AI-generated images are getting harder and harder to spot. There are the usual tells, of course, but those tells are minimizing with each new AI image model. You could count on AI-generated hands including too […]
Jake Peterson
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On Friday afternoon, X officially launched XChat, the company’s proprietary chat app. Unlike other chat app options, like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal, you need an X account to use XChat, which limits the user base […]
When you post something on the internet, you cede a measure of control to anyone who might happen upon it. Photos, videos, text, audio recordings: all of this content can be downloaded or screenshot, and […]
Meta is officially rolling out new parental controls that make it easier to keep tabs on the conversations teens are having with the company’s AI. Meta revealed the news in a blog post on Thursday, […]
Google Meet’s “Take Notes for me” feature is one particularly useful implementation of AI. When you’re on a video call, Gemini can dictate what’s being said, offering summaries and highlights of the conversation. That way, […]
Earlier this month, 404 Media broke a fascinating, complex, and concerning story: The FBI had successfully retrieved incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, despite the fact that those messages were set to self-destruct within […]
Despite what the headline of this article might lead you to believe, I don’t think AI voice generation is inherently bad. Certainly there are cases where it makes sense, like preserving people’s voices when they […]
We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’s the end of an era: On Monday, Tim Cook announced his plans to step down as Apple CEO. By September, the company’s senior vice […]
We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you want to turn your smartphone in a gaming handheld, there are plenty of accessories out there to try. Most, however, add full-size controllers […]
In recent years, Apple has taken significant steps to make the iPad more like a Mac. But while windowed multitasking and a desktop-like Files app helps bridge the gap, the gap still exists. It’s still […]
Nikkei Asia has some bad news for anyone hoping for RAM prices to fall anytime soon: The outlet reported on Friday that the global shortage of memory chips will likely continue until around 2027. According […]
If you’re trying to access X on Friday afternoon (Eastern Time), you might be hitting a roadblock. That’s what happened to me: I went to refresh my feed one last time before stepping away for […]
The funny thing about smartphone addiction is that it makes low-effort tasks feel totally productive. When I finally quit doomscrolling through Instagram and TikTok to watch an actual movie or TV show, I feel like […]
AI is a divisive technology. Some of us can’t stand it, and avoid it at all costs. Others are AI-curious, and dabble with certain apps or features; still others still embrace it with enthusiasm, and […]
Since early Thursday morning, Bluesky has been experiencing intermittent downtime. It’s not unusual for a platform to go through outages, of course. If you check in with Downdetector every now and then, you’ll see how […]
DuckDuckGo’s whole shtick is privacy, so it isn’t surprising that the company makes its own VPN—so long as you pay for it. Now, there are a lot of VPNs out there, and the best ones […]
My most anticipated iOS 27 feature is not a new feature at all: If the rumors are true, Apple will use its next major iPhone update as an opportunity to squash bugs and improve stability […]
If you’ve had trouble accessing Bluesky this morning, you’re not alone. The social media platform has been experiencing intermittent interruptions to service on Thursday. That’s obvious from a glance at Downdetector, which shows thousands of […]
If you’re a frequent Gemini user, and you happen to have a Mac, good news: Google just launched a dedicated Gemini app for macOS. It’s a long time coming, seeing as Google’s rivals, like OpenAI […]
It’s one of the most annoying things a website can do: You visit a page, take a look, and decide for whatever reason you need to head back to the previous page you were on. […]
What do you primarily use Spotify for? Enjoying music? Keeping up with your favorite podcasts? Listening to audiobooks? Well, the next time you open it (at least on Android) you might just use it to […]
If you use Google Chrome, listen up: You may be running malicious extensions without even knowing it. As reported by The Hacker News, cybersecurity researchers with Socket’s Threat Research Team have identified 108 extensions available […]
In case you missed it, there is a Trump-branded smartphone in the works. This isn’t something Donald Trump himself is pushing; rather, his sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., are trying to break into […]
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Prices are going up on many different goods and services, and technology is no exception. Global events over the past year, from the implementation of […]
