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Siri’s 11-year reign may be drawing to a close as a new generative AI rival called Perplexity has just landed on the Apple App Store. Note that Perplexity is not based on ChatGPT and has its own AI. However, it does function in a similar manner to ChatGPT. You ask it a question, like who […]

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has echoed the fears of worker around the world that generative AI, like ChatGPT and Google Bard, could very soon replace our jobs. Despite the technology having a respectably healthy effect on global GDP, the bank's report highlights that 300 million jobs are at risk, and that “significant disruption” is on […]

Cybersecurity researchers have shared details on a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group that’s been operating in the shadows for five years now.  Called APT43, the group was seen targeting governments, and high-profile individuals in the West (the US, Europe), but also in its neighborhood (Japan, South Korea). The findings were shared by experts from Mandiant, […]

Two new variants of the infamous IcedID malware have been spotted, however both are lacking certain distinctive features, making security experts curious as to their purpose. Cybersecurity researchers from Proofpoint revealed since February, they have been tracking two versions of IcedID, one called “Lite”, and the other called “Forked”.  Both come without the usual online […]

Apple WWDC 2023 is official, with the start date for the weeklong event set for June 5, 2023. Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference is the company's major industry event, normally chock full of panels and tech demos for Apple software developers to learn about new changes to OS features and the underlying programming languages, but occassionally […]

Over a year ago, Google announced that its Chromebooks had supported more than 50 million students and teachers worldwide to access digital education – a new trend that has continued to grow since the pandemic. Today, education remains one of the company’s key focuses, with a series of Google Chrome updates clearly targeted at making […]

There’s a logical strategy that laptop vendors have quietly embraced that involves using the same base components for B2B and B2C devices. Nothing surprising here as it’s essentially economies of scale applied to entire product ranges and in my deal today, gaming and creative laptops. To that end, Walmart has dropped the price of the […]

Artificial intelligence-powered (AI) code collaboration platform Replit is partnering with Google Cloud to give it an significant power boost. Replit is known for its Ghostwriter tool, which allows users to use simple prompts, in the same fashion as Open AI’s ChatGPT and similar AI-powered chat apps, to generate code. Where Ghostwriter differs is that it […]

It’s been a mere three months since British audio brand Bowers & Wilkins unveiled its second-generation lineup of wireless earbuds, but the company has seen fit to give the more affordable model of the two options a new lick of paint. Already available in Cloud Grey, Storm Grey, and Spring Lilac, B&W are now offering the Pi5 […]

More than two years after Google announced a $450 million investment in ADT, the companies have finally delivered their first smart home security system. The new ADT Self Setup system is a smart home DIYer’s dream, offering up Internet-connected security features that work in tandem with their existing smart home ecosystem. Attractive pricing and a […]