Google now requires Android apps to let you delete your account
Deleting your account and scrubbing your personal data from a mobile app is often frustrating at best and impossible at worst. Google wants to improve …
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ChatGPT might be sued for defamation by an Australian mayor
One of the biggest concerns regarding ChatGPT’s responses is reliability. OpenAI may be working on making the generative AI chatbot more trustworthy, but that doesn’t …
Universal Control breaks after latest OS updates and Apple hasn’t addressed it
Last week, Apple released macOS 13.3 and iPadOS 16.4 to all users. Besides small upgrades, this last update broke the continuity features between iPad and …
App Store, Maps, and other services to stop working on these Apple devices
Apple is readying an important change in how it handles updates and support, as it could stop offering the App Store, Apple Maps, and other …
iPhone weather app fix might come via iOS 16.4.1, and I can’t wait for the update
I first noticed the iPhone default Weather app issues a few weeks ago. The widget I had installed on the home screen would not load …
PayPal now offers Apple Pay support for small businesses
Apple Pay is now a checkout option for small businesses using PayPal. It all started when the company announced in November 2022 that it would …
Expedia’s new in-app travel planner is powered by ChatGPT
Expedia is putting ChatGPT to work. On Tuesday, the online travel agency announced a new in-app travel planning experience powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT. You can …
iOS 17 rumored to drop support for iPhone X and 1st-gen iPad Pro
A new rumor shared by MacRumors says iOS 17 won’t support the iPhone X, and iPadOS 17 will finally stop supporting the first-generation iPad Pro. …
Apple Weather app is down for iPhone users again
A few days after being down, the Apple Weather app is again unavailable for many users since 1 a.m. ET. No data is displayed when …
A standalone iPhone passwords app in iOS 17 would be a dream come true
We’ve always recommended using password managers whenever we’ve detailed security breaches. That’s one way to ensure you do not recycle passwords and use long, unique …
The Google Maps pin feature I’ve always wanted is finally on the way
Dropping a pin to highlight a location is a key feature of the Google Maps experience. Yet it’s easy to lose track of that pin. …
How to easily schedule text messages on your iPhone
If there’s one feature missing from the iPhone’s iMessage app, it’s the ability to schedule text messages. That’s something you can do with email clients, …
Best free iPhone games in 2023
The iPhone is the best platform for mobile gamers. With powerful processors, even models released four or five years ago can still launch a new …
You need to try this free, open-source ChatGPT rival
Over the past few months, generative AI has been among the buzziest trending topics, with OpenAI continuing to update the language model that powers ChatGPT, …
Making good on Elon Musk’s promise, Twitter open sources its recommendation algorithm
It is officially a “new era of transparency” at Twitter. For a while now, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been promising that the company would …
Sundar Pichai says Google Bard is getting an upgrade to compete with ChatGPT
It looks like Google is ready to turn on the jets for Bard, its ChatGPT competitor. As spotted by The Verge, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai …
Italy bans ChatGPT over privacy laws, and I’m not surprised
The other day, I told you Bing Chat getting ads will finally start the ChatGPT privacy conversation we need to have. And it looks like …
Google Maps security report shows us how Google stops sneaky scams
Navigation is easily one of the most common ways smartphones are used, with Google Maps being a fan favorite. In addition to providing directions to …
Buy a year of Microsoft 365 Personal, get a free $30 Amazon gift card
Our guide on the best Amazon gift card deals is packed with offers that get you up to $255 in free gift cards and discounts …
Audible is starting to bring ads to its audiobooks
What does everyone want to see when they’re in the middle of a good book? An ad for Pepsi, of course. Well, Audible has the …
GitHub will have to give up the user who leaked Twitter’s source code
Well, it looks like Twitter is definitely going to know who FreeSpeechEnthusiast is really soon. Earlier this week, a GitHub repository containing part of Twitter’s …
Google rolls out generative AI features for Gmail and Docs to first public testers
Google is already expanding its generative AI features for Gmail and Google Docs to the next round of “trusted testers.” In a post to Twitter, …
Netflix finally launches ad-supported plan on Apple TV
Last November, when Netflix launched Basic with Ads for $6.99 a month, Apple TV owners were surprised to learn they couldn’t sign up for the …
Google denies using ChatGPT data to train its Bard AI
It’s early days in the generative AI chatbot wars, but OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a marked advantage over Google’s Bard right now. The distance between the …
AI image generator Midjourney ends free trials after deepfakes of Trump and the Pope go viral
Midjourney may have built too good of a product before being ready to handle the consequences of what happens when people use it. As reported …
Apple Pencil hover now available with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps
After highlighting Apple Pencil hover improvements with iPadOS 16.4, Apple has updated the iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps) for iPad users. In addition, …
Facebook and Instagram users can now opt out of tracking, but only in Europe
Meta will finally do the unthinkable and let Facebook and Instagram users opt out of user-tracking, which services like Facebook and Google use to serve …
Bing Chat ads will start the ChatGPT privacy discussion we desperately need
It has finally happened: a ChatGPT-based product is getting ads. That’s Bing Chat, of course, and nobody should act surprised. It was only a matter …
ChatGPT took an IQ test, and its score was sky-high
When OpenAI revealed GPT-4 earlier this month, the company lauded its ability to “solve difficult problems with greater accuracy.” The language model passed the Uniform …
Ads are coming to Bing Chat
We made it nearly two entire months, but Microsoft is now ready to start serving ads in the new Bing Chat. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced …
