a cache hit, prompts must be at least 2,048 tokens for Pro and 1,024 for Flash—roughly 1,500 and 750 words, respectively—though any new or variable content should be tacked on at the end of your request to maximize cacheability. This move follows…
OpenAI is rolling out a GitHub connector for its ChatGPT “deep research” tool, enabling the agent to pull in and analyze private and public code repositories. Over the next few days, Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers will be able to ask the model questions about codebases and documentation they’ve shared, with Enterprise and Education tiers to follow. The integration can break down product specs into actionable technical tasks, summarize code structure and patterns, and illustrate API usage with real examples—while respecting each organization’s existing repository permissions. This launch comes as part of a broader push to link ChatGPT to external…