OpenAI has started rolling out a number of new features to ChatGPT, according to Techcrunch. The big news is support for reminders; the feature allows users, for example, to ask ChatGPT to remind them when it’s time to renew an ID or passport. Users can also ask ChatGPT to deliver a news summary or weather…
Microsoft has two announcements for subscribers to its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans today. First, you’re getting the Copilot-powered AI features that Microsoft has been rolling out to businesses and Copilot Pro subscribers, like summarizing or generating text in Word, drafting slideshows in PowerPoint based on a handful of criteria, or analyzing data in…
When considering new hires, 80% of corporate executives will prioritize skills over degrees, with half planning to increase freelance hiring this year to fill in for a gap in AI and other skills, according to a new study from freelancing platform Upwork. The study, released this week, showed “unprecedented growth” in specialized AI skills, which…
Apple has big plans for satellite services, a new patent filing confirms. It’s the latest nugget of information to roll down Apple Confidential mountain, a plan to make it much easier for devices to maintain connectivity as they move between satellites. If you’ve been able to use any of the company’s satellite services, you’ll already know that it…
Over the last few weeks, you may have seen footage and screenshots circulating of an ambitious Grand Theft Auto 5 mod, which aimed to bring GTA 4‘s metropolis of Liberty City into the game, complete with NPCs to meet and activities to complete. I hope you didn’t get too excited about it. Rockstar has already…
You will get hurt as you venture through the Overgrown on your quest to defeat the Crowns in Hyper Light Breaker. You will get hurt a lot. If you want to survive long enough to reap the best rewards of your excursions, you’ll want to learn how to heal. How to make Medkits in Hyper…
We do see a hint of extra improvement in Forza Horizon 5, a game where the 8GB Radeon RX 7600 and the 8GB Intel Arc A750 do struggle compared to similar cards with a bit more RAM (Nvidia’s 8GB cards seem to handle it fine, though). An extra 2GB of RAM isn’t a ton, but…
For the past seven months—and likely longer—an industry-wide standard that protects Windows devices from firmware infections could be bypassed using a simple technique. On Tuesday, Microsoft finally patched the vulnerability. The status of Linux systems is still unclear. Tracked as CVE-2024-7344, the vulnerability made it possible for attackers who had already gained privileged access to…
Google will no longer charge Workspace customers an additional fee for Gemini, expanding access to generative AI (genAI) features in apps such as Gmail, Docs, and Sheets. At the same time, the company is increasing the price of Workspace subscriptions by a small amount. “Google is disrupting a market while some application vendors are still trying to monetize generative AI,” said Wayne Kurtzman,…
Ars: It’s always fascinating to me how, by and large, every page is so much better than I think it will be. Really high-energy, maybe “truth optional” pages for topics like cryptocurrencies. It’s a small miracle that they’re as orderly and reasonable as they end up being. Do you have any thoughts on how, 24…