Month: September 2023
How to build a custom keyboard in 2023
Building your first custom mechanical keyboard can be intimidating. Between all the parts and terminology involved, it’s hard to know where to start. Thankfully, it’s also never been easier to jump into the hobby. For this guide, I interviewed two YouTube creators — Brian Philips of BadSeed Tech fame and…
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Adobe’s Firefly generative AI tools are now widely available
Following several months of beta testing, Adobe has announced that its Firefly generative AI model is now commercially available across Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Express, and Adobe Experience Cloud. That means the Firefly-powered workflows that have so far been limited to the beta versions of Adobe’s apps — like Illustrator’s…
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NordVPN Sonar wants to stop phishing attacks hitting your browser
Popular VPN maker NordVPN has jumped on the artificial intelligence bandwagon with a new browser extension designed to protect users from phishing attacks. The tool, called Sonar, uses the same LLM technology that underpins ChatGPT to detect phishing emails and protect individuals from cybercrimes. Sonar is the first experimental project…
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Spotify’s new Daylist is the playlist you didn’t know you needed
It’s ten in the morning. What do you want to listen to? According to Spotify’s new Daylist feature, what I need right now is some hardcore punk rock. Later, it might suggest some chill wave or maybe some synth pop to get me in the mood for going out tonight. …
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Thunderbolt 5 reveal makes Apple’s archaic iPhone 15 USB-C choice even more insulting
To the surprise of very few people, Apple finally announced the iPhone 15 lineup at its September Event 2023, which will be the first of the Cupertino company’s handsets to have USB-C ports – but there’s a major catch. While the adoption of the popular USB-C port, which is used…
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The Morning After: Everything announced at Apple’s iPhone 15 event
Farewell Lightning cable. I will miss you when I inevitably get rid of all my cables, only to forget my MacBook wireless keyboard and trackpad still need you. Yes, the iPhone is going USB-C for 2023. That’s true across the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone…
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