Month: October 2024
Humane recalls its troubled AI Pin’s Charge Case due to overheating
It’s getting harder and harder not to view the Humane AI Pin as destined to go down as one of tech’s all-time stinkers and cautionary tales. After reviews questioning why it existed, returns that outpaced its sales and a warning that its Charge Case could pose a “fire safety risk,”…
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Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot now has a desktop app
Claude, the AI chatbot made by Anthropic, now has a desktop app. You can download the Mac and Windows versions of the app from Anthropic’s website for free. The desktop version of Claude isn’t all that much different than the web version, as you can still easily ask questions, access…
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San Francisco is paying millions to end reliance on this iconic, but ancient technology — floppy disks still powering the Muni Metro light rail system on DOS software
Smartphones can perform a million tasks, self-driving cars are just around the corner, and AI is everywhere… yet floppy disks – those relics of the 1980s – are still clinging to relevance in some places. The Japanese government finally waved goodbye to floppy disks in administrative procedures earlier in 2024,…
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ChatGPT search is now live – and it could be the Google replacement you’ve been looking for
We’ve been hearing rumors about a ChatGPT search engine for a while now, but now it’s finally live. Rather than being a whole new website called ‘SearchGPT’, as many had expected, it’s simply an upgrade to the existing ChatGPT website, and all the ChatGPT apps for Windows, Mac, and smartphones.…
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Microsoft just delayed Recall again
Microsoft is once again delaying the roll out of its controversial Recall feature for Copilot Plus PCs. The software giant had planned to start testing Recall, which creates screenshots of mostly everything you see or do on a Copilot Plus PC, with Windows Insiders in October. Now, Microsoft says it…
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This pocket-friendly e-reader also wants to be your minimalist phone
Mudita is not the first company to build a phone with an E Ink screen, but its Kompakt isn’t only about bringing the benefits of e-paper to smartphones. The company describes the Kompakt as a “minimalist E Ink phone” that’s designed to reduce distractions with a limited collection of bundled…
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