Avengers: Doomsday plot may have leaked following the cast reveal
Marvel spent five hours on Wednesday streaming a surprise Avengers: Doomsday cast reveal event. Every few minutes, the name of an MCU star was revealed, …
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.
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Sam Altman’s tone-deaf response to ChatGPT stealing content and creating deepfakes
I wasn’t expecting a ChatGPT product to go viral in late March, but here we are. OpenAI stunned the world with the release of GPT-4o …
ChatGPT’s mind-blowing AI image generator won’t be available to most users anytime soon
Rather than announcing a release date for the ChatGPT GPT-5 upgrade this week, which I expected might come in response to DeepSeek’s V3 launch in …
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders seemingly start April 2
After a trusted insider predicted that Nintendo Switch 2 preorders would start on April 2nd at 10 AM EST, exactly one hour after the Switch …
Here’s how you can try the big iOS 19 redesign on your iPhone right now
Apple is widely expected to give iOS 19 a massive design overhaul at WWDC 2025 after leakers showed design concepts based on what they saw …
I fell in love with the iPhone 16 Pro Max, but I still returned it and went back to the 14 Pro – here’s why
The deed is done. I have returned the iPhone 16 Pro Max after two months of using the best iPhone that Apple has ever made. …
ChatGPT’s new image generation is unreal – here are 16 jaw-dropping examples
When OpenAI teased a surprise livestream on Tuesday, I was certain it wasn’t exactly a surprise. Instead, we were probably looking at some sort of …
ChatGPT just got new mapping features, but they don’t work very well yet
I’ve been using ChatGPT as a travel assistant for quite a while now. I run marathons and use that excuse to visit new places. I’m …
Nintendo Switch 2 preorder date and time tipped by trusted stock tracker
Nintendo’s big Nintendo Direct presentation, where the company will launch the Switch 2, is just a few days away. Also, Nintendo is tipped to hold …
This Gemini feature is one ChatGPT might never be able to match
I said a while ago that I’d choose ChatGPT over Netflix if it ever came to cancelling one of the two. I’ve been using OpenAI’s …
Reve Image is the latest AI image generator going viral online
I’m not the biggest fan of AI models that generate high-quality, lifelike images because they leave the door open to abuse. Just look at the …
How to get DeepSeek V3, which was just quietly released
DeepSeek stormed the AI landscape earlier this year, unleashing DeepSeek AI models (V1 and R1) onto the world that were on par with ChatGPT offerings …
Google Search AI Mode is rolling out to more people – here’s why I won’t use it
After several leaks detailing the chatbot functionality coming to Google Search, Google announced the AI Mode release a few weeks ago. Unsurprisingly, AI Mode was …
Apple Watch is getting the alarm fix we needed to stop driving iPhone users crazy
I’ve been wearing Apple Watch models for years and never took them off silent. I don’t need the wearable to ding with every notification of …
How the foldable iPhone’s unusual design could support Face ID
A report from Ming-Chi Kuo said a few weeks ago that Apple’s first foldable iPhone will be an iPhone Fold-type device that resembles Samsung’s. The …
ChatGPT now tells you its limits with Deep Research and GPT-4.5 chats
While ChatGPT is available for free and without an account, premium access gets you better features, fewer limitations, and the ability to try some of …
Gemini just got live video AI features, while Siri can’t even tell me what month it is
Google has had a great month when it comes to Gemini AI announcements, beefing up its chatbot across the board. The new Gemini 2.0 Flash …
I’d take AI smart glasses over an Apple Watch with a camera any day
Giving AI eyes to see the world around us is hugely important in the near term. We want chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini to behave …
Doctors left a sick man for dead, but then AI saved his life
ChatGPT went viral in late 2022, seemingly kicking off the age of AI. We’ve seen rapid advancements since then, with AI becoming the central focus …
A Marvel leaker might have just spoiled the biggest Avengers: Doomsday mystery
Last summer, Marvel announced that Robert Downey Jr. would return to the MCU, as an increasing number of rumors suggested. But he wouldn’t play Iron …
Claude 3.7 Sonnet AI now supports web search, but only for paid users
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in early January that Claude would get a few upgrades to put it on par with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. He mentioned …
iPhone Fold might look like this quirky new foldable you probably can’t buy
The first foldable iPhone is coming next year, barring some sort of really unfortunate event. After years of covering countless iPhone rumors, I’m comfortable saying …
Apple sued over false advertising claims tied to Apple Intelligence
Apple had to come clean a few days ago and reveal that the smart Siri features it demoed at WWDC 2024 would not be available …
Forget Apple Intelligence, Siri doesn’t even know what month it is
It’s not Apple’s finest hour, as the company is going through one of the most humiliating periods of its recent history. Apple had to admit …
iPhone 17’s most mysterious design change seen on dummy units
The iPhone 17 series is widely expected to feature three big changes compared to the iPhone 16. First, the Plus model will be replaced by …
ChatGPT o1-pro is OpenAI’s best and most expensive reasoning AI, and developers can use it right now
In the age of AI, new software releases might come when you least expect it. There’s no fixed schedule, with AI firms launching new models …
ChatGPT hallucinates a man murdered his kids: OpenAI faces a complaint in Europe it shouldn’t ignore
From the early days of ChatGPT, I told you that generative AI products like OpenAI’s viral chatbot can hallucinate information. They make up things that …
Meta AI is coming to Meta chat apps in Europe, whether you want it or not
Meta on Thursday announced that Meta AI is coming to Europe after a rather long wait. It’s not going to be the full Meta AI …
Avengers: Doomsday directors tease a link between Iron Man and Doctor Doom
Just a little over a year from now, Avengers: Doomsday will hit theaters, bringing us an Infinity War-style confrontation between a massive multiversal villain, Robert …
EU says it won’t get in the way of Apple’s portless iPhone
Apple is getting closer to manufacturing an iPhone model that has no ports and screen cutouts. Such a device would recharge and transmit data wirelessly. …
