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Welcome to the personal software revolution
…The era of personal software is upon us, and it is changing our relationship with technology forever. It has certainly already changed mine. AI lets us make apps the way we used…
Cryptocurrency
From the erratic ups and downs in bitcoin and ethereum value, to the explosion in initial coin offerings, and the unstoppable demand for mining-ready GPUs, cryptocurrency has become an inescapable story…
Amazon’s new plan for games: James Bond and AI Snoop Dogg
…000020746.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Part of that newfound focus comes from a structural change, as the company now has what it believes is a simpler approach. “Luna is our gaming…
Artificial Intelligence
…While some might call it hype and compare it to NFTs or 3D TVs, generative AI is causing a sea change in nearly every part of the technology industry. OpenAI’s ChatGPT…
Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
…I ask it to tell me a bedtime story and facepalm when it produces a ridiculous image of me manipulating some magical contraption with the help of a giant fox. (My kids…
The most exciting laptop I’ve seen in forever
…More on that next week.) Lastly, if you shoot a lot of video and you haven’t tried DualShot Recorder, change that ASAP. It captures horizontal and vertical video simultaneously, and is…
Who is the Palantir chore coat for?
…Still, by the end of its on-sale day, the 420 units Palantir produced had sold out. (Palantir declined to comment for this story.) For over a year, along with its merch…
Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw
…Now trying to spin story, unsuccessfully. Sit down Alex. You’re not America First, you’re a fraud.” The target, Alex Bruesewitz, didn’t appreciate the words. But he cared more…
A better way to manage all your screenshots
…But there’s one feature that’s already changing how I use my phone: widgets. Specifically, the monster, whole-page homepage widgets Apple now supports. Almost as soon as I started playing…