Google is giving away even more personal data in exchange for profits
Google has improved its privacy practices significantly in recent years. Just look at the privacy improvements in Android or Google’s decision to store Google Maps …
Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2007. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he closely follows the events in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.
Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming new movies and TV shows, or training to run his next marathon.
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New leak shows how the Pixel 9a will rival the iPhone SE 4
Apple will unveil the iPhone SE 4 on Wednesday, a device that will look like the iPhone 14 but sport iPhone 16 specs that can …
Sam Altman says GPT-4.5 feels like AGI after telling people to stop hyping GPT-4.5 as AGI
Sam Altman has been very active on X the past few days, teasing the ChatGPT upgrades that are coming soon. He hyped the GPT-4o update …
DeepSeek AI banned in South Korea – should the US be next?
DeepSeek became a viral sensation a few weeks ago when it was revealed that a reasoning AI could be as good as ChatGPT o1 without …
iPhone 17 Air design might have leaked in a new video
The iPhone 17 lineup will include an ultra-thin model, the first of its kind. Dubbed the iPhone 17 Air, the device seems a certainty considering …
How Captain America: Brave New World helps set up Thunderbolts*
After seeing Captain America: Brave New World, I have to say the movie is just fine for the MCU and the current phase we’re in. …
Is ChatGPT ‘the best search product on the web’ with new GPT-4o update?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently addressed the future of ChatGPT, confirming that a GPT-5 upgrade is coming later this year. Before that, we’ll get GPT-4.5, …
There won’t be an iPhone SE 4 because Apple isn’t calling it that
Tim Cook teased the “newest member of the family” last week on X, seemingly confirming what the leaks have been saying. The iPhone SE 4, …
AI can now replicate itself, a ‘red line’ that researchers are terrified of
Just as the US and UK refused to sign an international statement about AI safety at the AI Action Summit earlier this week, an AI …
Gemini AI just got a new feature ChatGPT can’t match yet
The smarter AI programs like ChatGPT and Gemini become, the more we’ll want to use them as the virtual assistants they can be. For that …
Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max real-life battery test: Almost indentical
Apple’s iPhone 16 delivers great battery life, as we’ve seen in various tests and reviews performed after Apple unveiled the phone in September. The iPhone …
Captain America: Brave New World has one post-credit scene, and it’s a more exciting than I expected
I’ll already know what happens in Captain America: Brave New World when I see it over the weekend. After all, I’ve been following MCU leaks …
This iPhone Fold leak made no sense until ChatGPT figured it out for me
I said a few days ago that I’ve decided to try the iPhone 16 Pro Max. After all, this might be the last time I …
iPhone 17 Pro’s biggest design change might have leaked
The iPhone 17 series coming this September will be a lot like the iPhone 16 series that preceded it. That’s something I probably said about …
Google using AI to determine the age of kids is useful but terrifying
Google announced twice in a matter of days that it’ll use machine learning (AI) to estimate a user’s age so it can restrict inappropriate content …
Here’s how often you can use Deep Research with ChatGPT Plus
OpenAI unveiled Deep Research, a ChatGPT AI agent that lets you use AI to obtain answers to more complex answers. Deep Research takes longer to …
Former Google boss warns of AI ‘Bin Laden scenario’
Artificial intelligence is a hot topic this week, and not just because of the big ChatGPT news from the past few days. World leaders and …
ChatGPT AI will finally start covering controversial topics
OpenAI just did more than tease the GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 upgrades coming to ChatGPT. The company also released a massive update to ChatGPT’s Model Spec …
iPhone 17 Pro Max’s Dynamic Island might shrink, but it still won’t disappear
We’ve been waiting for years for Apple and other smartphone vendors to deliver the perfect smartphone or a slab of glass with the display extending …
The Pixel 9a might fix our biggest gripe with Google’s smartphone design
We’ve reached peak smartphone design, as most phones look the same. They’re all-screen devices with smaller or larger cutouts at the top for the camera …
Scarlett Johansson calls for AI regulation after anti-Kanye deepfake video goes viral
The US and UK decided not to sign an AI safety statement at the AI Action Summit in Paris, which was signed by many other …
Adobe’s mind-blowing text-to-video Firefly AI tool is now available on the web
Text-to-video AI tools like OpenAI’s Sora are already available to users, but more competition will always benefit us in the long run. It will drive …
Apple finally made it easier to move digital purchases between two accounts
If you’re juggling two Apple Accounts (formerly known as Apple IDs) on your iPhone and iPad, and struggling to figure out where your backups and …
US and UK refuse to sign AI safety agreement in Paris
The AI Action Summit in Paris is one of the most important events of the year, as elected officials and tech executives meet in Paris …
Galaxy S25 Ultra absolutely crushes iPhone 16 Pro Max in speed test
Apple introduced the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s A18 Pro chip as the “fastest CPU in any smartphone” last September. That’s something Apple could have said …
Incredible AI app translates live speech in real-time on video calls
One of the best uses of generative AI products is real-time translation of voice and video calls. Suddenly, talking to people from different countries becomes …
How Google uses AI to protect you in Chrome
The second Tuesday of February marks Safer Internet Day, a global event that promotes safe internet practices, especially for children and young adults. We need …
We just started using AI like ChatGPT, and it may already be making us dumber
Before the arrival of ChatGPT, I’ve had this running joke with friends that we actually don’t know how to do many trivial things, and we’re …
Sam Altman on how life will change once AGI steals your job – and what ChatGPT thinks about it
Reading a blog post from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on this particular Monday in February makes perfect sense, considering what’s happening in the world right …
Meta allegedly used 82TB of stolen books to train its AI
If you follow AI products such as ChatGPT and Gemini, you also have to realize one of the sad realities about them. We can’t have …
