Apple announces iOS 27
…Safari can also monitor pages with a new “Notify Me” feature. With Passwords, Apple Intelligence can automatically update “eligible accounts” with “just a tap.” With the phone app, “Call Context” will be…
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OpenAI’s Codex can now control your Windows computer, too.
After launching on Mac, Codex’s computer use feature is headed to Windows, which means the app can “see” your screen and perform tasks on your device. OpenAI says you can also…
Google’s AI future demands trust — and your personal data
…apps like Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive in 2024, allowing its AI chatbot to do things like sift through your files or draft an email. Gemini’s Deep Research feature can…
The 5 biggest changes coming to Gemini
Google announced some big updates for its Gemini app during its annual I/O event on Tuesday. Though you might notice the redesign first, Google is also bringing two new AI models…
Android 17 arrives on Pixel phones today
…There are more new features rolling out exclusively to Pixel phones, though most are wider expansions of existing abilities. The new Gemini Omni model will become available in the Gemini app to…
Google is finally opening the Play Store to outside payments
While the court still hasn’t signed off on the massive settlement resolving Epic’s antitrust lawsuit against Google for having a monopoly over Android’s app store with Google Play, the…
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
…no longer a feature we currently provide.” And those “ongoing crypto rewards over time”? Well, that “refers to our future portfolio management feature in the app.” Yes, the app is also meant…
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
…me through how to use the Starbucks app. Evidently, the model I’d been downgraded to didn’t support the more advanced Starbucks features — or have any idea what I’d just…
Apple’s new parental controls are for keeping Apple out of trouble
…In turn, they’ve backed proposals that would put the onus on app stores to verify users’ ages instead, then send signals about those ages to app developers. Apple has vehemently…
Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts
…Now Meta says its feature “uses Meta AI to give you answers grounded in what people are saying publicly across our apps” and has said that the Muse Spark AI model behind…