AI-generated accounts are coming to Facebook and Instagram, just what we all wanted
Here’s an idea for my colleagues in the media business that run news properties with declining readerships: You could always take a page from Meta, …
Apps & Software
BGR staff names our favorite iPhone apps of 2024
The new year is almost here, so the BGR staff named our favorite iPhone apps of 2024. Instead of fancy awards, we thought sharing the …
How to add a Weather widget to your macOS menu bar
The latest macOS 15.2 update brought a familiar feature for old Mac users: once again, a Weather widget can be added to the macOS menu …
3 months later, iOS 18 still hasn’t finished indexing photos on some iPhones
iOS 18 and the latest iPhone 16 series have been available for three months. With these updates, there are two major complaints from users: The …
ChatGPT is down the day after Christmas
At around 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 26th, ChatGPT went down for users worldwide. As OpenAI noted on its status …
Sam Altman chats with users and reveals possible new ChatGPT features for 2025
OpenAI concluded 2024 with a bang, hosting a “12 Days” event of AI announcements mostly focused on ChatGPT. The ChatGPT o1 models and the Canvas …
ChatGPT Search may prove Apple Search is inevitable
We’ve discussed the prospect of Apple making a Google Search rival for years, and reports have said that work on an Apple Search product has …
ChatGPT o3 is coming in January, but there’s still no word on GPT-5
OpenAI ended its “12 Days of ChatGPT” announcements on Friday with a bang. The company unveiled the next-gen reasoning model that will power ChatGPT, which …
iOS 19 will reportedly work on every iPhone that supports iOS 18
Reports in the past few weeks claimed that Apple’s main focus remains Apple Intelligence. The company was working on the now-released iOS 18.2, which brings …
Google Maps Street View data provides key information to solve a murder case
I use Street View features in Google Maps all the time to navigate new locations. It’s an easy way to see your destination before you …
Gentler Streak improves Apple Watch health measurements in major update
In what may be its last big update of the year, popular well-being tracker Gentler Streak improved some of its health features, making it easier …
Popular Waterllama app’s new update is way more important than it seems
The start of a new year is always the perfect time to change some of our worst habits and make something better out of them. …
Google Search is getting an AI Mode to compete with ChatGPT Search
OpenAI has done something that some people thought would be impossible. The company created an AI-powered search engine called ChatGPT Search, which has been in …
This is Google’s answer to ChatGPT o1 reasoning AI
OpenAI has dominated the AI news cycle for the past couple of weeks thanks to its clever “12 Days” announcements. That didn’t stop Google from …
Having ChatGPT talk to me about Mac apps is the AI computing future I want
While we wait for OpenAI’s next big thing — presumably ChatGPT’s GPT-5 model (or whatever it’s called) — we might get to see and use …
NVIDIA is helping Apple build a faster and better AI experience
Apple and NVIDIA shared details of a collaboration to improve the performance of LLMs with a new text generation technique for AI. Cupertino writes: Accelerating …
I’m a European iPhone user, and Meta’s DMA requests to Apple worry me
As a longtime iPhone user directly affected, I’ve followed the rollout of the European Union’s big Digital Markets Act (DMA) over the past few years, …
Hate iOS 18.2 bugs on your iPhone? Sorry, Apple stopped signing iOS 18.1.1
If you’re experiencing any bugs with iOS 18.2, I’m sorry, but you can’t downgrade to an older iOS 18 version anymore. Apple stopped signing iOS …
Instagram filters are dead, but new AI video tools are coming to replace them
After announcing the end of support for Instagram filters coming in 2025, the social media platform finally revealed what’s next. The head of the company, …
tvOS 18: Release date, features, download, Apple TV compatibility, more
tvOS 18 is Apple’s new operating system for the Apple TV streaming media player and HomePod speakers. After a packed tvOS 17 update, tvOS 18 …
Journalistic NGO calls out Apple for false Apple Intelligence headlines
Not even Apple is safe against artificial intelligence hallucinations. We’ve seen that happening quite frequently with Google’s Gemini (like the platform telling users to put …
TikTok might play a big role in bringing Apple Intelligence to China
Apple wants to bring its AI platform, Apple Intelligence, to China. However, using its own servers or its OpenAI partnership won’t be enough. According to …
Gmail is using new AI models to keep spam and scams out of your inbox
This is an exciting time of year, one in which we spend quality time with friends and family and exchange presents with loved ones. Unfortunately, …
iPhone’s new AI-powered Natural Language Search doesn’t do anything I want it to
Apple’s iOS 18.1 update was the version of the platform to begin the gradual rollout of Apple Intelligence. It included Writing Tools, AI-powered Siri upgrades, …
iOS 18.3 public beta 1 is now available, but you shouldn’t update
After seeding the first beta of iOS 18.3, Apple has released the public beta of this upcoming operating system update. However, you shouldn’t update to …
visionOS: Features, 2.0, release date, Apple Vision Pro, more
visionOS is the operating system for Apple’s first spatial computer, Vision Pro, which was unveiled during the WWDC 2023 keynote. While it was first rumored …
Apple TV users will get these new features early next year
Apple recently released tvOS 18.2 to Apple TV users. Among the changes, the company added the long-awaited Snoopy screensavers and support for more aspect ratio …
Whisk is Google’s newest AI image generator, and it looks amazing
OpenAI is dominating the AI scene right now after having cleverly taken over the holidays with its “12 Days” event. Each weekday brings us a …
watchOS 11: Features, download, release date, beta, Apple Watch compatibility, and more
watchOS 11 is Apple’s current operating system for Apple Watch models, including the all-new Apple Watch Series 10. After rebuilding the OS from the ground …
2022 LastPass security breach linked to new $5.4 million crypto heist
In late 2022, LastPass suffered a major security breach that, to this day, is still haunting the company and its customers. Now, a new crypto …
