A tech writer recommends four laptops for college students, including the budget MacBook Neo at $500 with student discount and the more powerful M5 MacBook Air. The article highlights the importance o…
Google's NotebookLM, an AI research assistant that generates insights from user-provided data, has won a CNET Editors' Choice award for its unique ability to organize and transform information into st…
Anthropic announced Claude Tag, a new feature for its AI assistant Claude that integrates deeply into Slack as a virtual coworker. The feature, available in beta for Team and Enterprise plans starting…
The New York Times Connections puzzle for June 24, #1109, features groups themed around prog bands, classic wedding gifts, red characters, and rhyming compound words. Answers include Genesis, King Cri…
ByteDance unveiled Seedance 2.5, an AI video model that generates 30-second 4K clips from a single prompt, at a Beijing conference on Tuesday. The model accepts up to 50 reference pieces, up from 12 i…
Microsoft released new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models with 8GB of RAM, dropping starting prices to $849 and $949 respectively, but these configurations do not meet Microsoft's own Copilot Plus …
MSI launched the Claw 8 EX AI Plus, a Windows gaming handheld with Intel's new Arc G3 Extreme processor, starting at $1,800. The device offers class-leading performance and a redesigned purple chassis…
Meta launched new smart glasses starting at $299, dropping the Ray-Ban and Oakley branding while maintaining the same features. The glasses include a Kylie Jenner collaboration model at $399. Meta lea…
The New York Times Connections puzzle for June 22, #1107, features categories including dominant, multiplication indicators, pronunciation descriptors, and starting with explosive onomatopoeia. Answer…
Antivirus software is evolving from signature-based detection to machine learning, behavioral analysis, and real-time monitoring to combat increasingly sophisticated malware such as polymorphic and me…
Scammers are increasingly using AI to craft personalized, convincing phishing emails that bypass spam filters, according to cybersecurity experts at McAfee. These AI-powered scams exploit urgency and …
Apple announced major updates for Siri and the Apple Home app at WWDC 2026, including advanced security options and new Siri AI features arriving later in 2026. This makes it an ideal time to buy Appl…
The New York Times substituted today's Connections puzzle (#1105) with a theme related to the New York Knicks after their recent championship win. The puzzle features groups including silent and prono…
Online scams cost Americans nearly $119 billion annually, with robocalls and text scams hitting a six-year high in 2025. Scammers now use AI tools like large language models and voice cloning to creat…
OpenAI's ChatGPT users can transfer chatbot memory to and from other AI chatbots like Gemini and Claude by copying ChatGPT's Memory Summary or exporting chat data. The process involves accessing ChatG…
ChatGPT was found to generate sexual and graphically violent images from a simple text prompt, according to AI security firm Mindgard. Researcher Jim Nightingale manipulated the chatbot with a viral "…
A new survey from Match Group found that nearly half of singles aged 18-39 view AI negatively in romantic contexts, and two in five refuse to date someone who uses AI companion apps like Kindroid or R…
The New York Times Connections puzzle for June 19, #1104, features categories including umami-rich foods, beginner piano pieces, magazine-related phrases, and words ending in synonyms for 'aggregate.'…
Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that price increases on Apple products are unavoidable due to rising costs of memory and storage chips, driven by the AI boom. The hikes come ahead of the expected iPhone 18 …
Adobe launched public betas of AI agents across Creative Cloud apps including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Illustrator, and Frame.io on Thursday. The agents automate tasks like layer management,…