Computing

Gemini on Mac can now type what you say and act on what it sees

After rolling out Gemini Spark on macOS earlier this year, Google is now upgrading the… Read More

Free AI chatbots are disrupting China’s expensive college counseling industry

Every summer, roughly 10 million Chinese students face a brutal deadline. After taking the grueling… Read More

Gemini can now summarize the messiest comment threads in Google Docs

Shared Google Docs have a way of turning feedback into archaeology. Once several reviewers pile… Read More

Wispr Flow asked its haters what was wrong and more than 700 people answered

More than 700 people responded when Wispr Flow invited its critics to explain what wasn’t… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg wants AI superintelligence in everyone’s hands

In an opinion essay for The Wall Street Journal, Mark Zuckerberg lays out a modest… Read More

Study says relying on AI can turn doubt into false confidence

You’d think getting wrong advice would make you more cautious. New research says the opposite… Read More

Back-to-school desk upgrade? Start with one of these monitor arms

Dorm rooms and study desks have one thing in common: they run out of space… Read More

WhatsApp Web finally lets your laptop handle calls instead of forcing you back to your phone

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had to awkwardly grab my phone mid-task… Read More

Researchers have built tool that can identify the AI used to make a fake video

AI-generated videos have gotten so realistic that spotting a fake is difficult enough on its… Read More

Tokyo lets AI play matchmaker, and hundreds of couples have already tied the knot

Government-run dating apps sound like something out of a policy white paper. Tokyo built one… Read More

Apple’s new Upgrade program lets you lease an iPhone, Mac, Watch, and iPad

Apple has officially launched Apple Upgrade, a leasing program that lets customers pay monthly for… Read More

AI’s latest problem is deepfake disaster content for farming engagement

Social feeds around the earthquakes in Venezuela filled with recycled footage and AI-generated destruction. Severe… Read More

4 desk lamps I’d actually recommend for your back-to-school study setup

Back-to-school season means new notebooks, a planner you’ll abandon by October, and way too many… Read More

China’s Moonshot just handed developers near-frontier AI model to download

Moonshot AI has released the full weights for Kimi K3, giving developers the freedom to… Read More

Shopping for Back-to-school laptop? These are the laptops I’d recommend

A laptop is probably the one purchase that’ll have the biggest impact on the school… Read More