AI (Artificial Intelligence)

AI's importance has exploded since 2023, bringing it from niche concept to mainstream product feature. We're following all of AI's developments and explaining which parts you actually need to care about.

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How Microsoft’s AI Push Could Break Its Own Ecosystem

Sowing the seeds of its own destruction?

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5 New Microsoft Excel Features to Try in September 2025

Keep up-to-date with the latest Excel tools.

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Everyone Expects Me to Use AI, Here’s Why I Don't
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I'll get my coat.

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Google Search Results Are Getting Worse. Here's How I Find What I'm Looking For

Search the web like it's 2007.

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Ditch Social Media and Embrace Email Newsletters

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

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AI Catfishing Is Now a Serious Threat

Scammers are using AI to break hearts and bank accounts at the same time.

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Using Euphemisms on Social Media Won't Help You Escape a Ban

Who are you really fooling here?

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Would You Pay for a Search Engine? Kagi Thinks So

You get what you pay for.

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CAPTCHAs Are Now So Hard, Just Let the Bot In Already
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The internet's bot problem has led to increasingly complex CAPTCHAs, but at what cost?

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7 Things You Should Know Before Using ChatGPT In College

It can be the best thing or the worst thing for your studies.

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Google Photos Adds New Create Tab Full of Fancy Features

Turn photos to videos and more with Google Photos.

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Gemini Is Getting Two New Privacy Features You’ll Love

Don't let Gemini creep on your chats.

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5 Open-Source Tools I Use Every Day

These five open-source tools are part of my daily workflow. They’re fast, reliable, and free, proving you don’t need flashy or paid software.

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How the Modern Web Became So Broken

From cookie consent nightmares to the rise of paywalls, the modern web is a far cry from its humble beginnings.

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An AI-generated image of a silver female-presenting robot sitting on a chair and reading Vogue Magazine.
Vogue Magazine's Publishing Ads With AI Models—And That's a Huge Problem

That's a bold strategy, let's see how it turns out for them.

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Ollama 0.10 Speeds up Local AI Models, Introduces Desktop App

There are dozens of desktop app wrappers around Ollama, and now Ollama itself has made one.

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7 Reasons The Smart Home Dream Will Never Come True

Living with our heads in the cloud.

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Are You Talking to a Human or a Chatbot? Here's How to Tell
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Can you trust the "person" on the other side of the screen?

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I Tasked Five Cutting-Edge AI Models With Writing a Research Report, and the Results Surprised Me

There are lots of general AI models out there, but which one is the best at crafting detailed research reports?

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5 Ways to Use All Your Computer’s Extra Storage

I paid for the whole 1TB SSD, and I'm going to use the whole 1TB SSD, darn it.

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