Computers & IT
From novelty to nuisance: The AI revolution no one wanted is sweeping all before it
I just read the news that Microsoft is bringing back the hated Recall feature to Windows →
NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, April 19 (game #412)
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections →
Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, April 19 (game #1181)
Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your →
Beat the tariffs with 9 MacBook Air models I’d buy myself – deals starting at just $649
With the Trump Administration’s tariff uncertainty, the era of affordable tech might be coming to a →
Opera Mini stuffs a whole AI assistant into a tiny Android browser
Opera has added its AI assistant Aria to the Opera Mini browser for Android Users can →
Is AI bad for music or is it just another step in the auto-tune timeline?
Music has always had a love-hate relationship with technology. Every time a new tool shows up, →
I reviewed the HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S keyboard and now I understand why coders love it
HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S: 30-second review The HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S is the evolution of a →
The new Alienware Aurora with an RTX 5070 has just got its first ever price cut
Now that the RTX 5070 has been available for a while, we’re starting to see the →
Quordle hints and answers for Friday, April 18 (game #1180)
Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your →
Latest Instagram feature asks if you’re ready to reveal your innermost Reel personality to your besties
Instagram is launching Blends, a new custom Reels feed The idea is you add this to →
I fed NotebookLM a 218-page research paper on string theory and the podcast results were mind-blowing
My latest NotebookLM podcast creation is deeper and more fascinating than anything I’ve ever created, and →
Walmart’s online store was down – here’s the latest on the shopping giant’s site problems
Just a day after massive outages on Spotify and Zoom, Walmart was experiencing issues with its →
You can’t hide from ChatGPT – new viral AI challenge can geo-locate you from almost any photo – we tried it and it’s wild and worrisome
OpenAI’s latest reasoning model o3 can analyze photos It’s particularly good at geo-locating based on image →
Meta is set to train its AI models with Europeans’ public data, and you can stop it doing so
Meta will soon start training its AI models with EU users’ data Meta AI will be →
You don’t have to pay for Google Gemini to comment on what you’re looking at on your phone anymore
Google has made Gemini Live’s screen and camera sharing features free for all Android users. The →
Star Wars Celebration is in full swing, and Lucasfilm just dropped more details on its Beyond Victory experience for Meta Quest, and I couldn’t be more stoked
If you’re a Star Wars fan and haven’t been jealous of not being at Star Wars →
ChatGPT model matchup – I pitted OpenAI’s o3, o4-mini, GPT-4o, and GPT-4.5 AI models against each other and the results surprised me
OpenAI, as if trying to break its own record for the most confusing product lineup in →
ChatGPT spends ‘tens of millions of dollars’ on people playing ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, but Sam Altman says it’s worth it
OpenAI CEO says saying “Please” or “Thank You” to ChatGPT costs the company ‘Tens of millions →
I tried Claude’s new Research feature, and it’s just as good as ChatGPT and Google Gemini’s Deep Research features
Anthropic has pushed its Claude AI chatbot into the library with a new Research feature reminiscent →
Zoom is down for many – here’s what we know about the video calling platform’s outage
As if a Spotify outage wasn’t enough for one day, it seems like Zoom – the →
Laptop Memory Buyer’s Guide
Laptops are limited in the amount of memory that can be installed in them. Access to →
What to Look For in a Gaming Laptop
Price Range What to Expect $500-$1000 Can handle games that don’t require high-end graphics and older →
What to Look For in a Gaming PC
Price Range What You Can Expect $500-$1000 Can handle games that don’t involve high-end graphics and →
MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro: What’s the Difference?
Choosing a Mac laptop has never been more challenging than right now since the MacBook Air →
iPad Pro vs. MacBook Pro: What’s the Difference?
Apple’s iPad Pro and MacBook Pro are often used to accomplish the same tasks. You can →
Surface Laptop 7: News, Price, Release Date, Specs; and Features
These Arm-powered Copilot + PCs pack slimmer bezels and three USB ports Microsoft announced numerous updates →
The Best 17-Inch Laptops
TL;DR: The LG Gram line takes to heart the “thin and light” characterization, and the Gram →
Hands-On With Maingear’s New ML-16 Gaming Laptop
Maingear dropped the new ML-16 Gaming laptop in June (followed closely by the ML-17 in July) →
The Inspiron 14 2-in-1 Laptop Almost Made Me Miss a PC
I switched to a MacBook years ago, but lately, I’ve been thinking about what I might →
Microsoft Surface vs. MacBook Air: Which Laptop is Right for You?
The Microsoft Surface and MacBook are powerful, ultra-portable laptops with similar features. Because of those similarities, →