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By +Nik Louch · Posted
Come the hell on, do we need clickbait titles? "Overwatch 2" - 11 characters "a popular multiplayer hero shooter" - 34 characters What's the purpose here - delivering news or titles for clicks? I think we all know the answer. You're straying into "Number 7 on this list will SHOCK you" territory and while it may work on some crappy sites, this is why they are crappy sites. Just tell the story! Go back and look at popular articles that made Neowin what it was. Did they have headlines of "New OS from major technology conglomerate has astonishing new feature" or is it likely to tell the story succinctly and then elaborate within the content? -
By David Uzondu · Posted
You can now generate video clips with sound using Veo 3 in Google Vids by David Uzondu Last month, we reported that Google was adding its Veo 2 video generation model into the Google Vids editor. The company has now followed that by rolling out its latest Veo model, Veo 3, which was unveiled at I/O 2025 and went viral recently for its shockingly realistic clips. The main addition this time is the ability to generate both video and synchronized audio directly from a text prompt. Anyone with a compatible Google Workspace plan can now generate 8-second clips right inside a Vids project. You find the "Generate video" icon in the editor, pick Veo 3, and then type out what you want to see and hear. Google's examples include things like a spokesperson delivering a line for a product demo or an employee giving an intro to a safety video. The model is good enough to generate dialogue that actually syncs with the character’s lips. Once you create a clip, you can just insert it into your video. And, if the audio it spits out is garbage, you have the option to mute the clip. The generated clips are currently capped at 720p resolution and run at 24FPS, a far cry from the 4K potential Veo 3 has as a standalone model. Still, getting functional audio generation built-in is a huge step. This native sound capability is what really sets it apart from competitors like OpenAI's Sora, which primarily generates silent videos. Google began pushing out the feature recently, but do not worry if you do not see it immediately in your account. The company is doing a gradual rollout that can take up to 15 days to complete, so your access will depend on which wave your account is in and whether your company's admin uses the Rapid or Scheduled Release track. Access is fairly widespread for paying customers on Google Workspace, including those on Business Standard and Plus, as well as Enterprise Standard and Plus plans. It is also available for Essentials, Nonprofits, and even the lower-tier Business Starter and Enterprise Starter plans. For now, the AI generation only understands prompts in English, and all videos are invisibly watermarked to identify them as AI-generated. -
By Kurotama · Posted
My dear freedonX, have you thought about giving Linux a try? If you don't want to be nagged, that's surely the best place to go. And as long as you stick to something simple, you won't need to touch the command line once. -
By Kurotama · Posted
For windows, you have winget and chocolatey. For linux, you've got other package managers depending of the base, apt, dnf, zypper, pacman... I dunno about Mac, but even if it doesn't have an accessible package manager, there surely is a store, or worst case, http requests, curl, wget, or something similar. -
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I am running Windows XP Pro and have DirectX 9.0b installed and I've just got the Sims 2 and I need 9.0c.
Whenever I run the sims 2 (and the new bodyshop that came with it) the following message appears:
Failed to initialize Direct3D. Please make sure DirectX 9.0c has been installed on this system. The application will now terminate.
I've TRIED to install 9.0c and according to my computer it has installed, and that it's ready for use but when i go to dxdiag it says I'm still running 9.0b
I am using a Raedon 7000 series for a display card and had downloaded the latest version from the website - http://www.ati.com
what am I doing wrong?!
This is what my installing thing looks like, below:
as you can see, it completely skips the bit where it's supposed to actually LOAD the stuff onto my comp.
[PLEASE NOTE: IT IS A GIF FILE, IT'S ON LOOP]
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