Zuckerberg’s ‘personal superintelligence’ plan: fill your free time with more AI
Zuckerberg's 'personal superintelligence' plan: fill your free time with more AI Zuckerberg’s ‘personal superintelligence’ plan: fill your free time with more AI It has been another busy week. GPT-5 appears to be just around the corner… This week, I decode the meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg’s “personal superintelligence” manifesto, and what it means for the broader […]
Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’
Tim Cook says Apple 'must' figure out AI and 'will make the investment to do it' Tim Cook says Apple ‘must’ figure out AI and ‘will make the investment to do it’ Apple CEO Tim Cook boasted about the potential of AI and the company’s approach to developing it in a rare all-hands today that […]
Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus
Amazon eyes ads and upcharges for Alexa Plus Amazon’s new Alexa Plus voice assistant works with most existing Amazon devices. In the week’s least surprising news, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the company is exploring ways to bring ads to Alexa Plus, its new generative-AI-powered voice assistant. During a conference call following the company’s […]
Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones are $130 off for back-to-school season
Bose's QuietComfort Headphones are $130 off for back-to-school season Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones are $130 off for back-to-school season Bose headphones are some of the most comfortable around. | Image: The Verge Finding peace among the chaos on campus can be more challenging than a midterm. But a quality pair of over-ear headphones can block out […]
Google backtracks on plans to deactivate shortened goo.gl links
Google backtracks on plans to deactivate shortened goo.gl links Google is largely reversing course on its plans to discontinue support for all shortened goo.gl URLs on August 25th. Goo.gl URLS that already show a message saying that they will be deactivated in August will still stop working — the company started showing the deactivation message […]
Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing
Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing Yesterday, when Epic won its Google antitrust lawsuit for a second time, it wasn’t quite clear how soon Google would need to start dismantling its affirmed illegal monopoly. Today, Google admits the answer is: 14 days. Google has just 14 […]
Reddit pauses its paywall plans
Reddit pauses its paywall plans Reddit is pausing its plans to let people make subreddits with content behind a paywall, CEO Steve Huffman said as part of Thursday’s earnings. The company is making the change as part of a shift in how it’s prioritizing its resources. Huffman said last year that the company was looking […]
Microsoft is killing off Windows 11 SE, its Chrome OS competitor
Microsoft is killing off Windows 11 SE, its Chrome OS competitor Windows 11 SE running on a low-cost laptop. Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE next year, five years after it launched the operating system on low-cost laptops that were designed to compete with Google Chromebooks. Windows 11 SE was only available on devices […]
Bing made Google dance and then stole some search traffic
Bing made Google dance and then stole some search traffic Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wanted to make Google dance two years ago, with an AI overhaul of Bing that was designed to steal Google’s all-important search market share. Now, there are plenty of signs that Microsoft has successfully taken search share off Google, both in the […]
Samsung TVs are coming back online after apps stopped working
Samsung TVs are coming back online after apps stopped working Samsung smart TVs appear to be functioning normally again after experiencing a global outage yesterday. Users across Reddit and Samsung’s community forum started reporting issues with their TVs at around 5PM ET on Thursday, finding themselves unable to open apps like YouTube, Apple TV, Hulu, […]