Author: Zach_Wilson

Microsoft expands AI features across Intel and AMD-powered Copilot Plus PCs

Microsoft is making its AI features widely available on Copilot Plus PCs equipped with Intel and AMD chips. One of the most notable of these features will be Live Captions, which translates audio to English subtitles from dozens of different languages in real time. Microsoft first started testing Live Captions…

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SwitchBot’s smart button pusher is 30 percent off for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Smart plugs are great, but unfortunately, they can’t automate everything. Thankfully, there is a cheap cube-like contraption called the SwitchBot Bot that can add a touch of modern functionality to your garage door, light switch, and other traditional devices. It would normally run you $29.99, but right now you can…

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Nearly half of businesses worldwide are embarrassed by their website

Storyblok says website issues cost businesses up to $101,000 in lost revenue High marketing budgets fail to prevent costly website inefficiencies Despite issues, 96% of businesses claim their website meets expectations A new survey has revealed nearly half of businesses worldwide are dissatisfied with their websites, even after substantial financial…

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TikTok ban looms again – what’s next for the social media platform, and do we still care?

Remember that time TikTok shut down and disappeared from app stores? It wasn’t that long ago. For roughly 12 hours on January 19, TikTok was stripped away from roughly 175M US users only to be saved by a Presidential executive order decree that extended the ban deadline by 75 days.…

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Google Hotels now lets you track prices, and I can’t wait to use it for my next trip

Google’s latest feature drop might be a big win for summer travel As with flights, you can now track prices and set alerts for hotels Google Maps can also now pull potential places to visit from screenshots If you’re a fan of Google Flights, especially for the price tracking data…

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Is AI like ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini ruining social media? Because it sure feels like it

Yesterday morning, I logged into Facebook and saw an image of the Colosseum turned into a water park. On LinkedIn, everyone was busy transforming their headshots into Studio Ghibli characters, courtesy of ChatGPT’s latest update. Threads showed me a video reimagining the cast of Severance crawling around Lumon as babies.…

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