How to Actually Clean Install Windows 11
PCs, for a long time, had a bloatware problem. The major PC manufacturers—Dell, Asus, Acer, and the like—had a bad habit of including “free trials” of software like Norton AntiVirus…
The ChatGPT App Can Now Talk to You—and Look Into Your Life
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company that unleashed ChatGPT on the world last November, is making the chatbot app a lot more chatty. An upgrade to the ChatGPT mobile apps for…
Loftie Smart Alarm Clock Review (2023): A Clock with AI-Generated Bedtime Stories
Photograph: Loftie Once your alarm, sound, and brightness settings are done, you won’t need the app. Everything else you can find on the clock itself. There are three buttons on…
Why Tech Bros and Politicians Can’t Really Connect
Every few months we get to see a tech dude offer excruciating testimony to grumpy members of Congress. The tech dude tries, with varying degrees of arrogance, to explain his…
Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You
“They will learn from the workflow in which they’re engaged,” Autor says. “Often people will be in the process of working with a tool, and the tool will be learning…
A Tricky New Way to Sneak Past Repressive Internet Censorship
All over the world, walls are going up around the internet. For years, autocratic regimes have been in a race to heighten those walls, as their citizens develop taller and…
Pixel 8 series rumored to include seven years of software support
Google’s upcoming Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro could come with seven years of software support, according to a leaked list of specs published by 91Mobiles. Kamila Wojciechowska, the original…
Amazon will invest up to $4 billion into OpenAI rival Anthropic
Amazon announced on Monday that it will invest up to $4 billion into Anthropic — the AI startup best known for its Claude chatbot and founded by siblings Dario and…
Facebook and Instagram’s Canadian News Blackout Is Crushing Student Journalists
In early August, college radio stations and student newspapers across Canada started noticing something odd. Station managers and editors saw big dips in visits to their websites, particularly by way…
The Hypocrisy of Judging Those Who Become More Beautiful
While recently reading about leg-lengthening surgery, I couldn’t help but sense a touch of absurdity in the whole enterprise. Although I’m no taller than average—I’m 5’9″, thank you very much—dispensing…