Privacy is the linchpin of Apple’s AI relaunch
…AI agents running around with your passwords? That’s crazy! Giving a password to an AI chatbot is, generally speaking, one of the biggest AI no-nos, making Apple’s new agentic…
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Microsoft’s Scout AI agent is aimed directly at your workplace
…duties like planning summer activities or searching for online coupons. (I’m still waiting my turn to give Spark a try.) Always-on personal AI agents do their best work in an…
Bluesky’s new AI app can vibe-code your social feed
We’ve been seeing a lot about how AI tools like Claude Code and Codex can vibe-code apps and web pages, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. What…
Your old prompts won't work with GPT-5.5. Try these instead
…that "add noise, narrow the model's search space, or lead to overly mechanical answers," OpenAI warns. So if you're using legacy ChatGPT prompts that say things like "first do this…
Triage your Gmail with this easy Gemini hack
I’m on record with not loving Personal Intelligence, the Google tool that allows Gemini to reference your Google searches, past Gemini chats, your Gmail inbox, and other Google data when responding…
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…OpenAI may have stumbled—but ChatGPT tools are still guiding the AI trade Sterling Stock Picker is a new investment tool that teaches you when to buy or sell stocks. Best computer…
My A/C unit came with a cruddy manual. Claude made a better one
…Gee, thanks! Obviously, AI is a natural for a case like this, and it’s a no-brainer to snap a photo of the unit, upload it to ChatGPT, and ask, “What…
20 free Windows apps that fix the most annoying parts of your PC
…It even has a built-in AI assistant that can search, summarize, aid with editing, and more. SitApp for developing better posture If you work or game at your PC for hours…
Nvidia’s RTX Spark just turned Arm into a real PC threat
…This supercharged SoC is designed for heavy individual AI workloads, particularly agentic AI—and it’s meant for consumers. Sort of. Developers and creators get named repeatedly in the marketing for RTX…
Windows Insider meetups are back. I went to one and so should you
…They grew louder when she showed how Windows Search could produce just the files on a user's PC and nothing more. And where did all that applause come from? Not developers…