ChatGPT quietly fixed its most annoying habit
I'm back working with ChatGPT after a months-long split, during which I had dalliances with Gemini and later Claude (I'm a serial AI subscriber, similar to how I juggle…
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Apple's new Siri just works. Why can't Windows Copilot?
…In fact, the new Siri has none of the agentic AI capabilities a la OpenClaw that dominate today's headlines. Instead, Apple simply showed AI capabilities working across its various operating systems…
Productivity: Tools, Tips, and Smarter Ways to Work
…News Analysis Adobe and Canva want their AI agents to replace your creative workflow Adobe Firefly AI Assistant and Canva AI 2.0 use conversational agents to automate creative workflows across all…
Googlebooks are the first anti-personal computers
…But with an AI-first system like the new Googlebook, your skills may begin to atrophy. Is this AI-first system efficient? Sure. But it’s that efficiency that changes the…
I tried Google's AI glasses. They're what Google Glass always wanted to be
…But the reason Glass worked, and I think that the new Google glasses will, too -- is that an AI assistant is still a handy thing to navigate the world. Google's AI…
ChatGPT and Claude tried to book my dinner. It got clunky fast
…So yes, I have no doubt that eventually, our personal AI assistants will be seamlessly placing dinner reservations, ordering groceries, and booking travel plans for us. But today, it’s way easier…
Alexa’s new AI personalities are cringe
Alexa has long offered options for different voices and, at one time, you could even make the assistant sound like a celebrity. But now Amazon is going beyond voices by rolling out…
Gemini just became your new Google Maps buddy
We’ve already seen mapping functionality make its way into the ChatGPT and Gemini apps, but the big mapping apps haven’t had much use for AI–until now, anyway. Google has…
Google's still struggling to crack PC gaming
…An AI-like assistant called Sidekick is also being turned on for some of those games; if you're still stumped, you can talk about the game and trade hints with community…
Tested: Nitro PDF proves it's a top Acrobat alternative
…Michael Ansaldo/IDG The AI additions have only made the core PDF editor more useful. Document Assistant can summarize PDFs and answer questions about their contents through a side-panel interface that…