How much does that free phone from your mobile carrier really cost?If that smartphone offer sounds too good to be true, it might be - or it might not. How do you tell? Watch out for these seven gotchas that can drive your costs way up.April 2, 2024 by Ed Bott in Smartphones
A simple ChatGPT prompt turns a classic story like Sherlock Holmes into a gameSimply enter a book title in the AI prompt. More than 1,000 public domain works can be converted into adventure games. Try it for yourself.April 2, 2024 by Eileen Yu in Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft is testing an AI chatbot to handle Xbox customer support: Here's how it worksThe next time you contact Xbox customer support, you might talk to a chatbot. But will it issue refunds?April 2, 2024 by Artie Beaty in Artificial Intelligence
Apple adds spatial Personas to the Vision Pro. Here's how to try the featureThe spatial Personas feature could soon let you take a cooking class around a virtual table with other classmates or interact with family members across the world as if they were sitting in your living room.April 2, 2024 by Maria Diaz in AR + VR
Google's latest project could help protect you against cookie theftDevice Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) will make stealing your cookies more difficult.April 2, 2024 by Sabrina Ortiz in Security
Amazon is selling the Apple Vision Pro at a rare $200 discount, and I don't expect it to lastApple's $3,500 VR wearable is finally on sale. Here's how to snag one before they sell out.April 2, 2024 by Kyle Kucharski in AR + VR
Apple claims its on-device AI system ReaLM 'substantially outperforms' GPT-4Apple's new AI models could let Siri remember your conversation history, understand what's on your iPhone screen, and be aware of surrounding activities, such as recognizing the music playing in the background.April 2, 2024 by Maria Diaz in Artificial Intelligence
5 Linux network-related commands every new user should knowIf you're just starting on your Linux journey, these command lines will help you immensely for network-related purposes.April 2, 2024 by Jack Wallen in Linux
I tested smart goggles and they have a game-changing feature for swimmersThe new Form Smart Swim 2 augmented reality goggles provide hands-free performance metrics in the water.April 2, 2024 by Matthew Miller in Wearables
Did One UI 6.1 slow your Samsung phone's charging speed? Here's what's happeningShortly after Samsung rolled out its new OS update, some users began reporting slow charging. Others say there's no problem.April 2, 2024 by Artie Beaty in Smartphones
Telegram users can now access business features and get a cut of ad revenueTelegram business accounts can display store hours, location, a custom start page, and more, while channel owners can now receive 50% of display ad revenue.April 2, 2024 by Lance Whitney in Social Media
AI21 and Databricks show open source can radically slim down AITwo new large language models, Jamba and DBRX, dramatically reduce the compute and memory needed for predictions, while meeting or beating the performance of top models such as GPT-3.5 and Llama 2.April 2, 2024 by Tiernan Ray in Artificial Intelligence
This robot vacuum and mop combo is the most convenient one I've ever usedThe Deebot X2 Combo Complete is a robot vacuum and mop combination with a self-emptying stick vacuum attached to its charging dock.April 2, 2024 by Maria Diaz in Robotics
An AI model with emotional intelligence? I cried, and Hume's EVI told me it caredThe Empathic Voice Interface from Hume AI discerns your tone and feelings, and crafts its responses accordingly.April 1, 2024 by Sabrina Ortiz in Artificial Intelligence
Banks in Singapore begin sharing data to combat financial crimeSix banks will share customer data deemed suspicious in a bid to fight money laundering and terrorism financing activities.April 1, 2024 by Eileen Yu in Security
OpenAI's stock investing GPTs fail this basic question about stock investingThey fail not by claiming falsehoods but by reiterating ignorance.April 1, 2024 by Tiernan Ray in Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT no longer requires a login, but you might want one anyway. Here's whyOpenAI's chatbot is now as easy to use as Google Search. How soon before 'ChatGPTing' is a verb?April 1, 2024 by Sabrina Ortiz in Artificial Intelligence
When Gmail arrived 20 years ago, people thought it was an April Fools prankGoogle advertised 1 GB of free storage on April 1, 2004, and it sounded too good to be true. Here's what happened next.April 1, 2024 by Artie Beaty in Services & Software