Amazon’s Big Bet on New Devices and AI
At Amazon’s Fall Devices Event, the pressure was on to come up with a hit product that would stun the world the way Alexa and the Echo speaker did a…
Apple Shows Off Watch Series 9 With a New Gesture: Double Tap
Sit down and strap in for Apple’s next selection of wearables. Apple’s big “Wonderlust” event Tuesday gave a look at the company’s latest smartwatch: a second-gen Apple Watch Ultra again…
Sorry, Chief, Microsoft Cortana Is Finally Dead
You can now visit the gravestone of Microsoft’s virtual assistant app Cortana in the growing mortuary of failed products. The company ended support for the Bing search-based voice control engine…
Apple Patent Says Siri Could Be Trained to Read Your Lips
As with many inquiries to Apple’s helper bot, asking Siri to “read my lips,” comes back with a “I’m not sure I understand” message. After all, Apple has so far…
Should You Use Apple CarPlay or Android Auto for Your Car’s Dashboard?
Google and Apple enjoy taking each other on in as many different arenas as possible: mobile phones, maps, cloud storage, music streaming, photo management, note taking, smart assistants, tablets, smartwatches,…
Sony WF-1000XM5 Review: Once Again, the Best Wireless Earbuds You Can Buy
Sony may sometimes struggle with giving its products memorable names, but at the same time, calling its new flagship wireless earbuds the WF-1000XM5 is kind of a major flex. They…
Apple Is Reportedly Making Fast Progress on Its Own ‘Apple GPT’
Image: rarrarorro (Shutterstock) The AI gold rush is showing no signs of slowing down. As ChatGPT continues to enamor the world with its strings of relatively coherent text, Apple is…
The Beats Studio Pro Bring Solid ANC, But Are Missing Features You Expect From $350 Wireless Headphones
As we said back in 2017, when the Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones debuted, Beats’ products have been getting better and better since Apple bought the company and started contributing to…
AI Fatalism Won’t Help Us Deal With Its Actual Risks
Illustration: 80’s Child (Shutterstock) Can AI Help with Mental Health? Off English Over the past few months, artificial intelligence (AI) has entered the global conversation as a result of the…
How to Make ChatGPT Your New Siri
It’s been quite a few months for ChatGPT: The AI chatbot has gone from relative obscurity to powering web searches and passing medical exams and plenty more besides, and it’s…