We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you’re all-in on Microsoft 365 for work, school, or personal use, chances are high that Outlook is your go-to email service. It stands to […]
Elon Musk’s “X Corp” is back at it. The company’s latest X-themed product is XChat, a messaging app built for X users to securely chat with one another. The app is currently available to preorder […]
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Apple’s product lineup is not small: The company makes smartphones, tablets, computers, headphones, and smart watches, among many others. But aside from the Vision Pro, […]
While ChatGPT may have kicked off the generative AI era we now live in, it is far from alone these days. There is steep competition from multiple companies in this space, including Google, Anthropic, and […]
When it first launched back in 2007, it would have seemed laughable to suggest paying a monthly subscription for YouTube. But fast forward nearly two decades, and YouTube Premium is actually a solid deal. With […]
Gmail is one of—if not the—most popular email platform in the world. But it’s not the favorite for users who care about their privacy. Google doesn’t offer end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for basic Gmail users, instead […]
Last month, Microsoft announced that it planned to remove “unnecessary” Copilot features in Windows 11. The news was a bit shocking to say the least: Microsoft has been one of the biggest proponents of generative […]
It happens to the best of us: You write up a comment on an Instagram post, hit send, and, whoops, realize you made a glaring typo. What do you do? Do you delete the comment, […]
You might have heard about Signal, the encrypted chat app the U.S. government infamously used to discuss war plans last year. (Yikes.) But while the app is no alternative to a dedicated SCIF, it is […]
On Wednesday, Google announced “notebooks,” a new feature for Gemini designed to help organize your research materials while using the company’s flagship chatbot. Google says you should think of notebooks as “personal knowledge bases shared […]
While iOS has caught up in recent years, Android is still the most versatile OS when it comes to smartphone gaming—especially if you’re looking beyond downloading games from app stores. Android supports a huge number […]
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Attention Kindle readers: Amazon may soon end support for your e-reader. Now, if you recently acquired a Kindle—recently meaning anytime in the past 10 years—you […]
Google is back with yet another AI service—this time, an offline dictation program using its “Gemma” architecture. But rather than include it within the Gemini app, or as a Gemini function, the company has decided […]
When companies like OpenAI and Google started rolling out generative AI models to the general public, I doubt they predicted how attached people would get to the technology—and the effect it would have on their […]
When you download an app from the App Store or Play Store, how much research do you do ahead of time? Do you look into who makes the app, and where that company is based? […]
AI inspires strong feelings. Some love it, some hate it, few are indifferent. But, usually, AI’s biggest proponents are the companies that make and sell the tech. You expect OpenAI to tout ChatGPT’s benefits, or […]
Bad news, OpenClaw fans: Anthropic wants you to pay more to use its AI models. This wasn’t something Anthropic necessarily announced, either; rather, the company started sending emails to affected users, letting them know they […]
It’s officially the end of an era for the Samsung Galaxy community: Samsung is discontinuing its messaging app. If you’re a Samsung Messages user, the company says you should plan to migrate to Google Messages […]
Taking a call from the road has been a thing since the dawn of the car phone, but tech companies are still finding new and innovative ways to make escaping meetings impossible. While CarPlay and […]
Reddit is what you make of it. The “front page of the internet” is really a collection of different subreddits, each with its own communities, rules, and cultures. The main idea is to subscribe to […]
Back in February, we learned that Apple had plans to integrate AI assistants into CarPlay. The news came along with the first beta for iOS 26.4, though Apple didn’t actually include a way for testers […]
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The MacBook Neo is one of Apple’s most intriguing products in years. The company took an iPhone 16 Pro chip, put it inside a colorful […]
After keeping things low key with iOS 26.3, Apple rolled out a sizable update for iOS 26.4—especially for Apple Music users. That app’s UI now matches the art of the album you’re checking out; you […]
TikTok has gone through a lot of changes as of late, especially since U.S. companies took a majority stake in the company. But while users have had to decipher new terms of service, some of […]