3+ min ago (321+ words) Can't keep up with the soaring popularity. Google has stealthily slashed access limits for its popular Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro tools, adjusting free-tier users' daily prompts amid soaring demand, leaving many to navigate new restrictions without prior warning in a rapidly changing digital landscape. Since its debut, Gemini 3 Pro used to let you make five prompts a day, but now Google only promises "basic access," meaning the limits can change based on demand. Nano Banana Pro also cut the number of free image creations from three to two per day. Google didn't make a big announcement about these changes; they just showed up on the updated support page, first noticed by 9to5Google. More people are using Gemini 3 Pro than Google probably expected. The model offers better reasoning, more features, and clearer visuals thanks to Nano Banana Pro's improved rendering…...

4+ min ago (122+ words) This project implements a simple Notes WebApp using Google Cloud (GCP) serverless services: Firestore, Cloud Functions, and a static frontend hosted on Cloud Storage. 1. NoSQL database: Firestore in Native mode, collection notes. 2. Serverless backend: Cloud Functions (Python) exposing a mini REST API: 3. Frontend: Web page (HTML/CSS/JS) hosted as a static site in Cloud Storage. Create the file main.py Includes functionality: create, list, edit, delete notes + CORS. Create the file requirements.txt Get and store the URL: Get and store the service account used by the function: Grant Firestore permissions to that service account Create the file index.html Create the file styles.css Create the file app.js " Replace API_BASE_URL with your Cloud Function URL....

5+ min ago (445+ words) Brady is a tech journalist for Android Central, with a focus on news, phones, tablets, audio, wearables, and software. He has spent the last three years reporting and commenting on all things related to consumer technology for various publications. Brady graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. His work has been published in XDA, Android Police, Tech Advisor, iMore, Screen Rant, and Android Headlines. When he isn't experimenting with the latest tech, you can find Brady running or watching Big East basketball. What you need to know - T-Mobile is extending the length of its installment plans to 36 months for select devices. - Smartwatches and tablets can only be purchased upfront in full or through three-year installment plans. - For now, smartphones are still sold via 24-month installment plans. A key perk of buying a phone, watch, or tablet…...

5+ min ago (445+ words) Brady is a tech journalist for Android Central, with a focus on news, phones, tablets, audio, wearables, and software. He has spent the last three years reporting and commenting on all things related to consumer technology for various publications. Brady graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. His work has been published in XDA, Android Police, Tech Advisor, iMore, Screen Rant, and Android Headlines. When he isn't experimenting with the latest tech, you can find Brady running or watching Big East basketball. What you need to know - T-Mobile is extending the length of its installment plans to 36 months for select devices. - Smartwatches and tablets can only be purchased upfront in full or through three-year installment plans. - For now, smartphones are still sold via 24-month installment plans. A key perk of buying a phone, watch, or tablet…...

14+ min ago (236+ words) New look, who this? As Samsung prepares for the anticipated release of the Galaxy S26 Ultra, whispers of a striking blackout design emerge from industry insiders, hinting at an innovative take on aesthetics that could redefine flagship smartphone styling for 2026. The tipster states, "This time, the Galaxy S26 Ultra black version features a black frame." However, it seems consumers might be in for a slight visual anomaly if this happens. The post on X states, "overall visual bezel is inevitably wider," because of the black edges around the display. The bezels are the black border around a display, a distinct marker that separates the display from its edges. If that and the frame is black, it might give the illusion that the S26 Ultr has massive bezels, when that (might not) be the case. This time, the Galaxy S26 Ultra black version features a…...

14+ min ago (236+ words) New look, who this? As Samsung prepares for the anticipated release of the Galaxy S26 Ultra, whispers of a striking blackout design emerge from industry insiders, hinting at an innovative take on aesthetics that could redefine flagship smartphone styling for 2026. The tipster states, "This time, the Galaxy S26 Ultra black version features a black frame." However, it seems consumers might be in for a slight visual anomaly if this happens. The post on X states, "overall visual bezel is inevitably wider," because of the black edges around the display. The bezels are the black border around a display, a distinct marker that separates the display from its edges. If that and the frame is black, it might give the illusion that the S26 Ultr has massive bezels, when that (might not) be the case. This time, the Galaxy S26 Ultra black version features a…...

24+ min ago (704+ words) After using dating apps with little success for eight years, a woman met the love of her life just two weeks after deciding to ditch them. Lowri Rose, 26, from Cardiff, said she had been using the apps on and off since she was 18 but she grew increasingly unhappy with how they made her feel. Having initially sought "validation" through them, she said she found app users to be too focused on her appearance and she had received unsolicited "vulgar" messages from people on one app. Lowri said she quit the apps when she was 24 and met her fiance at a dinner hosted by mutual friends. Lowri, a social media manager, said they both felt a strong connection after meeting each other that day in April last year. "I just knew that we were going to get married and he just…...

31+ min ago (122+ words) Following on from November's thread. Intended as a space to support ourselves and each other in getting things done, whatever that means to you. Decluttering, organising, cleaning, admin, making progress on projects, health-related things, getting outside. You are welcome to post about art and craft projects too - basically anything, as long as it's some sort of thing, concrete or abstract, that you are doing or trying to do (or trying not to do). MetaFilter's IRL (aka In Real Life) is a space for posting offline things to do with other MeFi members. You can propose meetups, post about performances, presentations, and exhibitions, any event where you think it'd be a good idea for a bunch of MetaFilter members to show up....

33+ min ago (200+ words) I've been tired of paying $60/year just to securely share Netflix and WiFi passwords with my family. I wanted to build a lightweight, secure alternative that runs entirely on the Edge and is only 5$ per year! Here is how I built EazyPasswords, a Zero-Knowledge vault that costs me almost nothing to run, thanks to the modern serverless stack. I wanted instant load times and zero cold starts, so I avoided traditional containers. Backend: Hono running on Cloudflare Workers. Database: Cloudflare D1 (SQLite at the Edge). Frontend: Vanilla JS (hosted on Cloudflare Pages). Why Cloudflare D1? For a side project, cost is everything. D1 allows for millions of reads/writes for free. This architecture allows me to offer a Free Family Plan to users because my overhead is practically zero. I need your feedback (Beta) I am currently in Open Beta. Since I'm a…...

40+ min ago (539+ words) Be confident in your file safety with this BackBlaze Cyber Monday deal Black Friday is behind us but luckily there is still Cyber Monday - the top tech deals day of the year. One of the deals we've seen pop up is BackBlaze Business Backup - perfect for a team that values its data. At TechRadar, our experts have spent thousands of hours trying out all the best cloud storage plans out there - so we're pretty confident when we say BackBlaze is the best cloud storage out there for backups. Now, bear that in mind when you read this deal, it isn't the highest percentage saving around - but that doesn't mean it's not worth it. The Business Backup plan will get your data covered by backup, with no restrictions on file size, type, or the number of work stations included. You also…...